18978charity | August 22, 2014
Lorton Community Action Center Provides Military Families Much-needed Groceries and Support
Mary Smallenburg is taking care of her four children while her husband is deployed in Korea. Today she’s at the local food pantry, the Lorton Community Action Center, picking up her groceries so she can feed her children.
Nationwide, 28% of military families seek food assistance. In the following USA Today video, Linda Patterson, Lorton Community Action Center Director, speaks about hunger in America.
Get Resources and Insights Straight To Your Inbox
Explore More Articles
America’s Charities Selected as 2024 Board Leadership Award Winner by Center for Nonprofit Advancement
Washington, D.C. – July 17, 2024 – America’s Charities, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that mobilizes the power of giving as a leading provider of volunteering, workplace…
Read Article
Celebrating Juneteenth and Continuing to Work in Solidarity for Racial Justice, Equality, and Equity
June 19 — also known as Juneteenth, or the nation’s second Independence Day — commemorates the end of slavery in Texas, and therefore the nation,…
Read Article
LGBTQIA+ Pride Month 2024
In honor of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan – considered the tipping point for the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States – each…
Read ArticleGet Resources and Insights Straight To Your Inbox
Receive our monthly/bi-monthly newsletter filled with information about causes, nonprofit impact, and topics important for corporate social responsibility and employee engagement professionals, including disaster response, workplace giving, matching gifts, employee assistance funds, volunteering, scholarship award program management, grantmaking, and other philanthropic initiatives.
