The Annandale Christian Community for Action (ACCA) will host a Ceremony of Celebration of its 50 years of service to the Annandale, Lincolnia, and Bailey’s Crossroads/Culmore communities on Tuesday October 3, 7:00 p.m., at Queen of Apostles Catholic Church, located at 4329 Sano Street, Alexandria, Virginia. Don Di Spirito, chair of the ACCA Furniture Ministry, will give the … [Read more...]
Plans to Expand CDC Advance
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...]
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...]
