Category: Chew On This

With input from current guests, “missing” guests, and our partners, we have launched a new strategic direction for the Food Bank. The plan spans the next five years and brings us together to focus on important goals that build on what we already do—effectively and efficiently distribute healthy food. Our 5-year goals are to: By … Continued

The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank is forging ahead with its new strategic plan to eliminate disparities in access to nutritious foods, improve guests’ health, and connect guests to other resources that support food security. Developed with guests and partners, the plan’s success will rely on the input, support, and guidance of these groups and other community … Continued

Imagine what your neighborhood would be like if every child, every mother, every father, every senior, everyone has the food they need to support their health and well-being.  This vision is possible! Together, we’re already making life better for the children, seniors, families, and hard-working individuals in central and western Virginia who do not have the food they need … Continued

[The following summarizes material presented in a virtual CEO Forum on April 12, 2023. You can watch the recording here.] Everyone should have enough to eat. Full stop. But we know we still have some work to do to realize this vision for the future. From July to December, the number of guests visiting Food … Continued