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NEIGHBORS: Headwaters donates $1,000 to Fauquier Community Food Bank & Thrift Store

Headwaters Site Development, the entity behind the proposed Catlett Project, recently made a charitable donation of $1,000 to the Fauquier Community Food Bank & Thrift Store in Warrenton.

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Field & Main's OooMami Smash Burger is the Best Burger in NoVA

What is the best burger in Northern Virginia? Field & Main's OooMami Smash Burger was voted the winner of NoVA Wars: Burger Edition.

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Food banks prepare for spike as pandemic SNAP benefits come to an end

In the last three years, households eligible for food assistance received at least $95 more per month as part of a pandemic-era increase to combat hunger. But Wednesday, those benefits will expire, meaning a smaller monthly food budget for nearly 30 million Americans. William Brangham visited a food bank in rural Virginia that’s gearing up to meet the increased need this cut will likely trigger.

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NEIGHBORS: Tickets for Fauquier Education Farm's annual 'Feast from the Field' event on sale now

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PATH awards $1.2 million in "Flexible Funding" grants


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The grants range from $7,500 to $50,000.
Rather than our traditional annual grant cycles, this year we pivoted to Flexible Funding to provide programmatic and general operations funds to address the continuing need our community faces after enduring more than a year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
PATH President/CEO Christy Connolly
The Warrenton-based PATH Foundation has awarded more than $1.2 million in “Flexible Funding” grants. The grants to 38 area organizations support missions focused on community health and vitality.
This grant cycle offered up to $75,000 in unrestricted general operating and program support for 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations, with PATH focusing on organizations and populations with the greatest needs.

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Culpeper Food Closet receives donation of Norwegian salmon thanks to local food blogger

Fauquier FISH (For Immediate Sympathetic Help) received a donation of 2,500 pounds of frozen salmon fillets from Kvarøy Arctic, a sustainable salmon farm located in Norway.

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