Join us to celebrate and support the transformational work of L’Arche GWDC

Sunday, April 27, 2025
Reception and Program
3-5pm at The Barns at Wolf Trap
1635 Trap Rd, Vienna, VA 22182

Questions? Call us at (202) 232-4539 or email events@larche-gwdc.org

Join us to celebrate and support the transformational work
of L’Arche GWDC

Sunday, April 27, 2025
Reception and Program
3-5pm at The Barns at Wolf Trap
1635 Trap Rd, Vienna, VA 22182
Questions?
Call us at (202) 232-4539 or email events@larche-gwdc.org

What would it be like for every person to experience true belonging and community?

As a community of people with and without disabilities, we believe it’s possible to shape a world that welcomes every person as a fully valued and meaningfully contributing member of society.

L’Arche GWDC has been a model for this since 1983, creating lifelong homes and intentional community through mutually transforming relationships.

Your participation and investment through the Heart of L’Arche Celebration makes a daily difference for our Core Members and Assistants, filling the gaps so we can more easily engage in regular life—running errands, volunteering, attending church, going to appointments, and more. With your support, we can pay our Assistants the meaningful wages they deserve.

“In my world, L’Arche is the community that is modeling for us what the world has to become… what the world can really look like if we actually practice the heart of L‘Arche. The heart of dignity and love and compassion for everyone. No exceptions.“

–Tim Shriver
Chair of Special Olympics, Fan-in-Chief of L’Arche

Tim Shriver and Fritz (GWDC core member) posing for a selfie.

What would it be like for every person to experience true belonging and community?

As a community of people with and without disabilities, we believe it’s possible to shape a world that welcomes every person as a fully valued and meaningfully contributing member of society.

L’Arche GWDC has been a model for this since 1983, creating lifelong homes and intentional community through mutually transforming relationships.

Your participation and investment through the Heart of L’Arche Celebration makes a daily difference for our Core Members and Assistants, filling the gaps so we can more easily engage in regular life—running errands, volunteering, attending church, going to appointments, and more. With your support, we can pay our Assistants the meaningful wages they deserve.

Tim Shriver and Fritz (GWDC core member) posing for a selfie. Fritz played Special Olympics basketball for years, and Tim got to work from Fritz’s house while writing a book!

“In my world, L’Arche is the community that is modeling for us what the world has to become… what the world can really look like if we actually practice the heart of L‘Arche. The heart of dignity and love and compassion for everyone. No exceptions.”
–Tim Shriver
Chair of Special Olympics, Fan-in-Chief of L’Arche