Cleveland & Woodley Park Village Receives Founders Award!

Our Village won the Washington Area Village Exchange’s Founders Award for our We Are Your Neighbors project! Thanks so much to all who participated in the project.

Congratulations to the 2025 Founders Award Recipients!

Valley Village   Harrisonburg, VA

Neighborhood Companions   Baltimore, MD

Cleveland & Woodley Park Village  Washington, DC

The WAVE Founders Award was created in honor of the organization's founders, Virginia Hodgkinson, Miriam Kelty, and Andy Mollison, and recognizes Villages for programs and/or services that are outstanding examples of Villages’ contributions to the well-being of older adults in their communities and reflect the founders’ values of inclusivity; collaboration; creative problem-solving; and positive impact on Villages, their communities, and the larger Village movement.