Launched in August 2019, Social4Good (S4G) educates, engages, and empowers women to make a difference in Northern Virginia. Each month, S4G provides opportunities to learn about critical needs while identifying clear, actionable ways to support those needs with small donations that collectively make a big difference to our local nonprofit partners.

What Does It Feel Like to Be a Child with a Disability? Walk In My Shoes Teaches Students Important Life Skills of Empathy and Inclusion.

About:

Walk In My Shoes works with local elementary schools to build empathy and teach inclusion skills that last a lifetime. This nonprofit provides schools with curriculum, activities, and training to run assemblies that foster inclusion among students. The program targets children in Grades 4-6 and reaches 300 students annually. Learn more.

Project Goal:

Sponsor four Title 1 elementary schools, giving them access to the Walk In My Shoes program. S4G’s goal is to grant $750 per school for a total of $3000 to cover the cost of the curriculum and volunteer training. Through additional in-kind donations, we will provide the materials needed to lead the activities with students.

How You Can Help Sponsor a Title I School

Donate via Grapevine. Recurring and one-time donations will cover the cost of the curriculum and volunteer training for each school. Deadline: 3/24.

Purchase Materials Needed for the Assemblies: Ship items directly to XXX. Deadline: 3/24.

Team March: Sarah DeKramer (Co-lead), Beth Tecala (Co-lead), Tina Bell, Kelly Eldridge, Julie Lesjak, Mary Michelsen, Lynn O’Connel, Melanie Simons, Barbara Timblin, and Donna Whitaker.

Social4Good Projects Through October 2025

Together, we have the power to shape a better world for women and girls — because when they thrive, we all thrive!

Social4Good awards “Give to Women and Girls Day” grants to She Believes In Me and Space of Her Own in recognition of their efforts to provide resources, life lessons, and mentorship to young girls in Northern Virginia.

Give to Women and Girls Day aims to amplify philanthropic support for organizations that work tirelessly to uplift and empower women and girls in our community, across the nation, and around the world. She Believes In Me and Space of Her Own were selected by S4G in recognition of the impact these small women-founded organizations are having on the lives of young girls.

2025 Social4Good Steering Committee

Faith Boettger, Chair | Christina Pisani, Treasurer

Beth Tecala, Secretary | Sheila Murphy, Communications

Project Advisors: Sarah deKramer | Suzie Egolf | Pam Soncini

Project Research: Ann Smith | Margaret Walter

Membership & Engagement: Suzanne Jenkins | Sarah Shamlal

Members At-Large: Marcy Rehberger | Melanie Simons

Social4Good - Established August 2019 to Support Northern Virginia

Individuals and nonprofits interested in learning more about Social4Good's model for building community and making local impact should

email Social4Goodevents@gmail.com.