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Volunteers Give Hundreds of Hours and Receive Benchmark AwardsThis year Volunteer Fairfax honored 175 individuals in the noncompetitive award category, the Benchmark Award. Youth winners volunteered at least 100 hours and adult volunteers gave at least 250 hours and up to 1000 hours to an organization in 2007. Each honoree received a silver keychain and a certificate. These volunteers put in hundreds of hours each year to help agencies all over Fairfax County carry out their essential functions.
Benchmark 250
Emily Allen Ermin Apolinario Florence Arden Roberta Assur Terry Atkins William Baird George Barksdale, Sr. Susan BaughRuth Benker Morton Berger Ronald Bertoia Howard Bishop Gregory Bonner Donald Brodie Jay Butler David Carlo Sandy Cauraugh Kenneth Cowan Dan Cronin Jill Davidson Ashley Deen Benton DeGroot Susie Duvall Richard Dwyer Lawrence Eng Allie FelderCharles Fields Eugene Fienberg Gary Gaal Patricia Gallagher David Genovese William Gibson Alan Gonzalez Mary Grant Mark Grigg Mark Hann Trudy Harsh William Hauda Jennie HibbertJohn Hopson
Forrest Houston Craig Janus Raymond Jechorek Jr. Ruth Kaye Joseph Kelly William Kennard Elwood Kirkman Arthur Larson, Jr. Nora Leng Enrique B. Llopis Gerard Lorenz Richard Majauskas Ruth Marler Gary Matthews Gerry McDonnell Kathy McGillicuddy Carol McKay Patricia McWethy Rage Mohamud Beth Myers John Nagel Sebastian Nania Stella Norman Kathleen O’Hara James Palmer James Pan Antonio Pelegrin Betty Pelkey Alfredo Perez de Tangle Candida Pisoni Hazel Poole Joe Pruden Thomas Randall III Thomas Reavis Irene Rehbock Franklin Richardson Edwin Ridgeway Michael Rucinski Liza Ruiz
Terrence RyanSusan Savage J. Lewis Saylor Donald Schuler Judy Schultheis Judy Schultheis Robert Selekman Michael Sharpe William Shaw Karen Sica Burl Siemers David Sims Andrea Sobel Ashleigh Soloff Marty Stegmaier Jeff Stonerock Jeffrey Stoy Monika Sullivan Maria Svirsky Sam Swartz Juanada Teas Dennis Toskin James Truesdell Jason Tuininga Larry Unitan Eugene Vincent Doanh Vu Valarie Warburton Mary Weaver Debby Weinstein Steve Welke Daniel Wenger Marie-Jose Wessels David Whitcomb Lawrence Wood Charles Woody Nick Yannarell Richard Zhu Bob Zikowitz
Jim Ashe David Banks Dana Bennsky Peter Bockman Lariann Cannon Jorge Carovas Brett Coffee Lara Coffee Phillip Cogan Arthur Culbertson Marcia Dake Vicky Dorman George Evans Julia Farr Evan Farr Mary Feeny Todd Givens Jack Gotte Bootsie Humenansky Brenda Hyde Peter Long Juan Lopez Rodney Lovdal George Ludwig Carol Lukas Tom Lukas Marjorie Lundegard Linda Martz Charles Monts Iwase Noriko Mary Nugent Thomas Oliver John Pellegrin Robert Reece Fred Sanborn Josephine Schoner Robert Schultz Keith Shavere Michael Shen Michael Shochet Rosemary Stevens Janine Stonerock Francis Sullivan Michael Szedlock Grace Wolf
John Bauer Lucyann Billups Joan Brady E.C Buckminster Marian Chirichella Jay Edwards Andrew Levy Ban Mostafa Jasmine Ng Richard Raines William Ridgeway Tracey Ryan Stephen Smith Alton Summers
Natalie Dubishar Ryan Douglass Yena Hong Allison Kaye Gabrielle Levy Michael McCormick
Benchmark 500 Benchmark 1000
Benchmark 100 Youth Award
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Community ChampionsVolunteer Fairfax has partnered with the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors to honor a volunteer in each of the nine Districts, in addition to an at large volunteer as “Community Championions” who are dedicated to improving life in the County and beyond. This year’s ten champions are committed to a wide range of causes including the environment, youth recreation, land use and development, early childhood education, and parks and recreation.
Braddock District Supervisor Sharon Bulova
John C. Cook, Esquire
Dranesville District Supervisor John W. Foust
James Edmondson
Hunter Mill District Supervisor Catherine Hudgins
Joseph L. Ritchey
MasonDistrict Supervisor Penelope Gross
Mary Weaver
Mount Vernon District Supervisor Gerald Hyland
Dallas Shawkey
Providence District Supervisor Linda Q. Smyth
Mary Ann Beall
SpringfieldDistrict Supervisor Pat Herrity
Brett Coffee
SullyDistrict Supervisor Michael Frey
Kelly Lavin
At-Large Chairman Gerald Connolly
Janyce N. Hedetniemi
Bechtel FoundationDominionGuest Services, Inc.
