| September 2009: Shelter House was awarded a contract from Fairfax County’s Office for Women & Domestic and Sexual Assault Services to operate Artemis House, the county’s Domestic Violence shelter. Services provided through this program include shelter and crisis intervention to female and male survivors of domestic violence and their children. The implementation of the domestic violence will transition from Fairfax County to Shelter House through the rest of the year and Shelter House’s implementation begins on January 1, 2010. |
|
|
| July 7th, 2009: Shelter House was featured on NPR this past weekend! Yes, our own Deputy Director Joe Meyer led NPR's Pam Fessler on a tour of the Katherine K. Hanley Family Shelter. The story is about the use of stimulus funds for rapid-rehousing. Click here for the link to the story. |
|
|
|
June 10th, 2009: Thank you to everyone who came out to our Volunteer Appreciation Dinner/Annual Meeting at the Burke Fire Hall last night. We told the Shelter House story through the many volunteers that were honored at the event. Award winners were:
Ending Homelessness Award: Lord of Life Lutheran Church
Friends of Shelter House Kids/Patrick Henry Family Shelter: Ira Kirschbaum
Friends of Shelter House Kids/Katherine K. Hanley Family Shelter: Ron Koch
Community Partner/Patrick Henry Family Shelter: Interior Redesign Industry Specialists (IRIS)
Community Partner/Katherine K. Hanley Family Shelter: Clifton Community Women's Club
Youth Volunteer Award: Simrun Soni
Unsung Hero Award: Mary Joyce
Special Event Volunteer Award: Jack and Jill of Northern Virginia
Community Champions: Miller and Smith, Junior League of Northern Virginia, Capital One.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| May 11th, 2009: Congratulations to Elisa Sugden, winner of Shelter House's Employee of the Quarter for her hard work with the kids in our shelters! |
|
|
| |
|
|
| May 7th, 2009: Congratulations to our own Kristen Lenz who won Fairfax County's Dept of Community and Recreation Services' Distinguished Colleague Award! |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
April 30, 2009: Check out this great Washington Post story about the partnership between Shelter House and the Interior Redesign Industry Specialists. Click Here
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
April 24, 2009: Congratulations to the Old Dominion Cotillion who won Fairfax County's Volunteer Service Award for Youth at today's award ceremony!
Just in one year of partnering with Shelter House, Inc., Old Dominion Cotillion has served the residents at the Katherine K. Hanley Family Shelter by hosting Family Fun Days, monthly birthday parties, and our 2008 holiday party, Winter Wonderland. For each of these events, members planned and implemented activities like crafts, face painting, games, balloon tosses, and so forth. They also provided treats such as cake and ice cream sundaes, gifts, prizes, and goodie bags. Furthermore, Old Dominion Cotillion has filled dozens of shifts staffing our Children’s Resource Room, serving dinner to our 65 residents, and coordinating Kids Night activities. Last but not least, ODC’s contributions of prepared food have been wonderful treats for our families while helping Shelter House save critically-needed funds. Thank You ODC! We can't tell you enough how much we appreciate your hard work for our families!
|
|
|
|
Follow us (almost) daily on Facebook by joining our page or follow us as we "tweet" on Twitter. Our Twitter name is SHINOVA.
|
|
|
|
