Success Stories

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Cars2Kids

Our Cars2Kids event at theZone in Ashburn was a heartwarming affair! Fifty care packages and letters from the heart were lovingly packed. They were [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Bake Sale

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

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 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 [...]

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 [...]

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! [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]