Arlington Food Assistance Center Review

Helping 2200 families in need every week - - what more needs to be said?

The staff and the service they provide is excellent, they are always very attentive to help one meet their needs at home by providing daily consumer products at home. Thank you very much AFAC.

They are to special people abd the food is excellent . May God bless them .

Super helpful. I'd never received food from afac so i came in not knowing anything. Volunteers were supe nice

AFAC Arlington is staffed with great volunteers who are helpful and caring. It is hard to accept help when one has been a hard worker their whole adult life. These volunteers make our visits easier to accept thank you AFAC.

Organization system is extremely flawed. Trying to do a good thing but it causes a lot of animosity between patrons. Expect a 1-2 hour wait AT LEAST.

Who knew that there are so many people suffering from food insecurity!! Great place to volunteer!!

It is a Great place and helps me a lot with a good food selection necessary for my family. Volunteers are so friendly, nice and helpful. Thanks a lot for your support in this community center and thanks to people who make this possible.

It's amazing place they're so very helpful I give it 10 Stars if I could

I've been going to the AFAC Arlington Mills distribution on Mondays. It's crowded, and the line goes quickly - nice, helpful atmosphere among everyone.
I'm single and get enough food to last a very, very long time! Produce, proteins and carbs covered generously.
I'm grateful to the volunteers who come and smile and distribute, as well as all the donors who make this possible during a difficult economic time in my life.
Thanks!

Volunteer coordinators were very good communicators. Kept everyone spaced out. Glad to be able to help.

There vegetables were fresh the meat they give you were not out dated they were nice and courteous and didn't judge.

Warm and friendly atmosphere. Staff are friendly and welcoming. The facility provides much needed service to the community.

AFAC is doing an invaluable service to our community. Glad to be able to support it!

Very find people work there. They help me choose the freshest vegetables. Goes real quick.

An credible place for Arlington residents who wants food, including low income families, homeless and people who can not afford the food. It is a great non profit organization who makes people happy by its volunteers. Great job

Friendly Staff and clean warehouse. Helps everyone in need.

Varies by visit, stalked and attacked last time there and 3/4 by staff volunteers (court ordered dangerous gang / dui/dwi? to snooty socialites/nurse Ratchet) so major culture problems there. Food varies some spoiled past date, discover when get home. Interrupted and over controlled (they pull from fridge and only tell and give you what they want to tell/ give you and discriminate) so can't really see the food, check expiration dates, ingredients (etoh, allergies, msg, artificial sweeteners, gluten, meat, pork, etc), make good decisions like normal people would grocery shopping. Kept outside for hour(s) in cold, heat, rain, while staff & volunteers go right inside, like we are outside animals. Put free (Arlington, Xfinity) WiFi and at least not wasted time...

I like volunteering here. Everyone is nice and it's clean!

So friendly and professional customers serivce, but place is very small

Horrible parking when it's open but you can't complain for the great services that the people do inside for those who need food assistance.

Free food yo! Just please dont give me a bitten bun again thanks

Well organized and efficient. If you have extra food, please donate!

I ve been volunteering here for about 4 weeks now and it s great. The space is newly remodeled and just perfect for its use.

Both volunteers and clients are extremely nice. Nobody leaves with anything but a smile on their face!

Great organization to volunteer for! Very organized and helpful staff.

Well oiled machine that distributes food to those in need of nutritional assistance. Very friendly and professional staff. A rewarding experience!

Excellent treatment of the staff that works in AFAC, from who gives you the tikes at the entrance to those who receive them at the end.
Grateful and may God bless each of them.

I am a big supporter of Arlington Food Assistance Center. I thoroughly enjoy volunteering during their week night distribution shifts. They serve on average 100 hungry families per shift.

Friendly people that work there and a wonderful place for food.

Thank you for all the help God bless all the amazing people who volunter and give the best for all our comunity.

The volunteers do a great job and there's always a decent selection really helps me to supplement my grocery shopping

Cause they help others with food but it's not fair that they help people with large families and the ones who have small families with a little bit of food

Thank you for your help and support. It is a warm place for those who are in need.

