A Simple Gesture Reston Sets April Pickup, Reports 22,812-Pound February Haul

A Simple Gesture - Reston is scheduled to make its next neighborhood collection on Saturday, April 4, 2026 at 8:30 a.m., and the chapter's public page reports "Last donation (February, 2026): 22,812 Pounds." The Reston site frames the program as "a bi-monthly (six times a year) food collection program" serving area pantries in Northern Virginia.

The Reston page lays out the group's operating model in plain terms and a how-to paragraph shared across ASG pages: "Simply sign up (below) and we will deliver a reusable ASG green bag to your home at your first pickup (feel free to use regular grocery bags for your first donation!). On the bag will be a list of food items that PACS needs the most as well as the pick up schedule (every other month). On the designated pick up day, leave your bag on the front step and one of our super fabulous volunteer drivers will pick it up and leave a replacement bag in its place. Your full bag of food will then be delivered directly to PACS. It is that simple!"

New registrants are instructed to expect an initial pickup delivery of the green bag and are told "Please use your own paper, plastic, or reusable bag for your first donation. Your driver will leave your official 'green bag' upon first pickup." The Reston page also invites volunteers and donors with the tagline "You fill the bag, we do the rest." Operating hours posted on the Reston page are Monday 9am - 6pm, Tuesday to Friday 9am - 4pm, and Saturday 10am - 1pm.

The site lists cumulative metrics alongside the February figure, stating "Total donations this year: 22,812 Pounds" and "Total donations since inception (June 2015): 1,302,927 Pounds." The Reston page also makes clear that the chapter does not warehouse food, saying "We do not store or distribute any food, but take it directly to the pantries on the days that the food is collected."

Other ASG pages in the source set show different 2026 pickup calendars for partner programs and chapters. A PACS-specific page lists six 2026 dates: 1/10/2026, 3/07/2026, 5/02/2026, 7/11/2026, 9/12/2026, and 11/07/2026. Separate ASG Guilford/Greensboro pages publish tag-based pick-up calendars for Orange, Blue, Purple, Green, and White tags with sample 2026 dates such as Feb 21, Mar 28, Apr 11, May 2, Jun 20, Jul 11, Aug 22, Sep 12, Oct 10, and Dec 12 for various local zones.

The only Reston-specific pickup date present in the material provided is the April 4, 2026, 8:30 a.m. listing on the A Simple Gesture - Reston page; the PACS and Guilford calendars are explicit to those partner pages and regions. The Reston page names PACS as the delivery recipient and posts the February and lifetime totals, but it does not specify on the page whether the 22,812-pound February figure represents Reston-only collections or a combined partner total. With the April 4 pickup set, Reston will continue its every-other-month collection cadence as described on the chapter page.