ACCA's bid to expand the Child Development Center (CDC) by taking over the space vacated by the former Annandale Adult Care Center received a boost on July 11 when the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors voted to approve ACCA's application for a special zoning exception to increase the number of children it serves. CDC Executive Director Isabel Ballivian told the Board of … [Read more...]
Annandale CROP Hunger Walk
The 2017 Annandale CROP Hunger Walk will be Saturday morning, October 14, at Lake Accotink Park. All are invited to participate. Registration begins at 8 am near the marina. Following a brief opening ceremony, the walk begins at 8:30 am. The walk uses the Lake Accotink trail and is about 10 kilometers. The Annandale CROP Hunger Walk raises funds for Church World Service’s … [Read more...]
ACCA Named ‘One of the Best’ Nonprofits by the Catalogue for Philanthropy
WASHINGTON, D.C.—JUNE 12, 2017—After a careful vetting process, the Catalogue for Philanthropy: Greater Washington has selected the Annandale Christian Community for Action (ACCA) to be part of the Class of 2017-18. ACCA has undergone an extensive review process, and has met the Catalogue’s high standards. Potential donors can be confident that the nonprofits in the Catalogue … [Read more...]
ACCA Responds to Vandalism at Local Sites
Annandale Christian Community for Action (ACCA) joins the Fairfax County Clergy and Leadership Council, Faith Communities in Action and the NCS Community Interfaith Coordination in condemning the recent vandalism at Little River Church of Christ and the Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia. These illegal and reprehensible expressions of hate deserve the censure of … [Read more...]
It all started with children and an ejection!
ACCA 50 Years Ago ... It all started in March of 1967 when federal regulations deemed that 13 children -- 4 of whom were African American -- were no longer eligible to receive subsidized day care because their parents' income exceeded the federal poverty level. Distressed about the plight of the children, community activist Fred Ruffing, president of the Higher Horizon … [Read more...]
