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		<title>Holiday Community Events</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 02:42:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Fund for Alexandria&#8217;s Child Sign up for the Holiday Sharing Program to purchase gifts and/or gift cards for needy children and families. Purchases should be delivered December 13, 14, or 15. Healthy Families Alexandria Enjoy &#8220;A Broadway Christmas Carol&#8221; at MetroStage on Thursday, December 15 to support this local home visiting program. Carpenter&#8217;s Shelter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boutique Shopping Benefit!</title>
		<link>http://givingfullcircle.org/2011/11/22/boutique-shopping-benefit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you on the look-out for a new dress, new shoes or boots, a new handbag, or some new bling for those impending holiday parties? Looking for a unique gift for a friend or sister? Shop at Hysteria or the Shoe Hive on DECEMBER 1. If you mention The Giving Circle of Alexandria, 15% of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We just gave away $10,000 in Developmental Gifts!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:46:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Giving Circle of Alexandria is pleased to present the following gifts: $4,000 to New Hope Housing, Inc. to provide emergency childcare to families living in the Alexandria Community Shelter (ACS), a city-owned shelter.  This childcare is short-term, emergency basis to bridge the period before City of Alexandria support is available, or for other short [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Fall to Everyone!</title>
		<link>http://givingfullcircle.org/2011/10/13/happy-fall-to-everyone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:45:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plan to attend our upcoming events: Fall Forum &#8212; Thursday, October 20 @ 6:30 pm at St. Paul&#8217;s Church, 228 South Pitt Street in Old Town. Circle Time &#8212; Thursday, November 03 @ 9:30 am at St. Elmo&#8217;s Cafe on Mount Vernon Avenue in Del Ray Also Our Renew-Your-Investment Drive is under way. Please renew your investment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fall Forum &#8212; Venue Change!</title>
		<link>http://givingfullcircle.org/2011/10/13/fall-forum-mark-your-calendar-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our Fall Forum will be held the evening of Thursday, October 20, at St. Paul&#8217;s Church at 228 South Pitt Street in Old Town. Our speaker will be retired Alexandria Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court Judge Stephen Rideout (pictured). Judge Rideout has a long and distinguished history as a leader in the juvenile and family court arena. He has been a tireless [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1200 Book Packs and 6000 books Launch Summer Vacation!</title>
		<link>http://givingfullcircle.org/2011/06/22/1200-book-packs-and-6000-books-launch-summer-vacation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:16:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Smiles and excitement abounded at Alexandria’s Cora Kelly and Jefferson Houston elementary schools this week, as the Alexandria Aces helped the Giving Circle and Wright to Read distribute all those summer reading packs so many of you contributed to during our book drive and Baskets for Books events with Wright to Read this spring. Compared [...]]]></description>
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		<title>$40,000 to be Invested in Alexandria Playgroups This Year!</title>
		<link>http://givingfullcircle.org/2011/06/07/40000-to-be-invested-in-alexandria-playgroups-this-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On June 1, we announced our priority gifts for 2011/2012&#8230;$20,000 to the Center for Alexandria&#8217;s Children for another year of playgroups and $20,000 for a Collaborative Playgroup Study conducted by GWU professor Dr. Travis Wright so playgroups can expand throughout Alexandria. This study will help quantify the benefits of playgroups and ensure that playgroups use [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Spring Celebration is June 1! Are you coming?</title>
		<link>http://givingfullcircle.org/2011/05/24/the-spring-celebration-is-next-week-june-1-are-you-coming/</link>
		<comments>http://givingfullcircle.org/2011/05/24/the-spring-celebration-is-next-week-june-1-are-you-coming/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 18:12:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please join us: June 1, 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm Norton Hall at St. Paul&#8217;s Episcopal Church 228 S. Pitt Street, Alexandria VA Guest speakers are Abe Fernandez of the Children&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>$4195 Raised in THREE DAYS! Completely Amazing!</title>
		<link>http://givingfullcircle.org/2011/05/09/4195-raised-in-three-days-completely-amazing/</link>
		<comments>http://givingfullcircle.org/2011/05/09/4195-raised-in-three-days-completely-amazing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 14:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spring2Action starts Very Soon! Are you Ready?</title>
		<link>http://givingfullcircle.org/2011/05/03/spring2action-starts-very-soon-are-you-ready/</link>
		<comments>http://givingfullcircle.org/2011/05/03/spring2action-starts-very-soon-are-you-ready/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 17:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathleen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spring2ACTion is coming on May 5, 6 &#38; 7 &#8212; 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 &#8212; ACT for Alexandria &#8211;has made a commitment to this online giving extravaganza. It [...]]]></description>
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