AHS student working against hunger Albemarle High School (FILE) (Source: WVIR) By NBC29 Newsroom | April 29, 2021 at 5:50 PM EDT - Updated April 29 at 5:50 PM
ALBEMARLE COUNTY, Va. (WVIR) - An Albemarle High School student is encouraging her classmates to help the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank.
Now, several other schools are also involved.
“We had a guest speaker come in from the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank and they told us that 1-in-5 people in the Albemarle-Charlottesville area struggle with hunger. I feel like anyone who hears that number would immediately help,” AHS student Katharina Ravichandran said.
Schools have been provided with extra collection barrels from the food bank because they are exceeding the goals they set.
Well, Congress has approved and the president has signed the relief act. Many people have objected to the current system of direct payments because they say not everyone really needs the money. I agree; many do not, but many more do. I am one of the people who don t. I am a retired Air Force officer and am on Social Security and the government already sends me plenty; thank you very much.
As a rule I don t agree with much of anything that has come out of Washington, D.C., for quite some time, but many people truly DO need the help. While I m not going to try to send the money back, my wife and I have decided that anything we get from the relief packages will be passed on to a local charitable organization that is actively helping those people who are in need. Our organization of choice is the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank in Verona, but each of you must have somewhere you know it will be used for the good of our community.
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Fishburne cadets collect more than 4,000 meals to support Blue Ridge Area Food Bank
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Cadet Cadlee Jarvis, a junior from Waynesboro, loads “Hunger Hero” collection barrels for delivery to collection sites. Photo by Cadet Riley Malone.
Cadets at Fishburne Military School launched a food drive in support of the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank on March 1. Just over two weeks later, they have raised enough to provide thousands of meals to those in need throughout our community.
COVID-19 Response Fund shows power of partnerships, helps thousands in the Shenandoah Valley
COVID-19 Response Fund shows power of partnerships, helps thousands in the Shenandoah Valley By Tara Todd | March 15, 2021 at 8:24 PM EDT - Updated March 16 at 9:10 AM
SHENANDOAH VALLEY, Va. (WVIR) - The COVID-19 Local Response Fund has helped thousands of people in the Shenandoah Valley, keeping many from financial ruin. Tuesday marks one year since the fund was created.
The Community Foundation of the Central Blue Ridge started the fund as a way for people to help their neighbors through COVID-19, but it’s also showing the power of partnerships in addressing real issues.