Prince William charities share in Dominion donations for food, health and housing

Dominion Resources announced Nov. 23 that it is providing $1 million in grants through its charitable foundation to help feed, shelter and care for people in need across 12 states this holiday season. The Critical Community Needs grants will be awarded by the Dominion Foundation and several in the Prince William area are to be recipients.

Donations will be shared by 119 non-profit organizations that are providing essential community services in areas of housing, food security, medicine and medical services.

Thomas F. Farrell II, Dominion’s chairman, president and CEO, was quoted as saying in a press release, “These essential programs strengthen the fabric of our communities by improving lives and providing hope for people in need.”

Among the grant recipients were:

• $10,000 to Community Touch, Homeless Food and Nutrition Program In Bealeton;

• $10,000 to Youth for Tomorrow, Girls on a Journey, Bristow;

• $2500 to ACTS, Action in the Community Through Service, Emergency Shelter/Food Assistance Program, Dumfries;

• $5000 to Fredericksburg Regional Food Bank, Disaster Relief Plan, Fredericksburg;         

• $10,000 to Mobile Hope Association, Youth At-Risk of Homelessness in Leesburg;

• $10,000 to Capital Area Food Bank’s Community Marketplace in Lorton; and

• $20,000 to Brethren Housing Corporation for its Prosperity House Rehabilitation Program in Manassas.