Community Treasures:
Opportunities to participate in activities
that have a positive impact on life
and the people who live it.

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Join hundreds of volunteers visiting with nursing home residents and hospital patients
in DC, MD, VA and DE
Click the logo to find out more

In the Rappahannock area, there are more than 50 children waiting for Big Brothers and Sisters. Click the logo to find out more

Chima (seated) and Tyreke (standing) enjoy the food and the fun at the Rappahannock Big Brothers Big Sisters 2008 Bowl for Kids’ Sake.

Chima is Sally’s Little Brother and Tyreke is Bobby’s.

We try to spend time with them at least once each week.

If you have some free time, consider volunteering at a nursing home.
Most have many residents who have very few (if any) visitors.
One suggestion: Cherrydale on Lee Highway in Arlington, Virginia.
Contact Jen Lewis at jtlewis@mfa.net

The Red Hat Society is strictly for
women over 50 who want to have fun.

Check out their site to see
if there is one in your neighborhood.

Katie Brown Educational Program -- My cousin Jay Schachne saw a need in his community and he took action.

Abigail Alliance -- The death of a child led my neighbor Frank Burroughs on a quest to save others.

Wall St Journal Update - January 2008

The Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation is committed to eliminating cancers affecting women by supporting top medical scientists who are searching for a cure for breast, uterine, cervical, and ovarian cancers; and to ending the epidemic of violence against women by providing grants to womens’ shelters and supporting community outreach programs.