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Committee for Helping Others

Simple, loving charity for the needy of Vienna, Oakton, Dunn Loring, and Merrifield

CHO is an all-volunteer organization that helps by providing

  • Emergency financial assistance
  • Emergency food aid
  • Clothing
  • Furniture
  • Meals on Wheels
  • Transportation

The links on the menu bar take you to descriptions of each of these services, as well as to information on our organization and, most important, on how you can help.

CHO has moved

CHO has moved. Our new Food Closet will open in July and will be at the Vienna Presbyterian Church, 124 Park St. NE. You will need to call us when you arrive in the parking lot. The door is the one facing Maple Avenue and in the parking lot (see arrow), not on Park Street. Our phone number is the same: 703-281-7614 box # 1.

The Clothes Closet will be at Unity of Fairfax, 2854 Hunter Mill Rd., Oakton. The number is the same. 703-679-8966.

CHO se ha movido. Nuestro nuevo Food Closet abrirá en julio y estará en la Iglesia Presbiteriana de Viena, 124 Park St. NE. Deberá llamarnos cuando llegue al estacionamiento. La puerta es la que da al estacionamiento (ver flecha), no en Park Street. Nuestro número de teléfono es el mismo: 703-281-7614 casilla #1.

El armario de ropa estará en Unity of Fairfax, 2854 Hunter Mill Rd., Oakton. El número es el mismo. 703-679-8966.


Donate Online Now!
Or, send a check (payable to CHO) to CHO, P.O. Box 233, Vienna VA 22183.


Many thanks to Vienna Little League baseball

for the cartons of food they collected for CHO as part of their pre-owned baseball equipment swap earlier this month. We are grateful for every box and can of food that can be used to help our neighbors. CHO wishes all players, coaches, and families in the VLL community a safe, happy, and successful 2024 baseball season!

Winter Coat Drive – Thank You!

Thank you to Paula McGinnis and to Vienna Body Grace and Yoga for your timely winter coat drive. Not only did we receive badly needed coats for our Clothes Closet, there was also a collection of blankets that will keep our clients warm this winter.

Food Donations Warm Our Hearts this Winter

In addition to the ongoing “food donations” from our regulars, which we so much appreciate, we had two very large donations of food that helped to fill up our Food Closet.

We received a very large donation of food from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, facilitated by the Oakton Stake – 4 pallets of food that took 3 men 2-1/2 hours to unload the truck and store. Many many thanks.

We also just finished “Stuffing the Bus” at the Vienna Giant on Maple Avenue on January 27. We collected 2,204 pounds of food, $190 in gift cards, and $126 in cash. Thanks to the wonderful staff at the Giant, mother-and-son volunteers from the Young Men’s Service League, Fairfax County Neighborhood and Community Services, Supervisor Walter Alcorn, who stopped by, and FASTRAN, which provided the bus. Also thanks to all who helped to publicize the event and to all who donated on Saturday, including a donation via Venmo from a person in Florida! See the picture below of Supervisor Alcorn and Carolyn Mysel, CHO Food Chair, with volunteers.

Immediate needs for food and clothes


LEARN ABOUT OUR SERVICES

CONTACT US

Clothing:
703-679-8966
cho.clothes.closet@gmail.com

Food & Financial Assistance:
703-281-7614
cho@cho-va.com

Furniture:
202-681-5279
cho@cho-va.com