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Category Archives: People
Say “Cheese” with FACETS
Brooke Keplinger, Maura Williams, Logan Alley at the FACETS’ Opening Doors Benefit Breakfast in May, 2011 Monique loves her job as a sales clerk at a shoe store in one of the area’s most upscale outdoor malls. She rarely smiles … Continue reading
Posted in Adults, Homelessness, In the Neighborhood
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Advocates for Good
SCAN Executive Director Sonia Quinonez, Jose Quinonez, Joyce Bliss, board member Jeff Bliss at the 2010 Toast to Hopes event. Linda Franz was at a crossroads. Her daughter had graduated from college and her son was about to start. … Continue reading
Lorton Community Action Center
Some nonprofit projects are more complicated than others, yet even the simplest among them require the cooperation and teamwork of dozens of people. Take, for example, backpack assembly, a project of the Lorton Community Action Center (LCAC) and several other … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Donating, In the Neighborhood, Kids
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What will you do on 9/11?
Ten years ago I was a lieutenant colonel with the Air Force Reserve and had just completed ten months of military graduate school at the Air Force’s Air War College (AWC). Our class of 265 senior officers from all branches … Continue reading
Posted in Adults, Kids, Military, Military and Veterans, People
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Jubilee Jobs
If you’ve ever searched for a job, you know how important it is to own computer. Imagine how difficult it would be to find work if you didn’t have one. Now imagine trying to find a job if you didn’t … Continue reading
Community Lodgings
Not long ago I wrote a story about kids who read to puppies. When Community Lodgings asked me to help with Read Aloud, their reading program created for toddlers whose parents attended evening life skills classes, I was ready for … Continue reading
Posted in Adults, Children, ESL, Homelessness, In the Neighborhood, Kids, Life Skills, Literacy, Mentoring, People
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Get Out and Give Back: A Zen Volunteer Morning with Borromeo Housing
Normally volunteer work entails lots of activity, people, energy and more often than not, chaos. What a nice change of pace it was to help out in Borromeo Housing’s infant care supply center, established to support young mothers, where … Continue reading
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Cooking with Miriam’s Kitchen
The first clue that Miriam’s Kitchen, located inside the Western Presbyterian Church, is serious about serving fresh food is their herb garden of parsley, basil and rosemary on Virginia Avenue. Inside, the kitchen was an organized beehive of activity, … Continue reading
People Animals Love
My granddaughter Annabelle reads fearlessly to her baby dolls and stuffed animals. Surrounded by her silent and adoring audience, her storybooks propped up in her hands (sometimes upside down) she reads to them with confidence and ease. Click here … Continue reading
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Beacon House’s Great Leap
The email from Stacey Erd, Beacon House’s executive director, read like an order of battle. With precise start and end times, I was to read to kindergarteners, discuss self-esteem, careers and confidence with preteen girls, serve lunch, then help … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Education, In the Neighborhood, Life Skills, Mentoring, People, Tutoring
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A-SPAN: Homeless Soccermania and More
I took a soccer class in college nearly, well, never mind, but it was before soccer really caught on in the United states. I was terrible then and I am terrible now. And I know I’m terrible now because my … Continue reading
Happy Father’s Day
My Dad passed away a week before Christmas in 2007, and this is the first year I can walk past a rack of Father’s Day cards without getting weepy. Most of you don’t know my Dad but I wish you … Continue reading
Posted in Faith-based, Family, Humanity, International, Other, People
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The Reading Connection – Read On!
What’s not to love about a nonprofit that gives kids a book to read each week? The Reading Connection does that, and more, and last week I found out just how much good can be done in one hour. The … Continue reading
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Jailhouse Art
Three things I never knew about jails: 1. They need volunteers to do lots of interesting things 2. Jail is not the same as prison 3. Some inmates are incredibly artistic I discovered these factoids last week at the Alexandria … Continue reading
Posted in Adults, Arts & Culture, Computers, Education, Faith-based, Life Skills, Mentoring, People, Tutoring
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Happy Memorial Day to our Wonderfully Diverse Military!
This Memorial Day greeting goes out to any American who has ever served in our armed forces. Thank you. Thank you for choosing the profession of arms, whether it be for four years or forty. Thank you for protecting our … Continue reading
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