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The FACETS Pantry Needs Your Help!
Please consider donating:
General Supplies
- Batteries
- Tents (2-4 person size)
-
Tarps (preferably heavy-weight, brown or green)
- Can Openers
-
Umbrellas
-
Ponchos
-
Sleeping Bags
-
Bug spray
-
Flash lights
Baby
Supplies
-Diapers (especially sizes 5 and 6)
-Baby formula
-Wipes
Non-Perishable
Food Items:
***** Spaghetti
***** Hearty soups (pop-tops preferred)
***** Ramen Noodles
-Canned
meats (Vienna
sausages, tuna, chicken, etc)
-Canned
fruits and vegetables
-Pasta
-Peanut
butter and jelly
-Juice
boxes
-Bottled
water
Hygiene
Items and Other Needed Supplies:
***** Deodorant
***** Laundry Detergent
-Shampoo
and conditioner (not travel size)
-Toothbrushes
and toothpaste
-Soap
-Feminine
hygiene products
-Disposable
razors
-Shaving
cream
-Kitchen
trash bags
If you have any items you wish to donate or you would
like to organize a drive for items, please let us know! Our main office is
open from 8:30 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday, and we are happy to accept
any of the listed donations, or discuss donation options during this
time! Please call Carrie Idol,
the Volunteer Manager, for more information (703-352-5090).
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You may also make a financial donation to provide "Welcome Kits" to new Supportive Housing clients. For more information, please email Tycie Young or call 703-272-3710.
For more information about donating items to FACETS, please click here. ______________________________
To make a safe & secure online donation by credit card, click here.
To make a confidential donation by check, click here. To visit the FACETS website for more information about ways to donate, please click here.
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Shop at Joy Unlimited and help support FACETS!
Every time you shop at Joy Unlimited (which is conveniently located at 10400 Main St. in Fairfax City) just mention FACETS' name and they will send 10% of the sale to support FACETS' mission to end homelessness!
Best Buy awards FACETS $5,000 and announces partnership!
FACETS is very excited to announce that we were selected by Best Buy (which is opening a new store at Fair City Mall) for a $5,000 grant and employees from the store will now be volunteering in FACETS' programs!
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FACETS
10565 Fairfax Blvd.,
Suite 10
Fairfax, VA 22030
703-352-5090
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Dear FACETS Friends,
We hope you have enjoyed a wonderful summer! This is a very busy time of the year for FACETS, but as usual, it is also a very rewarding time. We are finishing up yet another successful School Supply Drive, which provided hundreds of homeless and low-income youth  with all of the necessary supplies they will need to get the school year off to the right start. We extend a special thanks to Fairfax Circle Baptist church, which hosted one of the four School Supply Drive parties for our youth, allowing them to "shop" for all of their supplies in a fun and interactive environment!
As many of you know, we have experienced a huge increase in the number of homeless singles and families in search of assistance, so we are currently preparing for what is likely to be an even busier fall and winter. The increasing numbers have taken a toll on our pantry, which is currently lacking many staple items (canned goods, diapers, batteries, etc), so please contact us if you are able to host a monthly drive or are able to drop off some canned goods.
We are still looking for faith communities to host a week or provide volunteers for the Hypothermia Prevention Response program, so please contact Barbara Tate at 703-352-5090 if you can help! FACETS is excited to announce its presence on Facebook! We will be posting up-to-date announcements about our programs, events, volunteer opportunities, etc, so please become a "Fan" and check out our Facebook page regularly! We also encourage you to invite all of your friends to become fans of FACETS - it is a great way to raise awareness about homelessness in our community. Please click here to view the FACETS Page!
Please contact Tycie Young at 703-352-5090
or visit FACETS'
website for up-to-date volunteer opportunities, pantry needs, and ways to
contribute financially. Thank you for your support!
All the best, The FACETS family
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Save the Date!
A Taste of Fall with FACETS
will be held on
November 14, 2009
Mark your calendars! You are invited to A Taste of Fall with FACETS, November 14, 2009 at The Northern Virginia Community College, Ernst Cultural Center. We are very excited about this event and hope everyone will be able to join us for an evening of food and wine tastings, fun raffles, games, and both a silent and a live auction!
There will also be multiple client speakers who will share their personal stories about how FACETS has been able to help them on their road back to self-sufficiency. It is guaranteed to be a fun and exciting evening and we hope you can make it!
Do you have something that you think would be a great Auction item? Would your company like to sponsor A Taste of Fall with FACETS? We
need your help! Please contact Tycie Young at 703-272-3710 for more information and to learn how you can help prevent and end homelessness by helping to make the event as successful as possible!
Take a Special Tour of FACETS' Programs on September 10th!!
Are you curious about FACETS' Supportive Housing program?
Are you interested in seeing how FACETS helps those in need?
Then you should come on a Special Tour of our Supportive Housing program!
