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YMCA Alexandria Providing Free Meals and Produce to Children Under 18

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ALEXANDRIA, VA – If you are under 18 and bring your own bag, you’re eligible, says the YMCA of Metropolitan Washington, which is providing free meals and produce at some of its locations across the DMV area, including the Alexandria location at 420 E. Monroe Avenue in the Del Ray section of the City.

Free meals contain 3-days’ worth of breakfast and lunch. Meal boxes can be picked up weekdays Monday through Friday from 10 am to 2 p.m.

For produce packets, the pick up times at Mondays 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Tuesdays 9 a.m. until 12 p.m. Any child, regardless of their affiliation with the YMCA, may pick up boxed meals two times per week – children must be 18 or younger.

Produce is available for anyone, regardless of their affiliation with the YMCA. Produce will be distributed while supplies last.

MORE: Alexandria Schools Providing Free Meals During COVID-19 Shutdown

 

Mary Wadland

Mary Wadland is the Publisher and Editor in Chief of The Zebra Press, the award-winning Alexandria news publication she founded in 2010 with a mission of celebrating community, culture, and all the good news happening across the city. A longtime community advocate and storyteller, Mary was selected for the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce inaugural 40 Under 40 class and has served as President of Living Legends of Alexandria since 2022. Known for her deep local roots, sharp editorial instincts, and passion for connecting people through journalism, she has spent decades chronicling the personalities, businesses, events, and civic life that make Alexandria unique. Originally from Delray Beach, Florida, Mary is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Hollins College in Roanoke, Virginia, and has been part of Alexandria’s publishing and media community since 1987.

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