Summertime Update 2024

all children deserve to be well fed TBWF July 2024 Update As we reach the middle of the Summer, here is a quick update on To Be Well Fed’s continuing efforts. We have continued twice weekly food deliveries into the Summer even though school is out. In fact, the need in Summer is often greater than during the school year, as students are not regularly receiving breakfast and lunch at school. Because Savoy ES and Garfield ES are largely closed for the Summer, we have increased the amount of food we deliver to the Far Southeast Family Strengthening Collaborative and Smart from the Start’s Woodland Terrace Family Success Center. Both are located near the schools and thus serve families in the same communities during the Summer. We are delivering twice weekly to each site. Food rescue from the Dupont Circle Farmer’s Market   In the last month, To Be Well Fed rescued 36,248 pounds of food from Wegmans. We are able to save this food and deliver it to families in need in Southeast, instead of it going into landfills and increasing global warming. We continue to rescue food from the FRESHFARM Dupont Circle Farmer’s Market, and we have begun a weekly food rescue from Giant Food at Cathedral Heights. We are grateful for their support. It’s Zucchini season! We also received a grant this year from No Child Goes Hungry, which allows us to make last-minute purchases when supplies run low. Alicia taking rescued food and packaging it for delivery.   In order to sustain To Be Well Fed’s very large deliveries made possible by the increasing amount of food we are rescuing, we will be seeking volunteers to help. Please keep reading upcoming newsletters for more info on opportunities to participate, including a Fall food drive. If you missed any previous newsletters, you can catch up on our website!   Thank you for your continued support.     Be well and have fun, The Kiyvyras! (Dave, Alicia, Luther, Abdisa, Memphis, and Mochi) Thank you! Fighting childhood hunger in Washington DC is a community effort. Support us at www.tobewellfed.org/donate. For more frequent TBWF updates, follow us on social media: #ALLCHILDRENDESERVETOBEWELLFED #EVERYCHILDDESERVESTOBEWELLFED Copyright © 2024 To Be Well Fed, All rights reserved. Contact us online or by mail:4817 36th Street NW #112, Washington, DC 20008 You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. TO BE WELL FED IS A 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION   |   FEDERAL ID #83-3416921

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