Archive, Making Change
Caring for our community
Robinson International Show
It’s a Thursday night and families are packed in the James W. Robinson Jr. Secondary School auditorium, in Fairfax, Virginia. The lights dim and the crowd goes quiet as students...
Roots Grow Wings
Imagine a world where every child starts life with a library full of stories that connect them with other children in their community. That’s what local nonprofit Roots Grow Wings...
Safe Space NOVA
When a MainStreet Bank employee got the opportunity to donate through Making Change, she chose to support a local organization for LGBTQ+ youth, providing the help her friends didn’t have...
South Lakes PTSA Food Pantry
It’s a Thursday afternoon in Reston, Virginia, and the sidewalk in front of South Lakes High School is bustling with volunteers packing groceries into paper bags. They’re getting ready for...
St. Timothy’s Catholic School
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...
The Spitfire Club
When one MainStreet Bank employee was growing up, she loved to read. But the books she read rarely featured characters like her. It’s a story that many women can relate...
