Giving circle of Hope Award over $50,000 to Twelve Local Organization

The Giving Circle of HOPE is awarding over $50,000 to 12 nonprofit organizations in Northern Virginia that help people in need.  Recipients will be honored on January 18 at 7:30 p.m.at a reception at the Reston Community Center at Lake Anne, which the community is invited to attend.  Each recipient group will have a representative and a display table.
 

This will be the fourth annual grantee celebration of the Giving Circle of HOPE, an organization of 100 members based in Reston that was founded in 2004 to promote volunteerism and effective philanthropy.  Members seek to make a difference in the community by contributing their time, talents and money to projects which encourage self-sufficiency and well-being among people in need in Northern Virginia.  Since its inception, the Giving Circle has awarded over $200,000 through the grant program.
 

This year's recipients of grants are:  Alzheimer's Family Day Center, BEACON, Brain Injury Services, Emerging Scholars Program, Empowered Women International, FACETS, Herndon-Reston FISH, Jeanie Schmidt Free Clinic, Liberty's Promise, Shepherds Center of Oakton-Vienna, Stroke Comeback Center, and Vecinos Unidos.  

Date Published: 2008-01-09 06:14:59

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