Every year, the Arlington Food Assistance Center (AFAC) conducts an in-depth survey to gather client feedback. Responses help AFAC adapt its services and programs to best meet the needs of the community. Surveys were conducted in February and March 2025. In total, AFAC surveyed 1,962 participants, a 47.1% response rate. View the summary infographic highlighting […]
AFAC’s Westover offsite needs two helpers to assist with home deliveries in the nearby neighborhood on Wednesday afternoons. You must be at least 18 years old, able to carry two bags of groceries at a time, and walk from the street to the residence (potentially up and down stairs) regardless of weather. Volunteers do not […]
Personal Shopper Program AFAC has a new program: The Personal Shopper Program on Tuesdays! It’s similar to our home delivery driving, except you wait in the AFAC line and pick up for a maximum of two clients. You arrive at AFAC between 12:30 and 1:00pm. You would bring the necessary paper bags and shopping cart […]
AFAC’s offsite distribution at The Waypoint could use two volunteers on Wednesday afternoons from 3:30 – 5:30 pm. The Waypoint is located at: 2451 Menokin Drive, Alexandria, 22302. Volunteers would need to be consistent, reliable, and available every week. At offsites, volunteers may help with: setting up tables, wheeling food from the AFAC van into […]
In addition to our main location, AFAC holds distributions at 19 offsite locations throughout Arlington. Most of these sites are run by a regular crew of volunteers who commit to helping out once per week or every other week. At offsites, volunteers may help with: setting up tables, wheeling food from the AFAC van into […]
In partnership with True Ground Housing Partners and AHC, AFAC increases food access in an under-resourced neighborhood ARLINGTON, VA – August 26, 2025 – The Arlington Food Assistance Center (AFAC), in collaboration with True Ground Housing Partners and Affordable Homes & Communities (AHC), has opened a new public food distribution site in Arlington’s Westover neighborhood to individuals and […]
Every year, the Arlington Food Assistance Center (AFAC) conducts an in-depth survey to gather client feedback. Responses help AFAC adapt its services and programs to best meet the needs of the community. Surveys were conducted in February and March 2025. In total, AFAC surveyed 1,962 participants, a 47.1% response rate. View the summary infographic highlighting […]
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