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NVFS: About Us

www.nvfs.org • @nvfs • www.facebook.com/nvfs.org

Who We Are:Northern Virginia Family Service (NVFS) is a private, nonprofit community service organization dedicated to helping individuals and families find new paths to self-reliance and brighter futures. NVFS’ array of programs and intensive case management ensure that families receive the help they need for imme-diate stability and long-term security.

What We Do:Each year, NVFS helps nearly 34,000 people through our continuum of programs in:• Anti-Hunger Programs• Early Childhood Services• Child Placement Services • Health & Mental Health Services• Legal Services• Housing Services• Intervention & Prevention Services• Workforce Development Services

Our Mission:To empower individuals and families to improve their quality of life, and to promote community cooperation and support in responding to family needs.

Our Guiding Principles:We believe that families are at the heart of our so-ciety and need to be strengthened and preserved. Ser-vices should be affordable, accessible and of high quality. All people should have access to adequate housing, health care, food and clothing. Com-munities should be supportive environments for families.

About Us:NVFS was founded in 1924 by volunteers in Alexandria who collected coats and coal to help their neighbors make it through the winter. Today, 350 employees and 4,119 volunteers support services in Arlington, Fairfax, and Loudoun Counties; Alexandria; and the Greater Prince William Area (including Manassas City and Manassas Park).

Connect With Us:Website: www.nvfs.orgTwitter: @nvfsFacebook: /nvfs.orgYoutube: /NoVaFamilyServiceLinkedin: /company/northern- virginia-family-service

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Welcome Whether your organization is taking its first steps toward getting involved in the community or you have an established community relations program, Northern Virginia Family Service (NVFS) offers many ways for your business and its employees to engage in charitable activities.

In building our corporate partnerships, what we have found useful is to learn about your goals and then determine how they fit best with our needs. For some partners, marketing is key while others care most about team- building or boosting employee engagement. By strategically focusing on the value added for your business, we are able to suggest opportunities that may include sponsorships, volunteer projects, event participation, donation drives or a combination. We recognize that business goals can change based upon shifting priorities and we work hand-in-hand to meet your goals while meeting the needs of our programs and clients.

A unique aspect of NVFS is that because we offer such a wide spectrum of services, you can choose to support various programs or hone in on one and deepen your involvement in that area.

We often begin with these questions:• What are you looking for in a partnership?...• What are your goals?…• What has worked for you in other successful partnerships?

This brochure showcases how businesses engage with NVFS. We look forwarding to crafting a plan with your team to make a difference!

Benefits of Corporate Social Responsibility• Generate goodwill in

the community, leading to customer loyalty

• Easier employee recruitment

• Happier, engaged employees lead to increased employee retention

• Encourage employees to develop leadership and soft “people” skills in volunteer setting

• Leverage giving and volunteerism into positive press coverage, social media opportunities

• All efforts contribute to your bottom line

Business Philanthropy 101: Ways to Give • Use your core business objectives and/or the concerns of employees

and find a way to utilize your company’s competencies. • Employee Volunteer Program – formalize a mission and infrastructure:

• Offer paid time off for volunteering or flex hours to encourage service. • Dollars for Doers - Company dollar match for an employee’s

volunteer hours.• Team building service projects so groups of employees can

volunteer together.• Donate your product, or provide meaningful discounts for nonprofits.• Host a brown bag lunch at your office where NVFS can promote its

special events and drives and talk about client programs and services.• Host a 5K, golf tournament, jeans day or other event and designate

NVFS as the beneficiary, donating a portion of your proceeds to NVFS.

Community Engagement with NVFS

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Year-round Volunteer OpportunitiesMeal Caterer Group – SERVE (Manassas)Times: Weekends & Holidays • Group Size: up to 8 Provide dinner or a weekend/holiday brunch for residents at SERVE’s 92-bed shelter. Meals can be made off-site and delivered or volunteers may bring ingredients and prepare onsite. Includes serving the meal and cleaning up after-ward. Must be 16 or older to prepare food in the kitchen.

Food Distribution Center Group – SERVE (Manassas)Times: Monday-Friday 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. or Wednesday 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. • Group Size: up to 10Sort and organize donations according to type and expira-tion, create family-size portions, etc.

SERVE Campus Freshen Up – SERVE (Manassas)Times: Flexible, weekday/weekend • Group Size: up to 40 Tasks vary depending on the time of year and current need, but can include: power-washing, cleaning windows, painting, landscaping, shelving books, sorting food, orga-nizing storage units and preparing meals.

Thrift Shop Group – (Centreville, Falls Church, Manassas)Times: Open all week, flexible times • Group Size: up to 12Sort and organize incoming donations, tag items for sale, and ensure shopping area and display items are tidy.

Head Start Learning Activities – (Arlington)Times: Weekdays 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. or 3 – 5 p.m. Group Size: up to 25Select a theme, then plan and facilitate a special educa-tional or recreational program for 3-5 year olds, e.g., a multicultural event, seasonal festival, mini Olympics, pup-pet show, or any other creative idea you have.

