Alexandria Nonprofits Receive $130K In Grants

From the Rotary Club of Alexandria: At its annual Contributions Day Luncheon on Tuesday, June 11, 2019, the Rotary Club of Alexandria presented grants totaling $70,000 to 37 nonprofit organizations that advance literacy for children and adults and/or improve the lives of children, youth, seniors, and others with special needs in the Alexandria community. The luncheon was held at Belle Haven Country Club.

The funds awarded are raised at the Rotary Club of Alexandria’s signature event, its annual Taste For Giving held at the US Patent and Trademark Office Building last Fall, which featured the best of Alexandria’s restaurants, wine tasting from local vineyards and live music, with raffles and silent and live auctions. An important goal of the grant program is forming mutually beneficial relationships, so many of the awardee organizations volunteer at Taste for Giving, contributing to the event’s success.

Additionally, the Alexandria Day Nursery, an affiliated fund of the Alexandria Rotary which supports a myriad of programs that serve our city’s youngest citizens, awarded grants at the luncheon in the amount of $61,550.00 to 15 worthy child-serving organizations.

Rotary President Paul Anderson, “We’re really excited to be able to distribute over $130,000 in grant funds to local charities and preschools in Alexandria. What makes it even more special is that volunteers at our fundraising event come from our beneficiary organizations. Our Rotary members are happy to work together with the community to help our Alexandria neighbors in need.”

This year’s program featured keynote remarks by Charlotte Hall, the 2019 Chair of the Alexandria
Chamber of Commerce. In addition to local officials and dignitaries, Rotary District 7610’s District
Governor, Glenn Yarborough attended to congratulate the awardees.

The Rotary Club of Alexandria, chartered in 1928, has over 110 members who meet weekly at Belle
Haven Country Club and live their motto of “service above self” across our Alexandria community and around the world.

Rotary Club of Alexandria Grantees

• Alexandria Library Foundation
• Alexandria Police Youth Camp
• Alex Seaport Foundation
• Alex Symphony
• Alex Tutoring Consortium
• ALIVE!
• Best Buddies
• Boys and Girls Club of Greater Wash.
• Bridges to Independence
• Campagna Center
• Carpenter's Shelter
• Casa Chirilagua
• Center for Alexandria's Children
• Community Lodgings
• First Night Alexandria
• Friends of Alex Mental Health
• Friends of Guest House
• Habitat NOVA
• Latino Economic Dev. Center
• Liberty's Promise
• Literacy Council of NoVa
• Neighborhood Health
• Next Step Pilates
• Northern Virginia Family Service
• Nueva Vida
• Operation Warm
• Rebuilding Together Alex
• RunnningBrooke
• SCAN
• Scholarship Fund of Alexandria
• Senior Services of Alex
• Space of Her Own
• The Alexandria Singers
• The Arc of NoVa
• Together We Bake
• Urban Alliance
• Volunteer Alex

Alexandria Day Nursery 2019 Grantees

• ALIVE
• Beverley Hills Church Preschool
• The Butterfly House at the Virginia Theological Seminary
• The Campagna Center
• Child & Family Network
• Emmanuel Preschool
• Fairlington Preschool
• Grace Episcopal School
• Meeting House Cooperative Preschool
• St. Clement Episcopal School
• Upcycle Creative Reuse Center
• Valley Drive Cooperative Preschool
• Washington Street Methodist Church Preschool
• Westminster Preschool
• Kathy Wilson Foundation