PARTICIPATE

Participating in the Legal Food Frenzy is easy. To get started, all you have to do is register online.

Once your firm or organization is registered, the individual(s) that you designate to lead your collection efforts will be contacted by a representative of your local food bank and by members of The Virginia Bar Association Young Lawyers Division who will provide your leader with customized food and fund collection materials.

We are pleased to announce our firm's participation in the 6th Annual Statewide Legal Food Frenzy. Please help us as we compete for the “Attorney General’s Cup.”

If we win the Attorney General’s Cup or one of the other statewide awards, we will be invited to send representatives to attend a special reception at the Virginia Governor’s Mansion for an awards presentation hosted by Attorney General Cuccinelli and Governor McDonnell.

THE NEED

A recent study by Feeding America found that over 1,000,000 Virginians are considered “food insecure.” This represents nearly a forty percent increase since 2006. A large number of these individuals are children, senior citizens, disabled adults, and the new face of hunger—individuals who have lost their jobs and are having problems making ends meet. In fact, Virginia’s food banks are currently experiencing record demand for services.

THE RESPONSE

In response to this urgent need, the Office of the Attorney General, The Virginia Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, and the Federation of Virginia Food Banks joined efforts in 2007 to create the Statewide Legal Food Frenzy—a food and fund drive competition among all Virginia law firms and organizations. In this friendly competition, the law firm or organization that raises the most food (based on a per person average—attorneys and staff) will be awarded the prestigious and highly coveted “Attorney General’s Cup.” In addition, Attorney General Cuccinelli will be awarding winners of the sole practitioner, small, medium, and large size firm categories. The top law school will be awarded the prized “Mini Attorney General’s Cup” and a special award will be given to the top government/public interest office.

Over the past five years, law firms, legal organizations, and law schools who participated in the Statewide Legal Food Frenzy have raised the equivalent of more than 7,000,000 pounds of food.

This year, we hope is to raise the equivalent of at least 1,500,000 pounds of food, so that we can meet our seven year goal of raising the equivalent of 10,000,000 pounds of food for Virginians in need. To reach our goal, we need each and every law firm, legal department, law office, law school, and court in Virginia to participate. This year, our goal is to have at least 200 participants.

For questions about the Legal Food Frenzy campaign
and website content, please contact Derek Swanson.