2023 Beneficiaries
A special thank you to all the Turkey Trot supporters over the years.
Your participation assists the following beneficiaries:
Arlington Bridge Builders
Arlington Bridge Builders is a partnership of area churches, Christian organizations and individuals that operate inthe Arlington community, have strong neighborhood ties and provide social services,including food, financial assistance and pastoral care to people in need.
Judy Kauer jlkauer@gmail.com
Arlington Thrive
Arlington Thrive delivers same-day emergency funds to our neighbors in crisis, so they can be secure in their jobs, health, and homes and thrive in a caring community.
We provide “just enough emergency financial assistance at just the right time” to Arlington residents who are in a financial crisis and by doing so, help to prevent more serious consequences such as eviction from a home or job loss due to an untreated illness.
Our vision is an Arlington community where all have homes, are financially stable, and thrive. For more information, contact Jeanette Mallet, Director of Development at mallet@arlingtonthrive.org
Arm & Arm
Arm & Arm provides peer-to-peer behavioral health services (support, training and mentoring) forindividuals re-entering their communities following incarceration, the military,homelessness, substance abuse recovery, and/or mental health challenges.
Kelvin Manurs armandarm2014@yahoo.com
Aspire! Afterschool Learning
Aspire Afterschool expands learning opportunities that help young people fulfill their potential through afterschool and summer learning programs
Devin Donaldson devin@aspireafterschool.org
Borromeo Housing
Borromeo Housing is a two-year education, housing and life skills program for homeless young mothers, age 16-22, and their babies.
Dani Seltzer daniseltzer@borromeohousing.org
Bridges to Independence
Bridges to Independence does more than offer shelter to homeless people, it provides them with a foundation to rebuild their lives. Created in 1985 by concerned citizens of Arlington and Alexandria, Bridges to Independence works in coordination with public agencies, businesses and community groups to give homeless people the support, shelter, counseling and employment training they need to regain self-sufficiency.
For more information or to get involved, contact Heather Creelman at hcreelman@bridges2.org
Culpepper Garden
Culpepper Garden provides and advocates for high quality, affordable housing and supportive services to low-income, older adults.
Jasmin Witcher jwitcher@culpeppergarden.org
Kitchen of Purpose
Kitchen of Purpose uses the power of food for socio-economic change, empowering low-income communities through workforce development (culinary training, baking training, as well as barista & bartending), a small business incubator, and healthy food assistance. For more information contact Amy Caruso at amycaruso@kitchenofpurpose.org
Offender Aid and Restoration
OAR of Arlington, Alexandria, and Falls Church believes in second chances. OAR works on behalf of the community.
Our most intensive program has a low 10% recidivism rate compared to the national 54%. In Community Service, OAR ensures that adults and youth who have been court-ordered to complete their community service hours do so successfully.
This program keeps people out of incarceration to begin with, and also strengthens our community by providing over $3 million of volunteer time to our local nonprofit partners. Our participants have a 90% success rate of completion.
For more information or to get involved, contact Stephanie Ku at sku@oaronline.org
Path Forward
PathForward’s vision is to end homelessness in Arlington County. Founded in 1988 by a few concerned residents, PathForward helps to secure permanent housing and provide life-sustaining services for our homeless neighbors in Arlington, including many veterans, through community outreach and relationship built on trust and respect.
For more information or to get involved, contact Scott Miller at smiller@pathforwardva.org
Phoenix Bikes
Phoenix Bikes supports teens building, repairing and riding bicycles while developing social skills, life skills and job opportunities.
For more information, contact Jahanna Schwab at contact@phoenixbikes.org
Project Belong
Project Belong inspires, recruits, and resources faith communities to love foster children, and the adults caring for them, well.
Chris Seaton cseaton@projectbelongva.org
Read Early And Daily (READ)
Read Early And Daily (READ) addresses reading inequities faced by our community’s youngest and most economically vulnerable children by ensuring babies and young children have new, quality, culturally relevant books of their own that are ‘mirrors and windows’ into their everyday lives and communities.
Jennifer Sauter Price jsauterprice@readearlyanddaily.org
Restoration Immigration Legal Aid
Restoration Immigration Legal Aid provides pro bono legal services to welcome and care for our most vulnerable immigrant neighbors.
Michelle Swearingen at michelle@restorationimmigration.org
Rock Recovery
Rock Recovery bridges critical gaps in eating disorder treatment and mental health education by providing low-cost therapy groups, peer support services and free community education events and workshops to those who struggle with disordered eating and the loved ones who care for them..
Kristyn Soto kristyn@rockrecoveryed.org
The Clothesline for Arlington Kids
The Clothesline for Arlington Kids collects new and clean, gently used quality clothing from the community and distributes it free of charge to low income school age children in a welcoming space.
Benjamin Sessions ben@clotheslinearlington.org
Young Life Arlington
Young Life Arlington is a nonprofit organization that reaches out to teenagers and pre-teens through Club meetings, camps and volunteering by building meaningful relationships, going where the kids are, winning the right to be heard, providing experiences that are fun, adventurous and life-changing, loving the children regardless of their responses, helping young people to develop the skills and attitudes to reach their full potential.
Young Life Arlington started serving kids from Washington-Liberty and later some kids from Kenmore and Swanson Middle in 2002 and is currently impacting over 250 high school and middle school adolescents in Kenmore Middle School, Wakefield High School, Alexandria City High School, Washington & Lee High School and NOVA Community College.
For more information or to get involved, contact Jo-Anne Kehmna at jkehmna@dittmarcompany.com or Ben Gallagher, Area Director, at bendgallagher@gmail.com