Buy a Nurse Lunch 2020-2021

The “Buy a Nurse Lunch” program launched in April 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. With restaurants struggling to remain open and health care workers overwhelmed, the Columbia Pike Partnership began raising funds to purchase meals directly from Columbia Pike restaurants for our frontline heroes. Over the course of one year, friends and neighbors came together to raise over $60,000 for our restaurants and we delivered over 4,300 meals.

We’ve teamed up with the BIDs and Partnerships to bring six weeks of meals to VHC!

We’re excited to be partnering with our fellow Arlington County Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) and Partnership organizations to continue the Buy a Nurse Lunch program for six weeks throughout July and August. Each week, one of the BIDs or Partnerships will secure lunches from one of their area restaurants to deliver to the nurses and staff at Virginia Hospital Center (VHC). We are proud to support our area restaurants and the hardworking heroes who have kept our community safe!

Participating Businesses

Thank you to all of the restaurants and FLARE  and Connect that helped us deliver over 4,000 meals to our frontline workers in 2020 & 2021!

Thank You

A very special thank you from all of us at the Columbia Pike Partnership to our generous donors and local resident,
Patrick Murray, for initiating this effort.

The following donors contributed to our 2021 campaign:

James Huse and Theresa Buchanan
Lavona Grow
Garey Eakes
Melinda Wuellner
The Bebouts
Pat Rosensteel
Sharyn Fitzgerald
Maureen Markham
Shelly Thackston
Alison MacTavish
Sr Simkin
Paul Cicchetti
Matthew Damico
Marian Graham
Joel Brandzel
Rebecca Campana
Nancy Hadley
Donald Tighe
Susan Allen
Peggy Finn
Elliot Henney
Jacob Eastham
Jennifer Perunko
Allison Johnson
Michelle Bernier-Toth
Amy Tenhouse
Patrick Hope
Kiera Jones
Shermane Boudreaux
Jacqueline Hechtkopf
Christopher Adukaitis
Alexander Ramirez
Monique Choiniere
John Derrick
Ellen Gabel
Michael Pryce-Jones
Shirley McAlhaney
Dee Ann Holisky
Ethel Leslie
Ashley Gwinn
Subhash Madan
James Morris
Susan Etherton
Judy Greenblum
ERICA BROWN
Peter Gulick
Wafaa Jibai
Lisa Green
Atessa Shahmirzadi
Douglas Bush
Elisa Rosman
C Hilaire
Roy Berkowitz
Alice Rybarczyk
Tianna Adams
Kenneth Poole
Charles Kleymeyer
Judy Gawczynski
Liz Donohue
Carrie Aber
Tamsen DeWitt
Aimee Bosse
Christine Pollack
Margaret Ryner
Elizabeth Allan
Jim and Karen Taylor Soiles
Chelsea Hunt
Allison Van Lare
Daniel Fiore II
Joan DeCoste
George Dragnich
Debby Churchman
Mark Schenkman
Raymond O’Connor
Barrett Weiser
Victoria Cornish
Ryan Gottschall
Jacqui Greene
Dustin Hilton
Sue and Chuck MacLane
Elizabeth Kwasnik
Katherine Roberts
Jennifer Thompson
John Hinding
Kristin Garesche
Ana J. Montalvo
renee luebke
Ronda Stewart
Scott Bushnell
Jason Harrington
Melanie Ferrara
Lafayette Greenfield
Annette Sandler
Jesse Szeto
Kathryn Bloomberg
Tristan Spiceland

