Pay It Forward - Loudoun County

Loudoun County PAY IT FORWARD

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Investing in our community.

Learn. Gaining greater knowledge about your nonprofit community is an excellent first step. Invite a nonprofit leader for coffee. Research their work. GiveChoose.org offers an excellent catalogue of local nonprofits in our community.

Share. Charities are challenged by limited resources. It’s just the name of the game. Be their ambassador. Praise their work through a letter to the editor or social media. Hearing it from you is twice as impactful!

Volunteer. Be proactive. Sign up. Visit Loudoun Cares at volunteer.loudouncares.org/ user/register to match your unique skills and interests with requests from area charities.

Donate. Nothing says investment like a financial gift. If you have the resources, make a gift of publicly traded stock or securities (there are notable advantages to you, the donor, and is just as meaningful to the charity) or from your IRA.

Ignite Curiosity

We believe in nurturing the potential of every child. The YMCA Loudoun County Early Learning Program combines a safe and happy educational environment with an intentional, creatively designed curriculum that stimulates intellectual, emotional and social growth.

Discover, Learn & Grow

Our curriculum supports learning through active play with a focus on character development. After School Programs for school age children at YMCA Loudoun County offer a variety of activities that allow your children to build new skills while reinforcing healthy habits.

Experience Summer

We have something for everyone! Traditional Camps, Specialty Camps, Sports Camps, and more. Summer Camp at the Y is the perfect place for kids with too many interests to choose from. A true summer camp experience when children need it most!

Proud Sponsor of the YMCA Loudoun County Charity Golf Tournament

Since 2005.

Together, our efforts have raised over $948,000 to provide summer camp and after-school scholarships for children in Loudoun County.

“Strong and stable families are the foundation of our community and we are very proud to support the YMCA and their efforts.”

Michael Huber, CEO and Founder, Belfort Furniture

This year, we invite you to support a local hidden gem with a strong foundation. The Marshall Center conducts tours and hosts community events at Dodona Manor, General George C. Marshall’s home, that provide a full picture of the statesman and soldier who shaped many of the major events of the 20th century. In addition, we project principled leadership into the future by hosting educational programs that reflect Marshall’s approach to leadership for students and emerging leaders.

Garden-to-TableApprenticeships

EmpoweringNeurodiversity

Legacy Farms is a501(c)3 nonprofitestablished in 2012. We offercustom designed apprenticeships in our gardens and on related entrepreneurial projects.Wehelp neurodivergent individuals obtain skills that lead to meaningful employment and increased confidence in the workplace,incollege,and in life.

Legacy Farms,weare afully integrated team. Our staffisaneurodiverse group of mentors,apprentices, community members

Thank youtoour Design

Apprentice forcreating our newlogo and friendly LegacyFarms mascots: Becka the cat, Sunny the gardener,& Teddy the dog!

LegacyFarms empowers neurodivergent* individuals to learnabout themselvesaseffective workers who makeinnovative contributions on the job and in the world.

From gardening and product development to landscaping, marketsales,blogging, photography and graphic design, we offerarange of opportunities with an entrepreneurial emphasis We welcome,inspire, and challenge our neurodivergent apprentices to develop their self-awareness,organization, social interaction, and job skills

From A pril 16 , 20 20 to A ugust 25 , 20 2 1, the A mper sand Pantr Pro ect distributed more than 1 20,000 free lunche s , nearl one million diaper s , 2 2 ,000 carnations , 20,000 pounds o f pet food , do ens o f haircut s , numerous h giene product s , and thousands o f pounds o f fre sh ve getable s .

What We Do

Now that our communit has reco ered from the impac t of the COVID 19 pandemic , we ha e gone back to our root s . We ha e t wo “little free pantr y bo es ” , one on Edwards Ferr y Road (ne t to Crossroads Baptist Church) and the other on Harrison Street (across from Brandon Park) where we work together with communit y members to keep each bo stocked with non perishable food and other essential items . Communit y members in need can access these pantr y bo es 24/7.

HowYOU CanHelp

Recent food price increases have only increased stress for man of our neighbors . For this Gi ing Tuesda please consider making a ta deduc tible donation. Donations can be made on our GoFundMe page : The Ampersand Pantr y Projec t . Check s can also be mailed to he Ampersand Pantr Projec t , 105 Loudoun St ., SE , Leesburg, Virginia 201 75. If you are willing to shop and/or stock a pantr one day per month, please email : in fo @thea mp er sa ndp antr yp ro je ct .o rg

Burnett&Williams, Loudoun’s firstand oneofVirginia’soldestper sonalinjur ylaw firms, stri ve stoprovide high qualit yser vice to it sclients as well as consistent ,meaningfulsuppor ttoour communit y. The Amper sand Pantry Projectisjustone way that Burnett&Williamscan give something back to our neighbor sand friends.

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“I wanted to let you know that your Foundation’s help and teaching, most likely saved my oldest son’s life.”

-Parent of Teen Participant

“The best part of the FORT was finally being accepted.”

-Teen Participant