Strengthening Relations
On Friday, February 2, 2024, ECNV was invited to participate at a meeting for community leaders organized by the Embassy of Colombia. This meeting was intended to strengthen the relations with government agencies and non-profits to expand services for the Colombian diaspora residing in the Washington Metropolitan area.
Collage: A group of Colombian women and men posing for the official picture taken by the Embassy; an African Colombian, the General Consul of Colombia, in grey coat holding a ECNV bag, on right, Rosalia Fajardo.
Himalayan Vaccine Clinic
On Saturday, February 3, 2024, ECNV co-hosted a Himalayan Vaccine Clinic. We provided vaccines to seniors with disabilities and the general population and distributed COVID-19 home tests to attendees.
Collage: A group of Latinos residents of OAKVIEW apts receiving COVID home tests; a Korean male holding a COVID home test; Rosalia Fajardo in dark blue jacket distributing COVID home tests.
United for Wellness, Mental Health and Wellness Conference and Resource Fair
On Saturday, January 27, 2024, ECNV staff attended the United for Wellness, Mental Health and Wellness Conference and Resource Fair at Riverside High School. This event was hosted by Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) and was attended by more than 45 governmental agencies, and nonprofits. United for Wellness highlights LCPS was focused on all areas of student health and well being. Conference presenters included mental health professionals, fitness, and wellness coaches, and LCPS educators.
Collage: Margarita Baquero in dark green sweater, travel trainer specialist at ECNV explaining to caucasian female wearing dark sweater about the program; Margarita Baquero in dark green sweater, travel trainer specialist at ECNV explaining to Indian Female wearing pink t-shirt and black pants about the program; (Bottom) Rosalia Fajardo in Navy Blue blouse and Margarita Baquero in dark green sweater, sitting at the ECNV outreach table.
2024 ECNV Vaccination Events
With funding from USAging’s Aging and Disability Vaccination Collaborative and the Administration for Community Living (ACL), ECNV is organizing community vaccination events especially for seniors and people with disabilities.
National Landing Vaccine Clinic
On Wednesday, December 13, 2023, ECNV hosted a vaccine clinic at National Landing. ECNV Communications and Publications Specialist Elaine Shaw administered the demographic survey, David gave out the gift cards and Rah was downstairs to help direct people to the clinic. Marcie Goldstein was on hand giving out the patient forms from Walgreens. Some ECNV staff even came down to get the updated COVID-19 booster; Program and Training Coordinator Andrew Shaw was the first patient of the day and Program Facilitator and Independent Living Specialist Maura Schmidt received hers as well.
Collage: (Top) Marcie Goldstein, David, Walgreens vaccinator; (Bottom) Marcie Goldstein and David.
The Arden Clinic
On Monday, December 11, 2023, ECNV in partnership with Wesley Housing and Walgreens provided vaccines to seniors residing at The Arden Residences in Alexandria, VA. Residents received the flu and COVID-19 vaccine. ECNV staff Rosalia Fajardo and Marcie Goldstein were coordinators for this vaccine clinic.
Collage: A female wearing light green helping a resident who uses a motorized wheelchair fill up a form; two African-American men sitting around a table, along with two African-American females waiting to get vaccinated.
ECNV Continues Distributing COVID-19 Home Tests!
On Tuesday, December 5, 2023 Director of Multicultural Families Rosalia Fajardo distributed COVID-19 home tests at the Arlington Mill Community Center, for Latino families attending the graduation of Latinx in Business program hosted by our partner Shirlington Employment and Education Center.
Collage: A Hispanic male wearing black pants and Jacket with the ECNV purple bag, Rosalia Fajardo in white and gold sweater and black pants, a Hispanic female wearing black pants red blouse and black jacket holding ECNV purple bag, a Hispanic male wearing jeans and black jacket holding ECNV purple bag; Rosalia Fajardo Director of Multicultural Families at ECNV in white and gold sweater and black pants, a Hispanic female holding a diploma wearing black sweater purple pants, Andres Tovar Executive Director of partner Shirlington Employment and Education Center, wearing blue shirt and black pants; Group of Latinos entrepreneurs during graduation ceremony.
