Category: News

Thank You! Saint Joseph School – Martinsburg

CCAP/L&F thanks St Joseph Shcool for conducting a food drive and donating the food to our organization. 1 in 9 – West Virginians go hungry every day

Thank You Inwood Primary School

Inwood Primary School students collected over 4,000 items of food weighing over 3,500 pounds! 1 in 7 Children struggle with food insecurity in West Virginia

CCAP/L&F wishes to thank The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

CCAP/L&F wishes to thank The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for their generous donation and the CCAP/L&F’s volunteers who helped to unload the truck. “West Virginia ranks third in the nation in the percentage of households with schoolchildren in which the child receives food assistance.” – U.S. Department of Agriculture

Thank You Airborne Church and Airborne Chirstian Academy!

To wrap up Airborne Church’s 2023 Season of Giving, they collected 908.5 pounds of food this past Sunday for Berkeley County CCAP / Loaves and Fishes! These donations will be provided to residents throughout our community. “Nearly 200 thousand West Virginians are considered to be lacking consistent access to enough nutritious meals, but luckily, plenty…

“…In survey periods covering September 20 – October 30 of 2023, close to 16 percent of people with children said they did not have enough food, up from nearly 14 percent who responded during the periods covering October 5 through November 14, 2022…”

Annual Thanksgiving Baskets Were Distributed

November in Martinsburg brings several holiday traditions, including CCAP/Loaves & Fishes’ Thanksgiving baskets. This year, 294 low-income, underserved families signed up for Thanksgiving baskets. The baskets contained a turkey, canned vegetables, stuffing, pumpkin pie ingredients, and other traditional holiday foods. CCAP/L&F representative explained that this could only be done with the community’s support through…

CCAP/L&F wishes to thank the local scouts for their recent door-to-door food drive! For the 1-in-5 kids in West Virginia struggling with food insecurity, it doesn’t just mean their bellies aren’t full; it means they have a tougher time in the classroom learning, and their development and growth is impacted.