Navy FederalCredit UnionWashington GasWEST*GROUP
Lee District Supervisor Jeffrey C. McKay
Tawny Hammond
Premier Sponsors
Community Partners
Community Advocates
Community Patrons
Community Sponsors
Thank you Volunteer Fairfax Sponsors! The center’s success would not be possible without your support!
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S ince my first day at Volunteer Fairfax I had heard from my coworkers what an amazing experience Celebration
Day was, and how much they looked forward to this day all year.
The moment I walked through the doors of Hutchison Elementary School, an intense sensation of excitement rushed into my veins. All of our hard work for the program came to fruition, from stuffing the backpacks in November to setting up the classrooms the night before. I could not wait to see the kid’s faces when they entered their classrooms that morning.
After arriving at Discovery Day I spent most of my time supervising the set up and making sure that everything ran smoothly. We had to verify that all volunteers signed in got a classroom assignment and received an orientation. This year Volunteer Fairfax provided all of the volunteers not only talking points about giving and sharing, but also lesson ac-tivities such as team teach and reading stories. The lessons gave the volunteers different ideas for games and topics to discuss with the students.
As I accompanied one volunteer to her classroom, a teacher stopped us in the hallway. Tears welled up in her eyes as she struggled to get her words out. She looked the volunteer and me straight in the eyes and began to thank us.
While the tears fell down her cheeks, she expressed her sincere thanks to Volunteer Fairfax and to all of our passion-ate volunteers. She said as her kindergartner’s opened up their backpacks and saw their prizes they became overjoyed! She knew how special this day was for her students and how much it meant for them to know someone cared about them. She thanked us for not only the presents we left her kids, but also for the volunteers who shared the important concept of volunteering. She knew she could try and explain the value of volunteering to them until the end of time, but we showed them the importance of it, and how it feels when someone helps you just because they want to, not because they have to. She thanked us again with a smile on her face and the volunteer and I walked quickly to our classroom, eager to meet the kids.
Just as we walked in, before even speaking a word, the students began screaming their thanks to us and one little girl ran up and gave me a huge hug. At that very moment I understood how important this program had become to our community and to the volunteers. I knew that we made a dif-ference that morning and as I left the school, I could not wait until the next year when we would do it all over again.
By Samantha Watson, Communications Manager
CGS Reflection
Four Schools Learn About A Celebration of Giving and SharingOn December 7, 2007, Volunteer Fairfax surprised more than 2,200 deserving children with their own backpack filled with toys, school supplies, and a brand new book. The fifth annual “A Celebration of Giving and Sharing” brought joy to many Fairfax County elementary students who might not otherwise receive gifts during the holiday season. In addition to brightening the lives of children in need, this program helps introduce the concept of volunteerism to local elementary school students and provided a tangible way for the schools to teach the concepts of giving, sharing, and, most importantly, volunteering.
In order to accomplish this feat, hundreds of volunteers gave their time to create the backpacks, deliver them and then visit with the children during school. The Packing
Party, held on November 14, kicked off the celebration. Two shifts of volunteers created assembly lines to put the assorted toys and books into the backpacks and then separate the appropriatenumber of bagsper school.
On December 6, volunteers decorated the students’ classrooms with tinsel and chalkboard drawings and put the backpacks on the students’ desks. The next morning, volunteers were waiting to the see the students’ faces light up as they ran to collect their new backpacks.
The schools that participated in 2007’s celebration were: Braddock Elementary, in Annandale; Glen Forest, in Falls Church; Hutchison, in Herndon; and Mount Eagle, in Alexandria. Schools are chosen based on the percentage of students who participate in the free and reduced lunch program.
In 2008, Volunteer Fairfax is partnering with Weyanoke and Woodlawn Elementary Schools, both located in Alexandria. Hutchison Elementary School, in Herndon will participate in a school-wide volunteer project practicing the ideas they were taught last winter as part of “A Celebration of Giving and Sharing.” For information on the 2008 “A Celebration of Giving and Sharing,” visit www.volunteerfairfax.org, and click on “CGS Registration.”
Fourth grader Richard Torres, a student at Hutchison Elementary, was thrilled to get his backpack from Volunteer Fairfax on Discovery Day.
