WUSA9 partnered with the Dulles South Food Pantry to combat food insecurity in the DMV area.
SOUTH RIDING, Va. — On a hot summer day, a person walks up to a local Giant grocery store in South Riding, Virginia and delivers dozens of canned food alongside other non-perishable items. Later that day, as the temperatures continued to rise, more and more people come to donate food and other life necessities for a good cause – to give people relief from food insecurity.
WUSA9 partnered alongside the Dulles South Food Pantry on Wednesday for the food drive to combat the ongoing issue of food insecurity in D.C., Maryland and Virginia. People of all ages contributed to the effort and donated non-perishable foods, baby food, laundry detergent, hygiene goods, dog food and more.
Food insecurity is a pressing issue in the DMV area with one in three people experiencing it just last year, according to data from Capital Area Food Bank’s Hunger Report 2022…