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Thank you Kiona Dyches at WDVM-TV for visiting with us and producing this excellent community piece on how the new ECHO Academy helps People with Disabilities! Contact Marcus Stern at (571) 707-8244 for more information on the ECHO Academy. View the video HERE....

We just held a Grand Opening for our launch of the ECHO Academy! Guests enjoyed a song produced by A Place To Be, remarks from ECHO CEO Paul Donohue, Jr. and ECHO Chief Operating Officer Zanelle Nichols, food and drink, a cake and ribbon cutting, and tours of the new space. The vocational training and assessment...

Congresswoman Wexton met with leaders from the organization, toured the facility and met adults with disabilities whom ECHO supports. ECHO appreciates Congresswoman Wexton’s support of our mission to empower people with disabilities to achieve their optimal level of personal, social and economic success. We look forward to working together to support people with disabilities.   ...

On March 17th we celebrated 44 years of offering lifelong support for adults with disabilities. We held our annual staff dinner in celebration of the organization. Congratulations to our award winners, including HERO of the Year Brian Robinson! Thank you to MJL Studios for the beautiful photos! We provide skill building, job placement, day support and...

Welcome back to the GEICO Philanthropic Foundation who will return as a Title Sponsor for this year's ECHO Tennis Classic! To become a sponsor please visit www.echoworks.org/tennis. For more information on GEICO please visit www.GEICO.com.   ...

This morning ECHO CEO Paul Donohue, Jr. thanked the Rotary Club of Dulles International Airport for their twenty year-plus dedication and support, specifically through donations raised by the Opportunities Open Golf Tournament and the German Armed Forces Command. Paul presented Club President Lorie Bernhard Grooms and Club Foundation President Jim Church with a plaque. Thank...

Thank you to our newest Annual ECHO Tennis Classic sponsors, Valley Energy as a You Got Served Sponsor and AHT Insurance as our Rally Towel Sponsor. We're delighted to have you back again this year! To become a sponsor please visit www.echoworks.org/Tennis ...

Robert Arbetter spoke on behalf of his sister-in-law, Becky Whitney, who has a job through ECHO. “Our family lucked into moving to Ashburn close to ECHO, where Becky for the first time in her life had a job, a paycheck, friends, a social life, activities, boyfriends, girlfriends—in short, a life,” Arbetter said. “How can we put...

Congratulations and thank you to ECHO’s longest-serving, most dedicated employee, “the heart and soul of ECHO”, Ms. Pat. Ms. Pat began working at ECHO on September 4, 1977, supervising clients primarily in our mail room as well as at work sites. In celebration of Black History Month (February) and Women’s History Month (March) Tiffany presented Ms. Pat...