To feed the hungry in the annual Day to Serve food drive, Karen Hammond emerged from the Safeway on 7397 Lee Highway in Falls Church this past Saturday with a whole cart of requested items to donate. She is pictured above with the Ogden family. Day to Serve is being recognized this year from September 15 – 29. Volunteers from the Falls Church Ward at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints held a large food drive in cooperation with the Spend Yourself Pantry at Columbia Baptist Church and the Falls Church Community Services Council Food Bank at Knox Presbyterian Church, both at the Safeway last Saturday and at other collection points. Saturday’s delivery to the Spend Yourself Food Pantry weighed 3,133 pounds, with remaining deliveries set for this week to the Falls Church Winter Homeless Shelter, Winter Hill, and Knox Presbyterian. Food has been collected by several churches and civic groups in the Northern Virginia area, which is being donated to local food banks to help feed those in need. (Courtesy Photo)

Senator Saddam Salim 6-4-2026
Two hundred and fifty years ago, a group of revolutionaries declared a radical truth: that all people are created equal, endowed with unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit



