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During this holiday season, the Library is assisting the Arlington Food Assistance Center in its efforts to gather donated food for Arlington residents in need.
AFAC supplements the groceries of 1200 Arlington families each week - approximately 3000 people, almost half of whom are children. Non-perishable food can be donated at the following Library locations:
- Winter In The Vegetable Garden
Don Weber and Puwen Lee have been busy getting the Central Library vegetable garden ready for winter. Two weeks ago, they transplanted the mixed lettuce seedlings (originally planted as seeds in the raised bed garden in August), both inside and outside...
- Who Waters The Vegetable Garden?
Julie Damore does! Julie is a volunteer at Central Library who helps tend our Arlington Food Assistance Center vegetable garden. In this photo, taken by the staff at AFAC for their newsletter, she's holding a bouquet of broccoli and cucumbers. These...
- Tour Central's Garden This Wednesday
Have you been watching the Central Library's new organic garden grow (either in person or online)? Stop outside Central's east doors on Wednesday, June 30 at 10 a.m., and meet some of the folks who made this great community project happen....
- Arlington Kids Read Too!
Kids can have fun learning about growing food and planet earth too. Check out the great selection of kid's books at the Columbia Pike Branch Library that compliment the Arlington Reads theme of "Know What You Eat: food and sustainability."...
- Experience "the Art Of Food" At Central
We received over 50 diverse submissions to The Art of Food exhibit - classic still lifes, funny interpretations, food in action, food being manhandled, art made from food, wearable food and more. Come into Central Library from April 1 -30 and savor the...
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Donate to the AFAC Holiday Food Drive
During this holiday season, the Library is assisting the Arlington Food Assistance Center in its efforts to gather donated food for Arlington residents in need.
AFAC supplements the groceries of 1200 Arlington families each week - approximately 3000 people, almost half of whom are children. Non-perishable food can be donated at the following Library locations:
- Central Library
- Aurora Hills Branch Library
- Cherrydale Branch Library
- Columbia Pike Branch Library
- Shirlington Branch Library
- Winter In The Vegetable Garden
Don Weber and Puwen Lee have been busy getting the Central Library vegetable garden ready for winter. Two weeks ago, they transplanted the mixed lettuce seedlings (originally planted as seeds in the raised bed garden in August), both inside and outside...
- Who Waters The Vegetable Garden?
Julie Damore does! Julie is a volunteer at Central Library who helps tend our Arlington Food Assistance Center vegetable garden. In this photo, taken by the staff at AFAC for their newsletter, she's holding a bouquet of broccoli and cucumbers. These...
- Tour Central's Garden This Wednesday
Have you been watching the Central Library's new organic garden grow (either in person or online)? Stop outside Central's east doors on Wednesday, June 30 at 10 a.m., and meet some of the folks who made this great community project happen....
- Arlington Kids Read Too!
Kids can have fun learning about growing food and planet earth too. Check out the great selection of kid's books at the Columbia Pike Branch Library that compliment the Arlington Reads theme of "Know What You Eat: food and sustainability."...
- Experience "the Art Of Food" At Central
We received over 50 diverse submissions to The Art of Food exhibit - classic still lifes, funny interpretations, food in action, food being manhandled, art made from food, wearable food and more. Come into Central Library from April 1 -30 and savor the...