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Farmers Restaurant Group has shifted gears from distilling cocktails to hundreds of gallons of hand sanitizer that they’ve donated to protect local first responders. To date they have been able to supply Children’s National Hospital with 150 gallons of hand sanitizer and 100 gallons to donate to DC Fire & EMS. Farmers Restaurant Group has shifted gears from distilling cocktails… Continue Reading Farmers Restaurant Group Donates Hundreds of Gallons of Hand Sanitizer to First Responders

The James M. Cox Foundation is the charitable arm of Cox Enterprises, the parent company of Cox Communications and Cox Automotive. In response to the growing strain on feeding the community, the foundation announced $25,000 grants to organizations supporting people in need where we live and work. The recipients are: Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore Fairfax Meals… Continue Reading James M. Cox Foundation donates $75k to Virginia food banks

PHILLIPS Programs for Children and Families adapted their career and technical education 3D design and print curriculum to help the community during the pandemic.  During the school closure, staff and a student are printing PPE to donate to those working on the frontline to provide us with necessities like groceries and healthcare.  Face shields have been donated to The Kensington,… Continue Reading PHILLIPS Programs for Children and Families creates face shields for grocery store employees and area nurses

April 27th, 2020: United Way of the National Capital Area (United Way NCA) has partnered with Windows Catering to provide meals to frontline hospital personnel in medical facilities across the region including doctors and nurses, as well as medical staff such as front desk personnel, custodians, security workers and other employees who are responding to the increase in healthcare needs… Continue Reading Windows Catering and United Way Feed 8,000 Front Line Hospital Workers

Easterseals, known for helping veteran and military family communities, has stepped up with new services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Today they are providing quality behavioral health care through telehealth and helping to address massive essential service labor shortages. Through Easterseals’ Cohen Clinic and Veteran Staffing Network programs, veterans and military families have somewhere to turn to help them deal with… Continue Reading Easterseals addresses pandemic-related clinic needs and essential services labor shortages

For the last two weeks, ThunderCat Technology supported two fellow Chamber members and helped feed needy people in the process. Said ThunderCat Technology’s Tom Deierlien, “like everyone else we knew about our brave, indefatigable healthcare staff working around the clock and being away from family. One of our employees talked about a program from Arlington’s HUNGRY Marketplace that launched a new… Continue Reading ThunderCat Technology sends meals to INOVA Health System health workers and in the process feeds the needy through HUNGRY

HomeAid Northern Virginia is working to support its nonprofit housing partners amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Their “Builders for Babies” initiative has been collecting diapers, wipes and other infant essentials for families living in shelters and supportive housing. Even prior to the current pandemic, some 1 in 3 families had trouble affording the cost of diapers. Now, with the explosion of unemployment related… Continue Reading HomeAid Northern Virginia’s “Builders for Babies” initiative collects diapers, wipes and other infant essentials for families living in shelters and supportive housing

To help feed those in need, Great American Restaurants has launched The Great American Community Kitchen. The Community Kitchen prepares and distributes meals for local hospital workers, first responders, those on the front line and those who are food insecure throughout our community during this time. Their goal is to reach those on the front line and those who are… Continue Reading Great American Restaurants has launched the Community Kitchen, preparing and distributing meals for first responders and food insecure

Uber has committed to providing ten million rides and food deliveries to health care workers and people in need, free of charge, across the world. We’re ready to work with more food banks, hospitals, and others across the DMV to move what matters most to them. Organizations, health care providers, and governmental entities looking for support with rides or food delivers… Continue Reading Uber providing rides and food deliveries to health care workers and people in need, free of charge

Apple Federal Credit Union stepped up with a $20,000 grant to bolster Britepaths’ ability to help struggling families with rent and utility assistance and grocery store gift cards to meet the quadrupled  demand; $10,000 was allocated to double the pool of our zero interest MPower Loan program. Foundation of Financial Planning empowered us to pivot to virtual financial crisis counseling/webinars, assistance… Continue Reading Apple Federal Credit Union Donates $20,000 to Britepaths to Help Struggling Families