Families enjoy a night out together at HomeAid's 2015 Night at the Ballpark.

It's not too late to make priceless memories for families who rarely - if ever - get the chance to spend a carefree night out together: HomeAid is still accepting donations and sponsorships for our 6th Annual "Night at the Ballpark" on Friday, August 19. Your support - and as little as $100 - can send a family of four to a Potomac Nationals game, where they will receive tickets to the game, concession vouchers and t-shirts; photos with the team mascot, Uncle Slam; and kids can run the bases after the game. One child will get to throw out the first pitch and every child will receive a new backpack, thanks to the collection efforts of eight organizations that participated in our 2016 Backpack Challenge. #HANVBackpackChallenge

"The Potomac Nationals have been privileged to partner with HomeAid Northern Virginia and the Northern Virginia Building Industry Association (NVBIA) for six years for this annual event," said Bryan Holland, general manager of sales for the Potomac Nationals. "It is our club's great honor to host fans who are struggling with homelessness as a means to help enhance these individuals' outlook and treat them to a fun evening of professional baseball.
 
"Thanks to the dynamic efforts of organizations like HomeAid and NVBIA, it is possible to improve the lives of countless people in our region who are seeking a safe and secure place to call 'home,'" he added. "Together, our mission is to assist in eradicating homelessness in our community for good, and the P-Nats are humbled to play a role in supporting these deserving folks who want the opportunity to maintain a home."
 
"HomeAid's Night at the Ballpark is one of the biggest community-building events we host all year," HomeAid President Greg Carter said. "Our Builder Captains, trade partners, and stakeholders often meet the individuals and families we serve when we complete a project, but it's another feeling entirely to experience a night out together and get to witness these families participate in a summer tradition just like any other family. We're grateful to the Potomac Nationals for this ongoing partnership, which allows us to give families the gift of time together at a ballgame."

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HomeAid Northern Virginia and Builder Captain Winchester Homes, a Tri Pointe Group company, have forged a new partnership with Final Salute Inc., a nationally recognized organization that provides supportive services and transitional housing for women veterans. Next week, HomeAid, Winchester, and a team of approximately 20 trade partners will kick off the estimated $330,000 project, which will extensively renovate a 8,700 square foot home in Alexandria, Va., for 10 women veterans and their children, along with a full-time resident manager. 

"There are an estimated 55,000 homeless women vets in America - the fastest growing population of the homeless," said Jaspen (Jas) Boothe, founder of Final Salute and a Major currently serving in the Army Reserves. "Yet all too often, supportive housing programs for veterans aren't tailored to the needs of women veterans, and, in particular, single-mother veterans raising children. More than 60 percent of programs that take in veterans don't take in women, or don't take in women with children, or have age limits on the children or have limits on how many kids you can take. That is not the case with Finale Salute. Women have served in every major conflict since the Revolutionary War, and it is time they received the resources and support they have earned through their service and sacrifice."
 

"When I heard Jas' story - she is an Army veteran who faced homelessness ...

	Madison Homes' website now features a splash page promoting the company's $10 donation to HomeAid for new prospects.

Serving as a Builder Captain or trade partner on a HomeAid project is a demonstrable way to give back to the community, utilizing the skills and expertise at which the homebuilding industry excels. But building and renovating homes and shelters for Northern Virginia's homeless is not the only way to support HomeAid, as Madison Homes' newest marketing campaign demonstrates.

"We were holding a general sales and marketing discussion about our newest Eleven Oaks development in the Fairfax/George Mason University area," explained Russ Rosenberger, president of Madison Homes and longtime board member for HomeAid, "brainstorming ways to bridge the web traffic we're seeing on the project to the numbers who ultimately show up in our sales office. Of all the ideas we sparked, we landed on

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