Waypoint Vaccine Clinic
On Thursday, November 30, 2023, ECNV hosted a vaccination clinic at Waypoint Apartments in Alexandria. Some special guests also made an appearance: ACL's Alison Barkoff and U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy! The Surgeon General received a vaccination at our clinic! Thank you for stopping by and recognizing ECNV’s vaccination efforts.
Collage: U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy, ECNV Executive Director Dominique Dunford-Lack, Alison Barkoff; U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy, Marcie Goldstein, Alison Barkoff; a group photo of people, (center) Dr. Vivek Murthy, Alison Barkoff, Dominique Dunford-Lack, Rosalia Fajardo, a woman with long black hair, Cherie Takemoto.
Corazon De America Thanksgiving Food Distribution in Culmore
On Sunday, November 19, ECNV gave away bags and COVID-19 home tests to more than 300 members of the Culmore Community in Falls Church. Residents also received turkeys and other meals to help make a Thanksgiving meal, thanks to donations from CORAZON DE AMERICA, a non-profit collaborative whose mission is to improve the lives of the immigrant communities residing in Falls Church, VA.
Collage: ECNV Director of Multicultural Families, Rosalia Fajardo wearing a light blue sweater and black pants (center), a Hispanic male wearing black jacket and pants, (right) Director Corazon de America, Magaly Prudencio Executive in red shirt and blue jeans; a group photo of Corazon volunteers, pictured with Rosalia.
ECNV Continues to Serve the Diverse Faith Network
On Sunday, November 19, 2023, ECNV partnered with Durga Temple of Virginia to provide vaccines and free COVID-19 home tests to Hindu faith community, located in Lorton and serving Fairfax County.
Collage: Cherie Takemoto, Rosalia Fajardo, a Japanese male volunteer and Manju Sangruala from Durga temple in flower dress; a group of Hindu families celebrating Diwali and waiting for the vaccines; a young female volunteer wearing a grey traditional Hindi shirt and black pants.
ECNV Protecting Immigrant Communities
On Saturday, November 11, 2023, ECNV in partnership with Mount Olive Methodist Church in Arlington VA, hosted a vaccination clinic and distributed COVID-19 home tests to Hispanic immigrants and others residing in Arlington County. ECNV staff spoke with so many while they waited in line. They were grateful to the church for providing food to feed their families with dignity, even overcoming language barriers, and to ECNV for the vaccines. It was a very cold morning but helping those in need brought a lot of warmth.
Collage: Margarita Baquero ECNV staff member, sitting with a Walgreens pharmacist; A group of people waiting in line for food and vaccines, holding purple bags; Rosalia Fajardo wearing brown a a blue jacket, pictured with a hispanic male in a blue jacket and dark pants, using a wheelchair and waiting for the vaccine.
37th Annual Caregivers Conference- When Caregiving Calls: Building a Framework for Resilience
On Friday, November 10, 2023, Pansy Walker attended the 37th Annual Caregiver Conference at the Korean Central Presbyterian Church. This all-day event was sponsored by the Northern Virginia Dementia Care Consortium. This year’s event focused on the resilience and spirit of caregivers. The conference is designed for family caregivers, volunteers working with older adults, and professionals in aging and related services. The sessions assist attendees with a better understanding of providing care and support to someone with dementia, learning new ways to engage individuals with dementia, connect with other caregivers and collect resources from exhibitors who offer supportive services.
ECNV Advancing Racial Equity Cohort
On Wednesday, November 8, 2023, The ECNV Advancing Racial Equity Cohort presented their plan for creating an equitable organization that allows staff members at all levels to feel empowered within the organization. They will present their plan with staff and management input on key objectives to build empowerment, collaboration and trust within ECNV.
Image: The ECNV team, Paul Whitney, Nagham Sendak, Vicente Saavedra, and Cherie Takemoto (in center) with Jasmine Khanani (left) and Dr. Stacy Scott (right) from the cohort facilitators from Wayfinding Partners. This study group was a project of ACT for Alexandria.
Seniors Getting Vaccinated!
On Monday, November 6, 2023 ECNV in partnership with Louduon Caregivers hosted a vaccine clinic at Madison House Apartments, Leesburg, VA in Loudoun County.
