(Dec 15, 2014) Joining me on Inside Scoop Virginia were Mary Braxton of Prince William County and Kandy Hilliard of Stafford County. Our discussion is about the lack of regulation in daycare homes, where many of Virginia’s 394,000 children are cared for each day. Mary Braxton is a home based daycare provider in Prince…
(September 2014) A wonderful trip to the Amalfi Coast with Da Mimmo Italian Tours. This tour is so unique: it’s only twice a year in June/July and September. It’s a 10 day all inclusive tour put together by Mary Ann Cricchio, the proprietor of Da Mimmo Italian Restaurant in Baltimore, MD, and her Chef Masood Masoodi….
(October 1, 2014) Cameron’s Coffee & Chocolates celebrated their first year in business! A non-profit enterprise that was created to employ intellectually and developmentally disabled young adults, they now have 4 full-time and 6 part-time IDD employees on staff. It’s been a great year of many “firsts” and the community of Fairfax City has embraced…
(July 28, 2014) As a sometimes guest host on the cable show Inside Scoop Virginia, I am given free rein to choose both my guests and the topic of the show. This is the second show I have done in the past year on the subject of women in Virginia politics. My guest for this…
(August 2014) Theodora “Teddy” Goodson was iconic in Northern Virginia for both her success and longevity as a local Realtor, and also for her passion for politics. She was the listing agent on a home I purchased in Fairfax City in 2000 and the buyer’s agent for the condo we purchased at Providence Square in…
(May 16, 2014) The Bishop Walker School for Boys in SE Washington, DC, hosted their annual “Family & Friends Day.” This is an opportunity for the boys to show what they’ve learned in their music program through live performances. Music and art are an important part of the curriculum of this tuition free school for…
(February 2014) Our Daily Bread, Inc. (ODB) in Fairfax, VA is a local non-profit that has been providing emergency assistance to residents of Fairfax City and County for 30 years. Each February we host a community event called “Empty Bowls” to raise money and awareness of food insecurity that exists among our neighbors. I’ve been…
(January 2014) Cameron’s Coffee & Chocolates opened on October 1, 2013 in Fairfax, VA. This is the first business enterprise of the non-profit Every 1 Can Work founded by Jim and Ellen Graham of McLean, VA. The goal of Every 1 Can Work is to create jobs for intellectually disabled young people like their daughter…
(November 2013) The Bishop Walker School for Boys (BWS) is located in SE Washington, DC. It’s a tuition free school affiliated with the Episcopal Diocese of Washington serving low-income families in the area. The school’s mission is to nurture the spiritual, intellectual, social, physical and artistic development of these children in a Christian community that…
(May 18, 2013) The Washington Literacy Center (WLC) founded in 1963 is one of the oldest adult literacy programs in the District. Executive Director Terry Algire leads a dedicated team of staff, instructors and volunteers committed to helping some of the 90,000 functionally illiterate adults living in the city find their way to reading. The…
(January 2013) We Care to Share (WCTS) is a non sectarian, 100% volunteer, mission of doctors, nurses, dentists, pharmacists and lay people serving the needs of remote villages in Southwestern Haiti. Led by Father Yves Francois under the 501c(3) of his church, WCTS formed following the disastrous 2010 earthquake. Since then we have provided 10…
(October 2012) My husband Tom and I traveled to Paris in October for a week’s stay at the Hotel Observatoire Luxembourg, located on the left bank in the heart of the Latin Quarter near the Luxembourg Garden. We connected with friends from the states, Len and Betsy Homer, who have a flat nearby off the…
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