Archive For January, 2010
170 people, including 36 new members, generously contributed $65,000 for the Giving Circle’s 2010/2011 priority gifts! Thank you for your contributions of money and time to a great cause. Still haven’t made your membership investment? It’s not too late for you to make a difference. Please send your check (our preferred form of payment), payable [...]
The Priority Gift Process is underway with new information about needs in our community
By Cathleen | January 31, 2010
In November, the Gift Committee sent Requests For Information (RFI) to numerous nonprofits in the City of Alexandria. The idea was to look for opportunities for future partnerships with local human service agencies and who better to ask than the people in the thick of it all? The RFIs asked nonprofits to tell us about [...]
Give the gift of literacy by supporting the Giving Circle of Alexandria’s annual book drive with Wright to Read. The book drive runs from February 1 through March 14. The goal is to collect books for 1200 summer reading packs to be distributed to City of Alexandria students. What can you do to help? GATHER [...]
Thank you for being a part of Martin Luther King Jr.’s National Day of Service!
By Hallie | January 28, 2010
This event was fabulous, with hundreds of volunteers doing important work to benefit all sorts of worthy local causes. Our project to assemble New Baby Welcome Baskets for Healthy Families Alexandria (HFA), a Giving Circle priority gift recipient, and the Alexandria Department of Health Field Nurses was a smashing success! Check out the photos on [...]
December’s “Circle Time” coffee was fun. We had a nice mix of old friends and new faces. Let’s do it again! Our next gathering will be Friday, January 15 from 9:00 to 11:00 at Mancinis, corner of Mount Vernon Ave. and Monroe in Del Ray. Drop by when you can for however long you can [...]
We are beginning the 2010 nomination and election process for The Giving Circle Board of Directors. This is an exciting time for The Giving Circle membership and an opportunity for those of you who want to get more involved to do so. We encourage members to become active in the leadership of The Giving Circle, [...]
