April 23, 2006
Many county and community organizations are working together to make the new shelter a reality. Kate Hanley, the shelter's namesake and former chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, is in the center of the photo, surrounded by six members of the board, county officials and community advocates.
Local Girl Scout Troop 4404 also had a turn with the shovels, pictured here with their troop leader, Robin Lynn, and Kate Hanley. The troop has already collected over 1,500 book for the children who will stay at the shelter.
"My dream is that someday a young girl and her mother will be leaving the shelter and the girl will ask her mother, 'Who was Katherine Hanley?' And her mother will answer: 'I don't have any idea, but she must have been someone who was part of a community that cared.'"
Katherine K. Hanley
April 23, 2006
Photos by Joseph Battista, Department of Family Services