The restaurateur has been delivering free meals to seniors since March. His new program, “Feed the Fridge,” aims to feed anyone in need.

“There should be a better response to people who have to ask for help and have to plead for food,” one elderly Washingtonian says.

Hunger will rise as unemployment and poverty increase.

And Common is producing it.

But it’s still the top national distributer of free summer meals to children in need.

D.C. United took some time out of its busy schedule to lend a helping hand at D.C. Central Kitchen yesterday afternoon, and we thought we’d take a moment to share their good deed with you.

A day after finishing a week-long diet in which she attempted to eat no more than $30 worth of groceries, D.C. Councilmember Mary Cheh (D-Ward 3) sponsored a resolution bemoaning planned federal cuts to food stamp programs.

As she predicted, an anti-hunger activist who put herself on a $30 food budget for the past week is feeling kind of lousy.

Could you feed yourself on $30 worth of groceries a week? Anti-hunger activists and a few District officials are seeing if they can live on a food stamp budget.