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Artful Living: Forward

Thursday, April 27, 2023

Country Club of Fairfax

VIP Reception 6:45-7:30 pm

Event 7:30-10 pm

Call for Art!

Submissions due 3.6.23

Guidelines; Submit Art

Sponsors Needed

Event Planning Volunteers Needed

Questions? Contact Sidney Arrington at events@britepaths.org or 703.273.8829

What a wonderful day to help our neighbors! We are grateful to everyone who donated to our Stuff the Bus Food Drive at Walmart Fairfax on Saturday, February 11. We raised 1,154.20 pounds of food and supplies, $910 in gift cards and $236.78 in cash to stock up our pantry so we can help local families in crisis.

A huge thank you to our 30 wonderful volunteers for all their great work, Walmart Fairfax for hosting us, and Fairfax County and MV Transportation (Fastran) for sponsoring the drives.

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A big thank you to the Fairfax Turkey Trot in Mantua and event sponsors for donating $27,600 to help our families! A few of the organizers visited us on February 3 to present us with a check for the proceeds from the Thanksgiving Day race: $24,500. Event sponsors donated an additional total of $3,100.

The November 24, 2022 race marked the 10th year for this fun, family-friendly four-miler in the Mantua neighborhood of Fairfax, with a record 1,204 finishers. The organizers first selected Britepaths to receive proceeds from the race in 2016. We are so honored that they have continued to support our work for the past seven years, contributing a total of more than $113,000!

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Britepaths Volunteer Receives Award

Join us in congratulating Marcio Silveira, who was recently named Planner of the Year by the Financial Planning Association of the the National Capital Area at their 2023 Outstanding Achievement Award ceremony. Our Financial Empowerment Director Maria Jose Cantoni was there to cheer him on. Marcio has served as a volunteer Financial Coach with us since 2013, and we are so grateful for his service and dedication to helping our neighbors plan for brighter futures.

American Rescue Plan Act Grants

Britepaths is grateful to Fairfax County and the City of Fairfax for each awarding $50,000 to our organization from the American Rescue Act's Sustainability Grant for Human Services Safety Net Nonprofits to mitigate some of the financial burdens imposed by the pandemic. We received funding from Fairfax County in November, and recently received funding from the City of Fairfax. We appreciate their ongoing support for our work in the community. Read the City's news release.

Donations and Grants

Thank you to the following supporters for their generous donations in the past month:

• Church of the Good Shepherd Burke
• Lutheran Church of the Redeemer
• Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church
• Northwest Federal Credit Union
• Transurban/Express Lanes for Reliable Rides
• Eric Lawrence & A. Leslie Ludwig for Avenues to Career Training
• Church of the Holy Comforter