Bailey’s Crossroads Rotary Club keeps food pantries stocked

 

The Bailey’s Crossroads Rotary Club board of directors has agreed to donate more than $40,000 to address food insecurity due to COVID-19 in the community. 

 

Most of the funds are being used to purchase food from local supermarkets for delivery to food pantries operated by the Annandale Christian Community for Action and the Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center. 

 

The Rotary Club will also make cash donations to the food pantries at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church and Columbia Baptist Church in Bailey’s Crossroads.

 

Additional funding has been allocated for food packaging events, in which volunteers will assemble thousands of packaged meals and deliver them to local pantries. 

 

The Bailey’s Crossroads Rotary Club raises funds to support charities through an annual raffle of a classic Ford Mustang. Last year, the raffle netted more than $100,000. The 2020 raffle was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, so the Rotary Club is using existing funds to help the community’s most vulnerable population. The funds will keep pantries stocked through the end of June.