Event Video

The following are a few comments from our deserving Kudos awardees:

• Award recipient, Col. Christine Ingle (Ret), was honored for her work with our wounded warriors who are pursuing new careers in the health care field.As a volunteer mentor, she identifies educational resources for our soldiers at Ft. Belvoir, Walter Read and Ft. Mead.Her ‘can do’ attitude is invaluable giving these soldiers the hope and promise of a new career. She is grateful to LifeCircle for “putting a light on this program”.
• Award recipient Deborah Dodge has fought to receive needed support for her son for the past 14 years to no avail.Unfortunately, like so many in our community, her son’s unique needs seemed to fall through the cracks.Ms. Dodge states “People are finally hearing my story thanks to LifeCircle.It feels good today to feel hopeful once again.”
• Award recipient, Inaz Eldarwish’s husband had this to say “There is no other program in Fairfax County that accepts severely handicapped adults like our sons who are not also mentally retarded.SPARC (Specially Adapted Resource Centers) is such a program.We are in the midst of the best people we have ever met”.

And, a few highlights of this years’ event:

• It isn’t every day that a local non-profit’s efforts are recognized at the White House level. Joining Forces is a national initiative, housed in the Office of First Lady Michelle Obama, that mobilizes all sectors of our society to give our service members and their families the opportunities and support they have earned. During our event, we had the pleasure of reporting that Joining Forces has taken note of the hard work and enthusiasm of our Kudos award winners and the LifeCircle Alliances team.  We are profiled White House blog!

• The Honorable Congressman Gerald E. Connolly presented a statement entered into the Congressional Record recognizing the recipients of the awards and applauding the efforts of LifeCircle Alliances.