RunningBrooke Grants $30,000 to Vital Alexandria Charities!

Dear Friends, Family and Neighbors,

with friends at Child and Family Network Centers

The last few weeks have been especially rewarding as I’ve granted, in total, $30,000.00 to five vital Alexandria-based charities serving our at-risk neighbors.  Drumroll please:

• $7,500.00 to Child and Family Network Centers; sending impoverished kids to preschool and providing associated services for families.

• $10,000.00 to Community Lodgings; reopening the Teen Center, providing guidance towards a successful future with High School Graduation and financial management planning.

• $2,500.00 to The Reading Connection, fostering the love of books by supporting The Book Club, sending free, new books by mail to families on a monthly basis.

• $5,000.00 to Girls on the Run, NoVA, giving 33 Alexandria girls scholarships to Learn, Dream, Live and Run towards a healthier future.

• $5,000.00 to ACTion Alexandria (ACT for Alexandria), matching 10 (up to $500.00) on-line ‘calls of action’ for specific community needs like healthful after-school snacks and milk for kids in shelters.

at Girls on the Run

after school with Community Lodgings

choosing books at The Reading Connection

Off to run Little Rock, AR this weekend... State #22 and Marathon #31.  Cheers!