AWARDS TO KIDS R FIRST
2023 GuideStar “Gold Seal of Transparency”
2022 GuideStar “Gold Seal of Transparency”
2021-2022 Recipient of “One of the Best Non-Profits” by the Greater Washington Catalogue for Philanthropy
2020 L. Burwell Gunn Citizenship Award for Excellence in Philanthropy by FVC Bank
2017-2018 Recipient of “One of the Best Non-Profits” by the Greater Washington Catalogue for Philanthropy
2016 Very first recipient of “Outstanding Community Partner” by Fairfax County Public Schools
2013-2014 Recipient of “One of the Best Non-Profits” by the Greater Washington Catalogue for Philanthropy
2005 Best of Reston Award
2003 Martin Luther King Jr. Award by Fairfax County, VA for Contributions to Community of Reston
Kids R First Founder, Susan Ungerer, Grand Marshall of Reston Holiday Parade 2015
IN THE MEDIA
Loudoun County Heads Back to School. Interview with WJLA, Aug. 2019.
Voice of America News: School Drive Equips Students to Learn by Faiza Elmasry, Sept. 2013.
Reston Magazine: Around Reston - Kids R First by Janet Rems, Summer 2011.
AWARDS TO FOUNDER, Susan Ungerer
2018 Awarded Herndon Rotary Club Citizen of the Year by City of Herndon, VA
2012 Awarded One of the Most Influential Women in Virginia by Virginia Lawyer’s Weekly, Richmond, VA
2011 Awarded Citizen of the Year by Times Community Newspaper, Fairfax County, VA
2004 Awarded Humanitarian Award by Fairfax County, VA
2002 Awarded Paul Harris Fellow Award by Rotary Club of Reston, VA