Steve Plescow, President of Seven Loaves, reported the non-profit provider of food for those in need would participate in the 4th Annual Love Your Neighbor, Feed Your Neighbor Food Drive, scheduled for May 2.

Lynette Austin, coordinator of the drive, told Council that in its first year they had collected fifty-five thousand pounds of food; seventy thousand pounds in year two; and ninety thousand pounds last year.

All food collected, she said, goes to food pantries in Loudoun County, restocking their shelves "at a time of year when people were not focusing as much on them."

The annual drive, she noted, was a complete community effort, supported by the schools, local faiths and government organizations.

Plescow reported that Middleburg's United Methodist Church had agreed to serve as a collection point. He is also working, he said, with the Middleburg Business & Professional Association and Safeway. Some local businesses had already committed to do special collections.

Councilmember Bundles Murdock noted that, to no one's credit, one in six children is food insecure.