And the Winners Are...
The Giving Back Awards By Marianne Weaver
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art of the Prince William Living mission is to enhance the quality of life in our community and inspire our readers to do the same. In every issue, we feature organizations that give back through their mission and good works. Once a year, we invite our readers to nominate outstanding not-for-profit groups in Prince William County, Manassas and Manassas Park for our “Giving Back Award.� This year, just as in the previous years, the nominations poured in. A combination of public nominations and voting and evaluation by PWL judges is used to determine the winners. By including a public vote, we hope to build awareness of the many nonprofit organizations working to enhance Prince William while we also discover new opportunities to give back. This year, we chose ACTION in Community Through Service (ACTS) food rescue, with honorable mentions to the NOVEC HELPS and Project Mend-A-House.
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ACTION in Community Through Service The ACTION in Community Through Service, or ACTS, established a food bank in Prince William County more than 50 years ago. As the non-profit organization has evolved to address domestic violence, sexual assault, homelessness, emergency assistance and suicide, feeding the hungry has remained a core mission. They launched the ACTS Prince William Food Rescue in August 2019. The program is modeled on the Food Rescue Hero technology developed by 412 Food Rescue, a Pittsburgh-based food recovery and redistribution initiative that prevents usable food from entering the waste stream, while delivering healthy food directly to people who need it. PWFR partners with food retailers, nonprofit organizations and food rescue heroes to collect