Workforce Development – Training Futures (Tysons, Manassas) Help our clients obtain living-wage clerical jobs with mock interviews, email mentorship, classroom tutors, resume reviews, workshop facilitation, etc.

Skills-based Volunteering Share your expertise! Small groups can lead a staff train-ing, conduct a job training workshop for our clients, teach a personal finance class or conduct or analyze a survey. Individuals can assist with business plans, join a special event or committee, provide professional consulting, and more.

Special Drives Encourage Workplace Giving, Offer Volunteer OpportunitiesBack-to-School Drive – July-August (Chantilly,

Manassas)

Set up donation boxes to collect supplies in July and early August. Volun-teer groups of up to 15 can help sort and organize school sup-plies, stuff backpacks

and label for client distribution.

Operation Turkey – November (Manassas)

Set up donation boxes at the office to collect Thanksgiving dinner items and grocery gift cards. Volunteer groups of up to 20 can sort and organize donations,

prepare meal packages, and distribute to clients; lifting/bending required.

Gifting for Families Drive – December (Chantilly)

Collect gifts and Target/Walmart gift cards. Vol-unteer groups of up to 12 can sort and organize toy donations, categorize gifts by age group, and help arrange the toy closet for gift distribution.

“Adopt-a-Program” Drives – Any time of year Pick a theme or NVFS program to support and coordinate a donation drive. Needs include: • Canned food drive (especially in summer/early fall)• “School’s Out” food drive for kids (summer)• Diapers and wipes drive for low-income families• Metro card drive for Training Futures trainees• Winter coat drive• Hygiene and feminine hygiene kits• “Anything goes” for the thrift shops

Recent Corporate Service Days at NVFSDiscoveryThe school year is not complete without a Field Day and thanks to the team at Discovery Communications our Head Start children were able to end the school year in style. Tricycle races, hula hoop competitions, a bub-ble station, a photo booth and more ensured that our little ones started summer with a bang!

DeloitteThirty NVFS staff members received a “Framework to Becoming a Successful Supervisor” training as part of Deloitte’s annual Impact Day. Deloitte senior managers taught supervision tech-niques, shared common challenges and solutions, and helped staff understand their own leadership styles. Additionally, a group of 60 Deloitte volunteers created commemorative scrap-books for children graduating from Head Start into kindergarten. The young graduates were presented with the keepsakes at their graduation ceremony the end of June.

Fannie MaeAt SERVE, as part of their annual Seven Days to Serve program, a team of 75 Fannie Mae volunteers painted base-boards and wainscoting in our Family Care Shelter, repainted fire lane curbs, moved the Healthy Families staff into a new office and built new, teal picnic tables to match the NVFS logo. In

addition, Fannie Mae’s HR department regularly supports the Training Futures workforce development program by providing email mentors, tutors and clothing closet dress days.

CARE Awards: Companies As Responsive Employers In 1992, NVFS joined forces with local companies to encourage family-friendly policies to help employees achieve a better work-life balance. The CARE Awards are a way to recognize companies whose progressive policies support employees and families, making our community a better place to live and work. Businesses who CARE have found a variety of benefits that contribute to their bottom line:

• Employee Engagement• Healthy Lifestyles• Recognition and Talent Development• Lower Attrition Rates• Flexible Work Arrangements• Improved Communications• High employee morale improves work production• Benchmark for corporate best practices• Strengthen family and community with family-friendly work policies

Companies covet the CARE Award because it gives them the opportunity to showcase to their colleagues the good things they have done to support their employees. Additionally, many business leaders believe that the recognition gives them an edge in hiring skilled and motivated workers. Many companies have discovered that the self-assessment, combined with the outside evaluation by the CARE team of experts, gives them valuable information about the strengths and weaknesses of their policies. Many past CARE Awards applicants report that the process of entering the competition was time well spent, regardless of whether they won an award.

The CARE Awards will be held Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, 7:30 a.m., at the Falls Church Marriott Fairview Park. For more information, visit www.careawards.net, or contact Alyssa Lee at 571.748.2871 or alee@nvfs.org.

NVFS Special Events

CARE Awards • Empty Bowls • Strikes for SERVE Bowlathon

Empty Bowls NVFS runs the largest food distribution center in Northern Virginia at the SERVE Campus in Manassas. Join your neighbors to combat food insecurity in our community by attending Empty Bowls. Participants receive a handcrafted bowl and share in soup, bread

and dessert.

Thursday, October 15, 2015 5-8 p.m.

Manassas Church of the Brethren

10047 Nokesville Rd.Manassas, VA 20110

www.nvfs.org/emptybowls

Darcy Smith of CustomInk accepts the company’s CARE Award

Strikes for SERVE BowlathonCalling all Bowlers! Teams of five will fundraiser for SERVE on Saturday, March 12, 2016 at the Bowl America in Manassas with food, music and prizes for participants. Companies can help underwrite the event, sponsor a lane, or form a team (or two!) This popular event fills all 44 lanes, so register early!

