Improving Family Health Outcomes Across Multiple Areas
Since 2006, Way To Live Foundation has supported DMV families pursuing overall wellness; restoring minds, bodies, spirits, and homes. We believe wellness touches every part of your life. Wellness is rest, food, shelter and community. We show up in every space. Thirteen-plus years in service. Sixty-plus youth engaged. More than 6,000 pounds of food shared with local families. Every number is a family guided toward health equity
Do you have a passion for making health equity available to every family? The work isn't done. Donate today and keep the work going.
IRS Tax-Exempt Nonprofit — Silver Transparency Rating from Candid. EIN: 20-3531856. Donations are tax-deductible.
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Years of wellness and emergency preparedness workshops
Youth engaged on college, careers, and entrepreneurship
Core program areas: Family Enrichment, Food Access, and Affordable Housing
Pounds of meat donated to local church food pantries
What We Do
Programs That Move People Toward Wholeness
Three core programs. Every workshop, activity, and experience offered by Way To Live Foundation falls under one of these three areas.
Core Program
Family Enrichment
Building stronger families through faith-centered education and wellness for youth and women alike.​
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Core Program
Food Access
Creating pathways to nutritious food for DC-region families, moving communities from food dependence to food sovereignty.
Core Program
Affordable Housing
Developing stable housing pathways, connecting DMV families to housing resources and advocacy.​
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How We Restore
Invest in Your Wellness Today
Stop Buying Expensive Produce.
Start Growing Your Own.
You Were Not Built to Run on Empty.
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Good News Gardens is a beginner's guide to growing your own food, rooted in biblical principles. Month by month, it pairs gardening with scripture and reflection, connecting food sovereignty to faith.
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Kandice Freeman, Cathy Mason Jordan, and Crystal Johnson
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Ready to start growing? Order Good News Gardens today and take your first step toward food sovereignty.
$29
per year
Enroll once • Full year of access • No live sessions required
Self-paced virtual course, access 24 hours a day
Biblical theology of rest taught in full
Guided reflections and practical weekly action steps
A personalized Sabbath practice you can sustain
Full year of access from your enrollment date
In the Community
The Work Looks Like This
Real people, real programs, real impact in the greater metropolitan area.
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Real people, real programs, real impact in the greater DC area.
Real people, real programs, real impact in the greater DC area.
Real people, real programs, real impact in the greater DC area.
Real Stories
What People Are Saying
Change happens in the room, in the kitchen, and in the heart.
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I thought it was going to be all information I have heard before, but I was pleasantly surprised. I felt that my spirit was being ministered to in a positive way.
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Mona L.
Women's Wellness Workshop
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I really enjoyed cooking and I would do it again if I can come back here. It was so much fun and I learned things I can actually use at home.
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Youth Program Participant
Life Skills After School Program
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The Sabbath Experience was amazing! I wish we could meet every week. There was something about being in that space that reset everything for me.
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Sabbath Experience Participant
Monthly Wellness Retreat
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Free Resource
Tired of Being Tired?
Get Your Free 7-Day Biblical Rest Guide.
You were not designed to run on empty. Download the Sabbath Starter Kit and take your first real breath in a while.
7 Days
One scripture, one reflection, and one action step each evening
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5 Minutes
Each step is completable in under five minutes, even on your busiest days​
100% Free
Includes a Sabbath Planning Worksheet for your first intentional rest day
Way To Live Foundation
Reclaiming Wellness Through Faith
A faith-based nonprofit serving families, youth, and communities in the greater Washington, DC area. Wellness is a human right, and we are here to prove it.
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