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Please join us: June 1, 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm Norton Hall at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church 228 S. Pitt Street, Alexandria VA Guest speakers are Abe Fernandez of the Children’s Aid Society discussing Community Schools and Travis Wright of George Washington University discussing evaluation and expansion of playgroups in Alexandria. We will also announce [...]
A great big THANK YOU to those of you who were part of Spring2Action over the last few days! 937 people gave over $76,000 to Alexandria nonprofits (over $100,000 if you count all the matching grants) and 51 of you gave $4195 to the Giving Circle. The generosity of people in our City is just [...]
Spring2ACTion is coming on May 5, 6 & 7 — and the opportunity for all of us Giving Circle investors to raise even more money for the non-profits we support right here in Alexandria! We are so delighted that our community foundation — ACT for Alexandria –has made a commitment to this online giving extravaganza. It [...]
Mark Your Calendar Now! The Annual Spring Social is just around the Corner: Wednesday, June 1 at 6:30 pm St. Paul’s Church in Old Town More details are coming. And bring a friend to join us for morning tea this month on Tuesday, May 17, 9:00 to 11:00 am at the home of Pamela Larson. [...]
Our many, many thanks to all of our wonderful Giving Circle investors, friends, neighbors, local businesses and schools for helping Wright to Read achieve its goal of filling 1,200 backpacks with three age-appropriate books for summer reading, including one brand-new book for each child. Special appreciation goes to Christine Labrecque and Maura Powell who spearheaded the Book [...]
The last day of the 5th Annual Giving Circle/Wright to Read book drive is approaching fast. On April 30 from 10 am to 1 pm, we’ll be gathering at Wright to Read at 414 N. Washington Street to assemble the summer reading packs from all the books so generously donated over the last several weeks. [...]
