A Simple Gesture - NOVA
Sign up to help fight hunger in our community
and we will bring a cool, green bag to your house.
Every other month, you fill the bag with non-perishables,
place it outside on a pickup day,
and we deliver it to the food pantry!
You fill the bag, we do the rest.
A SIMPLE GESTURE – NOVA is a bi-monthly (six times a year) food collection program that provides non-perishable food to area pantries to support our neighbors in Northern Virginia.
We do not store or distribute any food, but take it directly to the pantries on the days that the food is collected. We manage a large group of volunteer donors and volunteer drivers who make it easy for our friends and neighbors to support the neediest and hungriest in our communities.
Last donation (August, 2026): 23,512 Pounds
Total donations this year: 95,676 Pounds
Total donations since inception (June 2015): 1,375,791 Pounds
Next Pickup
Saturday, October 3, 2026, 8:30am
SIGN UP TO HELP!
PICK-UP SCHEDULE
2026
February 7
April 4
June 6
August 1
October 3
December 5
2027
February 6
April 3
June 5
August 7
October 2
December 4
OUR MOST NEEDED FOODS
Shelf Stable Milk
CANS
Tuna
Salmon
Vegetables
Soup
Chicken
Chili
Juices
Pasta Sauce
Fruit
PLASTIC BOTTLES & JARS (no glass, please)
Cooking Oil
Peanut Butter
Jelly
BOX/DRY
Cereal
Lentils/Beans
Oatmeal
Macaroni & Cheese
Pasta
BAG
Rice (1 and 2 Pound bags)
Flour
Sugar
HYGIENE
Toiletries
Feminine Products