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PAST GIVING CIRCLE OF HOPE PROJECTS AND EVENTS
Christmas in April
Night Light Fundraiser
St. Patrick's Day Party at Cameron Glen Nursing Center
Happy Hats in progress
Gingerbread House Project - Cameron Glen
Cameron Glen Holiday Party
Alternative Gift Market
Wine & Dessert Celebration |
UPCOMING GIVING CIRCLE OF HOPE EVENTSEmpty BowlsMany thanks to all who contributed to our Empty Bowls fundraiser for hunger relief, a benefit for Food for Others! Donations totaled over $21,000 and will help many people in Northern Virginia. Many thanks to this year's donors & sponsors: FOOD: Great Harvest Bread Bakery, Chantel's Cakes & Pastries, Amphora Bakery, Clyde's of Reston, Jasmine Cafe, Reston Hyatt, Esposito's Restaurant, Mamma Lucia (Reston), Glory Days Grill (Herndon), Macaroni Grill (Reston), and Hard Times Cafe (Fairfax). BOWLS: The Clay Connection, Bowman House, Reston Community Center, Clay Cafe-Chantilly, Herndon Community Center, Art League School, Audrey Moore Rec. Center, Hinkley Pottery Studio, Barbara Gatterdam, Kim Brightwell, Marylou Hobbs, Richard Busch, Jason Alexander, Deb Joder, Chi Negin, Tracie Griffith Tso, Guy Zoller, and Tam Smith. OTHER DONORS: Whole Foods (Reston), Cooking With Sandy, St. John Neumann Church, Upper Quadrant, Giant Food (Fox Mill), Safeway (Hunters Woods), Great American Restaurants, Carrabbas, Vienna Inn, Panera Bread. SPONSORS: The Kirvan Group, St. Thomas a Becket Catholic Church, ABZ, Inc., Hayden Jones, Ronnie Elias Salon, Alma Wiegand, Professional Healthcare Resources, Vital Care Chiropractic, Sherry Spinelli - Realtor, Long & Foster, Hester & Co., CPA's, Denis Brown, Greg Bath, DDS, Julianne Greenberg, Linda Hottle, Barry & Cora Rudolph, and Jay & Cindy Alls. Gifts That Give Hope Market Our second alternative gift market will be held in Fairfax City on December 12, 2009, from 10-4. Last year, 20 grantee organizations participated and raised over $14,000. Shoppers chose meaningful gifts, ranging from stuffed animals for children with cancer to food for a family to music therapy for Alzheimer's patients, as well as tangible gifts that provided HOPE and HELP to those less fortunate. For more information, please visit www.giftsthatgivehope.org. ONGOING PROGRAMS AND EVENTSFlashes of Hope Our chapter of Flashes of Hope had its first photo shoot at Inova Fairfax Hospital in March 2006. This program provides families dealing with childhood cancer with a portfolio of beautiful portraits of their child with family members, friends, or special hospital staff members. Thanks to volunteer commercial photographers, make-up artists, and administrators, there is no cost to the family. Developing fees and portfolio costs are underwritten by grants. For more information, visit www.flashesofhope.org. Cameron Glen/Sunrise Assisted Living: Senior Friends Giving Circle members visit residents at Cameron Glen Nursing Center on a weekly basis and are in the process of teaching the game of mah jongg. Over the past five years, members have hosted parties, taught arts and crafts and sudoku, arranged performances, and provided a Wii system for residents. To volunteer, please contact Mary. Kids' Club @ Embry Rucker Homeless Shelter Kids' Club focuses on literacy and educational enrichment for young residents of the shelter. Special cultural art workshops and events are held twice a month on Wednesday evenings. If you have a special talent to share or would like more information, please contact Mary Beth. Crafting Hope/Creating Futures Avon's Hello Tomorrow Fund awarded a grant to Linda Strup to launch a new initiative to teach homeless and low-income women arts and crafts that they can sell for an income. Knitting, beadwork (jewelry-making), and holiday ornament workshops take place biweekly at Stonegate Community Center. Clients are able to sell their crafts at various markets. To volunteer, please contact Linda. Book Circle Members meet monthly to discuss a selected book related to the Giving Circle of HOPE's mission. For more information, email Marybeth with "book circle" in the subject line. To sign up for any of the above events, or to learn more, please email: givingcircle@hotmail.com. OTHER COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER PROJECTS, EVENTS, AND NEEDS
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