To the Editor:
An open letter to the community.
It is with great excitement that I am writing to announce that WFCM will be moving to our new location on Aug. 1. We have had a great three years at our current location on Metrotech Drive, but we are delighted to move to a bigger, more flexible space that will better serve our clients.
As of Aug. 1, our new address will be 4511 Daly Drive, Suite J, Chantilly, VA 20151. This is just a mile and a half from our current location. Our last day of service at our current location will be Thursday, July 28. We will reopen at our new location on Monday, Aug. 8. We will do everything we can to meet the needs of our clients before and after our move, so that everyone gets assisted.
Thank you for your support and prayers during this important time in the life of WFCM. Staying true to our mission, we are working to create a community where everyone is housed and fed and experiences God's love. With better conference room and office space, we will have greater opportunity for financial counseling and budgeting classes. We will be able to provide more comfortable space for our Pathways to Success program, which helps clients by providing them with financial aid and budget training, along with an accountability partner and mentor.
Our new location will also provide separate and more accessible pantry space, so we can better serve clients with all kinds of needs. Clients like Helen (name changed for privacy), who says of WFCM, "This place is like my right arm in my life. It motivates me to go on." After working for 23 years as supervisor seamstress, Helen lost her job when the company closed. WFCM provided emergency utility and mortgage assistance so she could keep her home. Now Helen is working again as a seamstress, but makes less than half her previous income. Cheerfully, Helen affirms, "People are amazed that I am able to support myself and my daughter in college at Virginia Tech. I am thankful for my health, my job and the food assistance from WFCM — all of which allow me to care for my family."
At this time of positive transition, Helen and other clients need your support more than ever. Please consider making a designated gift to help us cover the cost of our move. Please make your donation payable to Western Fairfax Christian Ministries, write "relocation" on the memo line, and send it to:
WFCM
P.O. Box 220802
Chantilly, VA 20153
Thank you for being prayer warriors for us, and for giving generously as you are able. "For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope." — Jeremiah 29:11
Peace be with you.
Rebecca Hanson Kolowé
Diaconal Minister
Executive Director
Western Fairfax Christian Ministries