Great volunteer opportunities for people who want to get involved in their community

Excellent. Kind attentive. Very grateful to everyone in that place.

Very helpful if you need food you run short during the month they never deny you any food whatsoever but you are supposed to be in Arlington County resident I do find that people that come from other counties and get assistance and I don't think that's fair

The fact that they don't throw anything away, and allow you to get extra(of course not being greedy) is awesome!

The volunteers are always friendly to me and I look forward to going back week after week to meet my needs . Thank God there are still good people in the world . Mr Redskin

Really just a great mission they have with the work they do. Easily accessible location, too.

Today I went because I have more than a month that I do not work and because I have sold the targeno I do not miss anything, they just grab me, waste my time, a lot of people, look that I have rested to go to be cfila. And then they say stay home and they don't help you

Awesome facility and very helpful staff from the front door throughout.

Wonderful local non-profit helping neighbors with food insecurity.

Awesome community project. Recommend volunteering there!

Great food bank for the Arlington residents. Run mostly by volunteers with less than a handful of full staff.

Always very grateful, the volunteers and everything, excellent.

Seems like 5 reviews probably all by volunteers all 5 stars is misleading and/or advertising/spam/conflict of interest. So shaming people for speaking up and/or being a client there. Volunteers not sorting etc in the back, generally stand over people limiting what they can have, one from the rack, some frozen chicken drumsticks, fish, or (chicken) hot dogs, sometimes miscellaneous items say dated from Trader Joe's, rarely beefs, though tri tips once. 9 ish lb turkey one Thanksgiving, other weight usually a little above 10lb but most things assume people can cook. A whole (roasting) frozen chicken for Xmas are most holidays. Some bent cans and some things don't count against quota, over date, etc. Unlabelled rice, (non instant) oatmeal, black or pinto beans in clear plastic sealed / repackaged unknown sources, dates, handling procedures likely done by church etc volunteers 2 loaves bread/ week but check dates as may be old moldy, which volunteers are to go thru, could feed relocated birds in park across the way with as hobby, but dumpster trashed... Paid staff mostly drive pickup items from locations, some boxes for donations and some drop off. Lines for hours outside in cold, heat, rain, while nasty line check woman, etc say can't leave bag and come back, so ~$30/week of food takes 3+ hours +/- bus fare, etc. Other locations run differently, like get a number when building opens,only one distribution day/week vs show up certain times/day/wek (hours at warehouse shown in picture, check website for holiday closings) have building wifi, etc, but less choices, as staff and volunteers only give you what they want you to have and/or ask from across the room when can not see packaging forcing decision on something with likely bad date, snickering and picking fights. It's a hell hole situation with sadist and other discrimination problems. But people have to eat so get tortured by classism, racism, ableism, etc people and paddling type degradation, imo. Some are court ordered others do gooders, many are paid abusers. Say 100 people waiting/time slot, 20-30 in waiting area. Numbers given out and into indoor waiting area, one client bathroom, after staff and volunteers go in you are an outside dog/cat, but pets they actually may care about. Afac Card (requires referral, residency & income checks etc) checked after long lines with predatory and sick people (sick go first getting everyone else sick after?) , bathroom in the park across the road, which means leaving line and may get bumped ( one of many catch22s) . Getting there and/or back with groceries, cart etc varies if have vehicle, something to sit in if friendlies near you in line, can find parking, trucks etc. Busses hassle poor people will not generally do lift as only for wheelchairs, so able bodied only, and/or mile(s) walking hauling, bring your own bags, luggage type cart etc. And something to do while waiting. Little Free library Book may not be stocked and/or interesting and generally limit one but people talking, smoking, predatory, etc.

Good service, employees are friendly and kind.
Today, one of them is standing outside with customers to check in under 44 F degree, to make sure all are done...

AFAC is an organization full of humility and grace. Friendly volunteers and hardworking staff are found throughout. If you are food insecure in the area AFAC will assist you with services. Innovative in providing nonperishable food and fresh produce to their clients. More community involvement can be found on the website.

The best.
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I really appreciate everything about the arlington food assistance

I'm very thankful for all the caring people helping this great community.