Archive, Making Change

It’s been five years since Shawn Barnhouse has had any children enrolled at C.W. Shipley Elementary School in Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia. But the school’s impact on her family sticks...

Candido Samuel Sandoval, 38, had an unexpected stroke in January. He was in the hospital for about two weeks and has been working on recovery ever since.   Lina Rios,...

Trish Smith, MainStreet Bank’s chief human resources officer, has had kids at Centreville Elementary School for 11 years now. When she was thinking about where she could put a Miracles...

The English Empowerment Center—formerly known as the Literacy Council of Northern Virginia—is near and dear to Betty Gillen, a Business Banking Portfolio Manager who was once a volunteer tutor for...

Talk about a happy coincidence! Four MainStreet Bank employees in two locations separately came up with the idea of giving their Miracles on MainStreet dollars to the same organization. They...

$1,000 can do a lot for a small organization. That’s why Vice President and Portfolio Manager Shannon Gibbs decided to donate to Hearts and Hands Reaching Out, a small organization...

When Jackie Langland, Vice President of Operations/System Architect, first learned that military and law enforcement dogs lose their health benefits when they retire, she got mad.   “I don’t understand...

When JoAnne Loiselet, AVP Human Resources Officer, was growing up, the world was not a welcoming place for LGBTQ+ youth.   “My best friend from high school and my best...

Marc Batchelor vividly remembers the first day he and his wife dropped their son off at St. Timothy’s Catholic School in Chantilly, Virginia.   “He was shy of his fourth...

Tamma Payne has seen every Arts for All Loudoun show since 1992, when her former brother-in-law, William Muncaster, first performed in a production of Peter Pan at the age of...