Monday, November 26, 2012
Reston's Giving Circle of HOPE will give $5,000 awards to area orgnaizations.
- VOLUNTEERS IN THE NEWS
- Karen Goff
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Monday, November 26, 2012
Reston's Giving Circle of HOPE announced it will give $55,000 to 11 area nonprofits in the upcoming year's grant cycle. Receiving the $5,000 grants: Alternative House, Computer C.O.R.E., Friends of Guest House, GRACE Ministries, Herndon-Reston FISH, Literacy Council of NoVa, Manassas Midwifery, NoVa Therapeutic Riding Program, OAR, Packaged with Care, and Stroke Comeback Center. This is the ninth grant cycle for the Giving Circle of HOPE, a Reston-based group of more than 100 members that was founded in 2004 to promote volunteerism and 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 …
Monday, September 10, 2012
A few tips to help you through the week ending Sept. 16.
1) The Herndon Towne Square Singers begin rehearsals tonight for the group's upcoming winter concert. The group is in its 30th year and this year's program will feature favorite songs from the past 30 years. Those who are interested in joining the Towne Square Singers can contact director Harlon Reece at harlon.reece@verizon.net or 703-435-3969. 2) A new exhibit including the work of Roberta Thole and Philippe Mougne opens Tuesday at ArtSpace. Thole's work includes Classical Symbolism painted on canvas, copper or fresco. She has a studio at Reston Art Gallery and Studios. Mougne's work features sculptures that reflects elegence, energy or a sense of surprise. Mougne studio is located in Washington, D.C. 3) After Saturday afternoon's …
Sunday, February 12, 2012
The Giving Circle of HOPE is awarded grants for $5,000 to Herndon-Reston FISH, Grace Ministries and the Jeanie Schmidt Free Clinic, among other nonprofits.
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Sunday, February 12, 2012
The Giving Circle of HOPE will honor three Herndon organizations this year with grants from its eighth annual grant program. Each year the Giving Circle of Hope awards 10 grants to organizations throughout Northern Virginia. Herndon-Reston FISH, Grace Ministries and the Jeanie Schmidt Free Clinic are among this year’s organizations to receive grants. Each of the nonprofit organizations will receive $5,000. The Giving Circle of HOPE has more than 100 members and is based in Reston. The organization was founded in 2004 to promote volunteerism and effective philanthropy. The Giving Circle of HOPE has awarded more than $400,000 to organizations throughout Northern Virginia through its grant program. This year’s grant recipients are: Herndon-…