When: September 10, 2009, 6:00pm - 7:15pmWhere: Meet at the FACETS office, 10565 Fairfax Blvd., Suite 10, Fairfax, VA 22030RSVP: September 7, 2009 to Tycie Young
Because FACETS has so many different programs, each month FACETS will hold a special behind-the-scenes tour of one our programs so that people in the community can learn more about what we do on a daily basis. The September tour will feature FACETS' Supportive Housing program and we will visit one of the clients in their home.
Please RSVP by September 7th to Tycie Young at 703-272-3710. Fannie Mae Help the Homeless Walkathon
November 21, 2009
Join FACETS on November 21st on the
National Mall for the 22nd Annual Fannie Mae Help the Homeless
Walkathon! The more people who register for FACETS, the more the Fannie
Mae Foundation will contribute to FACETS' programs, which are essential
to the thousands of individuals who are homeless in Fairfax County.
Your support benefits FACETS' basic needs programs, including emergency
food and hypothermia prevention.
Here's how you can get involved:
- Join the FACETS team on Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 9:00 am on The National Mall in Washington, DC
- Support
FACETS by hosting a mini-walk at your faith community, school, or
community-based organization! This is a fantastic way to raise
awareness about homelessness amongst youth. Please contact Tycie Young
for more information at 703-272-3710.
Community Walkathon
November 8, 2009
Save the Date! FACETS will be holding a fun family-friendly Community Walkathon on November 8th! This will be a great opportunity to raise awareness about homelessness amongst youth, so please consider getting your local Girl Scout/Boy Scout, youth group, or other young adult group involved.
Stay tuned for more details!
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FACETS Makes a Difference!
Each year, FACETS' Motel Outreach program provides critical case management and emergency support to homeless families that are on the five month waiting list to get into one of Fairfax County's shelters. FACETS' ultimate goal is to rapidly re-house these families, enabling them to bypass the homeless shelters altogether. Therefore, FACETS' case managers spend countless hours working to improve their budgeting skills, find jobs, and improve their education, while also ensuring that they have enough food, clothes, and other needed items to make their stay in the motel as tolerable as possible.
Recently, FACETS helped a family of four that found themselves homeless after their home was foreclosed upon. After being put on the homeless shelter wait list, they moved into one of the motels that FACETS serves and after some very hard work they were able to save enough money to move out within two months and rent an apartment. FACETS' case manager helped them to obtain a credit report, and then helped them dispute inaccuracies within the report. She also helped the wife find a job and helped the husband get into the certificate program with NVSF for construction.
The wife recently wrote saying: "The kids, Jason and I are great! We've moved into our home and everything is going really
well :) We really do appreciate all of your help and hope for us. I am now looking
to become a dental hygienist."
Thanks to you, FACETS is able to make a difference in the lives of thousands of families like this one each year. Thank you!
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Volunteer Needs
FACETS' Pantry
FACETS has witnessed a huge increase in the number of homeless families and singles in need of food and supplies and our pantry is running low on many items. Please consider holding a Drive for FACETS or collecting canned goods/diapers/batteries/tents/etc for our pantry yourself. For more information, please contact Carrie Idol at 703-352-5090 or visit our website.
Current
Volunteer Opportunities
With
thousands of people who are homeless in Fairfax,
volunteering is a wonderful way to help FACETS provide critical services that
can truly make a difference in the lives of our clients. We have many opportunities available for
individuals, groups and students so please consider volunteering in a way that
fits your interests, skills, and availability. Monthly drives for our pantry are an
excellent way for businesses, civic groups, and Girl/Boy Scout Troops to
provide an invaluable service for the hundreds of homeless individuals and
families that come to our office each month.
To learn more about monthly supply drives, please call Carrie Idol at 703-352-5090.
There are a number of ways you can get involved, and these
are some of our current needs. If you're interested, or would like more
information, please contact us at volunteer@facetscares.org
or 703-352-5090.
- Newsletter Mailing Help - Friday, September 11th
Friday, September 11th, has been declared a
National Day of Service, and what better way to help out than to help us get our
Fall newsletters ready to mail! Stop by our office anytime during business hours
on September 11th to help fold, stuff, and label our newsletters - your assistance
saves us both time and money in getting our newsletters to our supporters in a
timely fashion. Let us know if you can help!
You can also take some newsletters home to fold, label, and stuff, so please let us know if this would be more convenient.
- Fall Educational and Enrichment Program Volunteers
Our Fall Educational and Enrichment programs will be starting the week of
September 28th at all three community centers, and we need your help!
Volunteers are needed to help lead and support programs such as Homework Help,
Computer Lab, Girl Power, Boys Group, and more.
FACETS is looking for interns this Fall for our Educational and
Enrichment Programs and our Resource Development Department. Please check our website under Volunteer Opportunities for specific positions and more
details!
FACETS is looking for someone to help us take pictures of our clients and programs in-action for use in our upcoming Annual Report and future newsletters. Please contact us if you can help!If you are interested in any of these opportunities, please contact Carrie Idol, Volunteer Manager, for more information!
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