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SOHO Success! You helped raise $2,640 for award-winning program

Posted by Tracy Viselli on October 24, 2011

thank_you_sohoThanks for helping us break a record last week.

Together, we helped The Art League's raise $2,640 for the SOHO program! That's $1,000 more than we've raised during any previous action!
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Victory! Alexandria Higher Achievement Scholars Get Precious Field Time Thanks to you

Posted by Tracy Viselli on September 21, 2011

higher_achievement_victoryWay to go Team ACTion Alexandria! Thanks to you, we raised $1,000 for Higher Achievement, enough to send 90 Alexandria scholars on 4 well-deserved field trips!

Field trips are critical to the success of Higher Achievement scholars. They are able to build relationships with mentors, interact with the community outside the center, and feel recognized and celebrated for their academic achievement.

This success wouldn't have been possible without a $500 match from the RunningBrooke Fund, Read more »

Action Success! 67 Home Safety Kits for Healthy Families Alexandria

Posted by Tracy Viselli on August 29, 2011

mother_and_sonI don't know about you, but this week's earthquake brought a new level of significance to our Healthy Families Alexandria Home Safety Kit action. There is nothing more important than making your home as safe as possible for your family.  It also made meeting our goal that much sweeter!

Thanks to your donations and a $500 match from the RunningBrooke Fund, Healthy Families Alexandria will be able to help 67 Alexandria families create a safer home environment for their children.  Read more »

Success! 120 Books for We Are Readers Program!

Posted by Tracy Viselli on June 27, 2011

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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: Read more »

Friends of Guest House Gets By with A Little Help from Their Friends

Posted by Tracy Viselli on March 21, 2011

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We did it again! Thanks to you and the generosity of the Running Brooke Fund's match, we not only met our fundraising goal of $500, we doubled it, raising a total of $

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Thanks for One Month of Success

Posted by Tracy Viselli on March 08, 2011

Thank you

When we launched the new ACTion Alexandria on the evening of February 7th, we didn’t really know what to expect. We knew what we’d like to see happen, but hoping for something and seeing your expectations exceeded week after week are two very different things. Read more »