Alexandria Gazette: Sweet Home Alexandria

February 22, 2021.

ALIVE! Housewares socially distant drive-through Collection Day on February 6, 2021 at the parking lot of Fairlington United Methodist Church collected housewares items for the first time since the pandemic.

“We have so many people in need. When people move from a shelter into public housing or public assistance housing, they often just come with the clothes on their back. They need basic housewares like sheets and pillowcases and towels and dishes. Those are the things that make a true home out of an empty apartment.” -Gerry Hebert, ALIVE! Board member

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