Collage: A female senior woman sitting for a vaccine (right) a Walgreens pharmacist; a Walgreens pharmacist a white female in her medical gown, a woman using a wheelchair; a group of seniors and volunteers waiting to be vaccinated.
Himalayan COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic
On Saturday, November 4, 2023, ECNV provided vaccines to the Himalayan community residing in Northern Virginia. This event is deeply connected to our organization's mission to serve the diverse and multicultural community and was an experience full of spiritual wealth and peace that accurately reflected that the universal language is a smile and our unwavering organization's commitment to serve seniors with disabilities, their caregivers, and their communities.
Collage: Rosalia Fajardo, Director of Multicultural Families at ECNV with the Director of the Himalayan Free Clinic, Manju Sangruala in blue shirt and black pants; a Walgreens Pharmacist giving a vaccination; (bottom), a group of Nepalese /Himalayan seniors wearing their traditional costumes , Rosalia is wearing a black vest over a blue blouse.
Carlin Senior Housing Vaccine Clinic
On Tuesday, November 28, 2023, Program and Training Coordinator Andrew Shaw and ECNV Communications and Publications Specialist Elaine Shaw hosted a vaccine clinic at Carlin Senior Living in Arlington. Elaine, a pharmacist from Walgreens was on hand to provide COVID-19 and flu vaccinations to over twenty residents. On site staff Josephine Koroma helped coordinate the flow of residents receiving vaccines. Elaine Shaw also picked up other resource material for independent living in Arlington. This was a successful event and most residents they interacted with were grateful to be vaccinated and happy to participate in our demographic survey which helps provide for our funding.
Collage: The Two Elaine’s, Elaine, the pharmacist from Walgreens and ECNV’s Publications Specialist Elaine Shaw; Program and Training Coordinator Andrew Shaw assisting a consumer fill up a vaccine survey; Andrew giving a purple goodie bag to a consumer, in the background, Elaine Shaw and Josephine Koroma.
Hispanic Health Fair
On Saturday, October 14, 2023, ECNV hosted a COVID-19 and flu clinic at the Hispanic Health Fair in Alexandria, VA. Director of Multicultural Families Rosalia Fajardo and ECNV's new travel trainer Margarita Baquero also attended.
Collage: Two women two in traditional Mexican dresses, Rosalia is in the center; Margarita Baquero ECNV travel trainer specialist in pink jacket with an African American woman in grey sweater and little girl in pink blouse; a Muslim family a mother wearing pink scarf light blue blouse and black pants and two little boys.
Walter Reed Senior Center Vaccine Clinic
On Tuesday, October 31, ECNV hosted a clinic for seniors at Walter Reed Senior Center in Arlington, VA with help from our vaccination partner, Walgreens.
Collage: a Latina woman signing up to receive her COVID-19 vaccination; Rosalia Farjardo (left) and Miranda Cobbs (right), PharmD area 67 supervisor from Walgreens; a pharmacist wearing a white jacket, Miranda Cobbs and Rosalia, posing in front of a Walgreens red table.
Women Giving Back Event
On Friday, October 6, ECNV staff, Outreach Coordinator/ Peer Mentor, Tracee Garner and Director of Multicultural Families, Rosalia Fajardo attended Women Giving Back’s Referral Partner Open House and Community Resource Fair.
Collage: Outreach Coordinator/ Peer Mentor, Tracee Garner and Director of Multicultural Families, Rosalia Fajardo posing together in front of a table with a purple table cloth, and further right, a line of women with green bags picking up information related to ECNV’s services; Rosalia Fajardo giving a blue bag to an African-American woman with a black shirt.
Affordable Care Act Open Enrollment for 2024 Period
On Friday, November 3, ECNV staff, Director of Multicultural Families, Rosalia Fajardo, had the great honor of joining the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra along ECNV Board member Dr. Sergio Rimola, Legal Aid Justice Center, Enroll Virginia and Protect Our Care on marking the beginning of 2024 Affordable Care Act Open Enrollment Period, making the coverage more affordable. Rosalia thanked Secretary Becerra for making COVID-19 vaccines available for all!
Collage: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra posing with Rosalia Fajardo; a tall gentleman wearing glasses, Rosalia, Dr. Sergio Rimola, and a blonde woman.