Food Donation List (pdf)

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Help Stop Hunger in Our Community!
Although Northern Virginia is one of the wealthiest areas in the country, in Fairfax County, 9.2% of the population experience food insecurity. The food insecurity rate for children in Fairfax County is 6.1%. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) defines food insecurity as limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate foods or uncertain ability to acquire these foods in socially acceptable ways.

Every month during the school year, AUUC children, youth, teens, and adult helpers assemble meal packs for students at a local elementary school whose families experience food insecurity. Meal packing is fun, it’s quick, and it’s a social justice action that supports our UU values of generosity and justice. No Child Goes Hungry/Accotink involves our entire AUUC community in meeting a great need in our local community where food insecurity is a reality for many families.

Meal Pack Assembly Events are held in the Sanctuary following these Sunday Worship Services: Sept 7, Oct 5, Nov 9, Dec 7, 2025 and Jan 11, Feb 1, Mar 1, Apr 12, May 3, 2026. All are invited to participate!

All AUUC children, youth, teens, adults, and AUUC friends are invited to join the fun of working together to assemble these meal packs.

We can’t fill the bags if we don’t have enough food donations, so please sign up to bring in any of the 10 specific food items described below (printable Food Donation List.)

Donations of the 10 specific food items that make up the meal packs are always needed. There are 3 easy steps you can take:

1. To begin, please visit the SignUp page.
2. Sign up to indicate which specific food item(s) and quantity you wish to donate.
3. Drop off your food donations at the church in the bins located in the “coat closet” donation area left of the church entryway.

Support this Effort—Donations Appreciated!

Financial support for our No Child Goes Hungry/Accotink program comes from these sources:

• Donations of the 10 specific food items by AUUC individuals and families
• Donations of cash/checks which will allow us to purchase items to assemble meal packs. Please make checks payable to AUUC with “NCGH/AUUC” in the memo line.

In 2017, UU minister Rev. Kären Rasmussen gave AUUC a $1,000 grant for this project as part of her public No Child Goes Hungry ministry.

For More Information

This program is sponsored by AUUC’s Social Justice Committee and Children and Youth Spiritual Development Committee. For questions, please contact Shelley B or Nancy D. Email justice@accotinkuu.org.