**Volunteer of the Month**

Meet Camille Funn. Camille volunteers at CFNC's Birchmere 1 Classroom every Monday. She learned about CFNC's need for classroom volunteers on the Volunteer.gov website, and has been an active CFNC volunteer since 2007.

"I very much enjoy working with the students and teachers, and get a lot out of it," Camille says. Camille is always upbeat and eager to help out. CFNC feels very lucky to have such a dedicated volunteer.

Camille brings her love of reading to CFNC's classrooms as well as to the third grade classrooms of Charles Barrett Elementary School, where she also volunteers her time.

If you are interested in volunteering at CFNC, please contact Kristin Thompson at kthompson@cfnc-online.org or 703-836-0214 x234.

MLK Day of Service

On Monday, January 17, instead of celebrating the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday with a day-off, Burgundy Farm Country Day School hosted its second Day of Service.
Nearly 300 Burgundy Farm and Jefferson-Houston students and their families teamed up with Volunteer Alexandria and The Giving Circle of Alexandria to complete 22 service projects to benefit local, national and international non-profit organizations, including CFNC!

Among many activities, students assembled newborn baby kits for expectant mothers and created books on tape for Walter Reed patients. CFNC was the proud recipient of more than 200 dental kits--complete with toothbrush, toothpaste, floss and proper
cleaning information. Kits will be distributed to each family to encourage clean teeth and proper dental hygiene as part of CFNC's Family Services Program.

Alexandria Mayor William Euille stopped by and gave remarks, and Senior Advisor to the Secretary (Department of Interior) Dr. Robert G. Stanton was the keynote speaker.

The event garnered the attention of FOX and NBC news. Check out the footage and read more here.

Runner Extraordinaire and CFNC Supporter, Brooke Curran, in Washingtonian Magazine

CFNC supporter, Alexandria resident and runner extraordinaire, Brooke Curran, was featured in December's Washingtonian Magazine and CFNC was mentioned!

Brooke's mission is to "Run Globally and Act Locally!" so she has committed to completing one marathon per month on every continent, in each of the 50 states and the five world majors (Boston, New York, London, Chicago and Berlin) while raising money to support Alexandria charities through her RunningBrooke Fund. So far, Brooke has completed marathons in 20 states, four of the five majors and on five continents, with Antarctica and Africa still on her to-do list.

In 2010, CFNC was very fortunate to be the recipient of money raised through the RunningBrooke Fund and is excited about the progress that Brooke has made in 2011. To read more about Brooke, where she's running next and how you can become a part of the race, visit her website at www.runningbrooke.com

This just in! Brooke is currently recruiting 50 runners to participate in the National Half Marathon while raising money for the RunningBrooke Fund. Runners receive a training program and coaching from Brooke, team gear, a cheering station, an after-party (provided by Lululemon), race-day pace setters and more! Read the flier here.

Turn Your Old Gadgets into Cash for CFNC

CFNC is hosting an online "gadget drive" through Gazelle to raise money to support our programs. A gadget drive is a new way to fundraise that turns your used electronics (laptops, cell phones, MP3 players, digital cameras, video games and more) into cash to support a cause. Contributing to CFNC's drive is simple and free. Just visit our drive webpage at http://cfnc.gazelle.com, find the value of the gadgets you would like to donate, print out the automatically generated shipping label and send items to Gazelle. You will receive a confirmation of your donation by email and CFNC will be notified. Then, CFNC will be sent a check for the value of your donated items.

Please help us reach our goal to raise $2,000 by June!

Keep on Shopping for CFNC!

Thank you to the many of you who have shopped at Harris Teeter and Safeway using your membership cards to allocate 10% of the cost of participating items to CFNC! Please keep on shopping and encourage your friends and family to do so, too.

Harris Teeter's "Together in Education" Program runs through May 31, 2011. To link your Harris Teeter VIC card to CFNC, visit Harris Teeter's website here.

And, click here to link your Safeway card to CFNC's account. CFNC's Group ID is 500004246.

With the Super Bowl just around the corner, we hope you'll purchase your game-day snacks and treats at these two locations!