• Baby Wipes
• Toilet Paper
• Toothpaste
• Shampoo 
• Laundry Detergent (28-32 load size)

- Dorothy Fonow (former Executive Director)      

"I was on the Board of Directors when WFCM faced serious financial challenges. The Board had to make very difficult decisions and one option was to close the doors. It was the commitment to the community and the clients that made the decision to fight through the challenges and steady the boat that led the board to make the right choice. WFCM, its board and its staff have continued to make inroads in combatting the devastating effects of poverty in our community and in living their faith each and every day."     

- Karen Dolan (former Board member)

"Winston Churchill said: `you make a living by what you get, but you make a life by what you give.' For 25 years, WFCM in the name of Jesus Christ and for the glory of God has been giving to the Western Fairfax community and as a result thereof has made an incredible difference in the lives of so many people. Too many residences of Northern Virginia do not want to acknowledge that the poor and downtrodden live among us and do many of the lesser paid jobs that are necessary for this community to prosper. For so many of them who are in difficulty circumstances WFCM has been the answer to their needs because regardless of race, color, creed, sex or national origin WFCM has reached out to help those who are less fortunate.

WFCM has lived the teachings of Jesus Christ that you should do unto others as you would have them do unto you and God will enable as yourself.

At no time has WFCM ever sought recognition for the incredible work that they have performed in our community because to WFCM and all of those who have been involved to God belongs all of the glory. It was once said that humility is the greatest trait of a human and there is no question that WFCM and its volunteers, professional staff and supporters demonstrate humility everyday of their lives.

I sincerely enjoyed my opportunity to serve on the Board of Directors of WFCM and to work with Melissa Jansen, Executive Director. I continue to support WFCM both financially and spiritually, and I will always support this wonderful organization."

- William L. Schmidt (former Board member)

"Chantilly Bible Church appreciates having a partner like WFCM that understands the best help we can ever give people is showing them how to receive the free gift of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ. That starts with practical expressions of Christ's love, and WFCM's resources such as its food bank, emergency assistance, and client counseling programs allow us to stretch our own benevolence dollars and stay focused on our mission of making disciples of Christ in our community. Our close working relationship with WFCM multiplies the effectiveness of our deacon ministry and increases our confidence that we are being good stewards of God's resources."

- Jesse Pirocchi (WFCM Church Champion & PR Committee member) 

"When each of the churches was doing the on-call ministry, when it was our week, the church handling the previous week would pass on a group of file boxes with individual cards on each of the clients that we had helped in the past.  At our church, each of the volunteers would take one or two days of the week, depending on how many volunteers we had.  We would be the on-call person that got all of the requests for that day.

When requests came in, we would check the boxes to find the history of that person with their needs.  At first, it was a very small amount that we could help with, but then as the ministry grew and we got other financial resources, we were able to increase the amounts.  What a wonderful feeling.

We also would coordinate with other relief agencies - Salvation Army, Catholic Relief Agency, et cetera - and put together a package to pay the rent, gas or electric bills.  So we were on the phone a lot working on trying to get help for individual clients.

I remember going to a dentist once to give them money for someone to have a tooth pulled.  I also remember handing out $10 gas cards.  That certainly wouldn't go far today!

At the end of our week, we would pass the boxes on to the next church.

It was quite a relief to have the system computerized in the end, and instead of passing on the growing number of boxes, we were just passing on a computer from church to church. It was a wonderful feeling being able to help, and I actually became friends with a couple of the people that had called in with needs."

- Bobbie Kerns (volunteer)