For the last 5 months, FLOC's Project Based Learning program had students work on a self-portrait series that answered the question: "Who am I?" Each student was responsible for completing a set of self-portrait photographs, poems, and a collage. They were given prompts to help...
Read More
By Brandelyn Anderson, Executive Director of For Love of Children My grandparents were legends, and I had no idea. My Nana was the person who picked me up from school, taught me how to read and write, and forced encouraged me to watch the PBS special...
Read More
Monday night was FLOC's annual Career Night, and it went off without a hitch! Students enjoyed pizza, games, and career-building activities led by our friends at Deloitte. The night started with introductions and a little game to break the ice. Students chose their favorite celebrity,...
Read More
FLOC is excited to welcome four new additions to our growing team. LaToya Clark, Business Manager Originally from New York, LaToya went to Hampton University for Political Science. LaToya is a proud Zeta Phi Beta sister and loves to rep their signature royal blue and white. Zeta...
Read More
When Fred Taylor felt a call to community activism in 1967, he began volunteering with the newly formed For Love of Children (FLOC). Just one year later, Fred was chosen to be FLOC's first Executive Director, where he remained for the next 37 years. During...
Read More
The idea for FLOC was born out of the civil rights movement almost 55 years ago when Reverend Gordon Cosby, a Minister for the Church of the Savior of Washington, D.C., took part in the landmark 1965 civil rights demonstration in Selma, Alabama led by...
Read More
By Samika Warner I am a student with the Washington Center programs for the summer. I am Interning at For the Love of Children (FLOC) organization in Washington DC. My first week here has been an experience both in DC and at the organization. When I...
Read More
On Wednesday, June 19th, FLOC celebrated our high school and college graduates at our annual Awards Dinner presented by JBG Smith. This year, the dinner was hosted at the Pepco Edison Place Gallery. The night began with a delicious dinner that led into our keynote...
Read More
Do More 24 is the DMV's largest annual 24-hour online fundraiser, powered by United Way of the National Capital Area (United Way NCA). Do More 24 will be held on Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at 12:00 Noon and continuing until 11:59 am on Thursday, May...
Read More
On Tuesday, April 30th, For Love of Chidlren (FLOC) hosted its annual Beyond the Classroom fundraising breakfast. With a room of over 180 supporters, FLOC was able to raise over $100,000 that will enable FLOC to better serve the students of DC. The program opened...
Read More