From June 20th – 24th, over 200 BDO employees and partners volunteered at several local non-profits in the Greater Washington, D.C. area, providing hundreds of hours of volunteer work. The firm made an impact on several causes, including animals, homelessness, environment and hunger through organizations such as the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Women Giving Back, the Capital Area Food Bank, Friends of Homeless Animals, New Hope Housing, Colvin Run Mill Historic Site and Herndon Parks & Recreation. BDO also gives....

ICF’s D.C., Maryland, and Virginia (DMV) offices joined forces to hold our 29th charity auction, raising $60,000+ with a theme highlighting the lighter side of our second year of remote work: No Place Like Home. This 100% volunteer-led event involves soliciting internal/external donations, compiling the catalog, and producing a virtual event. During the first 5 months of 2022, ICF and our employees donated $400,000 to important causes. Of that, we gave $85,000 to nonprofits supporting the people of Ukraine...

On Saturday, June 25th, MCB team members volunteered at the Katherine Hanley Family Shelter. The group washed the inside of the washing machines and the dryers, checked that all of the water hoses were in working order, pulled weeds from the garden and collected vegetables for dinner. Our volunteers also cleaned and removed the kick marks from the bottom of the doors in the dining and common area and sanitized the tables and swept the floor. They picked up trash from the parking lot and emptied the rainwater from the playground toys...

On Saturday, June 4th, Prince William County officials and community members joined Kaiser Permanente leaders to celebrate the opening of the long-awaited Harbor Drive Wellness Park, located off Minnieville Road in Lake Ridge, Virginia. Sponsored by Kaiser Permanente, it is the first dedicated wellness park in the Occoquan historic district and provides residents with universal fitness equipment accessible to people of all ages and physical abilities.

Situated on 2.5 beautiful acres, the Harbor Drive Wellness Park...

Over 8,000 guests attended Capital One Center’s Perchfest Spring Edition: a two-day festival at The Perch to benefit Best Buddies of Northern Virginia & DC and Wolf Trap Animal Rescue. Community members enjoyed the opening of Perch Putt alongside live music performances at Starr Hill Biergarten and a puppy party hosted by Wolf Trap Animal Rescue. Best Buddies Citizens hosted a meet-up to celebrate Capital One Center’s commitment to inclusive hiring through their jobs program. Best Buddies’ important mission of...

Transurban is launching a new competitive grant program to benefit the local community as part of the 495 Express Lanes Northern Extension (495 NEXT) project in Fairfax County. The 495 NEXT Community Grant program will award multiple grants each quarter worth up to $3,000 to non-profit organizations, educational institutions and other entities that sustain, enhance or protect the local environment and neighborhoods in proximity to the 495 NEXT project corridor. Along with the travel benefits, the project’s Community Grant program will bolster the efforts of organizations throughout the corridor. Over the past decade...

The Northern Virginia Veterans Association focuses on comprehensively supporting our veterans from their most basic needs of food, housing, and healthcare to encouraging engagement in fitness, the arts and recreation. Our mission became all the more apparent when Robert, a Marine Corps Veteran, was in need of transportation to the VA hospital in D.C. for ongoing cancer treatments and later for a matter quite dear to his heart. Robert had been battling liver cancer for several years and received great news on finally becoming a liver transplant candidate. However, this news meant time in the hospital for surgery and a few months recovery period away from home and away from his closest companion Sasha, a beautiful Yellow Labrador and best friend who’s been by his side every day during his ongoing battle with cancer...

Main Street Child Development Center, a provider of high-quality, comprehensive early childhood education programs and support services to empower children and their families, regardless of their financial circumstances, to the Fairfax region, connected with Keller Williams Capital Properties for RED Day – a day devoted to employees providing services to the community. Keller Williams prepared the children’s garden for planting, cleaned and maintained the outdoor spaces, planted flowers, and deep cleaned indoors...

Cox Virginia Public Affairs and Boys & Girls Club of Greater Washington, Fairfax County Region celebrated the grand opening of the Cox Innovation Lab at the Ox Hill unit on March 24th. These Innovation Labs help to close the digital divide by providing kids with access to the internet and resources to help them get the most out of it. Gathering at the club for the big reveal were Boys & Girls Club kids and representatives; Cox representatives; and special guest, former Super Bowl champion, author and children’s literacy advocate Malcolm Mitchell...

Peraton served as the Presenting Sponsor for the American Cancer Society’s annual Relay For Life (RFL) of Northern Virginia on May 21st. Peraton employees came in droves, representing 8 RFL teams that played a strong role in helping the organization raise over $88,000. Melody Pleasure, Peraton’s director of stakeholder engagement, raised over $2,600 as one of the top individual fundraisers. Peraton’s Chief Security Officer Mike Londregan was the event’s survivor speaker. He is a 2-time cancer survivor...

Criterion encourages, supports, and celebrates our employees’ many and varied community outreach activities through our Criterion Cares program. Since 2009, Criterion has supported The Women’s Center (TWC), an organization that provides mental health counseling, support, and education to the metropolitan area to help people live healthy, stable, and productive lives. This past spring, 20 Criterion employees and special guests spent the day at their 2022 Leadership Conference, and our Chief Strategy Officer, Marcie Cheney...

On June 24th, members of HomeAid Northern Virginia’s Board of Directors brought comfort and joy to Virginia’s tiniest residents when they delivered over 91,000 diapers and 57,000 wipes to 22 local non-profit organizations. The cost of disposable diapers is nearly $1,000 a year per child, which is a considerable expense for families already struggling to make ends meet. This type of donation is critical because diapers and wipes cannot be purchased using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Women, Infants and Children (WIC)...

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