Since May, 2020, Food for All has partnered with Mount Pleasant Neighbors Helping Neighbors to provide food assistance to struggling residents in this tight-knit DC neighborhood. Begun as a response to the dramatic spike in need during the pandemic, we continue to feed up to 250 families every week, making it clear that this small, community-led effort has become a lifeline for many. A recent survey of beneficiaries showed that about half would not have another option for food assistance.
One site is managed by the Woodner Apartments Tenants Union, a volunteer effort that supports residents in that building as well as three others. The sustained demand for food at this and our other site at Sacred Heart Church suggests that these communities suffered from underlying food insecurity prior to the pandemic. FFA and NHN are committed to helping these neighbors as long as funding lasts.