___________________________
_____________________
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:
***** Hearty soups (pop-tops preferred)
***** Ramen Noodles
***** Canned
meats (Vienna
sausages, tuna, chicken, etc)
-Canned
fruits and vegetables
-Pasta/spaghetti noodles
-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
FACETS will be welcoming 9 more individuals into our Supportive Housing program during the next two months! Please consider putting together "Welcome Kits" that will help them feel at home in their new apartments. We especially need items like: Vacuums, brooms, mops, sponges, clorox, general cleaning supplies (especially cleaning wipes) and paper towels.
If you have any items you wish to donate or if 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 or email Carrie Idol,
the Volunteer Manager, for more information (703-352-5090).
_________________________
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.
__________________________
FACETS
10565 Fairfax Blvd.,
Suite 10
Fairfax, VA 22030
703-352-5090
| |
Dear FACETS Friends,
We hope you are enjoying a wonderful fall season! FACETS has many events this fall and we hope you can come out and join us as we work to support the men, women, and children who are homeless in Fairfax. As many of you know, in the past year we have experienced more than a 60% 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 winter. Please consider coming out and supporting us at one or all of these exciting events and help us make a real impact on the lives of people in need in our community. Make Your Reservation Today!
- Community Walkathon: November 8th, at Robinson Square, 4400 St. Edwards Place in Fairfax, come by anytime between 12:45pm-4pm
for a fun family-friendly afternoon with lots of games and fun activities!
- A Taste of Fall with FACETS: November 14th, Doors open at 6:30pm with the silent auction beginning at 7pm.
Please join us for an enchanting evening filled with a silent and a
live auction, a live band, wine/beer, and tastings from local
restaurants and chefs!
Adopt a Family!
 Please consider "Adopting a Family" this holiday season and provide a family in need with a Thanksgiving food basket and/or holiday gifts and a food basket in December. We are currently matching donors with families, so please contact us soon if you are interested in helping! More information can be found below or click here for the basket form.
Exciting Announcements!
FACETS is very excited to have been chosen as "One of the best small charities in the Greater Washington region" by the Catalogue for Philanthropy! A panel of 90 expert reviewers from area
foundations, corporate giving programs, larger non-profit
organizations, and the DC government evaluated nearly 240 applications;
FACETS is one of 68 outstanding nonprofits to be featured this year.
Please 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
|
|
SAVE the DATE!
Community WalkathonNovember 8, 2009
Robinson Square, 4400 St. Edwards Place, Fairfax, VA
Come anytime between 12:45-4pm! Come join the fun! FACETS
will be holding a family-friendly Community Walkathon on November
8th at Robinson Square Community Center, 4400 St. Edwards Place,
Fairfax, VA 22030. This will be a great opportunity to raise awareness
about homelessness, while also providing entertaining activities and games. This is a great event for both youth and adults, so please try to stop by! If you are unable to attend, please consider sponsoring a child so that FACETS' youth are able to participate in the festivities! Click here to download a registration form and help FACETS end homelessness! For more information, please click here!
New this year: FACETS will also have an exclusive on-line only portion of the Auction! You will not only be able to see the Auction items, but between October 29th and November 12th, you can BID and WIN items!
You can view the full Auction item list, which will be available on November 14th at the event, beginning on November 2nd by going to the Auction website.
For more information, please click here!
Fannie Mae Help the Homeless Walkathon
November 21, 2009
National Mall
9:00am
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! FACETS Fundraiser with Steve Smith and the Meteors
December 7, 2009
Austin Grill, Springfield location
Anytime between 5:00pm-10:00pm
Come out and enjoy delicious food and wonderful blues music at the Austin Grill in Springfield, while also supporting FACETS' services for homeless and low-income families and singles in Fairfax. Please contact Deborah Heller for more details!
|
Advocacy Issues: What FACETS is doing...and how YOU can help!
Over the past two years
FACETS' board of directors has prioritized restructuring programs to be in line
with the Fairfax-Falls Church Ten Year Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness.
As many of you know, we have seen an enormous increase in the number of families and singles in need of help during the past year and we are focusing all of our efforts on ensuring that the needs of these people do not go unmet. Most recently, FACETS' board and staff went through extensive planning to focus
existing resources and expand our collaborations with other service agencies in Fairfax County. By expanding our collaborative efforts, FACETS will be working extensively with our partners to strengthen and expand a public-private social services network for homelessness prevention, diversion
and rapid re-housing. This will be
accomplished by implementing what is known as regionally-based Housing Opportunities Support
Teams or HOST sites/teams within Fairfax
County, which are at the foundation of
the recently adopted Ten Year Plan in Fairfax County.
FACETS' existing collaborations
will be expanded to include additional services that may be required such as
benefit workers, employment specialists, mental health specialists and mentors.
Under the HOST model, FACETS and its partners will also work collaboratively
with the County's Office to Prevent and End Homelessness, local businesses and
faith-based organizations. The HOST
model includes outreach services to those who are in danger of losing their
housing and ensures that people are not being discharged from institutions into
homelessness.
FACETS is very excited about this new direction for our services and programs, which will allow us to partner more effectively with other organizations, while focusing on rapidly rehousing those who have become homeless and preventing homelessness for those who are on the brink of losing their home. If you have any questions or would like to discuss how you can help, please contact FACETS' Executive Director, Amanda Andere.
How can you help?
Please join FACETS at the upcoming advocacy discussions and panels on homelessness! Please click here for the calendar.
For more information about any of these events, please contact Tycie Young or click here to visit FACETS' Advocacy page on our website. |
Current Volunteer Needs
- Event Invitation Mailing Help - Friday, October 16th - Monday, October 19th
FACETS is sending invitations to our upcoming events early next week to our supporters in Fairfax and we need your help to label and tab the invitations. You can even take the invitations with you and label in the comfort of your own home! If you are able to help, please contact Deborah Heller for more information!
- Help FACETS' clients this holiday season!
- Adopt a Family - provide one or more families in need with a Thanksgiving food basket and/or December gifts and a food basket. Click here to view the basket form.
- Donate toys
to FACETS in December - each year, FACETS holds holiday parties for the
children living at the three public housing communities we serve and
enable the children to "shop" for toys for their siblings. We
especially need toys for older kids and high school students.
- Do you have a group of friends that would like to volunteer or coordinate one of FACETS' Holiday parties for homeless and low-income youth this December? For more information, please contact Deborah Heller.
- 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.
Currently, we have a shortage of men who are available to mentor boys in our Education and Community Development programs. Mentoring can make a real impact in the life of low-income, at-risk youth and is an incredibly rewarding experience. If you are at least 18 years old, and would like to get involved in this wonderful program, please contact Tycie Young for more information about how you can get involved.
| |
|
