Giving back means

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giving of ourselves

The Cops and Kids event is an annual event where state and local law enforcement personnel take elementary school children in need on a $200 shopping spree for Christmas presents. Each year over 100 children directly benefit from this event. This year our branch donated over 30 coats and 14 hours of volunteer hours.

Our branch sponsored 10 families for thanksgiving by preparing bags filled with kits to help facilitatemeals for families of 4 in Loudoun County. Overall, 4000 dinner bags feeding 4 people each were donatedin this event. The organization distributes 2.7 million pounds of food with over 266,000 visits and 96% ofevery dollar donated goes directly to the fund program services; aiding the impact felt throughout thecommunity.

Sponsored five teams to participate in the 25th Annual Opportunities Open as Tony Nerantzis holds an activerole in the Rotary Club of Dulles International Airport. This event sponsors organizations spanning fromECHO, ServiceSource, The Arc of Loudoun, The Arc of Northern Virginia, and additional agencies such as theLoudoun County Fraternal Order of Police. 100% of the proceeds from this tournament were distributed tocharities elected by the Dulles Rotary Club.

This organization helps individuals and families work toward increased education, income stability and healthy lives. With nearly 1,800 locations in 45 countries and territories, United Way is dedicated to advancing the common good and mobilizing the caring power of communities around the world.

The American Red Cross is dedicated to preventing and alleviating human suffering in the face of emergencies through its strong network of volunteers, donors and partners. In times of need, the Red Cross works hard to give care, shelter and hope to those affected.

This nonprofit organization is the nation’s leading domestic hunger-relief charity. Its network of food banks is able to feed more than 37 million people through the work of food pantries, soup kitchens and shelters in communities across America.

Every August, teams of associates and affiliates across Raymond James participate in a firm-wide community service program focused on benefiting local communities. While the firm supports community service efforts and charitable giving throughout the year, August is dubbed Raymond James Cares Month to inspire a collective effort and impact.

This nonprofit, ecumenical Christian ministry is devoted to building or renovating simple, decent houses in partnership with those in need. With more than 1,500 local affiliates in the United States and more than 70 national organizations worldwide, Habitat for Humanity has helped to build or repair more than 800,000 houses and serve more than 4 million people.

Junior Achievement is a volunteer-driven, nonprofit organization focused on providing economic education in classrooms across America and in 123 countries worldwide. Its efforts reach over 9.7 million students each year and provide them with positive adult role models who educate and inspire young people to value free enterprise, business and economics to improve the quality of their lives.

Rotary International is an international service organization whose stated human rights purpose is to bring together business and professional leaders in order to provide humanitarian services, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and to advance goodwill and peace around the world. It is a secular organization open to all people regardless of race, color, creed, religion, gender, or political preference. There are 34,282 member clubs worldwide with 1.2 million individual members called Rotarians.

Rotarians gather weekly for breakfast, lunch, or dinner to fulfill their first guiding principle to develop friendships as an opportunity for service. "It is the duty of all Rotarians to be active as individuals in as many legally constituted groups and organizations as possible to promote, not only in words but through exemplary dedication, awareness of the dignity of all people and the respect of the consequent human rights of the individual.
The Rotarian's primary motto is "Service Above Self, One profits most who serves best".