November 22, 2024
Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia
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AHS hosts summer sports camps

#Annandale High School, #children, #sports

Looking for fun activities for your child this summer? Annandale High School is hosting summer sports camps for rising second-graders through rising 9th graders led by Annandale coaches. The five-day camps run every day 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Register here. Here are the camp offerings: • Multi-Sport Camp – June 13-17 at Holmes Middle School. Basketball, … Continued

Preschool hosts silent auction

#children, #community events, #preschool

The Sleepy Hollow Preschool Parent Cooperative invites the community to participate in its annual silent auction. The auction features 150 items – including tickets to Arena Stage, Wolftrap, and the Kennedy Center; gift cards to the Foxfire Grill, Audacious Aleworks, and Lebanese Taverna; a Ukrainian Easter egg decorating class; and much, much more. View the … Continued

Families invited to volunteer festival

#children, #families, #volunteers

Families are invited to Spring-it On, a volunteer festival and fundraiser April 30 hosted by Kids Give Back. The event, 1-4 p.m., at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 8922 Little River Turnpike in Fairfax, features service projects, face painting, music, food, raffles, and games. Families will have an opportunity to participate in the following service projects: Filling … Continued

Zoning board rules against treehouse

#children, #land use, #zoning
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The Fairfax County Board of Zoning Appeals ruled Feb. 2 that the Dapoigny family cannot keep their treehouse on the front lawn of their home in the Wakefield Chapel Estates subdivision in Annandale. “This is a difficult decision,” said BZA Vice Chair James Hart, but the BZA cannot overrule the zoning regulations approved by the … Continued

Registration open for Pinecrest camp

#children, #schools

Registration is open for Pinecrest Pavilion, a summer camp program at Pinecrest School in Annandale. Pinecrest Pavilion offers rising K-6 grade campers a fun-filled day of indoor and outdoor in-person play and learning. Activities include arts and crafts, STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) experiments, nature discovery, games and puzzles, and more. There are … Continued

Schedule set for Hidden Oaks camps

#children, #education, #nature

Registration is now open for summer camps at Hidden Oaks Nature Center in Annandale. The camp schedule wasn’t included in the printed version of the spring Parktakes due to the expansion and renovation underway at the nature center. Hidden Oaks camps will be conducted outdoors, except during bad weather. Maximum attendance has been reduced to … Continued

Hundreds of children make holiday crafts at ON-Annandale event

#Annandale, #arts, #children, #families, #holidays, #neighborhood groups, #nonprofits

Kids decorate ceramic bowls with decoupage paper and glitter. More than 300 children and families made gifts for their families and friends Dec. 4 at the Fairmont Gardens apartments hosted by the Opportunity Neighborhoods-Annandale program. The event was organized by FACETS, a nonprofit that serves families and individuals affected by poverty, hunger, and homelessness.

FCPS launches Covid vaccine program for kids at the first school to pioneer the polio vaccine

#children, #Covid, #health, #history, #vaccine

U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy and First Lady Jill Biden visit the Fairfax County school where the first kids got the polio vaccine in 1954. [Donnie Biggs/FCPS]  Fairfax County Public Schools kicked off the national rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 5-11 Nov. 8, when First Lady Jill Biden visited the school … Continued

Boy Scout Troop 150 could lose its charter with Annandale United Methodist Church

#Annandale, #children, #churches, #community organizations, #volunteers, #youths
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Troop 150 takes part in a Memorial Day ceremony in front of Annandale United Methodist Church. [AUMC] The following piece is a lightly edited version of an article published in Braddock Buzz. By Austin Wright Boy Scout Troop 150, based at Annandale United Methodist Church, is at risk of losing its charter with AUMC over a … Continued