Community and Human Services Resources

Help Those Experiencing Food Insecurity

Throughout the month of April, FCPL is collecting donations of food for Cornerstones, Facets, Food for Others, Lorton Community Action Center, Rising Hope Misson Church and Second Story. During this food drive, community members can drop off unexpired, commercially produced food items - see below for specific food requests - to any FCPL branch during regular hours. 

Food pantries consider the needs of community members.

According to End Hunger in America, when we ask community members what food items they need or want, it "gives the people being served a sense of dignity and control, limits waste (since they tend not to take food they won’t use) and allows them to tailor the help they receive to be the best possible fit for their own unique situation." 

Cornerstones is accepting donations at Great Falls Library, Herndon Fortnightly Library, and Reston Regional. Please donate:

• Cooking oil
• Flour
• Pasta (all varieties)
• Pasta sauce (plastic containers)
• Sugar

Facets is accepting donations at City of Fairfax Regional and Centreville Regional. Please donate: 

• Cooking oil
• Cereal and oatmeal
• Children's snacks - granola bars, chips, cookies, crackers
• Canned fruits, vegetables, meat (fish, chicken, spam)
• Flour and sugar
• Instant noodles
• Pasta (all varieties) and pasta sauce (plastic containers)
• Shelf-stable milk

Food for Others is accepting donations at Access Services, Burke Centre Library, Chantilly Regional, Dolley Madison Library, George Mason Regional, John Marshall Library, Kings Park Library, Kingstowne Library, Oakton Library, Patrick Henry Library, Pohick Regional, Tysons-Pimmit Regional and Culmore Library. Please donate:

• Canned fruit
• Canned meat (no tuna) 
• Canned tomato products
• Canned spaghetti sauce
• Pasta (all varieties) 

Lorton Community Action Center is accepting donations at Lorton Library. Please donate: 

• Canned Fruit or fruit cups
• Cereal
• Chicken/Beef/Vegetable stock
• Canned chicken, soup
• Dry or canned garbanzo beans
• Jasmine Rice
• Penne pasta and pasta sauce (plastic containers)

Rising Hope Misson Church is accepting donations at Martha Washington Library and Sherwood Regional. Please donate:

• Canned tuna, salmon, vegetables
• Canned and dry beans
• Pasta (all varieties)
• Rice (1-2lbs)
• Spaghetti sauce (plastic containers)

Second Story is accepting donations at Richard Bryd Library and Thomas Jefferson Library. Please donate: 

• Cereal and oatmeal
• Canned tomato products, tuna
• Cooking oil
• Dried beans, lentils 
• Maseca
• Pasta (all varieties) 
• Rice