Sunday, November 27, 2011
Meet a lady who gives of her time to the very worthy causes supported by Mary Amons' Labels For Love.
Name: Kathy Viola Career: Co-owner of the firm ‘Consulting Out of the Box’. (http://www.consultingoutofthebox.net/) Kathy spent seventeen years in the field of shopping center marketing and management field, then became a stay-at-home mom for eight years prior to opening her own company. Where Kathy Volunteers: Labels for Love. Labels for Love was founded and created by Kathy’s good friend Mary Amons. This is a grassroots organization that focuses raises money to support various charities throughout the area. One of their many successful projects was raising funds for a mobile cancer screening vehicle for the Greater DC area, done in partnership with Fran Drescher’s Cancer Schmancer nonprofit. Why Kathy volunteers for Labels For Love: I…
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Runs Share
Name: Victor Kimm, president of Share. Career: Where he Volunteers: 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: Services provided by SHARE: Who uses SHARE? 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 …
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Sunday, October 30, 2011
Meet a self made woman who exemplifies strength, grace, character and service.
Name: Diana Villarreal Career: Founder of Creativa Concepts Corporation. She is the former CFO of Michael Mata & Co where she raised over 1.8 million investment dollars and created the branding, marketing and infomercials for Biolustre. She also worked with brandEvolve and continued her successful marketing for Fortune 500 companies. Personal History: A few years ago her husband left. The economic downturn affected their business and holdings, and in the weight and stress of it all, he walked away from the family taking what was left of the company with him. Diana was left with a foreclosure sticker on the door, her cars repossessed, no family nearby, no cell phone, no Internet, no money, no career and two children who needed her care. …
Sunday, October 23, 2011
A world traveler who found her volunteer home
Name: Angela Kolaras Career: Navy wife, world traveler and excellent cook. Where Angela Volunteers? Our Military Kids, an organization that assists financially-stretched families by providing money for tutoring, sports, arts and music lessons for their children. They help all branches of the military, Guard and Reserve, and are of particular benefit to those who live too far from military bases to use military support services. What she does there? Angela is the Thursday Gal. She processes, packages and sends out grants to individual military kids. These grants pay for various lessons, classes and sports that military kids would not afford. Checks are made out directly to the service provider. Four years ago they would process …
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Enjoy getting to know our neighbor full of thoughtful exuberance and a passion for political discourse.
Name: Emily Hoechst Career: Emily is a Harvard graduate with a J.D. from Georgetown. She spent four years practicing commercial litigation. Emily is an Adjunct Profession at George Mason University teaching courses in Public International Affairs. She also teaches Political Philosophy at Georgetown University. She designed one of the classes she teaches called 'Rhetorical Discourse & Democratic Theory', crafted out of her love and passion for the democratic process. This holistic course has students read works by Plato, Aristotle and Thucydides, each of whom offers a different perspective on what a good democracy looks like. Lucky students also read and discuss great American speeches, and review current campaign rhetoric and tactics. "I…
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Her trek across the country led her to Jill's House.
Name: Ariel Badger Career: Student on Hiatus. Ariel is a recent graduate from UCLA with a degree in Psychobiology. (No, that doesn't mean she's crazy about biology). She just moved to her parents home in McLean from Berkeley, Calif. Ariel is taking a year off to apply to medical schools. Her goal: To attend George Washington University and become a pediatric surgeon. Where Ariel Volunteers? Jill's House, a one of kind facility that provides respite care for children with special needs in a resort-like setting. Celebrating its one year anniversary Saturday, Jill's House provides respite care for children with intellectual disabilities and their families in the Greater Washington, DC area. They serve boys and girls, ages six through …
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Share desperately needs dry foods.
NAME: Hunter Pollitt CAREER: Business and Management Consultant for Taylor McKenzie. Hunter is a former senior executive in the global telecommunications industry. He took time off to care for his father who had Alzheimer's disease. He also served as senior vice president for a global telecommunications organization based in Europe. In this position he managed a large, geographically dispersed organization Hunter earned a BS in Mathematics from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. VOLUNTEERS AT: SHARE of MCLEAN. This is a food bank, clothing and furniture store located in the basement of McLean Baptist Church, across from Langley Shopping Center. HIS JOB FOR SHARE: Hunter considers himself a 'Concierge' of services to…
McLean Resident's American Immigrant Success Story
Toni Balcaen celebrated her 100th birthday two weeks ago surrounded by her family. It was quite a party for quite a lady. Here is more of her life, her wit and her wisdom gathered through the years. Name: Ersilia Maria Antonia Veronica Ghirlanda Monett Balcaen Birthday: September 17, 1911. Born in Sesta Godano, outside Genoa Italy. Childhood: Immigrated to the United States at the age of 5. Her mother did not speak English so a neighbor enrolled her in school under the name "Elsie', a name which Mrs.Balcean never liked. She moved to, Gilroy, CA with her family where her father grew produce and made 200 gallons of wine every year. Graduating from Gilroy High School in 1929, she set her mind on going to business college in San Jose. Her …
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Toni Balcaen celebrates her first 100 years.
Ersilia Maria Antonia Veronica Ghirlanda was born in a small Italian village 100 years ago. At five, she immigrated to the U.S. to join her family in rural California, not speaking a word of English. On Sept. 17, this McLean resident celebrated her 100th birthday at the Tower Club in Tyson's Corner, one of McLean's most prestigious addresses. Her friend, actor Robert DeNiro (yes that Robert DeNiro) was unable to attend, but sent her a birthday video. He recounted a story from an Italian American Federation Dinner in Washington, D.C. He was detained on one side of the room. She was on the other side of the room, so she came to him. She greeted him saying, “I have never walked this far for a man in my life.” About 60 family and friends …
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Please nominate your special volunteer
Please allow me to introduce you to our volunteer of the week, Ms. Lola Keyes. Enjoy learning more about how this fun, flamboyant and infectiously funny lady gives back to our community! Name: Lola Keyes Career: Realtor, Long & Foster in McLean Where Lola Volunteers: The Treasure Trove in McLean What Lola does for The Treasure Trove? Lola is the Wednesday Day Chair which means she gets to wear a boa! Lola spent her birthday volunteering & celebrating at the Treasure Trove with her friends and colleagues! Her birthday was September 21st. In addition to getting to wear festive and fabulous attire Lola also coordinates all the Wednesday volunteers to take in inventory, sort, price, and tag donated & consigned items on the showroom floor…
robin finnell
9:57 am on Sunday, November 27, 2011
Congratulations Kathy! Well deserved. more ›