To Be Well Fed Newsletter

October 2022 TBWF Highlights

“The families were so happy with all the amazing food. The food went so fast!! I had one young lady give me a big hug and tell me thanks so much for having food so she could feed her kids... It brought tears to my eyes.” –Tynisha Wright, FSFSC Congress Heights Family Success Center

When you support TBWF, you join us in making change for the better!!!!! Fighting childhood hunger in Washington DC is a community effort. We are grateful for the support of each and every one of you!

Your support now helps provide groceries for 225 students and their families every week!!! THANK YOU!

To Be Well Fed is extremely excited to announce that we have added Center City Public Charter School in Petworth and the Far Southeast Family Strengthening Collaborative(FSFSC) Congress Heights Family Success Center to our weekly grocery support program.

This means that TBWF is now delivering weekly grocery support to 225 families, 5 days a week!!!! We can do this because 1) Alicia’s knee is on the mend (WOOHOO!!!) and, more importantly, because 2) we trust in YOU, our supporters to make this important work possible.

#GivingTuesday is November 29^th and we need your support! Our goal is to raise $30,000 to ensure we can continue weekly grocery support in 2023 to 225 families at the following institutions: Eagle Academy, Friendship SE Academy, Savoy Elementary, Center City PCS Petworth, and FSFSC Congress Height’s Family Success Center.

Please help us reach our $30,000 goal here! Tell your neighbors, friends and family! Every amount helps! THANK YOU!!!!

Thanks to PlusOne and Food Rescue US DC, we continue to rescue food from Moms Organic Market, FreshFarm Farmer’s Market at Dupont Circle, and Wegmans – these rescues provide us with gorgeous, organic produce, dairy products, meats, vegetarian/vegan proteins, bread, and prepared meals! The communities we partner with do not have easy access to healthy, nutritious food, so we are grateful to pick up, sort, and distribute this bounty to the students and families we serve.

To learn more about food rescue and to hear from TBWF’s own Dave and Luther Kiyvyra, listen to this recent podcast.

TBWF was honored to attend the annual fundraiser for  Food Rescue US DC at Gallery O on H.  Not only did we get to dance and eat cake pops and sliders, but we had a chance to talk about TBWF and the importance of food rescue when it comes to fighting childhood hunger in the DC area.  Together we truly can do epic things!

Please help us raise $30,000 to support 225 families at www.tobewellfed.org/donate

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Be well and have fun,
The Kiyvyras! (Dave, Alicia, Luther, Abdisa, Memphis, and Mochi)

#ALLCHILDRENDESERVETOBEWELLFED

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