JES Foundation Repair Helps Feed Hungry Families

Manassas, VA (September 21, 2018) – JES Foundation Repair, a Groundworks Company, joined the “Food for Others” non-profit organization to collect food for hungry families of Northern Virginia. In our nation’s capital area, many families are struggling to provide for basic needs like food and shelter. Food for Others is dedicated to helping these families. As part of the Groundworks “Goodworks” program, the team at JES Foundation Repair donated and collected 347 food items.

Food lines are becoming longer and longer as more families find they are in need of help. JES Foundation Repair wanted to help Food for Others in their mission to ensure that everyone in the community has enough food to eat. According to Feeding America’s annual “Map the Meal Gap” study, over 12 percent of Virginians are “food insecure,” and in some area localities the percentage of people who could go hungry is even higher.

“Many families in Northern Virginia regularly go without meals.” Christine Efird stated. Christine helps lead the Goodworks initiative for the company. “The team at JES felt that partnering with Food for Others was a great way to help the hungry families in our local communities.”

The Groundworks Companies Goodworks program was established to unify all 5 of the Groundworks Brands under one community service initiative. While each branch office partners with a different nonprofit organization throughout the year, the goal is to encourage employees to get involved in at least one community service project per quarter. The employees of JES in the Manassas branch chose to help the Food for Others organization for their third quarter charitable giving partnership.