ACF

Welcome to Arlington Cooperation Foundation

  • Arlington Cooperation Foundation is a co-op of 130 individual members and 8 charities: who work together for mutual benefit on educational programs and health and fitness events.

    Our charitable partners are now actively assisting children on four continents and worldwide:

  • Africa -- Tunisia: High Cloud Foundation; Burkina Faso: Sheltering Wings
  • Asia -- India: AIMS India Foundation, Association for India's Development (AID), Asha for Education, High Cloud Foundation; Palestine: Iqraa (Read)
  • North America -- USA: Big Brothers Big Sisters of the National Capital Area, Stop the Silence, American Red Cross - Prince William Chapter
  • South America -- Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru: High Cloud Foundation
  • Worldwide: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Foundation to Eradicate Duchenne (FED) Muscular Dystrophy

  • Mission:  Arlington Cooperation Foundation works toward a sustainable future for our community by supporting, encouraging, educating, and disseminating information about good health, healthy nutritional choices, physical fitness, issues of public health, and the benefits of co-operative living.

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  • Federal Tax Exempt
  • Virginia Tax Exempt
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    2008 Directors:

  • President - Karla McDuffie
  • First Vice-President - Nick Panebianco
  • Second Vice-President - John Steitz
  • Secretary - Jay Wind
  • Treasurer - James Scarborough
  • Director - Dr. Bernard Etherly
  • Director - Liza Recto

    Coming events:

  • ACF Marathon Charity Partners Spring Training Program, spring-summer-fall 2008
  • Saturday, May 31, 2008, 9:00 AM -- We've Got Your Back 4-Mile, Reston VA | T-shirt | Prize structure
  • Saturday, May 31, 2008, 6:30 AM -- Georgetown 8K, Washington DC
  • Saturday, July 26, 2008, 6:30 AM -- Friends of the W&OD 10K -- W&OD Trail in Vienna VA
  • Monday, September 1, 2008, 9:00 AM -- Abebe Bikila Day International Peace Half Marathon -- Belle Haven Park on the Mount Vernon Trail
  • Revenge of the Penguins 10 and 20 Miler, Saturday, September 27, 2008 -- Carderock MD on the C&O Canal Towpath

    Ongoing training programs:

  • ACF Walk To Run Program, winter-spring 2008
  • ACF Marathon & Fitness Program, winter-spring 2008

    • Past events:

  • Sunday, May 4, 2008, 7:00 AM -- 5th annual Potomac River Run Marathon and Half, Alexandria VA | Results
  • Sunday, April 13, 2008, 8:30 AM -- Stop the Silence 10K, Anacostia, Washington DC | Results | Awards
  • Wednesday, November 14, 2007, 6:30 pm -- Team Spirit celebration from Margie Shapiro -- Tallula Restaurant, 2761 Washington Boulevard, Arlington VA
  • Sunday, October 14, 2007 -- 27th Annual Terrapin Trot 5K
  • Saturday, October 6, 2007 -- Whitman-Walker Clinic AIDS 5K
  • Sunday, September 30, 2007 -- Women of Freedom Foundation Run for Freedom 5K
  • Monday, September 3, 2007 -- Abebe Bikila Day International Peace Half Marathon
  • Tuesday, August 28, 2007 -- Downhill Mile II
  • Sunday, August 19, 2007 -- County Fair Mile
  • Tuesday, August 7, 2007 -- Downhill Mile I
  • Saturday, July 28, 2007 -- Friends of the W&OD 10K
  • College of Running, Clarendon Campus
  • Sunday, May 6, 2007 -- 4th annual Potomac River Run Marathon and Half
  • Sunday, October 22, 2006 -- Abebe Bikila Day 8K and Children's Mile, Belle Haven Park, Alexandria VA
  • Monday, August 7, 2006 -- Downhill Mile, Donaldson Run Park, Arlington VA
  • Sunday, July 16, 2006 -- International Peace Half Marathon and 8K, Belle Haven Park, Alexandria VA
  • Sunday, July 8, 2006 -- Beyond The Bubble 5K -- Nottaway Park, Vienna VA
  • Sunday, May 7, 2006 -- 3rd annual Potomac River Marathon & Half, Belle Haven Park, Alexandria VA