Thank you everyone for a very successful Thanksgiving -- Holiday Giving 2011. On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday (November 21 -22) we were able to serve 1,010 familes, each which included one frozen turkey and accompanying food basket. To everyone and every organization involved, you made a definite difference.

That is the good news. The bad news, of course, is that thousands of families in Takoma Park/Silver Spring are in constant need of healthy, nutritious food for themselves and their children. The current economy is having a devastating impact on the poor, the needy, the homeless of our communities -- and their ranks are growing.

Adventist Community Services of Greater Washington is asking for your help thoughout the entire year to provide the food that the families in our communities need to feed themselves. Since Adventist Community Services has the ability, through the Maryland Food Bank and Capital Area Food Bank, to purchase food at a much reduced cost, we need monetary donations as well as donations of non-perishable food items.

Hunger is a constant. Your continual donations are needed throughout the year. Again, thank you all.

Here is how you can help:

·         Donate non-perishable food items to the food bank at Adventist Community Services, 501 Sligo Avenue in Silver Spring. Most needed items are canned vegetables and fruits, pie filling, beans, rice, soups, and stuffing mix.

·         Make a monetary donation to help purchase other items to supplement donated food. Each $25 that you donate will feed one family, so please give generously. Checks can be made out to ACS and sent to ACS Food Drive, 501 Sligo Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910. You can also donate online by clicking this donation button. All donations are tax deductible.