ACCA - Donations Needed

Annandale Christian Community for Action (ACCA)

Annandale Christian Community for Action

ACCA NEEDS YOUR IMMEDIATE HELP

During the COVID-19 crisis, ACCA is continuing to help our low-income neighbors with child care, food, rent, and other types of assistance. The simplest, fastest, and safest way to help our efforts is to donate to ACCA on-line . ACCA will use your donation to provide urgent assistance to your needy neighbors.

Please follow these steps to donate online to ACCA:

This will bring you to ACCA’s donation page on the Greater Washington Catalogue for Philanthropy website. The Catalogue is a nonprofit partner that processes donations to ACCA through PayPal, and no cost to you or ACCA.
In the box next to “Amount $,” please enter the amount you wish to give.
For now, please do not designate a specific donation category, so that it is easier for us to apportion your donation quickly to the greatest need, as this crisis unfolds.
If you wish to become an ongoing (“recurring”) online donor, then please click on the blue text that says ”Dedication? Anonymous? Recurring?” Then select how frequently you wish to automatically donate.
Click on “Add to Cart and Proceed to Checkout” and finish your payment process on the secure page.

Of course, you can always donate to ACCA by sending a check to: ACCA, Inc., 7200 Columbia Pike, Annandale, VA 22003

Thank you for continuing to share Christ’s love in your community.

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Portrait of a Teacher

Meet Nicole Lazarte, lead teacher of the infant classroom at the ACCA Child Development Center. She has worked with children her entire life, as her mom ran a home day care while she was growing up. She then took an Early Childhood course in high school and now has completed CDA, MAT certification, First Aid training, completed her Apprenticeship with the Department of Labor, and has knowledge on various types of assessment tools such as ASQ's, Teaching Strategies, and CLASS. She is currently studying at Northern Virginia Community College where she is pursuing her Associates degree in Early Childhood Development and hopes to transfer to George Mason University to pursue a Bachelor of Science in Education for Diverse Learners.

ACCA has been selected to be a part of the Giant Food Community Bag Program, which is designed to make it easy for customers to contribute to their local community while supporting the environment. For the month of March, each time a reusable $2.50 Community Bag is purchased at the Giant Food located at 7137 Columbia Pike, Annandale, $1 will be donated to ACCA, unless otherwise directed by the customer through the Giving Tag. This is a great way to raise awareness, support the environment and fundraise for our cause. To learn more about this program, please visit giantfood.bags4mycause.com.

Ministries Updates for February

Food Ministry - 57 deliveries were made to families consisting of 138 people. 50 deliveries were made to Bailey's Elementary School. We also welcomed 3 new food captains to the ACCA food ministry!

Family Emergency Assistance - $23K in emergency funds for rent, utility, medical and other needs were provided to 42 families that included 98 clients. Clients this month included a patient undergoing chemotherapy whose medications required refrigeration and her electricity was cut off. Another client with 4 children and a sick partner was unable to pay their rent as they had additional expenses with their newborn baby.

Rebuilding Together.- We are sorry to report that this program has been postponed. Organizers are hoping for a summer date.

Furniture Ministry - 9 pickups, 3 warehouse donations, and 14 deliveries made for a busy month and provided safe, comfortable furnishings for 50 persons. Families included 11 headed by a woman, 10 with young children, 2 with senior citizens and, 4 families with members with special needs.

CROP Walk - Congratulations to United Baptist Church, which ranked 93rd on Church World Service's national Cream of the CROP National list of the top fund-raising congregations and teams. Sally Norris was UBC's team lead and walker. The Annandale CROP Hunger Walk ranked number 84 on the Cream of the CROP list of top fund-raising walks. In December, ACCA received a check from CWS for $4240.61, the local allocation from the Annandale walk. The 2020 Annandale walk is planned for October 17.

Homework Club - This group met twice in February and will continue through the school year. The need for English language help reaches beyond the homework club. We are researching opportunities for enhanced language support going forward.

Transportation - The ACCA-Shepherd's Center joint transportation program provided 66 rides.

This level of demand for the program is very high. We are in need of more drivers. Please contact accacares@verizon.net if you can drive a patient to a medical appointment. Scheduling is very flexible.

ACCA remains committed to the challenge of Jesus, as described in Matthew 25:40: “Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.”