Lillia Abt
Amanda Zolan
Maryanne Sharp
Lisa Miller
Rachel Zimmerman
Tura Gillespie
Susan Tyson
Sylvia An
Sarah Tyson
Todd Yocum
Vyanne Samuels
Nathan Tsoi
Maura Handte
Lara Cartwright-Smith
Jeanne Cary
Brian Devine
Gail Hermosilla
Jeffrey Jaeckel
Caroline Brasler
Nanci Bompey
Hugh Eckert
Kevin Jarzomski
Hannah Tarbet
Cynthia Hamill
Michele Rigopoulos
Joan Morgan
Virginia Farris
Lori Brent
Robert Dawson
Kelly Dunne
Lauryn King
Julie Ascik
Kathleen Reeder
Joseph Valerio
Laurel Hausler
Bill Fleming
Roserita Wiggins
Jose Flores
Tannia Talento
Elisabeth McAvoy
Cristina Garcia
Kate Wilson
Jamie Lockhart
Charles Denney
Marybeth Majka
Amy Thrasher
Stacy Rhodes
Julie Zalkind
Shari Lewis
Sarita Bhargava
David Englert
Elizabeth Meydenbauer
LeeAnn Flynn Hall
Christine Vinh
Ruby Qazilbash
Jeffrey Ihnen
Sarah Grimes
Peter Hoelen
Alyssa Ford Morel
Charles Cohen
Mr. Reid Goldstein
Stephen Gheysens
mindy Mitchell
Ujjwal Shakya
Rick Reinsch
Lisa Catapano
Briana Hanafin
Richard Liroff
Jill Taylor
Cord Thomas
Eva Mennel
Anna Alt-White
M C Owen
Marie Van Ness
Elizabeth Davis
Stacey McGraw
Anita Chapa Doyle
Matthew de Ferranti
Julia Lim
Susan Anderson
Maggie Lagos
Therese Magnuson
Lisa Vassou
Megan Booth
Jason Suffredini
Katherine Guernsey
Matthew Potts
Ashley Martin
Ashley Martinage
Helena Hutton
Stephen Banks
Adam Henderson
Martin Burkard
Brian Harrington
Michael Hochradel
Sarah Fiduk

SzePui Hughes
Fred Jones
Samantha Eakes
Christopher Gramza
Christy Iredell
Kenneth J Hughes Jr
Jessica Spielvogel
Jeff Jacobs
Jean H. Sweeney
Pam Holcomb
Lara P
Eric Davis
Ellen Kovar
Ray Godleski
Joan Winston
Lauren Brackett
KAthleen Gordon
Roziah Baba
James Coates
Don Partlan
Pamela Weeks
Barbara Keller
Amanda Wood
Caroline Hamric
bryna helfer
Dave Grulke
Francis Krol
Martha Balis-Larsen
Eileen Janas
Claudia Collins
Elaine Fide
Molly Mimier
Anita Panwar
Jeanette Owen
Janice Gluck
Judy Funderburk
Neera Parikh
Catherine Rojko
Irene Wilson
Sonnya Valencia
Laura Knapp Chadwick
Virginia Tarris
Sharon Stash
Michael Milano
John Andelin
Estee Levine
Tom Somers
Beryl Adcock
Rita Rutsohn
Jennifer Dreyer
Claudia Scott
Jeff Dagley
George Troutman
Syril Pettit
David Semadeni
Eric Wolf
Dana Martin
Timothy Berger
Lori Chinitz
Lori Davis
Jennifer Hommel
Margaret Lam
BizLaunch, Arlington Economic Development
Ann Monnig
Nicole Van hoey
Denise loeber
David Rockcliffe
Sally Mahoney
Nereide G Ellis
Marti Mefford
Andrea Nash
Jane McAllister
Kathleen Kelly
Christopher Branigan
Heather McDonald
Christina Smith
Christopher Budny
Janet Fedak
Denise Gold
Anthony Lau
Chris Spadoni
Mike and Kathy Bates
LKaren Darner
George Lee Kennedy
Alison Desilva
Mary Ann Cohen
Sargon de Jesus
Scott Valentin
Gretchen Crowley
Jane Lockhart
Stephanie Joyce
Anna Caffrey
Samantha Noble
Elizabeth Walter
Natasha Dillaman
Amy Moses

The following donors contributed to our 2020 campaign:

