The Ada and Albert Wibel Foundation recently gave the Loudoun Volunteer Caregivers $15,000 to support three programs: Assisted Transportation, Supportive Services and Money Management. This is a second grant for the organization from The Wibel Foundation.

The Foundation, created on her death by Mary Wibel in memory of her parents, Ada and Albert, and managed by BB&T Wealth in Fairfax, Virginia, has a history of supporting caregiving non-profits like LVC.

LVC supports elderly and disabled Loudoun residents who are 18 years of age or older and are frail, elderly, disabled or suffering from chronic illness such as cancer, multiple sclerosis, ALS, Parkinson's and other debilitating diseases.

The LVC transportation services allow clients who no longer drive and are physically unable to ride a bus, to get to their doctors' offices and clinic visits with services from vetted, insured, reliable and trustworthy volunteers. The supportive services also ensure that care receivers are able to get their groceries, prescriptions, dentures and much more. All services are provided at no charge to the care receivers.

With the help of additional donors, LVC is able to help over 200 individuals each year.

Recently, LVC's Chore Corps team that provides home repairs free of charge to the elderly and disabled, worked with the Area Agency on Aging to help a blind widow get a new air conditioner in her Sterling, Virginia home. LVC volunteers also provided her with transportation to and from doctor appointments, but, perhaps most importantly, offered a friendly hand to this woman who had recently lost her best friend and her husband and is still learning to live on her own in her own home. With LVC's support, she will be able to do so for many years to come.

LVC, a 501{c) (3) organization that is celebrating twenty years of helping Loudoun County with an anniversary gala planned for October 20th is searching for volunteers who wish to make a difference in their community.

For more information, please visit www.lvcaregivers.org or telephone 703 779 8617.