Archive For The “Who We Help” Category
Welcome back everyone! I hope your summer was great! I’m sorry to see it end, but fall brings its own promise of a fresh start and a new season, and that’s a fun feeling to have. I see that energy in my own family and I see it at the Giving Circle too. Please join [...]
Last year we invested in the start-up phase of the Alexandria City Playgroup Initiative (ACPI), and part of our gift was used to conduct a formative assessment of the existing playgroup efforts as well as develop ideas for collaboration across the City. We presented results at our spring event (here’s a recap) and in June, [...]
The Center for Alexandria’s Children is hosting an Oscar Night Gala on Thursday, February 24 at Belle Haven Country Club. Tickets start at $125, and can be purchased here. To quote a recent Alexandria Gazette Packet article by writer Gale Curcio about the Gala and the CAC (February 10, 2011, pages 3-4): “Playgroups focus on [...]
Part of last year’s Priority Gift to our community was a contribution of up to $20,000 to evaluate the effectiveness of Playgroups in our City and explore possibilities for improving and expanding the playgroup model.Giving Circle Founding Member Karen Devlin, together with September Jones of the Alexandria/Arlington Smart Beginnings Program have set this initiative in [...]
On Tuesday, November 9, The Giving Circle of Alexandria awarded $10,000 in grants to two local agencies. The Alexandria Homeless Services Coordinating Committee (AHSCC) received $5,000 to pay for at least 15 service providers from 15 agencies serving the homeless in Alexandria to receive 2-day training entitled “Out of Poverty.” Training will certify each participant [...]
The Giving Circle has two wonderful opportunities for you and your family to help out as Thanksgiving approaches: 1) A Hands-on Giving Circle Families Activity – Thanksgiving Dinners The Giving Circle of Alexandria will partner with the Carpenter’s Shelter’s Circle of HOPE to collect and sort dinner supplies for more than 60 families in the Shelter’s [...]
