Our partners and donors are the true power behind communities of care for Fairfax County Foster Care and Adoption. With them we can provide amazing support services, community events and after care resources. Join us in recognizing and thanking our donors and sponsors!
Touching Heart is on a mission to inspire kids and fill their young hearts with love and compassion. "We believe children can leave an imprint on the world in significant ways when they are taught just how impactful their thoughts and actions are. We really want to empower kids with the notion that one small touch to someone in their community can make a lasting impression. Having #agivingheart not only makes the world a better place, but it also becomes contagious so others will mirror that act of kindness with the same giving heart. One heart, one random act of kindness and just one person can change the world!"
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info@touchingheart.com
www.touchingheart.com
703-901-7355
P.O.BOX 710282, Herndon, VA 20171-0282
Greater Little Zion Baptist Church of Fairfax has been serving the Fairfax community for 126 years, partnering with us for more than 20 of them. They have helped families with food baskets, holiday presents, backpacks and school supplies, a family fun fair, and black hair demonstrations and tea parties for our girls. The pastor, Reverend Doctor James T. Murphy Jr., says there’s a whole lot more where that came from!
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703 239-9111
10185 Zion Drive, Fairfax, VA 22032
Fairfax County Foster Care & Adoption families have benefited tremendously from the kindness of Saint Mary of Sorrows Catholic Church, which has partnered with us for more than 25 years. During this time, members of this congregation have helped develop the Holiday Spirit program with gifts for the more than 700 children in care; provided Easter baskets and Valentine’s Day cards; run clothing drives; and hosted holiday parties for the children and recruitment events. A special thanks goes out to Carol Mayfield and Chris Mikrut, who helped organize the Holiday Spirt program for more than 10 years.
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www.stmaryofsorrows.org
703 978-4141
5222 Sideburn Rd., Fairfax, VA 22032
Becky Owens at Long & Foster Real Estate has been a part of Holiday Spirit for more than 20 years. She works with Long & Foster Real Estate in Springfield. Every year, Becky solicits donations from the real estate agency’s contractors and vendors to support Fairfax County’s Foster Care & Adoption Holiday Spirit program. In the spirit of the season, the donors have been very generous so Becky can purchase generic gifts and have enough to help with children that come to FC&A at the last minute.
It’s a labor of love. “At our office, we’re more than just a team of professional real estate agents. We’re a true part of the community—your friends, your neighbors, your colleagues,” Becky said. “We shop, dine, and play at the neighborhood attractions. We volunteer with area nonprofits. We send our kids to the local schools and enjoy all that our community has to offer.”
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703-451-9400
7202 Old Keene Mill Road, Springfield, VA 22150
Foster Care & Adoption is sending a big shout out to the Holiday Spirit Donors that have sponsored and supported our children and families for more than 10 years: Tysons Galleria, Wish List Project started by Mrs. Mahon, Child Welfare Information Gateway, Cushman & Wakefield, Wide Point Cybersecurity Solutions, Touching Heart, and St Mary’s. Newer donors include Neiman Marcus, The Brooks Family, The OPHELIA Foundation, American Systems, ICF Consulting Company, Daughter of the American Revolution, and Breakfast with Santa Fair Oaks Mall. Finally, we couldn’t throw the wonderful holiday party for our children in foster care without the help of staff, volunteers, and community partners, including Richard Kilday (Santa), Mary Ann Fuss and Jill Seibert (who run the store for kids to do their holiday shopping), and Liz Murphy (who helps us pick up donations). Thanks for the dedicated commitment to Fairfax County Foster Care & Adoption. 
We were supported by a bevy of new donors in 2018, including Irving Burton Associates, a leading technology consulting services firm with federal clients, which provided a generous donation to our annual holiday party.
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Irvington Burton Associates
703-575-8359
www.ibacorp.us
This issue highlights the and thanks Hillmann Consulting LLC, a leading environmental consulting, construction services and construction risk management company, which recently joined our donors ranks.
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Hillmann Consulting
703-914-1135
hillmannconsulting.com
This issue highlights and thanks the OPHELIA Foundation (Opportunities to Provide Hope, Empower Lives & Influence Advancement), an advocacy organization with a mission to help others, particularly those who might otherwise have few or no opportunities. The foundation joined our roster of donors last holiday season.
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855-9-OPHELIA
https://opheliafoundation.org
This issue highlights and thanks Canterbury Woods Elementary School. The school’s foster bears found their way to new friends, bringing smiles and comfort to youth facing uncertainties in their lives. “We will continue to spread love and kindness and do more outreach programs for our foster friends!” said Necole Brown, a counselor at Canterbury Woods Elementary School.
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703-764-5600
https://www.fcps.edu/school-center/canterbury-woods-elementary-school
This issue highlights and thanks American Systems, a government services contractor that has been delivering IT and engineering solutions to complex national priority programs since 1975. Their mission-focused approach helps keep our nation and its citizens safe from all enemies, both foreign and domestic.
Chantilly, Virginia-based American Systems was instrumental to the success of Foster Parent Training and Appreciation Day in May.
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americansystems.com
This issue highlights and thanks Touching Heart Schools on a Mission After-School Program. The curriculum encourages students to talk and learn about issues kids around the world face every day. Throughout the session, children discuss important social issues and participant in service projects. Recently, students from two locations – Academies of Loudoun in Ashburn, Virginia and Oakton High School in Oakton, Virginia - rallied classmates to create Birthday Bundles for children in Fairfax County Foster Care & Adoption.
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Phone: 703-901-7355
Email: info@touchingheart.com
This issue highlights and thanks national bookseller Barnes & Noble. Their generous support helped make this year’s Annual Foster Parent Appreciation Day a huge success..
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Web: www.barnesandnoble.com
This issue highlights and thanks Fairfax County Park Authority. Their generous, ongoing support helps make many of our events huge successes.
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Web: www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks
This issue highlights Rebecca Francis and Steffani Mears of Hug Wrap for Foster Care. This organization generously donates children’s quilts throughout the year, and especially for the Adoption Awareness Month Celebration. Each child who is adopted during the celebration receives a quilt.
Steffani Mears helps gather fabric for the quilts from Burke Community Church where she is a member. Rebecca Francis makes many of the quilts herself and works with other quilters who wish to donate their quilts. As a result, more than 40 quilts have been given to children in Foster Care and Adoption. Thanks for your effort to share these one-of-a-kind creations with children in Fairfax County Foster Care and Adoption.
This issue highlights Santa's Workshop. This organization started as a simple idea to entertain children at the Foster Care and Adoption Holiday Party. Over the last 22 years, through the vision and direction of Mary Ann Fuss and Jill Seibert, Santa’s Workshop has become a cherished part of the holidays for foster families in the Department of Family Services. Check out more about their story and photos from the holiday party.
This issue highlights Cakes4Kids.
Making Birthday Dreams Come True
There is a nonprofit organization in Fairfax County that is making a difference for children in foster care in a most unexpected way. Cakes4Kids makes birthday cakes for children in the county who otherwise could not afford them. These are not your ordinary run-of-the-mill cakes, but the spectacular cakes of every child’s dreams. These amazing one-of-a kind creations are made by volunteers at no cost to the county or the families. Check out more about their story and photos of some their cakes.
Donor Spotlight: Winter Coats Provide a Warm Hug!
The Our Children Fund cares deeply about making sure that those in foster care have what they need, so much so that they offered to provide a warm coat for every child served by the Fairfax County Foster Care and Adoption program. Receiving the gift of a brand-new coat brings giant smiles and excitement to the faces of children and an enormous sense of relief to families. Learn about how The Our Children Fund provided a warm hug of support around foster children in our community.