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We did not weave the web of life. We are merely a strand in it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.
- Chief Seattle |
The Unity of Fairfax Outreach Ministry exists to provide opportunities for all to contribute to our community and our world.
We are making a joyful difference in the world through expressions of commitment, generosity, and service.
Emily King
Email Emily King
Guest House Project:
Director – Maureen Malloy-Clifford
703-273-8469,
Share your experience, Help others grow www.FriendsofGuestHouse.org
Guest House is a home for women who have been released from prison, who are in need of basic human services, and who sincerely desire to begin a new life.
The programs and services at Guest House empower these women by providing the tools necessary to achieve self-sufficiency. Within this safe environment these women are able to address their past decisions through individual and group counseling allowing them to focus on developing life skills.
Volunteer opportunities include:
- Classes in basic cooking, yoga, time-management, communication, employment interviewing techniques, balancing a checkbook, crafts, budgeting, self-esteem, and most anything your experience allows.
- Personal mentoring
- Monetary needs for metro tickets, bus tokens, GED Test, cleaning supplies, paper goods, food, etc.
- Lawn care and home maintenance
Our Daily Bread Project:
Director – Kelly Mason
703-327-9590,
Our dedication to each other is our love for God
www.our-daily-bread.org
Our Daily Bread, Inc. is a volunteer-based, interfaith organization devoted to serving those in need in central Fairfax County . It draws volunteers from 24 local faith communities, community organizations, and localbusinesses.
UoF holds two food drives annually in support of Our Daily Bread’s Food Outreach Program.
Volunteer opportunities include:
- Non-perishable food donations
- Funds for special dietary needs
- Food sorting, bagging, delivery
Food delivery dates:
April 2, September 11
The Shepherd’s Center Project:
Director – Julius Hankin
703-734-1024,
Older adults helping older adults – a new vision of aging
www.scov.org
The Shepherd’s Center of Oakton-Vienna is a not-for-profit interfaith organization sponsored by churches and synagogues to serve older persons in the Vienna and Oakton areas.
Their primary purpose is to provide services to assist older adults to continue to live independently in their own homes and to offer programs which supply opportunities for enrichment, learning and socialization.
Volunteer opportunities include:
- Drivers for medical appointments
- Companion shoppers
- Office workers
- Friendly callers
- Handy helpers
- Committee members/Event planners
- Instructors
- Event assistants
- Speakers/Performers
- Tour guides
- Board members
SOFTLY International Project:
Director – Bonnie Garin
703-476-6535,
A bed for every child
www.ABedForEveryChild.org
SOFTLY’S ‘A Bed for Every Child’ program is dedicated to making a lasting difference in the lives of children living in severe poverty by providing them with an above-ground bed, mattress, sheets and pillow to shield them from soil-transmitted parasites. “ A child who has suffered persistent and heavy [parasitic] infections is likely to have chronic, irreversible diseases such as liver fibrosis, cancer of the bladder, and kidney failure later in life. In terms of learning, infection means a child is sick more often and… Even when they are in class, they are less able to learn well.” – World Health Organization
Volunteer opportunities include:
- Donating money to support bed builds
- Volunteer work/vacations to build beds in Central America
- Admin and committee work: marketing, grant writing, sending out mailers, etc
- Gift Certificates (for birthdays, holidays, etc.) to purchase one or more beds
- “Magic Dream Pillows” children’s Group Leaders
The Brain Foundation:
Director – Dottie McKee
703-968-6523 ,
The Brain Foundation purchases homes for the mentally disabled.
House Supplies - Furniture Needed:
LAURA’S HOUSE II, our second Four-Bedroom House to provide housing for mentally disabled adults has been purchased by The Brain Foundation.
We are hoping to have it furnished by early September and available for occupancy at that time.
If you have any furniture, supplies or a washer and dryer, please give us a call or email.
Thank you so very much.
Trudy Harsh: 703-830-8852
Dotti McKee: 703-968-6523
The Brain Foundation
P.O. Box 231227 , Centreville, VA 20120 – 703.825.7499
www.brain-foundation.org
volunteer non-profit ID 35-2206645
United Way 8594
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