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Mobile Hope Receives $2,550 Donation
The George C. Marshall International Center presented the check in front of the Dadona Manor, on Monday, which will help over 650 at risk or homeless children within Loudoun County.
The George C. Marshall International Center donated a $2,550 check to Inova Loudoun Hospital’s Mobile Hope Program on Monday. The donation was collected during a recent Raise the Paddle for Loudoun's Homeless Children auction held during a benefit gala, last November.
Board President Stephen C. Price and Executive Director Magee Daly presented the check to Community Affairs Executive and Director Donna Fortier, who said the money will help more than 650 precariously housed children in Loudoun County.
“At the end of the school year last year there were 659 children that had been identified,” Fortier said, which doesn’t mean there isn't more.
Like most donations, the money will go towards anything that might be essential to help a child get through his or her day whether that be food, clothes or blankets, she added.
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“I think it’s nice that people are understanding that there are at risk and homeless youth in Loudoun County,” Fortier said. “We’re able to do something to change that and to bring awareness that it’s not something to be ashamed of."
Price said this is the first time that the center has made a donation to Mobile Hope, which he hopes to continue a relationship with.
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“We were really taken with the program they had for all the homeless children in Loudoun and it was just astounding to hear the statistics,” Price said. “We thought it would be nice to do something that not only supported our work, the preservation of the house, and our educational programs but something that has to do with the health and safety of kids in Loudoun.”
