Capital Area Food Bank
645 Taylor Street, NE
Washington, DC 20017-1767
Phone: (202) 526-5344
Fax: (202) 529-1767

Directions: Use Brookland Metro, Red line. It is about a ten minute walk from there.
                  From Metro Brookland Station/ CUA: Take the 10th Street Exit, Turn left on 10th Street, Turn left
                  after you pass the video store, this looks like an alley, walk to the end of the parking lot, we are the last
                  building on your left.

The Capital Area Food Bank is the largest, public nonprofit hunger and nutrition education resource in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area. Each year the CAFB distributes 20 million pounds of food, including 6 million pounds of fresh produce, to over 700 partner agencies. The Capital Area Food Bank was founded on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday, January 15, 1980.

…volunteer as an individual or group? Help sort, shelve and stock the unbelievable amount of food that is donated to the food bank everyday.

Contact: Oye Omorogbe

Email: omorogbeo@cfoodbank.org

Phone: (202) 526-5344 ext. 286

***Please make sure to sign in at the volunteer office at Capital Area Food Bank. They will track your hours for you if you tell them you are a GW student. 

Volunteer shifts are 9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm

…volunteer your time as an instructor for Nutrition Classes (Food for Thought, Food and Skills) or as a chef? Nutrition education experience preferred.
Jodi Balis
Email: balisj@cfoodbank.org

...volunteer to teach a 6 week series of nutrition classes?
Jodi Balis
Email: balisj@cfoodbank.org
Phone: (202) 526-5344 ext. 227

...volunteer in food stamp outreach?
Amanda Melara
Email: melaraa@cfoodbank.org
Phone: (202) 526-5344 ext. 304

...volunteer with a mobile food bank? This experience lasts 2-4 each time and would allow you to interact with clients and handout food in neighborhoods throughout DC.

Contact Jenny Shea for more information,

Email: sheaj@capitalareafoodbank.org