BRAIN POWER
Brain Power Volunteers help AFAC by donating their professional services. Consider joining our PR, Development or Finance Committees. Not a meeting person? Contact Charlie Meng, our Acting Executive Director, at charles.meng@afac.org, to develop a personalized volunteering schedule. Volunteering can also help you develop skills. Consider learning some new skills while helping AFAC.

EVENT PLANNING
There are many ways you can help AFAC can spread the word about its work and increase support from the community.  You can help us plan a leafletting blitz and corresponding food drives.  Contact us at laura.jackson@afac.org if you'd like to help plan these fun events.

Accenture employees help clean and move food.

HAVE A CLEANING BLAST!
Claim a Saturday afternoon for your group to help AFAC behind-the-scenes.  These once/monthly cleaning events might include cleaning rugs, washing windows, cleaning coolers, vacuuming our vans, washing waiting room chairs, scrubbing and painting walls, shampooing carpets.  A clean AFAC means staff can better serve our clients. Contact us at puwen.lee@afac.org to set up an afternoon cleaning opportunity.

GO GLEAN FOR AFAC 
Help AFAC by picking fresh vegetables and fruits from local farms and orchards.  Or sort vegetables and fruits indoors.  Your group can arrange to glean fields with the Mid-Atlantic Gleaning Network, one of AFAC's local partners.  Some of the produce you pick can be brought back to AFAC and a portion will go to other food banks. Contact Susan Calligari, AFAC's Gleaning Coordinator at masoncal@mac.com for information on how to sign up.

GARDENER?
Join AFAC's Plot Against Hunger program.  Plant some tomato and pepper seedlings for AFAC clients who have gardening space and for community gardeners who are participating in our Plant a Row for the Hungry project.  Have surplus vegetables over the summer months? Donate them!  Start an extra row or two of vegetables and mark it "Stake Against Hunger".  Start a garden in your child's school or at your faith-based organization.  For information, contact Puwen Lee  at puwen.lee@afac.org.  Seeds available.

HOLD A FOOD DRIVE
Why wait for our annual food drives? Hold one of your own!  Over 60% of the food AFAC receives is donated to us.  This is a great opportunity for students, schools and other organizations to get involved in the essential work of AFAC throughout the year.  We also need re-usable brown grocery bags.  See our food drive page and contact Magda Jaskot,  Food Drive Coordinator at AFAC for more information, magda.jaskot@afac.org, (703) 845-8486.

These are some of the many ways you can further our mission here at AFAC. We hope you can join us! 

For more information, please call our office (703-845-8486) or contact one of our volunteer coordinators, Puwen Lee or Laura Jackson at volunteer4afac@afac.org