BFC In the News 2013

CEO George A. Jones and Client Advisory Board member Denice Speed represented Bread for the City.

The months seem a bit longer for a D.C. woman and her family after recent cuts to the food stamps they rely on.

The United States celebrates its “land of plenty” Thanksgiving Day this week, but for the poor and most vulnerable, there is less food on the table after Congress cut aid.

Symbol of violence becomes a marker for D.C.’s resurgence

It is late October, so Adrianne Flowers is out of money to buy food for her family. That is no surprise. Feeding five kids is expensive, and the roughly $600 in food stamps she gets from the federal government never lasts the whole month. "I'm barely making it," said the 31-year-old Washington, D.C., resident and single mother.

Overabundant, and the key to a new nonprofit group’s mission

From the department of great ideas: A homeless shelter in Alexandria, Va. will hold a special day of service next week for furloughed workers affected by the shutdown.

In south-east Washington DC, in a bar on Martin Luther King Jr Avenue, two very impressive children are showing off their knowledge in a dazzling performance.