2026 SESSION
ENROLLED
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 200
Commending BetterALife.
Agreed to by the Senate, March 10, 2026
Agreed to by the House of Delegates, March 12, 2026
WHEREAS, BetterALife, a nonprofit organization based in Purcellville dedicated to helping children and families in need through food and educational assistance and life-skill services, has greatly served the Loudoun County and Fairfax County communities for several years; and
WHEREAS, BetterALife was founded by Elizabeth Ford, a Reston native whose experiences of food insecurity in her youth inspired her to create an organization that would disrupt generational patterns of poverty and transform young people's lives, one meal at a time; and
WHEREAS, through its recently expanded food pantry and meal deliveries throughout Loudoun County and Fairfax County, BetterALife has served more than 10,000 households and provided more than 75,000 pounds of food to those in need; and
WHEREAS, BetterALife delivers meals both door-to-door and at locations throughout Loudoun County and Fairfax County, including schools, meeting people where they are, and facilitating access to their programs and services; and
WHEREAS, BetterALife established a weekend food bag program to nurture the health and well-being of children who may otherwise go hungry outside of school, and the program has already provided more than 8,000 meals; and