Alison Acker
Tianna Adams
Greg Adel
Heather Adelson
Amy Adler
Christopher Adukaitis
Jackie Afram
Vladimir Agapov
Bobbie Agee
Sheela Ahluwalia
Sebnem Akkaya
Deborah Albert
Catherine Albright
Gary Alexander
Diane Allard
Linda Allen
Patricia Allen
Margaret Alvord
Smita Amin
Taranda Anderson
Arlington Presbyterian Church
Arlington South Lions Club
John Arthurs
Jill Aubry
Ron Axelrod
Elizabeth Bailey
Jessica Baker
Emma Ball
Rob and Chris Bamberger
Karyn Barlow
Diana Baron
Jeffrey Bartos
Eli Baum
Renee Bayes
Elise Bean
Catie Beard
Frank Bellavia
Elia Ben-Ari
Donna Benjamin
Nora Bensahel
Roy Berkowitz
Michelle Bernier-Toth
Carol Bessel
Katherine Beysselance
Mary Birchler
Eliza Bird
Stacey Black
Joe Blackburn
Mary Blake
Alexandra Blumer
Melissa Bodeau
Rachel Boehm
Joseph Bohman
Lisa Bolejack
Karli Boothe
Savannah Boothe
Rachel Borchardt
Rita Boren
Julia Bosky
Cristen Bowers
Melynda Boyce
Emile Boyle
Teresa Bradford
Sheila Brady
Joel Brandzel
Meg Brannon
Jan Braumuller
Christina Brenha
Lori Brent
Christine Brown
Lisa Brown
Nancy Brown
Shannon Brown
Elizabeth Bruce
Emilie Bruchon
Laura Bruskin
Angela Buchanan
Theresa Buchanan
Gregory Buntain
Julia Burgos
Alison Burke
Nathan Burlingame
Jennifer Burton
Douglas Bush
Robert Bushkoff
Kathy Butler
Dawn Butorac
Gerald Calhoun
Catherine Campana
Ellen Campana
Hillaire Campbell
Marion Campbell
Michael Campbell
William Campbell
Deanna Caputo
Ingrid Caranzo
Tara Carcillo
Carla Carloni
Allison Carpenter
Patrick Carr
Jeannine Carrado
Lee Carrigan
Dianne Carroll
Christopher Caruso
Lynn Ann Casey
Elise Castelli
Jessica Castro
David Ceasar
Richard Certo
Winny Chen
Lawrence Cheng
Donna Christian
Luciana Ciatti
John Cibinic
Everitt Clark
Doug Clarke
Loretta Cleek
Dr. Audrey Clement
Kelly Clements
David Cloninger
Martha Coello
Mary Ann Cohen
Seth Cohen
Lucy Conley-Smoucha
Claudia Cook
Richard Cook
Linda Corsar
David Corsar
Dexter Cosmo
Christine Covino
Karen Cox
Allison Coyle
Nora Coyne
Hannah Craven
Mollie Crist
Maureen Critchley
Gretchen Crowley
Abigail Cummings
Sara Daidy
Deborah Dakin
James Daly
Zoe Danon
Amy Davenport
Brenda Davidson
Elizabeth Davis
Eric Davis
Leticia Davis
Stuart Davis
Sharon DeAngelis
Julia Deloney
Karen Delucia
Charles Denney
John Derrick
Alison Desilva
Russell Dillard
Leo Dillon
Christina DiMarino
Frank Dimina
Laura Dines
Shannon Dippold
Anne Doggett
Natalie Donahue
Ryan Donlon
C. Douglas Dougherty
Amy Douglass
Alison Dresser
Cathleen Drew
Deborah Drucker
Angel Duff
Jill Duffy
John Dunagan
Cynthia Dunbar
Carrie Dunn
Kelly Dunne
Lynn Durbin
Noel Durman
Helen Duval
Betty Dziura
Garey Eakes
Regina Eason
Jacob Eastham
Hugh Eckert
Darrel Eddingfield Gdnuco, In Loving Memory and Honor of Edie Albright and Naomi Torrens
Michael Ehst
Natalie Eichner
Christine Ensley
Carolyn Ericson
Kathryn Erskine
Martha Estell
Mario Estrada
Susan Etherton
Dana Fallon
Abigail Falls
Mary Fantucchio
Evan Farley
Dawn Farrell
Virginia Farrisl
Bassem Fattouh
Randy Faulkner
Ashley Featherstone
Janet Fedak
Natalie Fellows
Scott Ferguson
Matthew de Ferranti
Sarah Fiduk
Christina Fink
Lauren Firestone
Lori Faye Fischler
Ellen Fitzpatrick
Sean Flanagan
William Fleming
Theresa Flynn
Peter Folan
James Fort
Maureen Fox
Dorothy Fragaszy
Sheri Francis
Victoria Francis
Kimberly Franklin
Richard Franklin