For more information on how you can get involved, contact Pam Boyle at pboyle@nvfs.org or 571.748.2537.

Northern Virginia’s Business Community Rallies for a Cause The Road to Independence Gala provides a festive and elegant setting for supporters, community, political and business leaders to celebrate the impact of NVFS on families and children in need. It also recognizes the generous donors and supporters who are dedicated to giving back to the community in which they live and who make NVFS programs and services possible.

The Road to Independence Gala theme captures the nature of the event. Nearly 34,000 individuals and families come to us each year usually facing a critical life issue. Proceeds raised from the Gala help Northern Virginia Family Service support, advise, train, educate, and assist families in overcoming the obstacles to rejoining the road to independence, fulfillment and happiness.

Each year, more than 600 community leaders attend Northern Virginia Family Service’s largest fundraiser of the year. The evening includes dinner and a client testimonial, live and silent auctions, a live appeal, and recognition of the recipients of the Legends of Northern Virginia Award and Community Champion Award.

Businesses can support the Gala with tax-deductible sponsorships, and by donating goods, products, memorabilia or services for our successful auctions. The event is filled with leaders from the business community, political representatives, and donors who know how to make a difference.

For more information about the Road to Independence Gala, visit www.nvfs.org/gala or contact Tonya McCreary, Director of Agency Communications, at 571.748.2533.

Road to Independence GalaFriday, May 13, 2016

Event attendees bid on silent and live auction items to benefit families in need.

Leading businesses such as Booz Allen Hamilton join their colleagues to celebrate their support of local families.

The Road to Independence Gala offers networking opportunities for leaders from all sectors. Bill Hoover, AMERICAN SYSTEMS; Gov. Terry McAuliffe; and Mary Agee, NVFS.

NVFS: Contact Us

www.nvfs.org • @nvfs • www.facebook.com/nvfs.org

Colleen RossCommunity Engagement Specialist, 571.748.2532cross@nvfs.org

Just getting started or new to NVFS? Colleen can help guide you in the right direction for your corporate sponsorship and volunteering activities. She can also speak to your employee group about NVFS and individual engagement opportunities

Pam BoyleCommunity Drives & Events Specialist, 571.748.2537pboyle@nvfs.org

To participate in special drives like Operation Turkey, Gifting for Families, to host a drive at your office, or sponsor and/or join NVFS events including our annual bowl-a-thon or Empty Bowls fundraiser

Tonya McCrearyDirector of Agency Communications571.748.2533tmccreary@nvfs.org

To sponsor or participate in the NVFS Road to Indepen-dence Gala or CARE Awards

Jan Hawkins Volunteer Coordinator571.748.2621jhawkins@nvfs.org

For volunteer opportunities at SERVE and the Greater Prince William area; Operation Turkey volunteers

Karen HorowitzDirector of Volunteer and Internship Engagement571.748.2626khorowitz@nvfs.org

For skills-based and pro-bono volunteering opportunities, and for internship placements

Navara Cannon Volunteer Coordinator571.748.2536ncannon@nvfs.org

For volunteer opportunities in Arlington, Alexandria, Fairfax and Loudoun; Back to School and Gifting for Families volunteers

Tonya McCrearyDirector of Agency Communications571.748.2533tmccreary@nvfs.org

To leverage public relations, marketing and social media opportunities associated with your company

Pam RyanDirector of Anti-Hunger Programs571.748.2531pryan@nvfs.org

For SERVE development and fundraising

NVFS Office and Program Locations

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Administrative Headquarters10455 White Granite Dr.Suite 100Oakton, VA 22124

SERVE10056 Dean Dr.Manassas, VA 20110

Hilda Barg HomelessPrevention Center14945 Jefferson Davis Hwy.Woodbridge, VA 22191

Bailey’s Crossroads Community Shelter3525 Moncure Ave.Falls Church, Virginia 22041

Multicultural Center6400 Arlington Blvd.Suite 110 Falls Church, VA 22042

Training Futures9485 Innovation Dr.Suite 103Manassas, VA 20110

Training Futures - Tysons8605 Westwood Center Dr. Suite 503 Vienna, VA 22182

Head Start Center1801 N. George Mason Dr.Arlington, VA 22207

Early Head Start Centers• 601 Vermont St.

Arlington, VA 22203 • 909 S. Dinwiddie St.

Arlington, VA 22204 • 45425 Winding Rd.

Sterling, VA 20165 • 9444 Taney Rd.

Manassas, VA 20110 • 14900 Cloverdale Rd.

Woodbridge, VA 22193 • 13420 Minnieville Rd.

Woodbridge, VA 22192

Clock Tower Thrift Shop6031 Centreville Crest Ln.Centreville, VA 20121

Clock Tower Thrift Shop2860 Annandale Rd.Falls Church, VA 22042

Save ‘N’ Serve Thrift Shop10360 Portsmouth Rd.Manassas, VA 20109