Helping Women and Children in Crisis by Distributing Clothing and Other Essentials at No Cost

UPDATES & CURRENT EVENTS

L to R: WGB volunteers Niranjana Harikrishnan and Melissa Fox, Equality Loudoun VP Sam Clarke

WGB celebrated Pride Month with our annual Shop with Pride event, where we welcomed LGBTQ+ youth and young adults to shop for clothes that make them feel like the best, most confident versions of themselves.

Thank you to Van Metre Companies for sponsoring this year's event, our volunteers for providing a caring and uplifting environment, and Equality Loudoun for joining us with educational materials.

We had a blast hosting over 180 families at our Kids Summer Extravaganza, where moms could shop in our boutique and kids enjoyed music, games, activities, and even some Kona Ice!

Thank you to Amazon Web Services for providing 400 kids arts and crafts gift bags , Northwest Federal Credit Union for donating 200 drawstring bags, and the 10 amazing local organizations who distributed info and resources.

Top: Kona Ice keeping clients cool

Bottom: AWS donated 400 gift bags for kids

L to R: FOGH Peer Support Specialist Venus Yarbrough, WGB Program Director Erica Parraga, WGB Board President Cyndi Shanahan

Friends of Guest House is one of WGB's valued referral partners. Based in Alexandria, their mission is to help women successfully re-enter the community from incarceration through the numerous programs they offer.

FOGH held their Half Century of Hope Gala celebrating their 50th anniversary, and presented WGB with a Community Partner Award! We are proud to work with this incredible nonprofit, jointly empowering women to regain their independence and stability with dignity.

We had the honor of being one of twenty-three recipients of an Inova Health Equity Opportunities grant this year!

Inova is an established partner of WGB. We regularly support their Baby Shower initiative by supplying infant clothing for expectant mothers in the healthcare gap.

This grant will allow us to better serve our clients in a holistic way by providing hygiene products, snack packs, and other wellness resources from collaborators.

Read more here.

L to R: Inova President and CEO Dr. J. Stephen Jones, Inova EVP Toni Ardabell, WGB Development & Communications Associate Kelly Mechak, WGB CEO Nicole Morris, Inova SVP Karen Berube

In case you missed it, we kicked off our Summer WIPEout drive for diapers and wipes!

Our free Diaper Pantry serves 500-600 babies in need each month. Your support is crucial as we prepare for a scheduled pause in distribution from our main diaper supplier in August.

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LOOKING AHEAD

Our Back to School supply distribution is August 10. Help us prepare each child for a successful school year by:

Dropping of backpack donations at our warehouse during donation days or depositing them in our blue donation bin
Hosting a backpack donation drive by emailing [email protected]
Shipping backpacks to our address (20 Export Drive, Sterling, VA 20164) by shopping from any online retailer.

Backpacks should be new and empty (no need to fill with supplies).

View guidelines here.

This month we are spotlighting QTS for bringing one of the largest volunteer groups we've had for a Juneteenth day of service, as well as becoming our newest annual sponsor with a $10,000 donation! We are so appreciative of your multi-faceted support.

We would also like to give a huge shoutout to Sallie Mae for being one of our most involved volunteer groups so far this year. Between 6 events they have contributed over 60 hours in our warehouse and boutique! Thank you for your enthusiasm and dedication.