SHEPHERD’S HERALD: February 2018 (Volume 4, Issue 1) • The Shepherd’s Center of McLean-Arlington-Falls Church (SCMAFC)

Message from our Chairman:

Dear Friends of SCMAFC, I am honored to be the new Chair of the SCMAFC Board, and I am humbled to be following in the footsteps of Austine Eversole who has served so wonderfully as Chair for the past three years. I look forward to helping guide this chapter of Shepherd’s Center as we serve older adults in McLean, Arlington, and Falls Church. This Shepherd’s Center is truly an amazing organization. Do you know that ours is the only one of the 6 Shepherd’s Center chapters in Northern Virginia (and one of the few in the nation) that has no paid staff? All of our work is accomplished through the volunteer efforts of about 90 individuals who serve as Board members, committee members, ride coordinators, drivers, friendly visitors or callers, and handy helpers. Our volunteers come from churches and synagogues, from people hearing about us at community events and through friends, from notices we post in local publications. We always need more volunteers, because the demand for our services every single week is greater than we are able to fulfill. You can drive as much or as little as you want; scheduling is always flexible. Please join us! In future issues of this newsletter we will continue to introduce our services, our devoted volunteers, as well as those whom we are grateful to serve— our clients.

Betty Douglass,
Chairman of the Board