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- June 30, 2024
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Congressional Battle Will Affect Food Bank

The Farm Bill is stalled in Congress. Its resolution will significantly affect the growing food-insecure population. The question is, will it be for better or worse? Though the pandemic is shrinking in the American rearview mirror, the number of Americans struggling with food insecurity continues to grow. Dan Maher is president and CEO of the […]

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- May 14, 2024
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Stressed Family Grocery Budgets Get Summertime Help

Summer means much higher food bills for families with school-age children. The Summer Food Service Program is there to ease some of the pain. The COVID pandemic led the U.S. government to change the rules around summer food distribution for school-age children, and the result has been a boom in meals served to needy children […]

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- May 14, 2024
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Summer Food Service Program Calendar

Dates and locations for the Summer Food Service Program offered by the Fredericksburg Regional Food Bank follow. The program runs for 10 weeks through the summer and is for kids 18 and under. Brooke Point High School: 1700 Courthouse Rd, Stafford VA 22554Monday Grab N Go June 3, 2024-August 5, 2024, 11:15AM-12:45PM Good Hope Baptist […]

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- March 31, 2024
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Stafford Elementary Schoolers Collect 2,000 Cereal Boxes for Food Bank

Donated cereal boxes are displayed in the Grafton Village Elementary School gym. Photo courtesy Stafford County Public Schools.

by Adele UphausMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT Grafton Village Elementary’s second annual cereal box drive for the Fredericksburg Regional Food Bank started slowly, but by the end of last week, the shelves of the local Giant’s cereal aisle were cleared out and the school’s hallways, stairwell, and gym were filled instead. Students and staff collected more […]

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- 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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