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News-Press Community News LOCAL PAGE 10 | MAY 21 – 27, 2020

FALLS CHURCH NEWS-PRESS | FCNP.COM

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Food Drops Offs Comes to St. James

This Friday, Saint James Catholic Church (905 Park Ave., Falls Church) will be holding a No Contact Food Drop Off from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Since the onset of the coronavirus, Catholic Charities’ pantries, parish and partner pantries have experienced dramatic increases in the amount of food needed as the economic toll on families rises.

Food needs include non-perishables such as canned fruits and vegetables, boxed or bagged cereal, rice and pasta, pasta sauce, cooking oil, bread, non-refrigerated juice, peanut butter, and canned fish, such as tuna or salmon.

The No Contact Friday Food Drop Offs initiative is an effort by Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Arlington to increase food donations during this critical time by offering no contact drive-thru drop offs throughout the region.

All food will be distributed through the organization’s St. Lucy Food Project which provides food to the community through three Catholic Charities pantries – Loaves and Fishes in Front Royal, Christ House in Alexandria and the Leesburg Regional Office in Leesburg – as well as some 60 parish, interfaith, community and government pantries within the diocese.

The list of existing sites can be found at ccda.net/give-help/ donate-and-distribute-food.

Fairfax Schools Offer Food Assistance for Families

Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) families whose children are eligible for the federal free and reduced-price meal program can receive temporary food assistance from the Virginia Department of Social Services (VDSS). Families will receive a P-EBT (Pandemic Electronic Bank Transfer) for temporary food assistance to cover the cost of meals missed while schools are closed.

Eligible households include those with children who receive free or reduced-price meals (FRM) as well as students enrolled in schools that provide free meals to all students through the Community Eligibility Provision. Children who would receive free or reduced-price meals under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, if not for the school closure, are eligible under this provision.

FCPS has submitted the names of families currently eligible for FRM to the VDSS; currently eligible families do not need to apply

IT’S OFFICIAL. Mustang Alley, the new road created on the George Mason High School campus as a result of its rebuild, now has its signage installed. (Photo: FCCPS Photo/Seve Padilla)

POPULAR F.C. DRY CLEANER owner Yeon Mee Lee is creating colorful face masks at her Spectrum Cleaners location at 450 W. Broad Street. She’s selling them to offset a downturn in her business during the current lockdown, and she’s also donated 100 of them to the City of Falls Church Police Department. (Photo: News-Press)

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