All of us at Britepaths are so grateful to everyone who supported our 2022 Holiday Program! We were able to help 265 local families, who may have otherwise gone without, enjoy festive Thanksgiving and December holiday meals and gifts for their children.

Thank You to Our Sponsors! American Legion Post 177 in Fairfax, the Peterson Family Foundation, Cox Farms, KPMG MAC GMS Team, Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, Walmart Fairfax, Walmart Fair Lakes and our Wine & Wonderment Supporters

Thank You to organizations running fund or gift card drives! Alpha Delta Kappa-Tau Chapter, Antioch Baptist Church Sunday School, Central Fairfax Chamber of Commerce, CrossFit Reston, Fairfax City Democratic Committee, Fairfax County Office of the County Attorney, KPMG MAC GMS Team, Brooke Thomas/Meridian Park Neighborhood and Employees of MITRE Corporation

SAVE THE DATE!

Artful Living: Forward

Thursday, April 27, 2023

7p-10p

Country Club of Fairfax

Call for Art!

Submissions due 3.6.23

Guidelines; Submit Art

Sponsors Needed



Event Planning Volunteers Needed

Questions? Contact Sidney Arrington at events@britepaths.org or 703.273.8829

A HUGE Thank You to our friends at Democratic Women of Clifton & Northern Virginia (DWCNVA) for once again helping feed our Food Bridge families in January! On January 6, they delivered checks and grocery store gift cards they collected during their holiday drive in November and December. They also collected toys and coats to help local children through Firefighters & Friends to the Rescue.

Combined with online donations we received from DWCNVA members, they raised $3,731.47, which will more than cover the grocery store gift cards we're sending our families for their January delivery so they can purchase fresh, healthy foods. DWCNVA has made helping our families part of their holiday drives since 2008, and we are so grateful for their ongoing support!

We are looking forward to holding our first in-person Stuff the Bus Food Drive since 2020! We will be collecting food, supplies and gift cards on Saturday, February 11 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Walmart in Fairfax City, 11181 Lee Hwy., Fairfax, VA 22030.

Volunteers are needed from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to distribute flyers to store visitors. Members of the afternoon shift will follow the FASTRAN Bus full of donations back to our office nearby to unload and weigh donations for our pantry. Click Here to volunteer.

Fairfax County's Stuff the Bus Food Drives are taking place at grocery stores throughout the County on Saturdays through February 18 to help local nonprofits fill their pantries for the winter. We are grateful to Fairfax County and MV Transportation for including us in this effort.

Express Lanes Reliable Rides Grant

We are grateful to Transurban's Express Lanes Community Grant Program for once again providing a generous grant to fund our Reliable Rides car repair program, which helps community members get greatly needed car repairs so they can continue to get to work and support their families.

Macro Systems LLC

Macro Systems LLC has served as Britepaths' pro bono IT consulting firm for many years, and we are grateful to them for managing our IT infrastructure for another year. We highly recommend their services.

Nativity Catholic Church of Burke

We're grateful to Nativity Catholic Church of Burke for their many years of support of our Financial Empowerment Program. We enjoyed visiting with Mike McCarthy recently when he dropped off a donation.

Donations and Grants

Thank you to the following organizations for their generous donations in the past month:

• AARP
• AmazonSmile
• Episcopal Church Women of Holy Comforter
• Google
• Spotify
• Stanley Martin Homes, LLC
• The P & A Family Foundation 
• The Sweeney Family Foundation
• United Way of the National Capital Area
• Weiner, Spivey & Miller, PLC

Food Support

Donate to Our Pantry

Pantry Donations/Food Drives:

• Anytime Fitness Fairfax
• Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired