"Adopt-a-Day" Bagged Lunch Program

Every single day the Embry Rucker Community Shelter (ERCS) distributes 60 bagged meals to those who drop in seeking a nutritious meal. We are looking for individuals or groups who are willing to make a once-a-month or the "fifth day of the month" donation of lunches. For more information about bagged lunch preparation and delivery, please click here.

If you would like to participate in this program, please contact Nate King, Community Resource Associate, 571-323-9569.   

We are looking for individuals and groups to help. The Embry Rucker Community Shelter (ERCS) is experiencing erosion and ground flooding. Wetland Studies and Solutions volunteered a plan to alleviate these problems. To fully implement the plan we need gardeners to plant seeds and seedlings and to foster their growth this summer. These plants will be transplanted to the ERCS this fall. Click here for a list of the plants that are on our planting plan. 

Please contact Susan Alger to discuss ways you can help. This would be a great project for families, scouts, garden clubs and others!

A Heartfelt Thank You...

To Maude Hair Salon for donating the proceeds of their Snip It and Give cut-a-thon and the "No Mothers Left Behind" gift bags.

To Spacenet employees for creating a fun filled field day for the Laurel Learning Center children.

To Fairfax County Bar Association for coordinating attorneys to assist clients in the Partnership for Permanent Housing program to complete wills.

To the Emerging Leaders Institute from Leadership Fairfax for helping to coordinate and run a successful Herndon Neighborhood Resource Center Community Day.

To the Woelflein family for making cupcakes for the Southgate Mother's Day Tea.

To Stamp Out Hunger Volunteers - Suzanne Zurn, Iraj Sarabi, Mike Sneed, Ivan Young, and Thuli Katerere.

To G.S. Troop 1875 for donating Mother's Day Baskets.

From the Embry Rucker Community Shelter:

Thanks to everyone who helped make Mother's Day special for all the ladies at the Shelter, including:

Lambda Kappa Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Kathy Brennan of Wee Play, MOPS of Floris United Methodist Church, Stacy Miller and friends, Julie Miner and friends, Annabella Riccio-Vagonis, Susie Sylvester and DEV Technology Group, Mothers and More Power of a Purse, and The American Café, Herndon.

To Outside the Walls Ministry for continued support and food.

To all the Girl Scout Troops who have donated Girl Scout cookies to the shelter this season.

To Beth Riddick and RobotTomatoes.org for tomato and herb seedlings for the garden.