Charitable Relations

Highlights

A key measure of our success during the 2008 fiscal year was our ability to raise funds through successful community events. We raised more than $17,000.00 and we disbursed this money through multiple channels. The main conduits of our fundraising efforts were our book fair, our book signing and 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 Camp Dogwood 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:

Program Activities

JANUARY

Day Date Event
Friday 9 January 2009 Foundations
Saturday 10 January 2009 People's Inaugural Project Donations
Monday 12 January 2009 Island Walk

FEBRUARY

Day Date Event
Monday 9 February 2009 Island Walk
Friday 13 February 2009 Foundations—Fireside Chat

MARCH

Day Date Event
Saturday 7 March 2009
10am-12pm		 Buckman Road—National Nutrition Month
Monday 9 March 2009 Island Walk—National Nutrition Month, Healthy Snacks
Friday 13 March 2009 Foundations—Building Self Esteem, Charm School

APRIL

Day Date Event
Friday 10 April 2009 Foundations—Technology Safety
Monday 13 April 2009 Island Walk
Saturday 25 April 2009
9am-12pm or 12pm-3pm		 Orphans Foundation of America — Care Package Assembly

MAY

Day Date Event
Saturday 2 May 2009
10 am -12 pm		 Buckman Road
Friday 8 May 2009 Foundations—Arts & Crafts
Monday 11 May 2009 Island Walk

JUNE

Day Date Event
Monday 8 June 2009 Island Walk
Friday 12 June 2009 Foundations—Career Counseling

SEPTEMBER

Day Date Event
Friday 11 September 2009 Foundations—Financial Management
Monday 14 September 2009 Island Walk

OCTOBER

Day Date Event
Saturday 3 October 2009
10am - 12pm		 Buckman Road
Friday 9 October 2009 Foundations—Personal Hygiene/Physical Fitness
Monday 12 October 2009 Island Walk
Saturday 24 October 2009 Kozy Kerchief—Tentative

NOVEMBER

Day Date Event
Monday 9 November 2009 Island Walk
Friday 13 November 2009 Foundations—Community Service Project
Saturday 14 November 2009 Thanksgiving Baskets

DECEMBER

Day Date Event
Saturday 5 December 2009
10am - 1pm		 Buckman Road — Breakfast with Santa
Friday 11 December 2009 Foundations—Building Good Habits, Christmas Celebration
Monday 14 December 2009 Island Walk

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 (Monthly)
    • Supports children with:
      • Social skills
      • Career identification and planning
      • Writing skills, creativity, introduction to the arts
  • Island Walk (Monthly)
    • Mentoring middle school children
      • Homework assistance
      • Tutoring students in Mathematics and Science
  • Foundations
    • 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 (Saturday, May 9, 2009)
    • Volunteers donate items for single mothers in northern Virginia
  • Kozy Kerchief
    • In support of Breast Cancer Month volunteers sew and package handmade kerchiefs
    • Our Kozy Kerchiefs (trademark pending) 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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