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How to Help This Holiday Season

November 15, 2025
By: Colleen Phelps

Economic times are tough right now and more people than usual may be seeking out ways to get help for their families this holiday season. If you’re able to offer donations or volunteer, we compiled a list for you to help make someone’s holiday brighter.

Food Insecurity on the Rise in RVA

October 6, 2025
By: Colleen Phelps

“There is a very real need out there,” says Feed More’s Rodrigo Arriaza about the rising number of families seeking food assistance in Central Virginia.

Feed More collects, prepares, and distributes food to neighbors in need. Their programs and distribution network are dedicated to providing nourishment to neighbors facing hunger.
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“I want a better society for my kids. I’m passionate about healthcare. I’m a physician, my wife is in public health and the way healthcare is going right now is very frightening and I just want a candidate who is willing to go against what is happening on the national level. The vaccination piece is definitely scary, I think it’s really important to stay up to date with those things, the pandemic changed so much about how people trust the healthcare system, and while there are a lot of ways the healthcare system needs to improve, leadership from the top down needs to be solid and it’s just not solid right now”.

“I’m mostly concerned about the SNAP funding. Because in my profession, I know some people through Virginia Cooperative Extension who were doing nutrition education for SNAP beneficiaries, all of those programs were cut as kind of a ripple effect from the (Big, Beautiful) bill, but they lost those programs, which is important to me – nutrition information. I’m concerned about out healthcare, I’m concerned about what’s happening with immigration right now and for me personally, I’m soon going on Medicare, and I’m concerned with what’s happening with that. Things are so divisive, you can’t even really talk about issues in a calm way”.

“I am passionate about gun safety regulation. I am passionate about enforcement of the anti-trust laws. Those are two big ones for me. And also intelligent AI regulation and data center/environmental regulations. I have concern about the kind of Wild West style lack of regulation of artificial intelligence. I think we need to take a systematic thoughtful approach so that we targeted AI rather than just an uncontrolled profit for a few big companies”.

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