Events

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 for summer fun and service! Our camp mission was to introduce our campers to the needs of children in our community and around the world and show them how they can…

With the goal of helping a Philippines’ orphanage, Gentle Hands, our Touching Heart Kids on a Mission team organized and ran a Charity Basketball.  Over 50 kids attended and spent the evening playing games, drills, and having fun!  Check out pics from this event here!

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 a difference! This family-friendly evening included painting your own individual masterpiece with tips from real artists, as well as fun graffiti style artwork, ice cream floats, food, raffles, and a…

Rachel Carson Middle School also hosted a bake sale at their school, selling delicious goodies to raise funds for children with Albanism in Tanzania.

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 clinic in one of the most impoverished areas of Uganda.   Check out images here!

Touching Heart had a great time sharing our mission and making blankets for foster care at this Art of Giving Workshop. We were able to donate 26 cozy homemade blankets to children in need as a result.  Click here for more pictures from this workshop. 

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 to 8th grade, filled the auditorium at St. Stephen of Hungary School with sounds of laughter, cheers, and sneaker squeaks. Fun games and well-designed drills, along with the enthusiasm of Maya…

Clarksburg High School in Maryland gathered family members and friends to view Big Hero 6 and raise funds to help support a very special project they have been working on for 2 years, building gardens and planting hundreds of plants to help feed and provide income for children in need at a school in Haiti.