Christine Freidel
Richard Freitag
Sharon Frey
Jordan Fuhr
Eric Fuhrmann
Jennifer Fuhrmann
Erin Fuller
Beatriz Garcha
Cristina Garcia
Marianne Gardner
Melissa Gatewood
Heather Gazan
Elizabeth Gearin
Pete Gentile
Renee Gentry
Virginia Geoffrey
Suzanne Gesin
Jon Gibney
Jerry Gidner
Joseph Giordano
Jeffrey Gluckman
Gejaa Gobena
Hamed Golafshani
Dan Golden
Val Golovskoy
Jamie Goodson
Jeffrey Gorsky
Ryan Gottschall
Kathryn Graczyk
Leslie Graeser
Paulette Gray
Lisa Green
Melinda Greene
Elizabeth Grove
Ewa Grzybowska
Katherine Guernsey
Francesca Guerrero
Peter Gulick
James Allman-Gulino
Charles Gurkin
Sacha Hales
LeeAnn Hall
Cynthia Hamill
Ashley Hammond
Jacqueline Hansen
Karen Hardee
Margaret Hardy
Robert Harford
Tracey Harp
Patricia A Harris
Dianne Hasselman
Laurel HaUsler
Heather Havens
Cheryl Hawkins
James Haynes
Natasha Hazell
Jacqueline Hechtkopf
Jesse Helfrich
Tabitha Hendershot
Karen Hendrixson
Charles Hennessy
Robert Hennessy
Ashley Henry
Jean Herbert
Gail Hermosilla
Newell Highsmith
Toshihiro Higuchi
Dorothea Hiltenbrand
Jacqueline Hinnant
Matt Hodson
Stephen Hodson
Jeff Hoffman
Winifred Hofstetter
David Holden
Dee Ann Holisky
Bonnie Holloway
Laurel Holmquist
Joseph Holtman
Susan Honaker
Susan Hopper
Joseph Horobetz
Veronica Hubbard
Kenneth J. Hughes Jr.
Laurie Hughes
Patrice Hughes
Margaret Humes
Katherine Hunt
Sherri Hunter
Selin Hur
Helena Hutton
Marcia & Jeffrey Ihnen
Janie Immanuel
Jeff Jaeckel
Yvette Jamison
Sashi Jayatileke
Wafaa Jibai
Catherine Johnson
Kaitlyn Johnson
Melat Johnson
Richard Johnson
Carol Jones
PK Jones
Adam Justus
Melissa Kalner
Andrew Kalukin
Moses Kamala
Heera Kamboj
Alla Kamins
Carolynn Kane
Heidi Kaplan
Ariane Katz
Catherine Katz
Wynne Kelly
George Kennedy
Leigh Kennedy
Alison Kerester
Elena Keydel
Marilyn Keyes
Sherry Khan
Ratna Khatri
Daniel Kiesa
Emily Kiggen
Michael Kigin
Henry Kilpatrick
Haywon Kim
Yelee Kim
Marie Kimak
Jay Kimbrell
Donald & Linda King
Louise King
Cal Klausner
Sherri and Howard Kohr and Family
Todd Kohr
Amalia Konstas
Barbara Koromilas
Karen Kossow
Peter Kramer
Cathy Kunz
Colleen Lally
Christine Lane
Chan Lang
Shari Langer
Diane Large
Chad Lash
Elizabeth LaVigne
Sandra Lawrence
Barbara Lawton
Michael Lee
Simone Lee
Neil Lehrer and Joanne Tornow
Sheila Leonard
Joseph Lerner
Ethel Leslie
Sharon Levin
Judith Lewis
Susanna Lill
Bennett Lindauer
Susan Lissner
Roger Little
Donna Lomangino
Jeanne Lonergan
JoAnn Lucero
Sean Luechtefeld
Kent Lupberger
Conor Lynch
Jen Lynch
Nicole Macdonald
Alison MacTavish
Elvira Magat
Glenn Mai
Laurie Mangum
Maureen Markham
Ashley Martin
Shauna Marvel
Joalene Mason-Elezye
Michael Masterson
Sean Matthews
Wendy Matthews
Marissa Maurer
Michelle May
Jack Mayer
Laura Mazzarella
Elisabeth McAvoy
Lesley McBain
Michael McIntire
Megan McKnight
Mary McLellan
Margaret McMorrow
Robert McMurry
Lisa Means
Marti Mefford
Julie Mendez
Eva Mennel
Kate Mevis
Ian Meyeroff
Michael Milano
Fred Millar
Christopher Miller
Eleanor Miller
Joe Miller
Sharon Miller
Lisa Minnick
Naina Mistry
Matthew Mitchell
Steven Mitchell
Elizabeth Mixer
Nancy Modesitt
Lia Moore
Sarah Moore
Alyssa Morel
Faye Morford
Elizabeth Morgan
Joan Morgan
Patricia Morison
John Morrill
Jennifer Morris
Joseph Morse
Judy Morse
Alissa Mun
Carol Murray
Kaydee Myers
Marcia Myers

