Success Stories
Back to School Supply Drive 2023
Back to School Supply Drive Fall 2023 Touching Heart held a Back to School Supply Drive in August 2023. We collected school supplies and [...]
Family Fun Community Day 2023
Family Fun Community Day 2023 Our Family Fun Community Day event, which took place on April 29 2023, was a great success! Families and [...]
Santa’s Workshop 2022
Touching Heart’s 7th Annual Santa’s Workshop brought friends and family together to share some holiday magic with those who need it most. Because our [...]
Backpacks for Back to School 2022
Our Touching Heart Junior Board and Ambassadors held a backpack drive for Back to School 2022. Students collected new backpacks and school supplies. These [...]
Student vs. Teacher Basketball Game – Kids on a Mission Event
Centreville High School students planned a student vs. teacher basketball game. Donations collected at this event were used to purchase backpacks and school supplies, [...]
Blood Drive – Kids on a Mission Event
Banu, Jeasmitha and Tanmayee wanted to help with the blood supply shortage in our area, so they planned a blood donation drive. They were [...]
Halloween Candy Drive – Kids on a Mission Event
Ananya and her friend Preethikhaa collected nearly $180 to purchase Halloween candy for kids in foster care. Photos here.
Santa’s Workshop DC – 2021
Touching Heart’s 6th Annual Santa’s Workshop brought friends and family together to share some holiday magic with those who need it most. Because our [...]
Backpacks for Back to School 2021
This initiative - organized by 6 amazing students - raised nearly $5,000! 100% of the funds raised were used to purchase backpacks and school [...]
Art with a Heart – Kids on a Mission Event
This group of recent elementary school graduates held a youth art auction, featuring artwork they created along with other local children. They raised nearly [...]
Kindness Never Stops Campaign
In these difficult times, Touching Heart's mission to inspire kids to show compassion for others is more important than ever! We have been uplifted by [...]
Virtual Game Night
Virtual Game Night was a fun evening of games for a great cause! Our online zoom event - incredibly led by Banu and her team [...]
2020 Santa’s Workshop DC
Touching Heart’s 5th Annual Santa’s Workshop – made possible by Macy’s – brought friends and family together to share some holiday magic with those [...]
St. Vianne’s Clinic – Uganda
After purchasing the initial building for St. Vianne's, a free clinic in Uganda, several years back, Touching Heart is honored to have helped purchase [...]
Oakton HS Club Help the Homeless
In December 2019, true heroes were found in the form of Oakton High School’s Touching Heart Club. Immediately after learning there was a need [...]
Foster Care Winter Party
Touching Heart was honored to once again provide fun arts and crafts for the Fairfax County Family Services Winter Party. This event allows children [...]
Ken Harvey’s Red, Gold and Green Party
Thank you to Ken Harvey for hosting the 1st Annual Red, Gold and Green Party to benefit Touching Heart. Touching Heart friends and supporters [...]
4th Annual Santa’s Workshop DC
At our 4th Annual Santa's Workshop, held in Ashburn, Virginia, families gathered to donate and wrap hundreds of gifts for children in foster care. [...]
Santa’s Workshop NYC
Touching Heart's 3rd Annual Santa's Workshop NYC was a great event, bringing together friends and family to wrap gifts for children in need in [...]
Rachel Carson Middle School Ice Skating
On November 15, Rachel Carson Middle School's Touching Heart Club held a fundraiser at their local ice skating rink. The fun-filled event was attended [...]
Sing Your Heart Out
Our 3rd Annual Sing Your Heart Out Singing Competition was full of talented kids singing their hearts out for a great cause! This fun [...]
Foster Care Fun Fair
This year was Touching Heart’s 9th year participating in the Fairfax County Foster Care and Adoption Fun Fair. This special event provides an important [...]
Lion King Movie Night
At Lion King Movie Night, fans gathered excitedly at the Worldgate Theater in Herndon for the release of the new live version of the [...]
Summer Service Camp – Fairfax and Ashburn
Touching Heart’s Summer Service Camp expanded this year and was held in both Fairfax and Loudoun Counties, providing many new kids with the opportunity [...]
Virginia Basketball Tournament
With the goal of helping a Philippines' orphanage, Gentle Hands, our Touching Heart Kids on a Mission team organized and ran a Charity Basketball. [...]
Graffiti for Good
Creating art with heart was the focus of Graffiti for Good, a sip-and-paint style event that allowed the 100+ attendees to paint and socialize while making [...]
