The City of Alexandria’s 38th Annual Toys for Tots Benefit Square Dance is scheduled for Sunday, December 2 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., at Lee Center Exhibit Hall, 1108 Jefferson St. This year’s theme is “Feelin’ Great at Thirty-Eight” and features a special 3 p.m. performance by Capital Squares Demonstration Team.
What’s the best way to help Alexandria’s homeless animals? Obviously, adoption is the best and most immediate solution for the current residents of the Vola Lawson Animal Shelter, but what about the next generation of unwanted and abandoned animals? And if you’re like most of the staff and volunteers at the shelter, or most of Alexandria for that matter, what do you do if you already have a home full of animals?
On Saturday, the Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum will offer a night of delicious foods and drinks all of which were inspired by the museum's own spices and herbs. For 75$ a ticket, one will support the preservation of the Apothecary's unique collection and will do what citizens of Alexandria have been doing for centuries - indulging in the Apothecary's exotic flavors.
On Wednesday, May 2nd, our community will come together for 24 hours of unprecedented giving.
Spring2ACTion is one extraordinary day to support the organizations that make Alexandria amazing. ACT and ACTion Alexandria, in partnership with our sponsors, are offering up to $30,000 in cash and prizes to help increase fundraising efforts by participating organizations and individual fundraisers. Real-time tracking will be displayed on the leader board at www.Spring2ACTion.org on May 2.
Senior Services of Alexandria(formerly Senior Citizens Employment & Services) is a full-service community organization with more than 40 years experience dedicated to helping Alexandria's seniors.
Senior Services of Alexandria's Mission:
To foster independence and self-sufficiency, enabling seniors within the City of Alexandria to age with dignity.
This will be the 14th Annual Women Artists Show, and it will be just in time for the Holidays. On December 4th, join artists of the Alexandria area for fun, art and wine. You will be able to find perfect gifts for yourself and others. Come out and support local female artists. Proceeds will go to the Alexandria Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Programs.
The Fund for Alexandria's Childneeds your help this Holiday Season. Its looking for donors to provide gifts for low income families, foster children, senior citizens or persons with disabilities through the Holiday Sharing Program.
After you've signed up to participate in the Holiday Sharing, you will receive the wish lists for the participants. Most will include donations of clothing such as a coat or jeans, a toy or recreational item, a book, and perhaps one family request such as a used computer, towels or pots and pans. You can also donate gift cards for teens in foster care (Old Navy, Target, Walmart, Best Buy, etc.) and grocery cards for families or seniors.
New Hope Housing is a community organization providing homeless individuals and families the tools and shelter to build a better life. Last year New Hope Housing assisted 1,176 individuals, including 242 children, through one or more of its programs. On any given night year round, over 300 persons find hope and hospitality in New Hope Housing’s residential programs. Every year, the organization has two major fundraisers to help accomplish its goals: a Gala and a Walk-a-thon.
The Walk-a-thon is being held this Saturday, November 19th and New Hope Housing needs your help. If you could sponsor a student walker at $20 you could help New Hope be on its way to winning an additional $50,000. To acheive this goal, 3,000 additional students need to be sponsored by Friday, November 18th.
The Holidays are just around the corner. Thanksgiving is exactly two weeks away, soon after that we will all be subjected to 24-hour Christmas music on our radio stations. The Holidays deliver us all a well deserved break. We get to be around our loved ones more often, eat some really good food, enjoy all the seasonal weather changes from inside a warm home, take advantage of shopping deals and not to mention giving and receiving presents. But, there are many people in our society who do not look forward to any holiday.
Did you know that over 10% of Virginians live at or below the poverty level? There are thousands of citizens that will be hungry, thirsty, cold, lonely, sick and homeless during the Holiday Season. So, perhaps this year, you can use all that Holiday Spirit on something other than multi-colored lights.
The Fund for Alexandria's Child was established to help the most vulnerable foster children and children in our community. Through social workers at the Department of Community & Human Services, the Fund is able to identify children in need and reach out to those who are most at-risk. It helps with the collection and distribution of children's items and offers expertise to fulfill its charge: helping Alexandria's foster children and those at risk of experiencing abuse and neglect.
Please join Alexandria Archaeology for a benefit event to support the Contrabands and Freedmen’s Cemetery Memorial and the historic book of records linked to the cemetery.
Save the date and join us for a night of fun as we raise funds that will enable Rebuilding Together Alexandria and its volunteers to help in-need homeowners remain safely and independently in their homes. Register and mark designation as "Casino."
Join us on Sunday, July 10 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to knit or crochet baby items for Alternative House! Alternative House provides shelter and support to abused and homeless children and their families. Please plan to use machine washable material for the hats.
Don't miss the Annual Sidewalk Sale to benefit ALIVE! House this Saturday, May 21st from 8-4 on South Payne Street between Commerce and Prince Streets. Rain Date Sunday, May 22nd.
ALIVE! has been selected by the Catalogue for Philanthropy as "one of the best small charities in the Washington DC Region."
We are still counting all the numbers and checking them a zillion times but no matter how you slice it, you made Spring2ACTion a HUGE Success! We can't thank you enough!
As Alexandrians, we have a pretty good sense of how generous we are as a community, but did you know that our generosity has been quantified? According to Convio, one of the largest constituent management vendors for nonprofits, Alexandria is the most generous online giving city in the United States and has been for the last three years?
It's the Season of Giving and we hope that you'll take the time to give back to members of the Alexandria community who need your help. 
'Tis the season!