Mailing Address
PO Box 220802 Chantilly, VA 20153
Client Services & Food Pantry
13888 Metrotech Drive Chantilly, VA 20151
Tel: (703) 988-9656
Fax: (703) 988-9655
Thrift Store
13939 Metrotech DriveChantilly, VA 20151
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Client Services Statistics
For the period of 6/1 - 6/30
Food Pantry Numbers Served 337 Households
1,013 Individuals
Client Services
30 Households
Rec'd Emergency
Financial Assistance
48 Clothing Vouchers Issued
50 Families Certified for Food Pantry Services
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Most Urgent
Food Pantry Needs
A current listing is posted on the Needs page of our website.
Please click HERE for printable
shopping lists for you & 2
friends!
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Need for Summer Food Drives!
*Summer is the time when we are in most need of food donations, it's when children are back home in need of 3 meals a day. What better way to help WFCM than with a
Summer Food Drive?
If you are interested in organizing a food drive please contact Laura Gaul.
Food Pantry Donation Hours:
Monday - Friday
between 9 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
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Most Urgent
Volunteer Needs
A current listing is posted on the Needs page of our website
THRIFT STORE
Fridays: 2 to 4-hour shifts between 9am-6pm.
Saturdays*: 2 to 4-hour shifts between 9am-5pm.
*Looking for regular weekly/bi-weekly and/or monthly Saturday volunteers who will assist in directing our short-term volunteers (usually students) with their "job assignments". These individuals need to be knowledgeable about the operations of the store including what donations the Thrift Store does and does not accept and be willing to commit at least one or more Saturdays a month to volunteering between the hours of 10am and 4pm. If interested in volunteering, please contact Annette Bosley.
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Thrift Store
Corner
Location: 13939 Metrotech Dr.
Chantilly, VA 20151
DONATION NEEDS:
- Bathing suits for all ages
- Shorts for all ages
- Bibles (English and Spanish) to give free od charge
- Large black yard bags
Please visit us! We have convenient hours and now receive donations Tuesdays through Saturdays from
10am to 4pm.
Questions about donations hours? Want to know
what donations we are
able to accept?
Learn more HERE...
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Happy summer! It's hard to believe it is already July, and that we have been in our new "home" for 6 months now. July also marks the beginning of a new fiscal year for WFCM, and it's time to reflect on the challenges of the past one. I have to admit that this past year was the most challenging year for me in my history with WFCM, personally and professionally. The forced move and the subsequent staff changes were difficult, and the increased cost to the ministry have really made us look at our need to rely on God more closely. We are ending our year on a deficit, which is hard for me to face, but the staff and I trust that it will be short lived and we will start to see God's provision as we move forward. We are still in need of new computers, a revised database, a working HVAC system, roof leak repairs, and more food to fill the pantry shelves this summer.
We are grateful for a successful Bread and Water Campaign, which net close to $9,000 and we invite you to join us for our next two fall fundraisers: The Help The Homeless Walk (September 21, read more in this newsletter for details) and the 6th Annual Fellowship Dinner which will be held October 18th. Both of these are ways that you can help support WFCM financially, whether you attend or simply donate. Our theme for this year's dinner is from Hebrews 13:16:
"And do not neglect doing good, for with such sacrifices God is pleased."
Be safe this summer, and may you be blessed!
Melissa Jansen
Executive Director
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Client Testimonial
Eight years ago Ana shared a concern with a Chantilly neighbor. With more expenses after the birth of a third child, her family was struggling to buy food. Ana remembers, "She said, 'Don't worry. I know a place to help.' And my friend told me about WFCM."
Western Fairfax Christian Ministries is now in its 26th year of serving clients in the Chantilly/Centreville/Fairfax area through a food pantry, emergency financial aid program, and a thrift store. Ana was nervous to go for help, but her friend urged her to make an appointment and went along for the first counselor visit. Ana received kind services and groceries, plus baby food and diapers for her youngest child. Since that day in 2005, Ana goes nearly every month to WFCM for food, and has also benefited from vouchers for free clothing and furniture.
