In the News 2024

September

• 5 – Healthy Families Alexandria Celebrates 30 Years of Providing Support – The Zebra

In the News 2023

April

• 20- Local Nonprofits Work to Recruit Volunteers – NBC4 Washington

March

• 27- Food insecurity needs grow across the DMV, weeks after SNAP Emergency Allotments end – WJLA ABC7

• 24- Community organization prepares to increase relief as SNAP emergency allotments end – Fairfax County Times
• 10- Removal of extra SNAP benefits is being felt – WUSA9

January

• 18- Claude Moore Foundation awards $2.6 million in grants – Loudoun Times-Mirror

In the News 2022

October

• 13 – Latino Heritage Month in Falls Church – Falls Church News Press

September

• 16 – CEO Stephanie Berkowitz: We can — and should — end hunger before 2030  – Washington Post
• 2 – Vandana Sinha: Why I am joining the board of Virginia Family Service – Washington Business Journal – Washington Business Journal

August

• 21 – Inflation drives back-to-school costs higher  – CNN Newsource/CBS

July

• 19 – Claude Moore Foundation awards $1.8M in grants in 2022 – Loudoun Times Mirror
• 5 – Airmen Helping Airmen Vodcast: featuring Kathleen McMahon – Air Force Aid Society

May

• 6 – National Foster Care Month with Liz Boddye – WJLA ABC7
• 6 – 100WOMENSTRONG awards grants to Local Non-Profits – Middleburg Eccentric
• 4 – Loudoun Supervisors Award Nonprofit Grants – Loudoun Now

April

• 28 – A Q&A with Northern Virginia Family Service’s Navara Cannon – The Phil VA
• 25 – Human Services Alliance Awards NVFS – Prince William Living
• 4 – Healthy Children Are Ready to Learn – The Zebra

March 

• 8 – TD Charitable Foundation Awards $5.8 Million to 33 Non-Profits Helping Affordable Housing Providers Deliver Critical Services – Cision PR Newswire 
• 4 – Eat This Now: Pierogi by Chef Ewa – Arlington Magazine 

February 

• 7 – Made in Montgomery: Meet Roberto Tapia of Roda Juice –Montgomery County YouTube channel 

In the News 2021

November 

• 29 –  This #GivingTuesday is all about helping our nation’s other crisis – mental illness – Washington Post

October

• 18 – Program helps low-income people start food businesses  – Washington Post

September 

• 7 – Twenty years after 9/11: Prioritizing trauma-informed mental health care – Philanthropy News Digest

August

• 4 – Local nonprofits provide back-to-school support for children in need – Loudoun Times-Mirror 

June

• 11 – Reconnecting with nature and finding peace in the new Northern Virginia Family Services meditation garden – WUSA9
• 6 – 100WomenStrong Continues Focus on COVID-19 Grants – Loudoun Now

May

• 27 – Fairfax officials step up efforts to vaccinate vulnerable populations – Inside NOVA
• 26 – Fairfax real estate developer Milt Peterson dies – Virginia Business
• 1 – A New Virus that Takes Away the COVID Gloom – GAM Mag

April

• 30 – Community Foundation awards $548,000 to 29 Northern Virginia organizations – Inside NOVA
• 12 – Guest Commentary: Shopping at Clock Tower Thrift Shop Is An Easy Way to Help Families – Falls Church News-Press

March

• 22 – Virginia Awards $2.1M In Homeless Grants To NoVA, Fredericksburg – Patch

February

• 8 – News 4 Your Sunday: Northern Virginia Family Service – NBC4 Washington

In the News 2020

December

• 18 – Patriot High School Students Collect Hundreds of Toys for Local Homeless Shelter – Prince William Living
• 1 – Peterson Family Foundation to Give $500K to Local Families in Need – Bristow Beat

November

• 24 – Turkey giveaways and penguin dances: WFT’s Tim Settle wants to leave his mark – The Athletic

October

• 16 – Feeling Overwhelmed? NVFS Offers Online Support, Counseling – Patch
• 1 – Local Census Workers Keep Counting Despite Legal Turmoil – WAMU: Kojo Nnamdi Show
• 1 – Where to Give Locally To Help with Pandemic Hunger and Beyond – The Connection Newspapers

September

• 16 – Advocates Make Final Push to Involve Hard-To-Count D.C. Areas In The Census – WAMU 88.5
• 16 – Patchwork of protections leaves many vulnerable to eviction – Inside NOVA

August

• 23 – Food pantries preparing for second surge – Inside NOVA
• 12 – Nonprofit’s Thrift Store Looking to Recoup Losses, Entice Shoppers – Tysons Reporter

July

• 3 – Rent, Mortgage Relief Available in Loudoun – Loudoun Now

June

• 20 – For the Dixons, Helping People In Need Is A Family Affair – WAMU
• 16 – 100WomenStrong Launches $2K ‘Pay it Forward’ Loans – LoudounNow
• 16 – Northern Virginia Family Service: More than a Safety Net for 100 Years – The Connection
• 16 – Pandemic Patience: Counselor at NVFS Calms New Mothers – The Connection

May

• 18 – Food is available to those who need it – and needed from those who can donate it – during the pandemic – Prince William Times
• 2 – They share a bunk bed in a homeless shelter. When the pandemic ends, they will move into neighboring apartments – The Washington Post

April

• 10 – ACT Now COVID-19 Fund Raises $530K in Single Month – ALXNow
• 6 – Coronavirus crisis will make Washington region ‘a more class-divided place’ – The Washington Post
• 3 – ’50-60 calls for help an hour’ | Coronavirus pandemic hits DC-area food banks hard – WUSA9

March

• 31 – Northern Virginia Family Service seeks donations, volunteers amid COVID-19 pandemic – ABC7 WJLA
• 19  – Our Most Vulnerable Communities Face Big Challenges In Quarantine – The Kojo Nnamdi Show (WAMU 88.5)
• 18 – Prince William County to Donate $30,000 to Local Food Banks – Prince William Living
• 18 – Northern Virginia nonprofits offer aid during outbreak – Insider NOVA
• 17 – Here’s what Loudoun’s nonprofits are doing to help during the coronavirus outbreak – Loudoun Times-Mirror
• 12 – How Food Banks Are Gearing Up To Keep People Fed As Coronavirus Spreads – WAMU 88.5

 January

• 19 – Rep. Wexton to Volunteer at NVFS on MLK National Day of Service – Prince William Living