Dumfries food pantry to reopen sooner than planned
October 21, 2011 - 07:39 am
DUMFRIES, Va. (AP) - A Prince William County food pantry is reopening earlier than planned after receiving a large amount of food and cash donations.
Action in Community Through Service shut the doors of its Dumfries food pantry this week due to an increase in demand and a lack of donations. It had planned to reopen on Nov. 1. But Rebekah McGee, the group's emergency assistance program director, says donations poured in after people learned of the group's problems and the pantry is now reopening on Tuesday.
McGee tells The Washington Post that the food pantry has received $55,000, as well as pounds of food donations this week.
The food pantry serves about 4,000 people per month.
---
Information from: http://www.washingtonpost.com
Short URL:
http://wj.la/pFsFGx
RecommendedRecent Facebook Activity
Only On 7
-
Click here to win $700 in Groceries from ABC7!
"Like" ABC7 on facebook and you can win $700 in groceries delivered to your door, thanks to Peapod by Giant! Enter daily before 4pm Friday! Plus, you can receive 2 additional entries for each friend who enters!
TBD Blogs What you need to read
-
@TBD Arts
Style: Parenthetical puns — parapuns? — must end!
-
The Market Report
Giant promises to open all lanes in Columbia Heights
-
@TBD On Foot
What WiFi means to modern public transit commuters
Best of TBD In case you missed it
-
D.C. journalists with the most Klout on Twitter
No one knows quite what Klout is, but these big 'myopic little twits' appear to have it.
2 Comments
Post a Comment