In early November The Loudoun Impact Fund awarded $125,000 in grants to 16 nonprofit organizations serving Loudoun County. The awards were made possible through the generosity of more than 50 individuals and businesses that pooled charitable gifts. The fund is administered through a joint effort of the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia and the Community Foundation for Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties.

"In the last five years, the Loudoun Impact Fund has contributed almost $500,000 in grants," noted Amy Owen, President and CEO of the Community Foundation for Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties."

Two Middleburg-based nonprofits received grants:

A Place To Be received a $10,000 to expand music therapy services to at-risk youth residing in the Loudoun Youth Shelter, in partnership with Grafton Integrated Health Network.

Windy Hill Foundation received a $10,000 grant to support summer day camp for school-aged children residing in WHF affordable housing units, bridging the summer childcare gap for participating families.

Other grantees include:

• A Farm Less Ordinary: $10,000 to support the construction of a greenhouse and employ more adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

•All Ages Read To- gether: $5,000 to support school readiness programs to at-risk children ages 4 and 5.

• Children's Science Center: $5,000 to support STEM Community Outreach Program, providing Summer Mini-Labs for low-income children.

• Crossroads Jobs: $5,000 to support job counseling for people with disabilities, including employer outreach, and consultation, and follow-up support for newly hired clients.

• ECHO: $8,500 to create a sensory room to help day support program participants with disabilities engage with their senses, leading to increased attention, communication, and mobility.

• Fenwick Foundation: $7,500 to provide dental care to lowincome older adults and adults with disabilities through portable dentistry delivered to the patient at their facility, group home or residence.

• INMED Partnerships for Children: $8,000 to support after school programs for at-risk elementary school students, providing academic and social support.

• Loudoun Abused Women's Shelter: $8,500 to provide support group services and recreational activities to child victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.

• Loudoun Habitat for Humanity: $5,000 to support the Home Repair program to help seniors age in place, providing home repair projects to low-income, elderly homeowners.

• Loudoun Hunger Relief: $10,000 to support the Senior Adult Food Security Program, providing food to at-risk older adults, in partnership with HealthWorks for Northern Virginia, Madison House Apartments, and the William Watters House.

• Loudoun Literacy Council: $7,500 to provide literacy enrichment programs to at-risk preschoolers from low-income families.

• Loudoun Volunteer Caregivers: $10,000 to provide transportation, shopping assistance, respite care, home visiting, money management, and home repairs to older adults and adults with disabilities.

• Ryan Bartel Foundation: $10,00 to implement Sources of Strength program, an evidence-based youth suicide prevention program, in partnership with LCPS.

• StoryBook Treasures: $5,000 to provide literacy enrichment with trained teachers to disadvantaged students, in partnership with LCPS STEP preschool program.