NVFS in the News

A LINKED INDEX OF ARTICLES ABOUT THE WORK WE’RE DOING

In the News 2013

December
23 – White House extends deadline to sign up for Obamacare, CBS Evening News (watch for “Virginia”)
22 – Donation Fund Update #2: Helping Get Families Home for the Holidays, blog by Aaron Cox
8 – NVFS works with Vietnamese community on Health Insurance Enrollment, Saigon Broadcasting Television Network, vietv.com

November
19 – N.Va. Family Service Planning Holiday Initiative to Help Families in Need, Sun Gazette
18 – NVFS Honors Companies With Exemplary Employee Practices, Leesburg Today
12 – Foster Parents Needed for Teens in NoVa, Centreville Insider
8 – Save “N” Serve joins ranks of thrift stores in the Manassas area, Bull Run Observer
8 – Event Benefits SERVE, Inside Lake Ridge (Dec issue, page 8)
8 – NVFS Announces Drive, Inside Lake Ridge (Dec issue, page 8)
1 – Bristow Family Gives Thanks, Inside Gainesville & Inside Lake Ridge (Nov issue, page 18)
1 – NVFS Thrift Store is Now Open, Inside Gainesville & Inside Lake Ridge (Nov issue, page 18)

October
22 – Help Manassas Mall ‘Stuff the Bus’ for food pantry, InsideNova
21 – New Manassas City Scavenger Hunt to Benefit SERVE, Manassas Patch

September
6 – Ingeniero agrónomo en su país, negociante aquí, El Tiempo Latino
6 – Political dilemmas burden struggling families (Op-Ed), Fairfax Times
5 – Leaders Who Walk the Walk, Manassas Patch

August
29 – A Reflection of Civil Rights in Greater Washington, Nonprofit Roundtable Blog
24 – NVFS To Open Thrift Store in Manassas, Potomac Local
21 – Training Session Planned for Prospective Foster Parents, Sun Gazette
14 – The Challenge of Helping the Uninsured Find Coverage, The New York Times
11 – N.Va. Family Service Honored for Board Leadership, Sun Gazette
9 – Uninsured will see differing levels of help for Obamacare in Maryland, Virginia, D.C., The Washington Post
8 – Sequestration could cut from Va. Head Start programs, WJLA
8 – Group fights budget cuts on Head Start, WUSA9
5 – NVFS to Host Job Fair for Health Navigators, Oakton Patch
1 – Get Rid of Zucchini, Inside Gainesville (August edition, page 20)

July
30 – Help Kids Go Back to School, Donate to the NVFS Back to School Drive, Oakton Patch
25 – Training Futures’ Julie Mullen Interviewed on Comcast Newsmakers
14 – Va. program sets goals to improve early-childhood education, The Washington Post
12 – Por amor los acogió en sus brazos, El Tiempo Latino
9 – For Healthy Families, Prevention Begins Before Birth, Voice of America
1 – Misti Mukherjee Appointed Chairman of the Board of Northern Virginia Family Service, Jackson Lewis, LLP

June
15 – Se buscan padres temporales hispanos, Washington Hispanic
13 – NOVA Community College’s History & Value to the Region, Falls Church News-Press

May
28 – Sup. Candland Walks 30 Miles Across Prince William, Gainesville Beat
27 – Training Futures Comes to Manassas, Inside NOVA
23 – National Expert on Children and Families to Address NoVa Audience, Oakton Patch
19 – Home visiting programs are preschool in its earliest form, The Washington Post
14 – NVFS Holds Record-Breaking Gala Event, Oakton Patch
10 – George Lizama, CEO of Production Solutions, Honored as Northern Virginia ‘Community Champion’ PR Web
9 – Helping Those Who ‘Can’t Catch A Break’ Community support for Northern Virginia Family Service grows during tough economic times, Great Falls Connection
7 – Drop off diapers and win ‘Mommy and Me’ Cupcake Decorating Class at Occasionally Cake, Old Town Alexandria Patch
3 – Recognizing Northern Virginia Family Service’s 2013 Community Champion and Legends of Northern Virginia, Congressional Record, 113th Congress, 1st Session – Issue: Vol. 159, No. 61

April
29 – State funding for preschool drops as Obama calls for expansion, The Washington Post
24-30 – Graduate Honored Robin Falci recognized for volunteer efforts with Northern Virginia Family Service, Oak Hill/Herndon Connection
20 – The 2013 Fairfax County Volunteer Service Awards, Chantilly Patch
19 – County Volunteers Take Bows at Annual Awards Ceremony, Sun Gazette
17 – Reston Volunteers Nominated for County Awards, Reston Patch
10 – Prince William Residents Weigh In On Fiscal ’14 Budget, The Washington Post

March
Georgetown South Earns Five Star Rating: