. >> our colleague, anita brickman is live at the food bank tonight with more on how to get yourself involved. anita. >> there are so many ways to help. the capital area food bank is the largest nonprofit hunger and nutrition education resource in the area. first founded in 1980, it is distributed nearly 30 million- pounds of food to more than 478,000 people. but as the seasons change from summer to fall, the food bank gets easy and they are making sure that everyone has a solid meal on the table for the holidays. they run out of space here and needed to expand. that is how much this food bank has grown. >> they are now expanding, getting ready to triple their space and double their capacity to deal with the food that comes in here. that's a great success story for the food bank, but it is a testament to the need in our region. >> it's a cramped warehouse where a stunning 30 million- pounds of donated food per year is handled and distributed to at least 478,000 individuals in need in our region. the capital area food bank is maxed out. which explains this, a new start from scratch fac

i was with anita brickman doing the heart walk. it was great, everybody who came out the american heart association, those who didn't come out but response scored us, donated to the cause. a big, big thank you. our goal was $2 million. we were 1.7 last time we checked. but there is still time. if you would like to help out, you can, go to start greater washington.org. that is the heart walk's website and again, we want to get to that $2 million goal. because heart diseases kills more people than any other disease. you know, you hear about other things, getting more money, more attention. heart disease is the number one killer. many times doctors don't catch it. >> have them check to be on the safe side. >>> let's talk weather. a fantastic afternoon. temperatures going up into the low even mid-60s. there are going to be car thermometers today that actually tickle 70, i think. the dry air will cool off quickly and once again another cold night for potential for more frost and fog like this morning. dry air heats up quickly and cools

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i was there, anita brickman was there. andrea mccarron joined us as well.o far we have raised more than $4.7 million. the goal was $2 million. so we still have time. we are still taking donations, in greater washington.org. a big thank you to everybody from the heart association for the great event and the great work they do. for everybody who supported with donations. thank you, thank you, thank you. everybody who came out, the businesses that donated their services and stuff. it was a great time. >>> we got another great day ahead, although we have a dense fog advisory which was issued just a little while ago. including montgomery and fairfax counties, culpepper this goes until can a.m. even though prince georges county, out east they are low as well. andrews air force base monika santani and i were looking at a traffic camera. dense fog east in aim bridge, a half mile. we got the advisory tulowitzki pepper, frederick, a quarter mile zero mile visibility. fog is going to slow you down at times this morning. it won't be around. patchy, dense fog. 50s and 4

anita brickman has more. >> reporter: for 16 years berry bergmann ought english, speech and drama atwhitman high school in bethesda. she never taught to the book or the test. her lesson plans came from the times. >> it was an incredible time to be alive. >> we copy it down eagle. >> i remember watching the moon landing. the kids were affected by it. >> reporter: ms. . bergmann gave students a voice. i was so unhappy in high school. but there is nobody. kids don't have a chance to say what they are feeling. >> reporter: but now the teacher is in trouble. >> i remember click cadillacing down the hall in heels. now, i'm on a walker. >> reporter: she remembers the hair and those short skirts. the teacher has fallen on hard times. a stroke and other illnesses have particularren their toll, both physically and financially. >> i was going to be evicted. >> reporter: mrs. bergmann never had children, her students were her kids. now some of them are putting together a benefit to say thank you. >> we have been getting e-mails say my gosh, how she's changed my life. >> reporter: this school was