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Direct Services Ministries
Arlington Detention Center (Jail Ministry)	Mass is said once a week at the Arlington County Detention Center. Authorized visitors assist in preparing for Mass, serving as Eucharistic Ministers and escorting priests to visits with inmates. This ministry especially needs Latino men volunteers.	Randy Bender 703.527.2476 randy.bender@usdoj.gov
Arlington Food Assistance Center (AFAC)	AFAC provides food for the needy in Arlington. Once a month, St. Charles parishioners bag and distribute canned goods, staples and perishables at AFAC’s warehouse near Shirlington. Volunteers also assist with fund-raisers and with gleaning fruits and vegetables from local farms. www.afacinfo.org	Jo Burns 703.998.7992 ejmburns@yahoo.com
Arlington Street People’s Assistance Network (A-SPAN)	A-SPAN provides homeless persons in Arlington with outreach emergency services, case management, and employment services. A-SPAN distributes meals every night at two locations in Arlington, and the A-SPAN Emergency Winter Shelter provides overnight shelter, food, clothing, and other assistance and counseling during the winter months. www.a-span.org	Molly Houben (A-SPAN Volunteer Coordinator) 703.820.4357 MHouben@a-span.org
Arlington-Alexandria Coalition for the Homeless (AACH)	AACH provides a continuum of care for the homeless. Its services include a shelter for families and individuals; a mentoring support program for people in transitional housing; a “Homeless Prevention” program offering financial counseling, case management and support to former clients; an employment and education initiative; and Support for Kids in Transition (SKIT). www.aachhomeless.org	Ed Rea 703.525.7177 erea@aachhomeless.org
Borromeo Housing, Inc. (BHI)	BHI provides one of the only long-term transitional housing programs for homeless mothers and their children in Arlington and provides a bridge for women and their families who need intensive services and training to strengthen their capacity to be self-sufficient. www.borromeohousing.org	Joy Myers 540.818.4442 (cell) joyleahmyers@yahoo.com (BHI Executive Director)
Borromeo Legal Project	The Legal Project is a ministry in formation. Its purpose is to provide ad hoc, low-cost and pro bono legal advice in a variety of fields, such as immigration and housing. The Legal Project seeks additional attorneys to add to the roster. Future plans include talks and programs on a variety of legal topics of interest (know your rights, raids, etc.).	Jo-Ann Duggan 703.527.5500 x113 jduggan@stcharleschurch.org
Catholics for Housing (CFH)	SCFH is a nonprofit housing provider that works to increase housing options for low-income persons, especially families with children, the elderly and persons with physical or mental disabilities. www.catholicsforhousing.org	Patrice O’Connor 703.248.9594
Clarendon House/Mental Health	Clarendon House is a community-based rehabilitation program working to prevent unnecessary hospitalizations and promote the highest level of community integration and independence by providing psychological rehabilitation support for adults diagnosed with mental illness.	Jan Macdonald 703.524.0238 jmacdonald@counseling.org
Food Pantry	The Food Pantry shares non-perishable foodstuffs provided by St. Charles parishioners with those in need. Food pantry volunteers may assist in addressing non-food related needs of the poor through Project Lazarus.	Richard Coughlin 703.875.2285 rbcoughlin@hotmail.com
Giving Tree	Each year at Advent, Giving Tree tags with the name of a child or adult from the parish or a local organization who might not receive a gift without parishioners’ help are placed on a Christmas tree. Parishioners choose a tag and purchase a gift for the person whose name is on the tag.	Jo-Ann Duggan 703.527.5500 x113 jduggan@stcharleschurch.org
Hogar Hispano	Hogar Hispano provides assistance to immigrants of all nationalities and religions. It helps newcomers to achieve self-sufficiency and integrate successfully into American society by offering a wide range of services at little or no cost: English as a Second Language (ESL) classes, legal counseling and representation, naturalization assistance, employment referral, and social services. http://www.ccda.net/programs_hogarhispano.php	John Odenwelder 703.534.9805 ext 234 jodenwelder@ccda.net
Kairos	Kairos prison ministry addresses the spiritual needs of incarcerated men, women and children, their families and those who work in the prison environment. Kairos sprang from the Cursillo movement and is supported by volunteers from Cursillo and those other movements that consider Cursillo as their root.	Randy Bender 703.527.2476 randy.bender@usdoj.gov
Meals on Wheels	Volunteers from the parish deliver hot mid-day dinners and cold bagged suppers to assist the elderly, sick and disabled in need. Volunteers typically work mid-day on one weekday per month.	Position Vacant Please call the Parish Office, 703.527.5500
Nurse-Managed Health Center	St. Charles has been working with Marymount University's School of Health Professions to open a Nurse-Managed Health Center in our Church. This Center will provide many needed services for members of our parish and the surrounding community, such as health screening, wellness information sessions, and physician referrals. Marymount is conducting a fund-raising effort on behalf of the Center and has already had some success. Additional funds from local foundations, individuals, corporations and government sources are required in order to fully support the Center. In getting started, the Center has offered blood pressure screens; anticipated screens include breast health (mammography for those who qualify). If you are familiar with sources of funding for philanthropic programs, or if you have work and/or social contact in this area, please volunteer to help.	Jo-Ann Duggan 703.527.5500 x113 jduggan@stcharleschurch.org
Offender Aid and Restoration (OAR)	OAR assists in assessing inmate needs, mentoring and tutoring people in detention. OAR’s Community Service Program gives court-ordered community service clients a chance to repay their debt to society through volunteer work at local non-profit organizations, including St. Charles. www.oaronline.org	Marvin Mayorga 703.378-5197 mmayorga@stcharleschurch.org
Office of Refugee Services (Arlington Diocese)	The Arlington Diocese Office of Refugee Services, an affiliate of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Office of Migration and Refugee Services, has resettled over 16,000 refugees in Northern Virginia since 1975. The Office provides a wide variety of services to new immigrants. www.arlingtonrefugeeservices.com	Rebecca Schum 703.841.3870 rschum@arlingtonrefugeeservices.com
Project Lazarus	Project Lazarus provides emergency financial assistance to low-income families, provides food to needy people through the food pantry, and assists with prescription costs and other one-time financial emergencies.	Jo-Ann Duggan 703.527.5500 x113 jduggan@stcharleschurch.org

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