Celebration of Giving and Sharing: Sponsors and Donors
Gold, Platinum and Classroom SponsorsAlex BakerGary & Kelly NakamotoPaul & Lorraine OndrasikAlice Starr
Silver Sponsors Diane AustinSharie BrownKaren FitzgibbonCharles GibbsJames KearneyTanya Seyfert
Bronze Sponsors Joanne AaronsonCynthia Carter AtwaterIrwin & Janice AuerbachJennifer CananeRachel ConwayFred & Janet DemechDenny DeslogeBill & Janet DuBosePat FlynnHoward FormanLinda GawthropStacey Guenther & Dana DotenLinnea HammerHeather HareTom HaserJane Hess CollinsAnne HugillBharathi JonesPam Jones & Kristopher KeimCandace Kovacic-Fleischer
Jeanne LeckertVanessa LeePatricia MaggiShannon ManningNeil McNamaraJane MooneyJay MorseNancy MotterRob & Brenda NauDebby PavelkaManesh RathJeanne SandersRichard & Anne SchwartzKaren B. SeeMichelle & David SprattJulee StephensonFrancis Van NuysBetsy & Larry WatsonPage & Karen Whyte
Backpack Sponsors Kathryn AllemanLarry AndersonRichard & Jean BahlerLori BakerSusan BalazikCarissa BarkerNassima BoukaranaJane BrillShelley BrosnanMatt & Tonya BryantJan Buckner ThrockmortonTonia CallenderTricia CarrKaren CeldranNancy Chen
Catherine ChianeseLaura ChristadoreGeorge ComptonSarah CrastnopolHelen CritchfieldJennifer DaleSean & Kristin DoughertyJean & Mark DoyleLinda Eatmon-JonesAndrea FoleyLouise ForemanJanet Foresman & Michael GarciaRobert GardnerMarianna & Charles GarrettBarbara GartleyMichael GoldmanKathy HamorBill & Diane HartnettSherrie HeckMargaret & Peggy HigginsGeorge & Beth HighLarry & Kathy IchterCarol JensenKeith & Carol KeelingCarol LaxaltJohn & Lisa LombardozziPat MachereyJoy MappMike MaraghyJennifer McGareyJoseph & Dale McGrathChristine McLeanDana MeekerSusan MerkNancy MillerIrene Moose
Laura & Chris MorganJohn & Natalie MorrowKathy NevinsAl & Sandy ObuchowskiKathleen O’HaraDoris OlofsonJennifer OnderShirley PainterJim & Mary Beth QuinlanPhyllis RayGertrude RichardsTheresa RowlettElizabeth ScheidWilliam SchmidtLeigh SextonKim ShanahanAndrew ShulmanPhilip & Margaret ShutlerJanet SilversLynn SteeleKimberly StephensLynne StrobelPatti SwainChris, Emily & Charlotte SwensonBobby & Deborah SwindallTrudie ThompsonMary-Litton ThorntonJohn TolleAlice WaagenKate & Dean WandererSyndee WhileyTracey WhiteJenny WhitmerPat WilliamsElizabeth Witt-Lee
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Celebration of Giving and Sharing: In-Kind Donation Donors3MAMCCO BrandsCareFirst BlueCross BlueShieldConnection Newspaper
Cox MediaDeloitteNational Wildlife FederationNavy Federal Credit Union
Pilot Pen CorporationThe Washington PostWal-Mart
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On September 25, 2008, more than 500 Ernst & Young
employees traded in their calculators and spreadsheets for
hammers and glitter pens. Coordinated by Volunteer Fairfax,
Ernst & Young, a global accounting firm, held its second
annual Ernst & Young Mid-Atlantic Cares Day by volunteering
at 12 different projects in the Washington, D.C./Metro region.
This was done as part of a regional effort in which employees
in Richmond, Baltimore and Philadelphia engaged in similar
day-long volunteer activities.
Volunteers participated in a wide variety of projects, including
maintaining and beautifying Fairfax City parks, assembling
care packages for troops, installing lights for an outdoor
winter garden show, making lap blankets and stuffed animals
for hospice patients, preparing food for the homeless, and
making hats for sick children.
At Mount Vernon Woods Elementary School in Alexandria,
volunteers worked with Junior Achievement (JA) to teach
JA in a Day lessons to students. JA provides curriculum to
students that uses hands-on exeriences to help young people
understand the economics of life. It brings the real world to
students, opening their minds to their potential. Volunteers
also served at Phillips Programs VA, a nonprofit private
organization serving the needs of individuals with emotional
and behavioral problems.
At Phillips, employees worked with one on one with students
on interview skills
and also created
scrap books for
students, built
picnic tables and
benches, outdoor
landscaping and
painted a mural
inside the school.
“Mid-Atlantic Cares
Day enables us
to combine our
employee volunteer
force with our focus on corporate responsibility to make
a difference in the Greater Washington area,” says Chris
Caffrey, Mid-Atlantic Community Engagement Champion with
Ernst & Young. “Our people share a sense of purpose that
starts with the work we do for our clients and extends into the
communities in which we live.”