"Money is tight every month. The food helps me a lot", says Ana, who picks out donated staples like bread, pasta, soups, rice, beans, canned vegetables, snacks for the kids school lunches, and hygiene products like shampoo and toothpaste. Ana's husband has employment doing indoor construction work, and she works 40 hours a week as a night restaurant cashier, but their low hourly wages barely for rent and the basic needs of five. "Winter gets a little scary. In 2009 and 2010 he was out of work two to three months. A VERY hard time," she recalls.
WFCM staff and volunteers do more than bag her pantry food. "They help me and show me God's love," Ana shares. "(They are) very nice and ask how I'm doing. I feel comfortable talking even though my English is not so good." She is thankful for a place to go for food and encouragement.
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Don't Just Talk the Talk,
Walk the Walk to end homelessness and hunger
Walk with us Saturday, September 21, 2013 at WFCM's Annual Community Walk for the Homeless held at Southview Community Church, 2620 Reston Parkway, Herndon, VA 20171.
- Pre-register online on our website
- Same day registration opens at 8:30 a.m., Walk at 9:00 a.m.
- $20 for youth (25 and younger) and $30 for adults
Join us to raise awareness and provide support to prevent and end homelessness and hunger in our community. Our goal is to serve our neighbors in need with food, clothes, and financial assistance, and we need your help!
100% of all the Help the Homeless Program registration fees go to WFCM to help us run our client assistance programs.
HOST an Event for your school, business, or church: a neighborhood mini-walk, book club meeting, team practice or game, dog walk, swim-a-thon, or exercise class... anything counts. Visit www.hthwalks.org and click "Organize a Community Walk." Select Western Fairfax Christian Ministries (WFCM) as your beneficiary.
For more information or to schedule a "Help the Homeless Event", please contact Jennie Bush.
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SAVE THE DATE
6th Annual Fellowship Dinner 
Friday, October 18, 2013
Registration begins at 6:30pm.
Dinner begins at 7:00pm.
Fairfax Marriott at Fair Oaks
(a new venue this year)
11787 Lee Jackson Memorial Highway
Fairfax, Virginia 22033
This year we are blessed to have Star Parker as our Keynote Speaker. We are also happy that RISEN (Fairfax Church of Christ) can return to provide music as they did at our 4th Annual Fellowship Dinner.
Stay tuned to our website for more information, including information on online registration.
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How to Be a Table Host in 5 Easy Steps!
If you decide you would like to be a Table Host, here are some EASY instructions to help get you started:
- Register as a Table Host by going to the Events page on our website, click on the link to the 6th Annual Fellowship Dinner and complete the information.
- Begin Thinking of guests you can invite. Consider inviting potential new supporters who might have an interest WFCM. If you were a Table Host last year and would like a list of the guests who were seated at your table(s) please email Annette Bosley.
- Invite your guests personally and let them know that you will mail or deliver a formal invitation in August.
- We will send you a packet of paper invitations in early August after you register on the website or with our Table Host Coordinator, Annette Bosley. Just mail or deliver the invitations to your guests in person. For your more web-savvy friends, you can use the Ministry Sync link (you received via email after you were registered) to send email invitations.
- Please register your guests that will be attending by Wednesday, October 9, 2013.
You can do this several ways:
- Use the "Manage my Table" link on the Ministry Sync email that you received when you were registered as a Table Host OR
- Log on to WFCM, go to the Events page and click on the link for the Fellowship Dinner. Register your guests who agreed to attend the banquet by entering both their first and last names, telephone number and email address OR
- After confirming your guest list please email , fax or mail your guest list (include first and last names telephone number and email address) to Annette Bosley, Fax to 703-988-9655 or Annette Bosley, WFCM, P.O. Box 220802, Chantilly, VA 20153 who will register your guests for you.
If you have any questions please contact Annette Bosley, 2013 Table Host Coordinator, at 703-988-9656 ext. 110.
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Praises
- For all the wonderful summer food drives (Vacation Bible School, Swim Teams, etc.)
- For God's provision on our new spaces and expenses involved in moving
- For our summer intern, Laura Gaul, who is serving in the Client Services/Food Pantry and the Thrift Store
- For Freddi Donner, of Business Stamina, who provided staff training at our annual retreat
Prayers
- For our clients' lives to be touched by WFCM, through care and services
- For continued support from churches, individuals, businesses and fundraisers
- For safety and travel mercies for all staff during vacations
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