Join us on Saturday, September 28 at Cameron Run Regional Park in Alexandria, for a 5K Community Walk, Timed Run, and other activities! Hundreds of area residents will come together to raise awareness and funds to fight
Sadly, Spring2ACTion is officially over. But today, we get to celebrate the results and the amazing generousity of our community. With your help, we raised $659,591 from 5,872 givers in just 24 hours! Thank you, thank you, thank you! None of this would be possible without YOU!
DASH representatives will be at the King Street Metro Station collecting donations for Toys for Tots. Help make this holiday season special for Alexandria’s disadvantaged children.
DASH will be onsite inside the entrance to the King St. Metro station on the following dates:
You can give our homeless cats the gift of comfort this holiday season by donating a cat bed from Kuranda. We're collecting 100 cat beds before the end of the year, and donating through Kuranda earns you a 28% donation discount! Donate today at www.Kuranda.com/donate/2274
Thanks to your generosity and the RunningBrooke Fund, we were able to give 85 coats to 85 kids in need!
As temperatures drop and we reach for our coats, it’s a good time to remember that for hundreds of children in Alexandria, having a warm winter coat is not a given.
Carpenter’s Shelter is Northern Virginia’s largest homeless shelter, serving over 1,000 homeless and formerly homeless men, women and children each year. More than just a roof, Carpenter’s serves breakfast, lunch and dinner 365 days a year. With a food budget of $0, we rely on the generosity of the community to fill our pantry.
ACTion Alexandria's biggest action of the year, Spring2ACTion, begins at midnight on May 2, and we urge you to help us make it a record breaker. Last year, we all worked together to raise $104,000. This year, our goal is to help local nonprofits raise $200,000 in just 24 hours!
ACTion Alexandria's biggest action of the year, Spring2ACTion, begins at midnight on May 2, and we urge you to help us make it a record breaker. Last year, we all worked together to raise $104,000. This year, our goal is to help local nonprofits raise $200,000 in just 24 hours!
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.
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.
SCAN of Northern Virginia is an organization that serves Alexandria's most vulnerable children: those that are and have been abused. It has formed a coalition to increase community involvement to prevent abuse and neglect.
Its a local nonprofit that has been helping the community since 1987. Community Lodgings has grown to provide housing for many families that were either homeless or qualified through low-incomes.
Community Lodgings is looking for a large refrigerator. If you or anyone you know is looking to get rid of one, donate it to this organization. It helps many Alexandrians by providing housing and services until they can get back on their feet.
Stop by Ten Thousand Villages in Old Town on Saturday night to check out items and have a chance to donate to Computer C.O.R.E. The shop will donate 20% off every item purchased.
On December 18th at 1:00PM the Cora Kelly playground is having a Work Day to get all new equipment and materials on the playground looking perfect for the kids...just in time for the Holidays!
We get questions from people all the time about how and where to donate things like food, furniture, books, and clothing, so we decided to put together a guide. We are still putting the finishing touches on the final document, but so many people are looking for ways to donate items now, we thought it was a good idea to publish what we have.
The first Shop N Drop for the 2012 Big Flea is this Saturday, Dec. 10, from 2 to 4 p.m. Come bring your carefully curated castoffs to 406 E. Mason Ave. and maybe do a little holiday shopping as well!
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.
This week, help Computer C.O.R.E. raise $2,000 on Give to the Max Day for books and course materials to help their motivated students find life-changing careers.
Finding a job in today's economy is hard enough. Now imagine that you don't know how to use a computer. You couldn't even apply for a position at Walmart, because its applications are all online.
If you haven't heard, today is Give to the Max Day, a giving holiday for nonprofit organizations throughout the capital region.
Starting at midnight on Wednesday, November 9, local residents will donate online to help raise millions of dollars for local nonprofits as part of the first annual Give to the Max Day: Greater Washington. Give to the Max Day is a massive one-day regional online fundraiser that will unite local Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC communities to support nonprofits serving the area.
How do I find Alexandria nonprofits to support on Give to the Max Day?
Trinity UMC’s Semi-Annual Blood Drive will be held Saturday, November 12, 2011, from 7:30AM to 11:00AM. As usual, it will be the same morning as the Trinity Men’s Pancake Breakfast, available from 7:00AM to 10:30AM. The pancakes are great, so come and bring your friends and neighbors for a good pancake breakfast before donating blood! Childcare will be available.
Dirt, aluminum, uneven fields, and hard surfaces make baseball, America's game, extremely hazardous for children and adults in wheel chairs, and those who have physical illnesses like seizue disorder.
