The Giving Circle is a diverse group of women who are invested and engaged in their community. They believe that confronting the City’s high priority issues collectively and strategically is the best means to inspire social change. With an annual matching grant of $25,000, ACT has helped The Giving Circle increase their membership and impact around early childhood education. In 2009, ACT and The Giving Circle co-invested in a city-wide playgroup initiative to expand a collaborative playgroup model around the City.
ACT Now Fund – Support essential needs in the community
ACT NOW!
This summer, ACT and The Giving Circle of Alexandria are collaborating on an experimental campaign to find out how technology can inform busy people about needs in our community and provide easy ways to make a difference. Join us by ACTing Now!
Help keep an Alexandria child out of the emergency room with an inexpensive gift of Pedialyte. The Alexandria Neighborhood Health Services, Inc. (ANHSI) is in need of 8 ounce bottles of Pedialyte to distribute to parents who cannot afford to purchase it for their children. You can drop off your donation ANHSI (in Arlandria) at 3804 Executive Ave, D-1 at the front desk. Call 703-519-1725, ext. 110 with questions.
Help a veteran in need by providing transportation to the VA Hospital. ACT now by donating a $10 Metro Farecard to the Lazarus Project. If you are taking Metro this week, buy an extra Farecard and mail or drop it off to Christ Church, 118 North Washington Street, Alexandria, VA 22314. Leave the card with the receptionist in the Parish House. Monday – Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Questions? Contact Michele Smith at 703-549-1450, ext. 126.
Help single-parent families in need feed their children by donating bread and milk to Community Lodgings. When you go to the grocery store this week, pick up some extra bread and milk and drop it off to Community Lodgings in Arlandria. They will deliver this food to families who need it. Drop off donations Monday-Friday, 9:30am to 5:30pm to 3912 Elbert Ave, Suite 108, Alexandria. Contact Bonnie Baxley at 703-549-4407 with any questions.
When you go to the grocery store this week, pick up some extra peanut butter and jelly and drop it by ALIVE. ALIVE is the largest private safety net for the needy in Alexandria. Without school in session to help feed hungry children and with increasing need for emergency food assistance, your contributions of high protein food will make a positive difference to someone in Alexandria. Drop it off Monday - Friday from 9:00am to 2:00pm at ALIVE!, First Christian Church, 2723 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22302. Questions? Email
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or call 703-837-9321.
Keep a child's fever down with a simple gift of Tylenol. When you go to the drug store or Target this week, pick up some Infant and Children's Tylenol and drop it by the Alexandria Neighborhood Health Services, Inc. (ANHSI) located at 3804 Executive Ave, D-1. Drop off Monday & Thursday from 8am-6pm and Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday from 9am-7pm. Questions - call 703-519-1725, ext. 110.
If it is not convenient to do the drop-off, you can support critical needs similar to these by donating to the ACT Now Fund, a temporary grant fund created by ACT for Alexandria to help nonprofits meet emergency needs in our city.
To support the ACT Now Fund, please click on the Contribute Button or call 703-739-7778.
The Giving Circle is a diverse group of women who are invested and engaged in their community. They believe that confronting the City’s high priority issues collectively and strategically is the best means to inspire social change. With an annual matching grant of $25,000, ACT has helped The Giving Circle increase their membership and impact around early childhood education. In 2009, ACT and The Giving Circle co-invested in a city-wide playgroup initiative to expand a collaborative playgroup model around the City. 
