2025 Chain of Checks Campaign Grant Recipients
- Shenandoah Area Agency on Aging (Seniors First):
The Seniors First Home Delivered Meals program is a lifeline for homebound older adults, empowering
them to live independently with dignity. Dedicated volunteers and drivers deliver hot, nutritious
lunches four days a week, and a frozen meal for the fifth day. The drivers provide more than meals, as
they conduct brief but vital safety checks and social interaction for isolated seniors. With the grant, the
agency can expand their reach, ensuring that no senior in the region goes hungry or feels forgotten.
- Love to NIC, LLC: Each month, Love to NIC provides 50 high quality, well rounded meals and supplies to local individuals
experiencing homelessness. Guests are invited to choose their preferred meals, honoring their dignity
and respect. In addition to the meal, the organization provides items like new shoes and socks, t-shirts,
sweat shirts, rain gear and other basic necessities. With the Chain of Checks funds, Love to NIC aims to
restore strength and a sense of self-worth to the homeless.
- Sinclair Health Clinic: The Sinclair Health Clinic in Winchester provides comprehensive medical care to 2,800 uninsured and
underinsured individuals annually in the Northern Shenandoah Valley. To fulfill their mission, it is
essential that the clinic maintains modern, reliable tools to ensure accurate diagnoses, effective
treatment, and a safe clinical environment. The grant funds received will support the replacement and
enhancement of outdated equipment in multiple areas of the clinic, including diagnostic tools, pharmacy
equipment and point-of-care testing devices, ensuring that every patient receives the high-quality care
they deserve.
- Concern Hotline, Inc.: Concern Hotline has been providing 24-hour suicide prevention and compassionate listening to the
Northern Shenandoah Valley since 1968 with over 3,000 calls in 2024. Chain of Checks funding will help
Concern Hotline to continue to comfort, calm and assist those in need with empathetic support via
trained volunteers.
About Chain of Checks
The Chain of Checks campaign to support local nonprofits was founded by Barry Lee in 1986. In 2013 the Community Foundation of Northern Shenandoah Valley became the campaign's fiscal agent and helped create an endowment that will serve community charities forever.
Applications for the grants were submitted online through the Community Foundation NSV and then reviewed by the Foundation’s community-conscious selection committee. The $25,000 campaign dollars were accumulated from a variety of sources:
- Chain of Checks corporate sponsors, Bill and Lois Reynolds, and White House Foods (the Gum family)
- Half the proceeds from opening night of Frederick County Parks and Rec’s ‘Winter Wonderland’
- Christmas movie fundraisers hosted by Alamo Drafthouse Cinema and Nerangis Management Corp.
- Canisters (change boxes to change lives) at various businesses including 16 Handy Mart/Dunkin’ Donuts locations and Solenberger’s Hardware
- Clarke County Community Band’s Berryville Christmas concert
- Beautiful on-line and mailed-in donations from individuals and businesses.
Applications for the 2026 Chain of Checks campaign will open through the Community Foundation of Northern Shenandoah Valley website in late spring at www.cfnsv.org
For more information contact Nancy Croft Baker, Executive Director of the Community Foundation (email: director@CFNSV.org) and the Chain of Checks website, www.chainofchecks.com
About Chain of Checks
The Chain of Checks campaign to support local non-profits was founded by Barry Lee in 1986. In 2013 the Community Foundation of Northern Shenandoah Valley became the campaign’s fiscal agent and helped create an endowment that will serve community charities forever.
*Community Foundation of Northern Shenandoah Valley: 540-869-6776, Nancy Croft Baker, Executive Director
*Chain of Checks: Barry Lee, 540-409-6929 (email-BreakfastWithBarryLee@gmail.com)
Donations may be made safely online at www.chainofchecks.com or by mail with checks made out to ‘Chain of Checks’ and mailed to Community Foundation NSV, P.O. Box 2391, Winchester, VA 22604
This donation link will take you to the Community Foundation of the Northern Shenandoah Valley
website who will process your donation.
Your donation is tax deductible
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Since its creation in 1986, Chain of Checks has raised $1,984,703 for local charities.
For more information contact the Community Foundation (email: director@CFNSV.org) and the Chain of Checks website, www.chainofchecks.com
The Chain of Checks campaign to support local non-profits was founded by Barry Lee in 1986. In 2013 the Community Foundation of Northern Shenandoah Valley became the campaign’s fiscal agent and helped create an endowment that will serve community charities forever.
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