DRIVE FOR CHARITY A HUGE SUCCESSA new record for local charities: $261,652 |
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May 18, 2012 - Sterling, VA - The Dulles Greenway’s 7th annual Drive For Charity has set a new record for donations with an amazing $261,652 collected on Thursday, May 17, 2012. As always, this money will be donated to great local charities and a local scholarship program.
The Dulles Greenway is a privately owned 14-mile toll road that connects Washington Dulles International Airport with Leesburg, Virginia. Since the Dulles Greenway’s dedication on September 29th 1995, commuters have enjoyed a non-stop alternative to Routes 7 and 28. The Greenway project represents a new paradigm for cooperation between the public and private sectors for resolving infrastructure issues. Follow the Greenway at: |
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For ECHOworks, the Greenway Means Go 0
By Jason S Rufner For the 140 program participants of the non-profit ECHOworks, the Dulles Greenway is a path toward self-fulfillment in more ways than one. More than a long strip of smooth asphalt that conveys them to jobsites around Loudoun and western Fairfax, the Greenway — through proceeds generated from its annual “Drive For …
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Ralph Buona Visits ECHO 0
Thank you Ralph Buona, Loudoun County Board of Supervisors and VP for Corporate Business Development at Telos Corportation, for visiting ECHO to find out more about our programs and how we benefit the community. Pictured is Ralph Buona with the ECHO crew while working at Telos Corporation.
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Annual Dinner/Celebrating Our Partners 0
Held on January 27, 2012, two of our community partners were honored because of their continued support and commitment to ECHO. CIS Secure Computing, ECHO’s biggest enclave to date, presently employs 18 ECHO program participants and plans to hire more! Honored were CIS owners Dale and Terry Collins, and production/product manager Jeff Owen. Also honored, …
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Delegates Tom Rust & Tag Greason Visit ECHO 0
ECHO has been serving our community since 1975 but for many in the larger community, including our elected leaders, it remains a hidden jewel. Not any more for Virginia Delegates Tag Greason (R-32) and Tom Rust (R-86). They took several hours out of a busy schedule July 15 for lunch with CEO Bill Haney and …
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Greenway ‘Drive for Charity’ Brings Large Gift…A New Van 0
For the third year in a row, ECHO accepted a large check from the Greenway Drive For Charity. The gift, said CEO Bill Haney, will finance a much-needed fourth van to transport the ECHO program participants to their work sites. Starting in 2006, the Greenway has donated every penny collected the third Thursday in May …
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Team Target Paints Up a Storm 0
If you’ve noticed the bright, freshly painted walls at ECHO’s administrative building on Lawson Road, thank the United Way Day of Caring and a team of volunteers from Target. Megan Johnson, executive team leader of human resources at Target, was looking around last summer for a way to “reach out to our community, to make a difference.” She called United Way who …
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Echo’s Annual Holiday Party…FUN! 0
Held December 10, 2010, ECHO’s annual holiday party is among one of the favorite activities for ECHO Program Participants. Every year food is served and dancing is always part of the festivities. Jerrod Rosen, our long time DJ for most of ECHO’s party events, volunteered his time again this year to everyone’s delight. ECHO would also like to thank the …
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