For Love of Children is hosting its annual fundraising event, Beyond the Classroom. Last year, nearly 200 Washington area professionals gathered for an exhilarating program that raised nearly $100,000 in crucial funds to benefit our Neighborhood Tutoring Program and City Leaders Program. This one hour breakfast will feature engaging presentations by FLOC students, alumni and […]
Join us as we raise glasses and funds hardworking, successful, and committed FLOC! When you buy a ticket to this event, $15 will be donated DIRECTLY to FLOC. To date, Paint Nite has helped raise over $3.5 million for those in need with lively creative events that feel more fun than philanthropic, so join in […]
For Love of Children celebrates our graduating seniors! This year, FLOC will be celebrating both our graduating high school seniors as well as our graduating post secondary students, whom have obtained various collegiate degrees. Students will receive financial awards from FLOC's Fred Taylor Scholarship Fund, laptops in support of their college transition and an out […]
Join us at Silver New American Brasserie on Friday, September 20th for a fundraising night benefiting FLOC. Guest bartenders to be announced in the coming days! 100% of the bartender tips and 10% of the sales will go directly to FLOC! Registration is required. Please register through Eventbrite.
For Love of Children’s Annual Book Festival is an opportunity for students and their families to celebrate and promote the importance of reading and literacy. Students from first grade through high school are able to select books to take home to read and share with their parents and siblings. The books are provided to the […]
October is National Book Reading Month and FLOC is hosting its annual book festival on Friday, October 30th to celebrate! FLOC's Annual Book Festival is an opportunity for students and their families to celebrate and promote the importance of reading and literacy. During the Festival, FLOC students get to pick books to take home, and […]
Every March, For Love of Children, hosts its annual Read-A-Thon. Students, Volunteers, Staff, Board Members, and Donors are all encouraged to help achieve our goal of 60,000 minutes read for the entire month of March. If every student reads just 5 hours we will hit our reading goal! Families- Click here for more information […]
Thank you to everyone who joined us for FLOC's 2021 Beyond the Classroom Virtual Fundraising Event. Check back for information about next year's event! Event Recap: April 8 - Virtual Mixology with Get Mixed by Kay! Let FLOC bring Happy Hour to you! Enhance your bartending skills and add 6 new drink recipes to […]
Event RecapThank you to everyone who came out this weekend to the Back-to-School FLOCfest Open House and Packet Pick-Up. We got to see longtime FLOC students in person again, introduce ourselves to new families, and even signed some new students up! Everyone had a great time learning about FLOC, getting crafty, and playing games! We […]
FLOC's first-ever Virtual Walk-a-Thon has officially ended and we are proud to announce we raised over $4,200 for FLOC students and programs! Walk with FLOC brought together people from across the country -from New York and New Jersey to California and Colorado and everywhere in between. Each person walked 2.8 miles (or more) in honor […]
>> click here to see photos from the event << Don't miss FLOC's Virtual Book Festival on Friday, November 12th. During this pre-recorded event, our special guest and Mother of #BlackGirlMagic, CaShawn Thompson sits down with FLOC Executive Director Brandelyn Anderson to talk all about her new book Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Real-Life Tales […]
Support FLOC's Read-a-Thon Studies show that just 15 minutes of reading per day increases student gains in reading achievement and translates into overall academic success, making students more likely to graduate high school on time and enroll in college.In addition, under-resourced students who read 15 minutes a day scored better on reading assessments than high […]
