In today’s sad reminder that terrible people are out there walking among us, there is news today that an Alexandria charity, ALIVE (Alexandrians InVolved Ecumenically), has been the victim of a warehouse burglary, in which thieves made off with more than 1,000 pounds of food intended for the needy. ALIVE, which according to their website, “serves over 12,000 Alexandrians annually,” works with community volunteers to provide Alexandria’s less fortunate with a full spectrum of services, from financial assistance and donated goods, a child development center that targets health and education, and a massive effort to help the hungry.

The burglars struck at a city-run Wheeler Avenue warehouse where the organization stores the food that doesn’t fit into the space they rent from an area church. The food that was stolen was said to be the quality products that ALIVE had in the warehouse: meat, fish, and spaghetti sauce. It was part of a stock that the organization distributes at the end of every month when people begin to run out of food stamps. According to the Washington Post, the charity isn’t as worried about restoring their supply — though they noted that “requests for food have risen 30 to 40 percent in the last year and have been growing” — as they are about where they’re going to store the food now, “Do we put it in the same place, where someone can just steal it again? That’s the problem.”

According to reports, there were no signs of forced entry at the scene.

For every dollar donated, ALIVE is able to purchase ten pounds of food from the National Capital Food Bank. If you’d like to help out with a donation, click over here to find out how.