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Food for Others Food for Others Nourishes The City as Artist’s Model Community Spirit by Photos Nonprofit receives honor Food for Others 8th Annual Artists descend on from Fairfax County Golf Tournament Old Town Fairfax Deb Cobb On Monday, May 23, First Potomac Realty Trust will spon- to capture its Board of Supervisors. sor the 8th annual golf tournament, played at the Springfield Golf and Country Club on its 18-hole par 71, 6,498-yard cham- image on canvas. /The Connection pionship golf course. The tournament will be a captain’s By Victoria Ross choice best-ball format with a 1 p.m. shotgun start. The event The Connection kicks off with a grilled lunch on the patio at noon. There will be contests with prizes throughout the day, ending with a gourmet dinner, featuring the club’s one-of-a-kind mashed- n Saturday, April 2, hen Karen, a 58-year-old woman, potato martini bar. O37 artists partici- stopped by the Food For Others ware- “Golfers love the event, sponsors receive valuable exposure, pated in the first-ever house last December, she came with and we raise critical funds needed to continue meeting the Paint the City in Old Town W growing needs of our community,” said Roxanne Rice, execu- a mission. A drug user for 30 years, tive director of Food for Others. For more information, go to Fairfax. As part of the city’s 50th Jacobe Noonan of her world came crashing down when she broke her the organization’s website at www.foodforothers.org. Anniversary Celebration, artists Dumfries works on a foot and lost her job. Like many users, she had were invited to come and paint painting of Truro Church, reached the point of “being sick and tired of being than 1,000 families monthly at its Merrifield ware- the landscapes and architec- a historic building in Old sick and tired.” She eventually went into rehab, and house, about 300 families at is sites in low-income tures of Old Town Fairfax. A Town Fairfax, as part of during her recovery, she counted on the nonprofit neighborhoods and 1,600 families monthly through selection of the artwork pro- the April 2 Paint the City pantry to provide her food. its food bank activities. duced will be sold at the City event in Fairfax. ‘Land- “When Karen came to our warehouse, we were able “Through community action and volunteers, Food of Fairfax Mayor’s Ball on April scapes are way out of my to accept her $100 cash donation and hear her story,” for Others serves as an important part of the North- 15 at the Sherwood Community comfort zone,’ says said Roxanne Rice, executive director of the organi- ern Virginia safety net that assures our citizens will Center. Some proceeds from the Noonan, but he decided zation. “She is grateful to Food for Others for help- have life’s necessities in the event of a personal or auction will be used to fund to paint the building ing her during her recovery over a year-and-a-half family emergency,” said Rice. scholarships for students to pur- because his wife’s par- period. She said that without our help, she wouldn’t sue artistic endeavors. ents were married there. have had anything to eat. She has now been drug- NONPROFITS IN FAIRFAX COUNTY are dealing free for three years and is glad to be able to give with an explosion in requests for food, shelter and back to the same safety net that helped support her rental assistance, according to county officials. Rice during her personal crisis.” said the number of clients served at its warehouse increased 92 percent from 2007 to 2010. According KAREN’S STORY, and many other stories like hers, to Food For Others’ FY 2010 Annual Report, more are what drives the more than 1,000 volunteers and than 1.5 million pounds of food was distributed at staff at Food for Others, the largest distributor of the warehouse, an increase of more than 10 percent free food directly to people in need in Northern Vir- from FY 2009. ginia. On April 14, the organization will be recog- Based on its dedication to feeding those in need, nized by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, Food for Others was selected by the Greater Wash- for its work serving the community. ington Catalogue of Philanthropy to be featured in “Food for Others epitomizes the way non-profits the 2010-2011 catalogue. The organization was one and volunteers can come together to provide vital of 70 nonprofits to be featured from more than 250 services to the community,” said Supervisor Linda applications. According to Rice, the mission of the Smyth (D-Providence), who nominated the nonprofit Catalogue of Philanthropy is to generate visibility and for the county’s “Community Champion” award. “In resources for the best community-based nonprofits. these tough economic times, Food for Others has been “Based on the continuing service provided by the a lifeline for families in need.” many volunteers who devote themselves to this vital Claire Feng, an artist from Chevy Chase, Md., views Smyth noted that even though Northern Virginia cause. Food for Others is clearly a Community Cham- pictures of Fairfax taken by Joanna Ormesher, cul- is one of the most affluent areas in the nation, the pion for so many of our most vulnerable citizens,” tural tourism and marketing manager of the City of poverty rate is still about 5 percent. “That means Smyth said. Fairfax. Feng will be creating an oil painting of a that more than 90,000 people here are living in pov- Food for Others offers many ways for volunteers scene in Old Town Fairfax in honor of the 50th anni- erty, and 30 percent are children,” she said. to get involved. For more information, go to the versary of the City of Fairfax. Since 1995, Food for Others has been helping more website at www.foodforothers.org. www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Fairfax Connection ❖ April 14-20, 2011 ❖ 3 News Alleged Serial Peeper Faces Charges Lawmakers Push Back on 26-year-old Burke man Detectives subsequently Tank Farm Bill Ais in the Fairfax County charged him with forgery of a jail after being charged public document and uttering, The Virginia Depart- with spying into homes in the or using, a forged public docu- Local officials urge ment of Environmental Burke area for the past two ment. Both charges are Class IV McDonnell to meet, Quality (DEQ), the U.S. months. felonies punishable by two to Environmental Protection A resident of Burke Lake 10 years imprisonment and a reconsider changes. Agency (EPA), and the Road, was arrested and charged fine of up to $100,000. State Water Pollution with being drunk in public on The suspect also has an Im- Control Board (SWCB) March 24. He matched the de- migration and Customs En- By Victoria Ross imposed the fine against scription of the “serial peeper” forcement (ICE) detainer The Connection TransMontaigne, the op- that had been reported in the placed on him, according to Lt. erator of the 90-acre pe- neighborhood and witnesses Sonny Cachuela, public infor- fter rejecting Gov. Robert Urging Governor to sign troleum storage and dis- identified him as a suspect, ac- mation officer for the Fairfax McDonnell’s (R) overhaul of tank farm bill: Sen. Chap tribution terminal, after cording to Lucy Caldwell, County Sheriff’s Department. A legislation that would have Petersen (D-34) and Del. the SWBC concluded that Fairfax County Police Depart- ICE, the principal investigative mandated the Picket Road David Bulova (D-37) TransMontaigne violated ment spokeswoman. Police arm of the U.S. Department of tank farm to comply with current safety state regulations by fail- charged him with peeping on Homeland Security (DHA), can codes, the bill’s sponsors - Senator Chap Petersen ing to “immediately report the discharge of oil to Thursday, March 31.

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