Give to organizations that are doing good in the community

Imagine a world where our local and global communities are profoundly transformed by acts of generosity, and you get to be a part of the impact through GIVE, SERVE and LOVE. That’s the vision behind #DoGood!

This week, every dollar donated to Grace Community Church will be given away to empower and support the dreams of 12 of our global and local nonprofit partners listed below.

For the next 3 weeks, we will be part of a movement dedicated to unleashing radical generosity and making a meaningful impact in the lives of those around us.

From November 10-16, we focus on GIVE! Every penny donated to Grace during that period will be sent out to fund the projects of our local and global partner organizations! We are talking 100% of what comes in, will go out to bless the lives of people around us. Every dollar counts!!

On November 17, we SERVE! We will share tons of opportunities for you to volunteer with local nonprofits this holiday season, and we'll also kickoff our #DoGoodDrive, to collect socks, gloves and toiletries to support local shelters this winter.

On November 24, it’s all about LOVE! We will continue to share opportunities for you to serve our neighbors and we'll collect the #DoGoodDrive donations. Our goal is to be a church famous for love, and it all starts when we come together!

The projects we hope to fund with #DoGood2024 are listed below.

Thomas Jefferson Middle School

Bless 100 Families
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Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Arlington has families who could use extra support. We hope to cover costs for Target gift cards to bless 100 families this Christmas.

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Casa Chirilagua

New HVAC system
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Casa Chirilagua has recently learned that their HVAC unit not only needs significant repairs but should be replaced to avoid additional maintenance or an outage during the coldest of the months as we go into our winter session. Our hope is to cover the cost of replacing the HVAC system as a long-term investment that will allow them to grow their programs in their current space.

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Comunidad

New Program
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Comunidad is looking to start a new program to provide educational and skill-building opportunities for parents living in the community surrounding the Willston Multicultural Center. The goal of the program is to offer a multi-week English learning class to parents twice a week starting in January 2025. Funding this program is a great way for us to empower immigrant families living in the community surrounding the Willston Multicultural Center, located in Seven Corners, Virginia.

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Doorways

Resettle 10 Families
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Doorways’ HomeStart Program offers supportive housing for survivors of violence and their families exiting shelters into apartments of their own. The lease is in the client's name and Doorways provides rental assistance and wraparound services, including case management and counseling, until the client can maintain their rent and expenses on their own. We would love to sponsor 10 families to resettle and restart in their new, safe spaces in 2025!

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Friends of Guest House

Create a Grace Room
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Friends of Guest House is looking to create a "Grace Room” - a welcoming space stocked with hygiene products, emergency clothing, and welcome baskets for women transitioning from crisis situations to stability and self-sufficiency. We can provide funds to cover the necessary supplies and the salary of a part-time staffer who will maintain the room, ensuring that it remains well-stocked and organized for those in need.

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Justice & Mercy International

New, Reliable Transportation
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Justice & Mercy International in Moldova supports and cares for over 900 vulnerable children each month who live in 40+ different villages throughout the country. Every month their staff and volunteers travel to each village where we work to deliver clothes, food and hygiene bags, or school supplies. This requires reliable transportation, and as their impact grows, we would love to bless them with a new van to help these vital resources to get to those in need.

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Little Lights

Support the Space to Shine Campaign
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Little Lights is building their “Jubilee Center” – a brand new space to expand their services to benefit underserved students and families living in Ward 7 through academic support, mentoring, and enrichment activities. The center will also provide adults with access to job training and computer literacy programs, empowering families to break free from cycles of poverty and strengthening the community. Our hope is to make a donation to their “Space to Shine” campaign!

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Path Forward

Expand the Mobile Medical Program
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Path Forward is hoping to expand the Mobile Medical Program (MMP) – a street-based medical program ran by an incredible team of a Registered Nurse (RN), a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), and an outreach case manager who provide holistic care for physical and mental health needs. With an expansion, they are looking to provide 200 additional medical touch points to be better equipped to handle the increasing demand for services in our housing and street outreach programs.

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Pink Door

Support a New Project
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Pink Door in Berlin, Germany is looking to create the "Empowering Pathways" project – aimed at hiring a dedicated Skill Development Mentor to start a program to serve and empower women exiting prostitution. This mentor will write the curriculum and provide recovery, essential training and resources to help women build skills, gain confidence, and transition to sustainable, fulfilling livelihoods. We would love to fund this dream!

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Project Belong

Support Foster Families
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Project Belong is growing, and so is their impact! The goal for 2025 is to inspire and train 25 Arlington & Alexandria churches into the work of caring for vulnerable children. With funds requested, they can facilitate churches working together to recruit 10 new foster families, provide 20 care teams to wrap around foster & kinship families already in the work with physical, emotional & spiritual care, match 10 mentors with aged out young adults, encourage all social workers from Arlington & Alexandria City.

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Restoration Immigration Legal Aid

Support Long-Term Stability
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Restoration Immigration Legal Aid continues to empower our neighbors to find long-term stability and security by helping eligible individuals apply for permanent residence (aka Green Cards), putting them on the path to U.S. citizenship. The dream for 2025 is to file approximately 50 Green Cards. RILA provides pro bono immigration legal assistance to the most vulnerable immigrants in Northern Virginia, focusing on asylum-seekers and immigrant children who have experienced significant trauma and loss; and we can help make this dream come true!

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Rock Recovery

Support Teens in Therapy
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Rock Recovery runs an incredible therapy group called “Teen Bridge to Life”, that has served 44 teens to date. Their dream is to not only expand the program but also make it more assessable for teens and their families. Funding this project will cover 75 teens in their journey towards freedom from eating disorders, and secure Rock’s position as a main resource for support for families, schools, churches, community centers and more throughout the entire state of Virginia.

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World Relief

Support Refugee Resettlement
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World Relief opened a new Refugee Resettlement Office in MD! This space will help our newly arrived neighbors to flourish by helping in several key areas, such as workforce development, financial literacy classes, and holistic case management services that support the mental health and well-being of refugee & immigrant families as they integrate into our society; and also to mobilize local volunteers.

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Our partners are dreaming BIG this year, but when we exercise radical generosity, we can not only share their dream but fund them as well! Let’s #DoGood and come together to support our local and global communities!