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FXBG Advance
- March 25, 2024
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Giant Food Helps Local Groups Combat Food Insecurity

Stafford High School students package meal kits to distribute to fellow students over spring break.

By ADELE UPHAUSMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT Giant Food has partnered with two local organizations in recent weeks in efforts to alleviate food insecurity in the Fredericksburg region. Government students at Stafford High School used a $17,000 grant from Giant’s “Nourishing Our Youth” round-up program to prepare 385 meal kits for students for whom spring break […]

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FXBG Advance
- January 20, 2024
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Kerr: Stafford County Has a Severe Problem with Food Insecurity

Stafford County, with a population 145,000, ranks 15th in the state in terms of per capita income (there are 134 counties and cities in Virginia), and nationally comes in at 19th in median income.  These are two indicators that imply a thriving and healthy economic picture.  Certainly not one where there would be a serious food insecurity […]

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