Monster Golf
Rachel Carson Middle School hosted Monster Golf Putt-putt, one of their many service activities for the year. This event raised funds for a free [...]
Northern Virginia Ethical Society
Touching Heart had a great time sharing our mission and making blankets for foster care at this Art of Giving Workshop. We were able [...]
NYC Basketball Tournament
For returning Touching Heart leaders, Maya Magnus and Marissa Hennigan, this was their second Kids on a Mission Basketball Clinic. Boys and girls, from Pre-K [...]
Clarksburg HS Big Hero 6 Movie Night
Clarksburg High School in Maryland gathered family members and friends to view Big Hero 6 and raise funds to help support a very special [...]
RCMS Ice Skating
Over 130 kids came out to Skatequest to ice skate and to support the RCMS Touching Heart Club as they raised money to help [...]
Foster Care Winter Party
Touching Heart was thrilled to once again help support Fairfax County's Christmas Party for children in foster care! Making crafts with the children and [...]
Santa’s Workshop – NYC
On Sunday, December 2nd – kids and their families gathered to start the holiday season with the spirit of giving in New York City. [...]
Santa’s Workshop – DC
One of our favorite days of the year... Santa's Workshop! What a heartwarming time it was wrapping gifts for local children in foster care [...]
Art with a Heart
Touching Heart hosted our 2nd Annual Art with a Heart on October 13, 2018. This was a day full of compassion and creativity at [...]
Family Gala
Touching Heart's FIRST Family Gala was a night to remember! Touching Heart kids inspired and challenged everyone during our dinner program with their inspiration [...]
Foster Care Fun Fair
Foster and adoptive families, friends and community volunteers gathered at Burke Lake Park for the Foster Care and Adoption Fun Fair. This special event [...]
Incredibles 2
On Friday June 15th, our Kids on a Mission leaders Zoe, Samantha, and Natalie created an event for the opening night of the long [...]
NYC Kids on a Mission: Charity Basketball Clinic
Attendees joined us for an afternoon of competitive drills, knockout games, and shoot outs while raising awareness and helping local foster care children. For [...]
Acrylic Dreams Art Gallery
Art was the focus at our Acrylic Dreams Art Gallery! Our Kids on a Mission Leader and talented artist, Noor Amin, presented her paintings [...]
NYC Pancake Breakfast
On April 21st, 4 amazing Kids on a Mission leaders hosted a Pancake Breakfast fundraising event in NYC! This was our first event in [...]
2nd Annual Combat for a Heart
Thank you to all who supported and attended the 2nd Annual Combat for a Heart event at The Fitness Equation in One Loudoun. It was [...]
2nd Annual Sing Your Heart Out
Our 2nd Annual Sing Your Heart Out Competition at Smokehouse Live in Leesburg was a hit! Our singers were so talented with their inspiring [...]
4TH ANNUAL MINECRAFT FOR A MISSION
On Saturday, January 20th, Touching Heart hosted our 4th annual Minecraft for a Mission event at George Mason University’s Mason Game and Technology Academy. [...]
NYC SANTA’S WORKSHOP
On Sunday, December 3rd – kids and their families gathered at Alvin Ailey in NYC to start the holiday season with the spirit of [...]
Wonder Movie Watch Party
Touching Heart was proud to completely sell out of tickets to see the film ‘Wonder’ on opening night at Reston Town Center Bow Tie [...]
DC Santa’s Workshop
On Sunday, November 19th – kids and their families gathered at Life & Honey to start the holiday season with the spirit of giving. [...]
Junior Board Meet and Greet
Family, friends and more gathered at Piero's Corner in Herndon for our Junior Board Meet and Greet! The Junior Board Members welcomed everyone with [...]
Talent Show
Kids of all ages had the opportunity to showcase their unique abilities at the Touching Heart Talent Show at Rachel Carson Middle School. People [...]
Hoops to Help
Touching Heart teamed up with Ethan Grossman and his family for Hoops to Help - an afternoon of basketball games, silent auction bidding, good [...]
Art with a Heart
Touching Heart hosted a day full of creativity at the Market Common Clarendon as kids and their families participated in live art stations lead [...]
8th Annual Foster Care Fun Fair
Volunteers and participants had a day full of exciting activities at Burke Lake Park, where foster care children and their families came together for [...]
Combat for a HEART
Hosted at The Fitness Equation, this Body Combat Marathon provided attendees with 2 hours of mixed martial arts inspired cardio training where they kicked [...]
2017 Summer Service Camp
Touching Heart's Summer Service Camp was a hit! This week long camp, inspired by our popular school curriculum, featured games, activities, service projects and [...]
