I reached out to a distillery that is around the corner from me. They have been supplying Manassas (especially Old Town Manassas) with hand sanitizer to businesses. I donated my money to the next person who is in need of sanitizer. I am not out and about much to find someone to do a randomRead more
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I was at the grocery store yesterday morning, doing my weekly shopping. I was checking out when I heard the clerk say to the young woman in front of me that her card was declined. She pulled out another one & he said um that doesn’t have enough to cover it either, so I askedRead more
Here are some photos from the mass pie peeling/production that I managed to accomplish in one day and on a covert solo mission. 😊 It was insane, but so much fun! Over 200 pounds of apples peeled in under 2 hours…I call that successful. It took about 2 hours on the chop/cook, then about 3Read more
We have been shopping for supplies every other week for the Friday ASPAN breakfast/lunch program at our church for a couple years, but work schedules have kept us from doing much else. Now that we are working from home, I gave my husband a few kid free hours to focus on work (it is hisRead more
Fall of 2018 Sammy and her friend Julia built this pantry as part of their Girl Scout Silver award project, it is installed on St George’s property on 9th Street North between Nelson and Oakland in Arlington. Immediately after placing it we discovered that when presented with an easy option to help others people areRead more
Mike donated funds to go towards lunches to feed people in need. I added to the funds. I reached out on Saturday for friends to donate. We raised over $6000 that will now allow us to make over 2000 meals! I was able to partner with a couple local restaurants to bring back furloughed employeesRead more
This week was supposed to be spring break for kids in Arlington. We have 4 families on our street with young kids ranging from 3-8 and I’ve noticed that the novelty of our new reality is wearing off (for my kids at least). With fun family travel plans cancelled it seems like a lot ofRead more
Sometimes, I step out of the house to drop off lunch or dinner for Brandon and his roommates. He has four roomies, who are also chefs and all have been laid off. As I was walking in to pick up my take out for them, I saw a homeless man sitting a few feet awayRead more
A special thanks to Wendy, Mark Oden, Meredith, Mike, Kristen, Cassie and Kelly! May the love and generosity you showed to strangers come back to you over and over again. I spent every penny collected on the last drop off we will do for now. Thanks to those of you who reached out to help.Read more
I wanted to share with all of you what happened since yesterday that is pretty amazing…Some sunshine amidst all this gloom. Mike Shonholz sent me a text about 5:30 yesterday wanting to know how he could help with efforts assisting others in need. After a few texts and a quick call we had a plan.Read more