Community Shows Heart in February  

Braddock Supervisor John Cook distributed food donations collected during February to representatives of ACCA (second from left), Our Daily Bread, Food for Others, and ECHO.

 

Art Exhibit Showcases Young Artists    

Family Emergency Assistance   

ACCA served 39 households in February, providing more than $25,000 in emergency cash assistance. Among those served was a single woman who is taking care of her sister's five children. Her sister had a stroke and was in a coma. The woman was unable to pay her electric bill. ACCA assisted her and prevented the power from being disconnected.

In two other cases, ACCA served families who were providing a home for extended family members, but were having difficulty shouldering the added expense. In both cases, ACCA paid a portion of their rent. On behalf of all who were served, thank you to our generous donors for making this assistance possible.  

Food Pantry   

St. Alban's volunteers restocked the pantry shelves with items donated to the Stuff the Bus food drive at the Annandale Giant. Click the photo to see more photos.

Intrepid Food Pantry volunteers made 88 deliveries, assisting 240 individuals in February, despite the wintry weather. The local community supported these efforts by donating more than 1,000 lbs. of food and $300 cash during the "Stuff the Bus" food drive at The Annandale Giant on February 14. Thank you to all who donated food items and cash. Thanks also to volunteers from St. Alban's, among others, who helped restock the Pantry shelves.

The St. Alban's Girl Scout Troops also led a successful food drive in February. Additionally, Fairfax County Supervisors John Cook and Penny Gross have sponsored efforts to collect food for the ACCA Food Pantry. Supervisor Gross is collecting donations in a box outside her office at the Mason District Government Center through April 6.

Furniture Ministry 

Snow and cold weather limited the Furniture Ministry to operating on only two Saturdays in February. Still, they completed deliveries to 18 households and 12 pickups. More than 25 dedicated volunteers helped make this possible.

The Furniture Ministry received a very large donation of 68 mattress and box springs sets from two hotels. Collecting them was a full day's work for a crew of eight using ACCA's two box trucks and a 26-foot truck made available to us by the Little River Ward of the LDS Church. We are extremely grateful to the donors and the volunteers who moved them to temporary storage.

The Annandale Meals on Wheels program served 18 clients with a total of 502 meals delivered. They also delivered Valentine's packages with candy and crafts from the Northern Virginia Handcrafters Guild.

Transportation volunteers provided rides for seven clients.