July 12, 2017 by BFC
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Housing
Social Services
Guest Author: Shelby Kienzle-Pappalardo
After 13 years of waiting, Sharon (a Bread for the City client) again has a home of her own. The Southeast Housing Preservation Project provided encouragement, support and transportation assistance along the way.
June 30, 2017 by BFC in In the Community Social Services
Bread for the City hosted its first Job and Information Fair on Friday, June 16. Organized by Representative Payee Coordinator Shanta Hendry, the fair was designed to bring together a number of different companies and services agencies to give job seekers important resources.
June 27, 2017 by BFC
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City Orchard
Guest Author: Anita Budhraja, Orchard Coordinator at Bread for the City
In May 2017, the Sustainable Agriculture program harvested about 460 pounds of strawberries and cared for the orchard to ensure long-term food production. This equates to nearly 800 servings of fresh, nutrient-dense fruits distributed to DC residents through our farm to pantry operations.
June 21, 2017 by BFC
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Diaper Program
Our Staff
PEP
Guest Author: Shalonda Carr, Diaper Program Coordinator, SE Center of Bread for the City
The Diaper Room is open two days a week. Our clients receive a total of 50 diapers per household each month. We also offer our clients other baby needs, including milk, formula, nipples, pacifiers, bottles, baby shampoo, baby wash, baby lotion, baby clothes, cribs, walkers, strollers, even car seats, and so much more. Everything is upon availability, but it’s a great feeling to be able to offer that parent or guardian what they need to take care of a child.
June 12, 2017 by BFC
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Advocacy
In the Community
Guest Author: Alex Gnatko
At Bread for the City, in light of the fact that 99% of the clients we see in our food, clothing, medical and legal programs are African American, or people of color, we not only began to discuss the role that race plays in this fact, but we’ve sought to reverse this painful reality.
For the past several years, BFC’s staff, Board and clients have zealously taken on that complex issue of systemic racism.
June 08, 2017 by BFC in BFC Updates Fundraising
Today is Do More 24—a community-wide day of giving. And today is the perfect day to help ALL DC residents live healthy lives! Bread for the City needs your support.
Every donation you make today will be matched, dollar-for-dollar up to $15,000!
June 05, 2017 by BFC in BFC Updates
As you’ve probably heard by now, our 2017 Good Hope Gala was a massive success, raising over $1.26M in support of our programs. Nearly 500 people gathered together to celebrate all that we’ve achieved as a community and it was grand!
May 30, 2017 by BFC in City Orchard Food Access In the Community Our Staff Volunteering
This spring (March and April) at City Orchard, we have focused on spring cleaning and preparations for a fruitful summer. In addition to harvesting the greens University of the District of Columbia (UDC) generously offer us from their hydroponics greenhouses, we weeded, mulched, trellised and pruned our fruit trees and berries to prepare for the summer ahead.