{"id":9702,"date":"2026-02-01T14:27:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T19:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/?p=9702"},"modified":"2026-02-01T14:27:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T19:27:24","slug":"ripples-of-kindness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/2026\/02\/01\/ripples-of-kindness\/","title":{"rendered":"RIPPLES OF KINDNESS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As volunteers for our small nonprofit, our dedicated members know that we make a significant difference in the lives of the students and families we serve through our philanthropic programs.\u00a0 The heartfelt testimonial by a counselor at one of our schools illustrates how our support in providing food, clothing, sneakers, books, and toiletries brings hope and dignity to the most vulnerable of our neighbors.\u00a0 We learn that a single item \u2013 like a pair of sneakers or a winter coat \u2013 can have a profound impact on someone\u2019s life.\u00a0 After watching the video, we hope you\u2019ll be motivated to join Assistance League of Northern Virginia, to make a donation to support our efforts, or to volunteer with a cause you care about and help transform lives in our community. \u00a0The ripple effects will be immeasurable.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ALNV Fundraiser   Maggie Perez Rives HD 2026 1 9\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hZZk4S6-llU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/video-library\/\">Video Library | Assistance League \u2013 Northern Virginia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As volunteers for our small nonprofit, our dedicated members know that we make a significant difference in the lives of the students and families we serve through our philanthropic programs.\u00a0 The heartfelt testimonial by a counselor at one of our schools illustrates how our support in providing food, clothing, sneakers, books, and toiletries brings hope [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95369,"featured_media":9682,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/95369"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9702"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9705,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9702\/revisions\/9705"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/northern-virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}