In Season: It’s Summer Squash Season at LHR

All summer long, we’ll be doing quick posts on what we have in abundance in fresh produce. The summer squash, both yellow and green, is coming in. We have it fresh from JK Community Farm! Enjoy the summer lusciousness of these photos!

LHR Partner Corner: Pointing Fingers in Loudoun’s Housing Crisis

For the last three years, the Loudoun Chamber has been advocating for more housing affordability in parallel with Loudoun’s 2019 Comprehensive Plan review process. This has become challenging because for years, decades even, the term “workforce housing” is stigmatized as ADU programs and other government subsidized solutions for housing affordability. This short-sighted language and under-funded […]

Around the Pantry and Behind the Scenes: Annual Inventory

Fiscal transparency, best audit practices and a good (late) spring cleaning meet each year in our Annual Physical Inventory count. Just like a retailer, we are required to account for the inventory of food we have on hand. Those who have been to the pantry know

What We Need Wednesday 6/26/19

It’s tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, canned fruit, and individual fruit in juice or applesauce this week!

Volunteering at LHR: Our Good Bad Problem

For those who are trying to volunteer at Loudoun Hunger Relief, we’re sure you’ve noticed that we have a “good bad” problem. We have so many people who want to volunteer that our current shifts and opportunities can’t accommodate everyone. And it’s frustrating for you and for us!

LHR Partner Corner: Loudoun Free Clinic

Last winter, Karen was having problems swallowing. By April, having lost 40 pounds and no longer able to swallow, she walked into an emergency room. The diagnosis – cancer. A malignant tumor was pressing on her esophagus. She was hospitalized and a surgeon inserted a stent to open her esophagus. She was discharged by hospital […]

In Season at LHR: It IS Easy Being Green….

This week at LHR, thanks to our partners like JK Community Farm and Great Country Farms, we have lots and lots of lovely greens! Chard is pictured, but we have kale, and many lettuces as well. Thank you to all our donating partners for this good food.

Produce Storage Goes Chill

A quick video to show off our new produce chill container! With thanks to the Dominion Foundation for the funding and Southern Electric for their in-kind donation!

LHR Partner Corner: Crossroads Jobs

When we work, everyone wins. Crossroads Jobs provides free job placement assistance to unemployed and underemployed individuals in and around Loudoun County. The more than 350 placements so far include individuals whose stories reflect the diversity and needs of Loudoun County: victims of domestic abuse, the homeless, returning citizens, individuals with disabilities, the young, the […]

LHR Partner Corner: Rachel Roberts, “Flower Lady”

Rachel Roberts, our Flower Lady, graciously agreed to do a little more volunteer work and write our first LHR Partner Corner post for us. Thank you Rachel! When Trish asked me to write the first blog for Loudoun Hunger Relief, I didn’t know whether to feel honored or challenged. As a result, it’s a little of […]