ALIVE! Newsroom
July 2022
Congregational Connection for July 11th
Congregational Connection Thank you to ALIVE! member congregation Good Shepherd Lutheran Church who helped to build and to care for this herb garden! The oregano, thyme, and mint harvested from this garden will go to the new ALIVE! Food Hub on the West End. In addition to being an easy and convenient place for food insecure families to pick up free groceries, [...]
July ALIVE! Volunteer Newsletter
Sign up for July volunteer events with ALIVE! Each month volunteers from across Alexandria come together to help our neighbors who need food assistance, emergency financial aid, and so much more. Our greatest volunteer recruitment for July is with our food program. ALIVE! distributes 100,000 pounds of groceries to more than 3,500 families each month, but in order to meet [...]
June 2022
Congregational Connection for June 27th
We recently recognized the dedication and years of service from ALIVE!'s retiring Treasurer Rick Glassco, as well as the contributions of Debbie Schaffer, Tony Tighe, and Mike & Linda Oliver. It has been a blessing to be able to work alongside Rick, Debbie, Tony, Mike and Linda and to see the organization they guided for so many years continue to [...]
Join us on June 28th for a webinar to explore ALIVE!’s new volunteer portal!
ALIVE!'s Volunteer Coordinator, Xiomara Hernandez, will be hosting two zoom trainings on Tuesday, June 28th to demonstrate the features of our new volunteer registration system. Because you are someone who has volunteered with ALIVE! in the past we wanted to invite you to join us. Please click the links below to RSVP for one of the upcoming virtual trainings. RSVP for [...]
Congregational Connection for June 14
Thank you to The Oasis Alliance for sharing this thoughtful look at what it means to dream up spaces like the ALIVE! Food Hub that inspire hope and increase dignity for our neighbors in need. To watch the full video about ALIVE!'s partnership with The Oasis Alliance click here. ALIVE! Food Distribution Calendar ALIVE! strives to provide nutritious foods through direct distribution [...]
Alexandria Gazette: ALIVE! Opens First Brick and Mortar Food Hub
By Shirley Ruhe Gazette Packet Walk into the new ALIVE! brick and mortar pantry in the West End and you don’t know where to look first. The bright welcoming space has been designed by The Oasis Alliance, and the shelves are stocked with food in the choose-your-own model. Jenn Ayers, Executive Director of ALIVE!, says this is the first brick [...]