Volunteer Fairfax provides logistical planning to corporations
looking for a unique way to give back to their communities
and enhance their employees’ team skills at the same
time. For more information on corporate volunteering, visit
www.volunteerfairfax.org, or contact Tonya McCreary at
[email protected] or 703-246-7957.
Boy Scouts of America - Haymarket, VA
Brookside Gardens - Wheaton, MD
Bryant Alternative High School - Alexandria, VA
Capital Hospice - Falls Church, VA
City of Fairfax Parks and Recreation - Fairfax, VA
Food and Friends - Washington, D.C.
Glories Happy HATS - McLean, VA
JA, Mt. Vernon Woods E. S. - Alexandria, VA
KIPP DC - Washington, D.C.
Lift Me UP! - Great Falls, VA
Phillips Programs VA - Annandale, VA
USO - Fort Belvoir, VA
EY Cares Day Sites 2008
Ernst & Young: Commited to Caring
Volunteers at KIPP DC, a charter school located in Washington D.C., got down and dirty while painting the cafeteria and logos on the school’s walls.
Volunteers at Bryant Alternative H.S. cleanup the school’s grounds.
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Jeanne SandersExecutive [email protected]
Emily R. SwensonSenior Director of [email protected]
Tonya McCrearyDevelopment [email protected]
Annie DuffieldVolunteers for Change and Youth Programs [email protected]
Emily GibbsTraining and Special Events [email protected]
Sara ChapmanAgency Relations and ACS [email protected]
Volunteer Fairfax StaffVolunteer Fairfax
Board of Directors2008-2009
Executive Committee
PresidentJulee Stephenson NiSource Gas Transmission & Storage
Immediate Past PresidentCraig DubisharRaytheon Technical Services Co. LLC
Vice PresidentJim TragakisDeloitte
SecretaryHeather HareGeorge Mason Univeristy
TreasurerKelly M. NakamotoPricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Members at Large
Kristin Buckley - Booz Allen HamiltonT. Christopher Caffrey - Ernst & Young LLPBabs Doherty - Eagle Ray Inc.Laurie Gilbreath - Northrop Grumman CorporationLinda Jackson - Venable LLPHorace “Chip” Jordan - Marriott InternationalHeidi Kallett - The Dandelion PatchMonica McManus - Lockheed MartinMatt Rogers - Beers & CutlerDean Rohrbaugh - The Washington Post CompanyParesh Shah - Reston Hospital CenterJoyce L. Williams - Vornado/Charles E. Smith
Thank you and best wishes toAlumni 2007 - 2008 Board Members Karen Fitzgibbon AT&T Government Solutions
Herbert EngertErnst & Young LLP
Fred R. Demech, Jr.Northrop Grumman Corporation
Penny PompeiGreater Reston Chamber of Commerce
Jennifer LuffeyCapital One
Sally MertenGeorge Mason University
Samantha WatsonCommunications [email protected]
Marcelo FerreiraEmergency Response Program [email protected]
Christine MorrisonOffice Coordinator and Program [email protected]
For General Questions:[email protected]
Volunteers and InternsBing Van NuysDon BrownKristin Ramkey
Linday Fields - Communications Intern
The Volunteer Fairfax staff would like to wish Erin Caplin, Senior Manager of Special Events, a fond farewell. Erin and her husband, Conrad, have moved across “The Pond” to the Netherlands. We all wish her good luck in this new adventure!
Volunteer Fairfax staff volunteered on September 11, 2008, at the Burke Center Library.
Congratulations to the Swenson Family! Emily, Chris and big sister Charlotte welcomed the newest addtion, Aubrey Paige Swenson to their family on September 22, 2008.
10530 Page Avenue • Fairfax, VA 22030www.volunteerfairfax.org
Looking to learn more about volunteer management? Seeking new ideas or techniques? Volunteer Fairfax’s Nonprofit Training Series is just the ticket with training favorites such as Emergency Response Planning and Volunteer Man-agement Boot Camp as well as a new, advanced training session on Trends and Issues in Volunteerism and much more. For a list of trainings available and to register, go to www.volunteerfairfax.org and click “Training Registration” on the left hand side of the homepage in the dark blue column.
The Center’s unique training series is an affordable option for volunteer coordi-nators, executive directors and other members of the nonprofit community to learn valuable skills. For the first time in 2009, trainees will have the opportunity to help Volunteer Fairfax choose the topic of its training series finale!
2009 Training Series
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Volunteer Now! at Volunteerfairfax.org• Interested volunteers can choose from hundreds of non-profits to assist in the Metro D.C. area
• Nonprofits can become members of Volunteer Fairfax and post opportunities on Volunteer Now!
Visit www.volunteerfarifax.org and click on Volunteer Now! located on the left tool bar. Choose and categorize projects through location, mission area and volunteer type.
Happy Volunteering from your friends atVolunteer Fairfax!
