Nearly 400 volunteers came together to give back to the community during Volunteer Fairfax’s day of service event, honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.. Families engaged in service projects that addressed food insecurity, elder care, family services, those experiencing housing instability, emergency management, animal welfare, and more.
During a day filled with joy and commitment, we accomplished:
- Packed 1,400 Student Emergency Preparedness (STEP) kits for Fairfax County’s Department of Emergency Management and Security (DEMS) to distribute.
- Fairfax County Government’s Department of Family Services (DFS) led the charge to pack 300 hygiene / care packages for residents of Birmingham Green and write cards for them.
- DFS also designed 180 Build-a-Bears for children experiencing trauma in Fairfax County.
- Kids Give Back spearheaded the making of: 300 snowman cups containing warm gloves and fruit snacks that were given to those experiencing housing instability at Shelter House and Second Story, 200 suncatchers to brighten the rooms of hospitalized children to be distributed by Sweet Julia Grace Foundation and 100 pillowcases for Operation Gratitude to deliver to active-duty military personnel.
- Made 150 “I Spy Bottles” designed to help provide developmental tools to CRi residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
- Hidden Oaks Nature Center taught volunteers how to make ~400 bird nesting material dispensers to support local birds during the winter and the upcoming breeding season.
- 100 care packages were created for Capital Caring Health to distribute to residents in hospice care.
- Educate Fairfax led the packing of 300 afterschool snack bags for four FCPS Title I Middle Schools.
- 600 snack packs were put together for She Believes in Me who serves 350 kids a month who are experiencing extreme hardship and/or trauma.
- WEBS Training led six financial literacy workshops.
All of that was only possible thanks to the generosity of our supporters and the service of our community’s volunteers.
A special thank you to 2025 MLK Week of Service sponsors ITC Federal, Amazon.com, AT&T, Virginia Heart, Leidos, Freedom Bank of Virginia, Northwest Federal Credit Union, Deltek, Wegmans, Reworld Waste, Giant Food, Fairfax County Department of Family Services, Serve Virginia, Commonwealth Brewing Company, Youth Service America, Interstate Moving Relocation Logistics.