Dawn Nelson
Jane Nelson
Jeanne Newlon
Lan Nguyen
William Nichols
Beth Nichols-Howarth
Allison Nicholson
John Nickles
Sam Nikoomanesh
Diego Norri
Christopher Norris
James Norton
Allison Nowak
Kimberly Oates
Margaret O’Connell
Peggy O’Connor
Thad Odderstol
Claire O’Dea
Megan O’Kane
James Olds
Cecilia Olshefski
Kathleen O’Neil
Hendrik Opstelten
Patrick O’Reilly
Elisa Ortiz
Karla Overturf
Christian Pagan
Kyriakos Pagonis
Paul Palmer
Alexandra Palombo
David Panetti
Arun Pankaj
Alexandra Papantoniou
Sarah Parada
Mil Parekh
Lewis Parrish
Julia Parsons
Katrin Patterson
Mildred Patterson
Chris Perera
Lori Perez
Joan Perkins
Robert J Perrino
Elizabeth Perry
Joan Perry
Ken Persel
Joanne Petty
Shareen Pflanz
Nolan Pick
David Pierce
Sara Plaxico
Jason Pletcher
Kate Podsiadly
Lara Ponomareff
Amelia Porges
Claudia Pors
Morton Posner
Maureen Powell
Jacqueline Prather
Andrew Price
Stephen Provasnik
Susan Provost
Cynthia Quinn
Sara Raak
Peter Radics
Christa Rainwater
Alex Ramirez
Nathan Randall
Stacey Rathbun
Mindy Read
Karen Redfern
Kathleen Reeder
Renee Reeves
Christine Reich
Dan Reilly
Kathleen Reilly
Helen Reinecke-Wilt
Jan Reynolds
Joshua Rhoads
Nicole Rhoads
Stacy Rhodes
Michele Rigopoulos
Tamara Ritsema
Luis Rivera
Katherine Roberts
Michael Roberts
Lindsay Robinson
Carol Rogers
Paula Roney
Robert Rosenbaum
Patricia Rosensteel
Elisa Rosman
Paul Ross
Ann Rosser
Randy Rosso
Shane Rowan
Bridger Roy
Roslyn Rubin
Monique Rush
Bill Ryan
Scott Safian
James Safley
Susan Sanderson
Lisbeth Sandoy
Cindy Santner
Seema Sayala
Kelsey Saylors
Tia Scales
Hillary Schaeffler
Anne Schiller
Michael Schiller
Patricia Schmid
Cheryl Schroeder
Peter Schulz
Lisa Schumaier
Camila Scott
Susan Sebastian
Kristin Semeniuk
Veronica Seva Gonzalez
Steve Severn
Joanne Shaak
Atessa Shahmirzadi
James Shear
Allan Shnerson
Louise Shutler
Nicole Sibley
Phoebe Silag
Christine Simpson
Courtney Slater
Julie Slocum
Elizabeth Smith
Saira Smith
Sharman Smith
Aimee Soller
Alan Sosa
Alec Southwell
Jessica Spielvogel
Gregory Staff
Lauren Staley
Katie Stegall
Karen Stevens
Sandra Stevens
Hillary Stires
Anna Stolarz
Catherine Sullivan
Joan Sullivan
Hugette Sun
Rose Sweterlitsch
Sharon Swinburne
Maneera Tandon
Courtney Tanenbaum
Gaurav Tanwar
Frank Tapparo
Katherine Tara
Alice Tate
Elizabeth Taylor
Tara Teaford
Ashley Tessmer
Karen Theis
Betsy Thomassen
Marisol Thomer
Margaret Frylink Thurber
Thomas Tibort
William Tinkler
Maria Tool
George Troutman
Laurie Turck
Michael Turletes
Yesim Usluca
Sara Uzel
Scott Valentin
Sharon Valentine
Joseph Valerio
Adam Van Deusen
Claudia Vasquez
Estefania Vasquez-Domme
Alex Vasquez-Lopez
Lisa Vassou
Alexandra Veitch
Lela Vickery
Christine Vinh
Maria Vogel
Suzanne Volpe
Mary Voulgaris
Afton Wagner
Claire Walters
Chris Walz
Caron Ward
Sharon Wasserman
Shanthini Watson
Zabrine Watson
Colleen Way
John Weaver
Janet Weber
Aaron Weeter
Frances Westbrook
Kathleen White
Kendall Wiggins
Nancy Williamd
Kate Williams
Katherine Williams
Shanna Wilson
Justin Wilt
Joan Winston
Heather Wishart-Smith
James Wolf
Jessica Wolpert
Dawn Worrell
Tisha Wright
Kevin Wu
Clarette Yen
Georgina Yeomans
Judith Yoder
Sharon Yore
Erin Young
David Zalkind
Wendy Zevin
Hong Zhang
Jonathan Zuckerman