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Thank you Jake Wolfson for our Flagpole!

Thank you Jake Wolfson and troup for performing your Eagle Scout project on behalf of ECHO - by installing a flagpole! Not only does it look great to have Old Glory flying in front of ECHO but participants and staff love raising and lowering the flag. We love our community. ...

Tennis Classic Volunteering Positions Are Open!

It’s that time of year again to volunteer for the annual ECHO Tennis Classic. The Classic, which is just one month away, is always a great day out with a barbeque lunch and an “ECHO Ambassador” t-shirt for volunteers. We’ve got a lot of open positions to fill, so please start signing up! Many of...

New Volunteering Opportunities from Our Medically Fragile Program!

ECHO has several exciting new volunteering positions within our Medically Fragile Program, a program that provides support for individuals with disabilities with significant medical needs. Those positions, which are open to volunteers who are at least eighteen years old, are Community Activity Volunteer, In-House Volunteer, and Activities Coordinator. Each new volunteer will be a great...

Drive for Charity Raises $326,805

Thank you to everyone that drove the Dulles Greenway yesterday! Yesterday’s 14th annual Drive for Charity raised $326,805 for 7 local charities including ECHO and Greenway scholarship program. Over the past 14 years the Dulles Greenway has raised over $3.7 million for our community....

Thank you Lucketts for employing PWD

Thank you to the Lucketts Ruritan Club and Lucketts Community Center Advisory Board for sharing the news that ECHO's people with disabilities are providing mail services for Lucketts News and Notes. We appreciate our community's support, including employing #PWD! www.luckettsruritan.org ...

Thank you to 100WomenStrong!

Thank you to 100WomenStrong of Loudoun County, Virginia for the generous grant to increase our fleet of transportation vehicles to 42 to support expanded services for adults with disabilities, as well as to install safety equipment (cameras with 24-hr. monitoring) and navigational systems to existing vehicles. We appreciate the amazing people driving health and growth for our...

Blossom and Bloom seeking volunteers

Our friends at Blossom and Bloom Thrift Shop are seeking volunteers.They are open Tues-Sat and offer 2 shifts/day from 10:00am-1:00pm and 1:00pm-4:00pm. AVAILABLE VOLUNTEERS OPPORTUNITIES: Receiving and sorting of donations; Tagging & pricing of items; Sales; General cleaning: dusting, polishing, vacuuming. If interested please give them a call at 703-777-3286....

Drive the Dulles Greenway Thursday, May 17

Don't forget to Drive the Dulles Greenway Thursday, May 17th to raise funds for ECHO and other local nonprofits! ...

Drive for Charity is next week!

It's time to turn our focus to the Dulles Greenway's Drive for Charity event next Thursday. The goal is 65,000 vehicles to raise over $335,000 for a number of nonprofits including ECHO! All proceeds go to charity. ...