Moose - The Heart of the Community

The Centreville Moose Lodge #2168 has been located in the City of  Fairfax since 1999. Our Heart of Community efforts are focused on the Fairfax local community, as well as Moose Heart/Moosehaven, and several worthwhile charities that support the welfare of children, elderly, veterans and local first responders. 

As a fraternal organization we support our community through a combination of donations and volunteer services. We maintain an ongoing program where members can donate food, eye glasses, clothing, and personal hygiene items, aluminum pull tabs, aluminum cans, and plastic bottle caps that are repurposed to assist various charitable services in our community.

Our fundraising efforts throughout the year allow us to make significant cash donations to charities that are in-line with our mission of supporting the welfare of children, the elderly, our veterans and local first responders.  

This is a summary of our HOC efforts for the Fraternal Year 2023-2024:

Total Monetary Donations         - $59,057

Total Volunteer Hours                   - 4,946 Hours

Total Volunteer Miles Driven   - 8,805 Miles

Core Initiatives:

• Mooseheart/Moosehaven - $17,104 cash donations

• Youth Awareness - $4000 cash donations

• Tommy Moose - Appearances at the 4th of July Parade, Tommy Moose dolls donated to City of Fairfax Fire Station #3, Tommy Moose Halloween bags, coloring books and bookmarks donated at the Fall festival and to the library, Tommy Moose visitations to Elementary Schools

• Safe Surfin' - $1,500 cash donation

• Veterans Programs 

  • Hosted four (4) Appalachian Highland's Honor Flights providing dinners and lunches to 45-70 veterans and escorts as they visit the Nations memorials., 

  • Moose Valued Vets program honoring Moose Members who are veterans or active military.

  • Monetary donations to Vets House, Final Salute, Inc., Willing Warriors, K-9s for Warriors, and Purple Heart.

  • Used clothing  and services donated to thrift stores and organizations supporting disabled veterans.. 

Companion Initiatives:

• Senior Center or Children's Hospital/Wing -

  • $4,500 donated to VMU Richmond Children's Hospital

  • $700 donated to Massey Cancer center

  • $3,000 donated to St Jude's Hospital

  • $3,000 donated to Ronald McDonald House

  • $300 worth used clothing to INOVA Fairfax Thrift Store supporting Children's wing

• Keepin' It Real/Substance Use Prevention

  • $1,000 donation to Robinson House - alcohol recovery half-way house

  • Donations of food, bedding, clothes and personal hygiene products

• Emergency Services

  • Donated $3,00 to Fairfax Police Department for Youth Holiday fund

  • Provided Tommy Moose dolls to assist children in traumatic events

• Youth Scholastic

  • $500 to donation to the Virginia Youth Awareness Scholarship Fund

  • $25,000 Scholarship fund for Fairfax, Robinson, Woodson, Centreville, and Chantilly High School Graduates.

• Youth Sports - sponsor of a Challenge League Baseball team (disabled children), and support of Fairfax High School Athletics

• Salvation Army 

  • Donated approximately $800 worth of clothing and personal items to the Thrift Store. 

  • Donated toys and stockings for Christmas.

  • Donated $4,000 to Salvation Army in Fairfax

• Special Olympics - $200 donation to the Special Olympics Softball Tournament.

Other Local Volunteer/Services

• Scouting - donated over 1,050 pounds of canned goods and personal items to the Girl Scout's Blessing Box in van Dyke park.

• Host of the monthly Inter-Service Club Council (ISCC) Luncheon meetings

• Donated food (pumpkins) and cash to support the Health, Happiness and Hooves local animal therapy/rehab farm for disabled children and adult PTSD

• Donated $1,000 and food/clothing to the Lamb Center in Fairfax

• Donated food and clothing to the Kate Hanley Center for Abused Women

• Donated $1,047 to Susan G Kohlman Cancer fund

• Donated $2000 to the Caring K-9 Therapy Dog program

• Donated $2,000 to Grahm Road Elementary School Clothes Closet

• Donated $500 to Paws for People

• Donated $500 to the Food bank of Northern Nevada - Tornado emergency response

• Donated $2,800 worth of clothing to Lydia's Closet supporting Appalachian families in need.