That's why the City of Alexandria, the Kelley Cares Foundation, and private citizens have formed the Miracle League of Alexandria--to make the lives of Alexandria's special needs children and adults more safe and fun.
Join The Arlandrian and 4MRMarket in their efforts to revitalize the 4 Mile Run Park in Arlandria. Phase I of the park expansion begins this fall. Thanks to a generous contribution, there are enough funds to move forward on Phase II of the project, but not enough to complete it.
Last year, we had over 200 donations that allowed children to march in the Halloween Parade. The parade is a Del Ray tradtion that attracts thousands-- yes, thousands-- of Alexandria residents every year.
Make This Halloween Special
Clean out your closets and help out a child in need of some fun. We'll take used or new costumes.
This Thursday, we hope everyone will come out for the final First Thursday of the season - Home Sweet Home. While there are lots of great things planned including a fun scavenger hunt with prizes & great music from the Kate Moran Band, we would like to ask for everyone's support in helping our featured non-profit.
With the theme Home Sweet Home, what better non-profit to recognize for all their hard work then Rebuilding Together Alexandria.
32 of you take action last week and donated 54 new toys to the Center for Alexandria's Children developmental playgroups. The toys you donated were selected by CAC staff to support children in all aspects of their emotional, social, cognitive and physical development.
Brain development in the first 3 years is critical to life-long academic outcomes and the language and literacy rich environment provided by the CAC developmental playgroups help address the gap in development of young children for some of the most vulnerable and underserved families in Alexandria.
Do you remember what you wore on your first day of junior high? The beginning of a new school year is a critical time for making impressions and establishing friendships that follow children for much of their lives.
We did it! You guys didn't need 5 days ys for our We Are Readers action last week. You donated 120 books in just 4 days! A record 35 people clicked on the Take Action button to donate books for this great program and The Reading Connection folks couldn't be happier. Executive Director of The Reading Connection, Courtney Kissell sent you this heartfelt message of thanks:
Help ensure that Northern Virginia’s neediest and most at-risk children can spend the summer learning and growing! In order to ensure that CFNC students have a fun and safe summer at CFNC’s Summer Program, CFNC is in need of the following items:
Help The Reading Connection provide 100 children’s books for the We Are Readers summer reading program that kicks off today at the Ruby Tucker Family Center.
Boone County Fire Protection District in Joplin, MO. (KOMUnews via FEMA)
It is hard to know how to respond to the recent tornadoes plaguing the South and Midwest from so far away, but FEMA and the American Red Cross have a few suggestions.
Del Ray's First Thursday event on May 5th collected five large containers of children's books for the Arlandria Pediatric Health Clinic's Reach Out and Read program! Sponsored by the Del Ray Business Association,First Thursday collect goods or donations for Alexandria nonprofits at each event.
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!
ACTion Alexandria invites you to participate in Spring2ACTion, an innovative online community-wide fundraising event designed to inspire unprecedented levels of charitable giving in our City. Every donation you make gives your favorite organization the chance to win even more money through matching donations and prizes.
May 5, 6 and 7, we're working with YOU and 44 nonprofit partners to raise $100,000 and engage 1,500 Alexandrians in local giving. Alexandria nonprofits have a huge impact on our community and are one reason why Alexandria is such a great place to call home.
The MV Big Flea is a HUGE flea market fundraiser on April 30, 2011. The event benefits the Mount Vernon Community School PTA located in the Del Ray section of Alexandria, Virginia. We are seeking donations of items for the event. All donations are tax deductible and all proceeds benefit the school’s important PTA programs.
According to Feeding America, hunger is a reality for 1 in 6 Americans and Alexandria is no different. Relying on volunteers and donations, ALIVE! (ALexandriansInVolved Ecumenically) works to combat hunger in Alexandria every day. This week, help ALIVE! by dropping off nonperishable, protein-rich food items for distribution to families in need.
You outdid yourselves this time! Our previous weeklong fundraising record was $2,690 for The Art League's SOHO mentoring program in October.
If you haven't heard, today is Give to the Max Day, a giving holiday for nonprofit organizations throughout the capital region.
This Thursday, we hope everyone will come out for the final First Thursday of the season - Home Sweet Home. While there are lots of great things planned including a fun scavenger hunt with prizes & great music from the Kate Moran Band, we would like to ask for everyone's support in helping our featured non-profit. 
Way to go ACTion Heroes! 