Mailing Address
PO Box 220802
Chantilly, VA 20153
Client Services & Food Pantry
13888 Metrotech Drive Chantilly, VA 20151
Tel: (703) 988-9656
Fax: (703) 988-9655
WFCM Thrift Store
13939 Metrotech DriveChantilly, VA 20151Tel: (703) 956-6955
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WFCM Statistics
Fiscal year 2013:
745 families given 26,747 bags of food
374 families helped with financial assistance
Total volunteers: 840
Hours helping WFCM: 15,647
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"Stuff the Bus: Helping Fairfax Families"
On Jan. 25 grocery shoppers donated an amazing 3,600 pounds of food and $1,400 in gift cards for WFCM food pantry clients! Thank you to those who partnered to make this event happen: Clifton Giant (Union Mill Road), Chantilly High School student government, Fairfax County Government, Fastran bus/MV Transportation personnel, and WFCM pantry volunteers.
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Most Needed
Food Pantry Items
Fruit Juice
Spaghetti Sauce
Canned Fruit
Canned Meat
Pancake Mix & Syrup
Cooking Oil
Sugar (2-5 lbs.)
Flour
shopping lists from our website!
Food Pantry Donation Hours:
9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., M to F
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Thrift Store: two-hour shifts on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons, and Saturdays any span from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (small groups of 5-10 welcome)
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Table Host Coordinator: WFCM Annual Fellowship Dinner fundraiser
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WFCM Board of Directors: two-year commitment, monthly meetings (contact Exec. Dir. Melissa Jansen at mjansen@wfcmva.org or 703-988-9656 ext. 101)
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Scrapbookers: organize current and historical WFCM photos for display
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Shredding of files: anytime Monday to Friday between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Contact:
Volunteer Manager Annette Bosley, 703-988-9656, ext. 110
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Latest from Our Thrift Store
13939 Metrotech Dr.
Chantilly, VA 20151
DONATION NEEDS:
- Bibles to give away (English or Spanish)
Our treasures change daily! Come shop and support our work with those in crisis in western Fairfax County.
DONATION HOURS:
Tuesday through Saturday
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
See our Donor guidelines for what we can and cannot accept
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Happy 2014! This year marks the 27th anniversary of WFCM's service to the surrounding community. We are grateful to still be here, since last year we were "homeless" and needing new space to lease. We relocated within Metrotech Plaza, now near Pet Smart (our pantry) and Lotte (thrift store). We feel privileged to serve many clients and customers. With your generous support, in December 2013 alone we gave 352 families (1,111 individuals) a total of 2,264 bags of free food. Additionally, we helped 33 families with financial assistance for rent and utility bills.
We are happy to report that during the holidays sponsors provided 1,279 Thanksgiving and Christmas food baskets. Wow! Every year I am amazed how many are in need and how wonderful our community, businesses, and church donors are to keep supporting families, year after year!
We also had a great fall with over 60,000 pounds of food delivered to us November 9 by  hard working Sully District Boy Scouts (see additional photos below). Thank you to those who came out to help, many for 8 hours or more. We are also thankful for many gift cards and 3,600 pounds of additional food collected at Clifton Giant during "Stuff the Bus" on January 25 through our partnership with Fairfax County government.
This spring, join us for three fundraisers: a wine & cheese event, a new Fun Run, and our annual Bread and Water campaign (to fill bottles with change). If your business or church can take part in any of these, we would love to tell you more. Contact us by phone or through website email. Financial support, along with in-kind food and thrift store donations, are all welcome.
May our faithful God bless you and yours in 2014.
Melissa Jansen
Executive Director
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FOOD! Community Donors and Scouts Fill Shelves
What does 61,133 pounds of crated food look like? The Sully District Boy Scouts know! WFCM is grateful for another year of effort by more than 900 energetic boys during Scouting for Food day in November. Scouts and leaders collected donations door to door and worked at the sorting and storage sites. Around 800 other volunteers also assisted, including WFCM pantry workers, church groups, Girl Scouts, and other community members.
 Our sincere thanks to Michael Adere (pictured center of truck, with hat) and his team of Scout leaders who once again gave countless hours in the background coordinating this massive effort.  These volunteers from Grace Covenant Church were among the many cheerful workers who helped sort donations.
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Client's Happy Tears: "There is Still Kindness and Love for Neighbors"
Thanks to WFCM's generous supporters, 1,279 holiday meals made low-income households more festive in 2013. Many churches, community organizations, businesses, and individuals showed love to strangers through food and gift card donations during Thanksgiving and Christmas. The following note came from a WFCM client to the pastor of Centreville United Methodist Church:
As I write this letter it is the first time in many years that my tears are of appreciation and not tears of grief that I shed daily since the death of my eldest daughter. Your congregation has reaffirmed to me that there is still kindness and love for our neighbors. The gift today that was delivered to my home solved the problem that has been a burden on me on how I was going to provide my family Thanksgiving this Thursday. My son who is in the military has been granted leave and will be able to have dinner with us. My family cherishes every moment that we can have together.I cannot express enough to you the gratitude that I have and hope that one day I will be able to reciprocate this kindness to other people in the community.Please share that all the hard work you do is sincerely appreciated.
God Bless You, D.K.
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Teens with Heart Package Meals
Two local eighth-grade Girl Scouts, Emma Gustafson and Kate Wozniak, decided to assist WFCM food pantry clients while earning their Silver Award (50 hours of service). They held food drives at Rocky Run Middle School and two local Giant stores, then packaged and delivered many holiday food boxes to families in need. Emma wrote, "This is so important to the both of us because so many families can't afford to have a nice Thanksgiving meal. We want to help make sure they can have a memorable, enjoyable meal with their families!" Thank you for your generous hearts and hard work to help others.
Emma and Kate (in green jacket and pink and white dotted shirt), with troop friends Nadine and Christine, request food donations from shoppers at Giant, Union Mill Road.
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School Recycles Unused Food to Benefit WFCM's Pantry Clients
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(from left) Students Sarah Hugo, Kelly Le, Meghan Kelly, Hugh Gannon, and Jacob Wolfer work with Pantry Manager Terri Kelly to stock Greenbrier's donations.
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Greenbrier East Elementary is the first Chantilly-area school to partner with WFCM for a new "recycled" food program. Student leaders volunteer daily at the end of lunch period to collect unused items off trays, including fruit with skin, unopened milk cartons, and packaged snacks. Food is sorted into storage bins or a refrigerator, then delivered by a parent volunteer bi-weekly to WFCM's food pantry. At the end of 2013 a group of students was able to tour the pantry during a delivery. Greenbrier school president Hugh Gannon commented, "This is a great system. It was amazing how many milks were saved, and the food bank especially needs milk." He enjoyed seeing where the food goes and the school's part in the process. Student Jacob Wolfer said he learned that other people have less, and he should be very thankful for what he has. "It's awesome to be the first school to support this organization," he added. WFCM is glad for these students' enthusiasm to save valuable food, and we feel blessed to be part of the life-long lessons they will take away from making a difference.
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