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Resources to Help Typhoon Haiyan Survivors

As Typhoon Haiyan leaves a wake of destruction, organizations across the nation are gathering donations and supplies to aid the families affected by this disaster.

Happy Community Foundation Week!

ACT for Alexandria Names New President and CEO

Ms. Heather Peeler was named President and CEO of ACT for Alexandria and assumed her role in February 2018.

John Porter Passes the Torch

I write on behalf of the ACT for Alexandria Board of Directors to share the news that John Porter has informed us of his decision to pass the torch as President and CEO of the organization, effective December 31, 2017.

Good.Works.Wednesday.

Photos from ACT's Fourth Annual Harvest Dinner and Wine Auction

Thank you to all who joined us on the waterfront for the Fourth Annual Harvest Dinner and Wine Auction. We are so grateful for your support of ACT and of the community. Here are a few images from the celebration.

Welcome to Sally Bolger Gardner, ACT Operations Associate

Sally Bolger Gardner joined ACT in September 2017, returning to Alexandria, her hometown, from 11 years in the Northern California town of Grass Valley.

Sally’s background is primarily in office administration and human resources with minor detours for graduate school and raising two children, Sam and Clara, whom she and her husband, Gary, adopted from Bolivia.

Sally is looking forward to working with the ACT team and re-rooting herself within the Alexandria community. Welcome Sally!

Leading Social Change Without Burning Out

Alexandria’s community foundation, ACT for Alexandria, is committed to strengthening the nonprofit sector through investing in building the capacity of nonprofit organizations, connecting donors to causes they care about, and sharing best practices and bright spots in philanthropy. This fall’s IMPACT: Innovation + Philanthropy Forum will focus on leading social change without burning out.

The Eye of the Storm

As I write this month’s column, Hurricane Irma has barreled her way through the Caribbean and is making landfall in southwestern Florida. The good news is that with today’s technology and advances in weather prediction, there will be less loss of life and less injuries to those in the storm’s path than in the past. The bad news is that the material destruction to homes, business, communities and, thus, families will be devastating.

Side-by-Side Investors

In a pilot project this year, ACT invited fund holders to join the Grants Committee as Side-By-Side investors which resulted in an additional $27,200 to the grants awarded this June through the ACT Capacity Grant s process, almost doubling the amount of grants that could be awarded.