Action

Welcoming Falls Church is partnering with local organizations doing great work in the community. We encourage you to join us to help make a difference in people's lives by taking action. Tell us more about your interest through this Google Form.

• Refugee resettlement: we invite you to join us as we work with partners including the Vietnamese Resettlement Association to welcome refugees to the area. These programs build on a very successful October 2020 book talk by Alan Gratz, about the book Refugee; our February 2021 youth conference with Dar al-Hijrah Islamic Center; and our Spring and Summer 2021 online tutoring program with CASA to mobilize partners and the community to Welcome Refugees to the area. For more information on our activities Welcoming Refugees, including our Renting to Refugees initiative, see here.

• Adult & Family Literacy Center - Please let us know if you are interested in learning more about our Adult & Family Literacy Center. We need volunteer tutors and administrative support, and we hope to offer child care during classes starting in Fall 2022, which will create additional volunteer needs. Information is here.

Please contact us for more information and to get involved in additional activities with our partners including:

• CASA, an immigrant advocacy group with whom we partner on tutoring and mentoring programs and to address food insecurity.
• Comunidad, a new and locally-rooted non-profit, working together to transform the Seven Corners and Culmore communities.
• Spend Yourself Food Pantry (which is sponsored by Columbia Baptist Church) is a long-time Welcoming Falls Church partner and has an urgent need for support. Consider:
  • Dropping off needed groceries (boxed crackers, canned meat, canned fruit (packed in juice), cereal, soup (Progresso, Healthy Choice, Chunky, or store brand equivalent), oatmeal, pasta sauce, pasta, ramen noodles, or white rice (preferably 1-3 pound bags)) at Columbia's next "Drive and Drop" event—watch our newsletter for upcoming dates. Drop food at 301 N. Washington Street, Falls Church, VA 22046;
  • Order from Spend Yourself's Amazon Wish List and have your order shipped directly to: Spend Yourself Food Pantry, c/o Columbia Baptist Church, 103 W. Columbia Street, Entrance #12, Falls Church, VA 22046; or
  • Financially support Spend Yourself directly – find more information and a link to give online here.
• Welcome Table, providing a free communal meal and grocery gift cards. Volunteer on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month.