May 19, 2026
Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia
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Tag: community organizations

American Legion hosts massive breakfast for $8

#community organizations, #food
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American Legion Bicentennial Post 1976 invites the public to an all-you-eat Commander’s Breakfast Sunday, Aug. 20, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., at 4206 Daniels Ave. in Annandale. It’s just $8 and includes anything you want: various egg dishes, omelets, French toast, waffles, pancakes with strawberries and whipped cream, sausage, bacon, biscuits and gravy, hash browns, home fries, … Continued

Stuart pyramid families get a jump start on school at School Resource Fair

#children, #community events, #community organizations, #families, #government services, #schools, #Stuart High School

JEB Stuart High School was full of students and their families Thursday afternoon as they dropped in to pick school supplies and books and get health screenings and haircuts. All of it was free of charge. Belvedere Elementary School Assistant Principal Kevin Sami (left) with other Belvedere staff. Everyone in the Stuart High School pyramid … Continued

Bailey’s Crossroads Rotary Club hosts ‘Great Assembly” to package school supplies

#community events, #community organizations, #schools, #Stuart High School, #volunteers

Rotary club members package school supplies. Members of the Bailey’s Crossroads Rotary Club and other volunteers packaged more than 2,300 school supply kits for distribution to students at the Stuart Pyramid Back to School Resource Fair next week. The Resource Fair, Aug. 10, 1-5 p.m., at JEB Stuart High School, is aimed at making sure … Continued

Stuart Pyramid School Resource Fair scheduled for Aug. 10 at Stuart High School

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Crowds gather at Stuart High School at a previous Stuart Pyramid School Resource Fair.  Families served by all the elementary and middle schools that feed into JEB Stuart High School are invited to the third annual Stuart Pyramid School Resource Fair Aug. 10, 1-5 p.m., at Stuart. The fair will have free school supplies, books, … Continued

Just Neighbors moves, on short notice, to Annandale office building

#community organizations, #immigration, #redevelopment, #social services, #volunteers

Just Neighbors new home, in the building at the rear. Just Neighbors, a nonprofit organization that serves low-income immigrants andrefugees throughout Northern Virginia, is moving this weekend from Bailey’s Crossroads to an office building at 7630 Little River Turnpike in Annandale. In March 2016, the organization announced plans to relocate to the Heritage Drive campus … Continued

Donations of school supplies sought for Annandale/Mason District students

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During Britepath’s 2016 Collect for Kids program, Bailey’s Rotary President Pat Borowski (left) joined Britepaths Seasonal Programs Manager Dawn Sykes (second from left) and volunteers at Oak View Elementary School in Fairfax to pack school supplies for students in the Stuart High School pyramid. Britepaths is once again working with Fairfax County’s Collect for Kids … Continued

Bailey’s Crossroads gets a farmers market

#Bailey's Crossroads, #Bailey's Elementary School, #community organizations, #food, #health, #shopping
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Seasonal produce at the mobile market at Bailey’s. A new mobile farmers market is providing fresh, affordable produce to Bailey’s Crossroads residents once a week through October. The Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food & Agriculture is bringing the market to the parking lot at Bailey’s Elementary School, 6111 Knollwood Drive, every Saturday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. The … Continued

Council urges county to improve public engagement in land use process

#Board of Supervisors, #community organizations, #land use, #zoning
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Land use under discussion at a meeting of the Lincolnia Task Force. Fairfax County should engage citizens in proposed redevelopment activities earlier in the process, use social media to reach out to the public, and host academies to educate residents about land use. Those are among the recommendations of the Community Council on Land Use … Continued

Sponsors, food vendors sought for Taste of Annandale

#arts, #businesses, #children, #community events, #community organizations, #entertainment, #food, #restaurants, #Taste of Annandale, #youths

Staff from the Annangol Korean BBQ restaurant at the 2016 Taste of Annandale. The Taste of Annandale, a community festival in the heart of the community on Oct. 14, offers owners of restaurants and other businesses a great way to showcase what they have to offer and draw new customers. Several thousand people came to … Continued

New environmental group focuses on ridding streams of plastic water bottles

#community events, #community organizations, #environment, #streams, #water
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Trash in Accotink Creek. [TAWF] A new organization, the Northern Virginia Trash Action Work Force, invites the public to a peaceful demonstration to highlight the environmental damage caused by disposable plastic water bottles. The event, the group’s first civic action, will be May 8, 7-10 a.m., in front of the headquarters of the International Bottled … Continued

Lawmakers urge environmental advocates to get more active in politics

#community events, #community organizations, #environment, #politics
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A full house at an environmental advocacy workshop. Elected officials urged people concerned about the environment to take a more active role in politics at a workshop at Green Spring Gardens March 18. At least 100 people attended the meeting, which was sponsored by the Audubon Society of Northern Virginia and other organizations. “The environmental community … Continued

Marie Monsen nominated for Volunteer Fairfax Lifetime Achievement Award

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Marie Monsen (second from left) at a Rebuilding Together project in Annandale. Marie Monsen, a longtime community activist in Mason District, has been nominated for a 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award from Volunteer Fairfax. Monsen was recognized for her work with the Annandale Christian Community for Action (ACCA), Rebuilding Together, Shelter House, Faith Communities in Action, … Continued