Art of Giving at King of Kings Lutheran Vacation Bible School
Kids attending King of Kings Lutheran Church’s Vacation Bible School were excited to participate in our Art of Giving Workshop. After hearing about people [...]
Floris Elementary Art of Giving Workshop
Students at Floris Elementary celebrated the end of their school year and kicking off summer by doing a service project with local kids in mind! They [...]
Flint Hill Elementary Art of Giving – Day of Service
Students at Flint Hill Elementary celebrated the end of the school year with a Day of Service, learning about people in need locally and [...]
RCMS Spirit Dining at Chipotle
The Rachel Carson Middle School Touching Heart Club hosted Spirit Night at Chipotle in Franklin Farm to raise funds for local kids in foster [...]
Clarksburg HS Spirit Dining at Jersey Mike’s
Clarksburg High School Touching Heart Club hosted a special two-day Dining for a Cause event at Jersey Mike’s in Clarksburg, Maryland, raising funds to [...]
Bingo Fun and More!
A big crowd was on hand at Flint Hill Elementary for Bingo Fun and More! They were ready to win prizes and give back [...]
Jr Board Meet & Greet at theZone
Our Junior Board Meet and Greet was held April 6th at theZone in Ashburn. After the fun and excitement of arcade games, laser tag [...]
2017 Sing Your HEART Out
Our Sing Your Heart Out Competition at Smokehouse Live in Leesburg was a blast! Our singers were amazing. Congratulations to our winner, Ella Levri! [...]
3rd Annual Minecraft for a Mission
Our 3rd Annual Minecraft for a Mission at George Mason Game and Technology Academy was a great success! Our attendees enjoyed an exciting afternoon [...]
RCMS Bowling for a Cause
The Touching Heart Club at Rachel Carson Middle School, along with friends and family, bowled the afternoon away to raise funds for a medical [...]
Junior Board Meet and Greet
The Junior Board Meet and Greet at Piero’s was a huge success. On October 20, 2016, family and friends came to support our young [...]
Ken Harvey Lift a Heart Event
Thanks to the kind heart of former Redskin Ken Harvey and the generosity of theZone in Ashburn, local foster care children were showered with [...]
Ice Skating for a Cause
Over 100 kids and adults laced up their ice skates at Skatequest in Reston to support the Rachel Carson Middle School Touching Heart Club [...]
Flint Hill Elementary Art of Giving Workshop
Oh what fun to present the wonderful 6th graders of Flint Hill Elementary School with our Art of Giving Workshop today! After learning about [...]
Foster Care Winter Party
We had a fun and festive Winter Party with the Fairfax County Foster Care on Saturday, December 17, 2016. It was a day filled [...]
Star Wars Rogue One Movie Night
The force was with us as over 100 people gathered to view the newest Star Wars movie, Rogue One and support our latest Kids [...]
Loudoun County Emergency Shelter Christmas Party
How heartwarming to spread Christmas cheer to our neighbors in need at the Loudoun County Emergency Homeless Shelter! Treats, gifts and fun activities brought [...]
Santa’s Workshop
Elves of all ages gathered at our first Santa’s Workshop to wrap gifts for children in our local foster care system. The turnout was [...]
Foster Care Winter Party
We had a fun and festive Winter Party with the Fairfax County Foster Care on Saturday, December 17, 2016. It was a day filled [...]
Flint Hill Art of Giving Workshop
Oh what fun to present the wonderful 6th graders of Flint Hill Elementary School with our Art of Giving Workshop today! After learning about [...]
Finding Dory Movie Night
Over 100 kids and adults laced up their ice skates at Skatequest in Reston to support the Rachel Carson Middle School Touching Heart Club [...]
Rachel Carson Chopped
The pepperoni flew and the laughs were many at this fun event planned by four leaders from Rachel Carson Middle School. Middle School Principals [...]
Walk for Neema
On June 5th, 2016, inspired by our four leaders, Rylee, Jaylyn, Laura and Regan, participants walked to raise funds for Neema House orphanage in [...]
Rachel Carson Bingo Night
Four middle schoolers who are part of the first Touching Heart Club at Rachel Carson Middle School hosted a Bingo Night and raised a [...]
Roshni’s Leap Day Birthday Mission
Roshni is an eight year old who gets her birthday only once in 4 years. She is born on a leap day! This year [...]
Rachel Carson Ice Skating
On April 17th, 2016, “Kids on a Mission” Skating for a Cause was held by five energetic and motivated leaders from Rachel Carson Middle [...]