Loaves and Fishes began as an outgrowth of St. Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal Church’s practice in the mid-1960s of providing meals after Sunday services. When nonchurchgoers who were hungry began to appear in considerable numbers, the congregation launched a meals ministry. As Loaves and Fishes grew, other churches stepped in to help. They are […]
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Mobile Hope provides support and emergency shelter to youth up to age 24 who are at-risk, precariously housed or homeless and empowers them to become self-sufficient. […]
Established in December 2014, the COTC was founded after Michael Brown, Jr., an unarmed Black youth, was killed in Ferguson, Missouri, and civil unrest escalated. Local County organizers asked themselves, “What procedures are in place or needed to prevent a Ferguson in Fairfax County?”, with the COTC emerging as a strategy to join 35 civic […]
For nearly 50 years, Cornerstones has been helping neighbors in need overcome tough economic times in an already high cost-of-living region by providing support and advocacy for those in need of food, shelter, affordable housing, quality childcare, and other human services. […]
A nonprofit working to provide food, clothing, and educational assistance to those in need in our community. The Food Pantry and Thrift Store are open to anyone who needs assistance. The programs give people the autonomy to shop and select items to provide clothing and healthy and nutritious meal options to their families. […]
Together We Bake’s vision is to empower women facing barriers to progress in their career trajectories and toward self-sufficiency. TWB believes in a society where women are valued and have the support they need to be whole and break the cycle of trauma and abuse. […]
Loisann’s Hope House is the Fredericksburg region’s oldest and largest family homeless shelter. There is to break the cycle of homelessness one family at a time. […]
Provides high quality care to individuals devastated by the effects of poverty and homelessness by offering healing from the past, help for the present, and hope for the future. Programs offered: case management, food distribution and community meals, resident shelter programs, and hygiene services. […]
ACTS fosters hope, provides relief, and promotes self-sufficiency for our Prince William area neighbors in crisis. […]
Renovations of the Reevesland Farmhouse will preserve it as a protected historic site while transforming the interior into a group home for individuals with developmental disabilities. […]
