Charitable Relations

Highlights

A key measure of our success during the 2009 fiscal year was our ability to raise funds through successful community events. We increased the number of fundraisers and exceeded all projections, raising more than $30,000.00. The main conduits of our fundraising efforts included our book signing event with author Gwen Ifil; Barnes and Noble book fair; Little Miss AKA Youth Enrichment Program; golf tournament; and our bowling extravaganza, "striking out breast cancer." As a concrete expression of our impact, we logged more than 400 community service hours and awarded over $10,000.00 in scholarships.

We are most proud of the continued outreach efforts of ECF through the Kozy Kerchief program. We created and donated more than 100 Kozy Kerchiefs to women in our community that were thriving despite a cancer diagnosis. This year we partnered with girls from the Little Miss AKA Youth Enrichment Program to make kerchiefs for children with cancer.

Supporting persons with cancer as they journey with this disease is important to us, but it also underscores the need for continued vigilance as we educate the community and improve their health and wellbeing. In this regard our work to provide funding for an annual Domestic Violence Conference addressed aspects of prevention and awareness.

Community Giving

Annual Recipients of ECF Funds

Following is a list of organizations to which ECF makes annual donations:

Educational activities include:
  • Young Authors’ Program
  • Annual Book Signing and Scholarship Event
  • College scholarships
  • Stipends for college text books
  • Youth Enrichment Program
  • Donations to Historically Black Colleges in VA
  • Northern Virginia Chapter of the National Pan-Hellenic Council's Black Scholars Awards Program

Charitable activities include:
  • Buckman Road (Quarterly)
    • Supports children with:
      • Social skills
      • Career identification and planning
      • Writing skills, creativity, introduction to the arts
  • Foundations (Monthly)
    • Mentoring middle and senior high school students
      • Open conversations about future plans
      • Sharing past experiences
      • Discussions about health and drugs
  • Orphans Foundation of America
    • Volunteers assemble and distribute care packages to orphans in college three times a year
  • Mother's Day Gift Baskets
  • Kozy Kerchief™
    • In support of Breast Cancer Month volunteers sew and package handmade kerchiefs
    • Our Kozy Kerchiefs are distributed to women and children as they journey through chemotherapy
  • Thanksgiving Day Gift Baskets
    • ECF works with Fairfax Family Services to locate recipients Volunteers donate and deliver non-perishable food to families

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