Volunteered today and had a good time in the warehouse, packing boxes to be sent to shelters. We…read moremoved so fast that we finished the shift in 2 hours!

I had the amazing opportunity of volunteering here w the Lockheed Martin special projects team back…read morein the fall and I'm looking forward to many more personal volunteer experiences during weekends of dedicating time to such a great cause. Maryland Food Bank thrives off of weekend volunteer hours for packers in their conveyor belt area to box canned goods and boxed foods as they'd otherwise have to bill these hours to payroll. I enjoyed myself and even got in a little cardio as the belt moved more and more foodstuffs through. I was in charge of canned veggies and boy were there lots of them. It was a good time and I can't wait to go back!

Spent some time this morning as part of the DMVDoes/Facebook initiative as spearheaded by founder…read moreJennifer Ward. There were 42 of us all volunteering to create and pack boxes of assorted canned/packaged food for 1.5 hours, followed by a tour of the facility. The place is HUGE and feeds 1 million people annually and some 60 million meals. While I didn't stick around for the tour, I will volunteer again. It was a phenomenal and rewarding experience knowing we were preparing food to feed the food-insecure throughout the DMV.

This is a well run volunteer organization that makes a difference. I have volunteered as part of a…read moregroup, and as an individual. The staff is knowledgeable, helpful and effective. Go the website to see the scheduled opportunities.

They were very kind and helpful when I dropped off food and a brand new unopened box of diapers…read moremonths ago. They weighed it and gave me a tax receipt. I plan on bringing more canned food to them this holiday season, to help others in need. Thanks for all that you do here.

Lending a helping hand…read more.. I had the pleasure of doing some charity work while I was in Washington, DC. The Capital Area food bank offers an invaluable service to the area providing food for families in need. With the tough economics times the country finds itself in, it was encouraging to be part of good works. It also brought an awareness of the circumstances that people end up in a blink of an eye. It is great to know that their are everyday angels out their making a difference.....

11th January 2025…read more Thanks to the immense non-profit organization World Central Kitchen (WCK) , created by Spanish American chef José Andrés, having continued to travel to various locations around the world providing food relief to those affected by disasters and catastrophic circumstances since 2010. WCK has helped in times of earthquakes (Haiti) , hurricanes (Asheville, SC, Puerto Rico), Floods (Montpelier, Vermont), during the Covid-19 pandemic (NYC, DC, San Francisco), the continuing war crises in Ukraine and Gaza, plus helped feed furloughed Federal employees during a government shutdown (Washington, DC). Currently WCK is supplying hot meals and supplies to the thousands of stranded citizens and busy firefighters in southern California's worst wildfires crisis in history. Please consider sending donations through the World Central Kitchen direct link: https://wck.org/donate "To find our angels all we need to do is look within ourselves" - Amanda Gorman, Poet and citizen of Pacific Palisades, California God bless

Was browsing the news and online to see which SF Bay Area restaurants are doing fundraising to help…read moreour Los Angeles neighbors during this Greater LA fires. Came upon World Central Kitchen (WCK) being mentioned and decided to donate directly to them for greater impact. This organization's mission is to provide food to people in times of crisis, and they have a great record on helping many people over the years in different areas of the world. This charity earned 4 stars (100%) from charity navigator. And an A+ rating from CharityWatch. Donate directly to: Wck.org

I came here to volunteer during the third shift with fellow BU alum last night. It was a great…read moreexperience, and even though less than half the group who signed up showed up, we were able to finish our task 45 minutes ahead of schedule. This is a state of the art food bank, and David really knows his way around and talks fast. When I first arrived, everyone was super friendly. They acknowledged me and offered me water and coffee even though I was here to volunteer. David talked with me for a few minutes before the group arrived. It was nice that he was so engaged with the volunteers and kept encouraging us to bring people who needed volunteer hours to volunteer their time here. As for the volunteer work we did. We sorted out snacks and candys. Snacks were packed in brown boxes, taped up, and labeled "Snacks." On the other hand, candy was packaged in Chiquita banana boxes. The banana boxes were larger than the brown boxes and because the components were smaller, it took more effort to fill up. We also received a quick tour of the facility and learned that items are purchased at $0.19/lb. The Capital Area Foodbank also accepts non food donations. I saw a box labeled "Xmas" as well as bikes in the storage area. There are loading docks for tractor trailers to come and drop off donations. From the size of the facility, it looks like there are great donations but more would always be appreciated. I would highly recommend people volunteering here, either individually or in groups.

I had to stop getting stuff from there. There was a lady who was very rude to me and my staff…read morealways, she used to be at the front desk. If we are 5 minutes late she will not let us get the stuff. I complained but as usual happens nothing happened and we ended up going there. I will try to remember her name sicnr it's been a while now that we don't go there.

I have been volunteering at the FRFB, in several capacities, for about two years and believe that…read morethey do a spectacular job of helping to provide much needed food and supplies to our areas needy families. Thankfully, our local citizens are very supportive of these efforts.

From the owner: You can contact our volunteer coordinator, Dominique Thomas, for ways that you can get involved…read morewith our organization at (540) 371-7666 x 131 or at dthomas@fredfood.org

So this is very very tiny. It's very clean. I think it might get more donations if the general…read morepublic was more aware that this is a place to donate to

This place has a wonderful selection of very Inexpensive items. Most times they are very…read morehigh-quality. I do want everyone to be aware though that they do sell expired items, like hand sanitizer that was expired from 7 months ago. Even with the receipt they refused to take it back. That is just not good customer service.