Name: Victor Kimm, president of Share.
Career:
- Victor Kimm is a retired Senior Executive for the EPA.
- He also worked for the AID (Agency for International Development).
- Taught Public Policy at University of Southern California in DC.
- Last year he was named Outstanding Community Citizen by the Greater McLean Chamber of Commerce
Where he Volunteers:
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SHARE of McLean, for over twenty years. Mr. Kimm conducts a symphony of services by coordinating and overseeing all aspects of the running of SHARE and its many departments of giving.
SHARE is an old school type of charity organized by McLean churches. It has:
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- No office
- No paid staff
- No paid fundraisers
- No paid facilities (space generously donated by McLean Baptist Church)
- 100% dependent on community donations
Services provided by SHARE:
- Provide furniture
- Provide shelf stable food (Check out SHARE's Food co-chair, )
- Provide Clothing
- Transportation
- Family Assistance
Who uses SHARE?
- Lower income people
- Laid off workers
- Seniors on a fixed income
- Families facing unforeseen economic disaster
- People whose hours or salaries have been reduced
- People dealing with serious illnesses
- Impoverished immigrants
- Victims of spousal abuse
- Formerly homeless people
- Graduates of drug dependency programs
- People who never thought they would be needy
The historic SHARE client has been the working poor. People who work sometimes multiple jobs, but still do not make enough to just get by.
Because of current economic conditions the demand for SHARE services has more than doubled since 2007. This year more than 1250 families with over 3,000 household members, most of whom are children have been helped.
An invitation from Victor Kimm:
SHARE needs YOU to help in any way you choose and feel called to give.
- Visit their website to learn more at http://www.shareofmclean.org
- Help the Emergency Assistance Program by calling (703) 284-2179. (A volunteer will call you back.
- Donate or help move furniture on a Saturday. Please call (703) 448-1054 and a volunteer will return your call to schedule a pickup or delivery.
- SHARE's mailing address is P.O. Box 210, McLean, VA 22101.
- You can also reach them by email at: info@shareofmclean.org
- Give to their Food Drives!
- Donate clothing!
- Donate your old computer!
Fifty Years of secrets from Vic & Pat Kimm:
Vic & Pat Kimm have been married for fifty years and are still best friends. Look at the pictures and you will see his arm draped over her shoulders, grinning as though he has just won the lottery. She is still his trophy wife.
When I learned about the length and happiness of their marriage, I immediately started pumping them for their expert advice. Here is what they said:
- Think of others before yourself.
- Communication is key.
- Take time to reassess and gauge your life together.
- Really keep in touch with each other, at least once per month.
- Find out where the other person is at, and what they are into.
- Review where you are at, going, or want to go as individuals and as a team.
- Share your thoughts and activities.
- And this reporter's favorite:
"Live by the notion that nobody is perfect. There is no perfect marriage, perfect kids, or perfect life.
'Perfect' is a challenge you just can't meet."
