Tag: community organizations
Rotary Club seeks volunteers for Stop Hunger Now event
Volunteers package meals The Rotary Club of Annandale invites the public to take part in the Stop Hunger Now event, a fun way to help the needy. It’s April 16. 9 a.m.-noon., at the Annandale United Methodist Church, 6935 Columbia Pike. Participants will work in teams to fill plastic bags with dried food and vitamins … Continued
Just Neighbors relocating from Bailey’s Crossroads to Annandale
This former church building is part of the campus of Annandale United Methodist Church. Just Neighbors, a nonprofit organization that helps immigrants and refugees, is moving from its offices in Bailey’s Crossroads to the Immanuel Methodist Church building at 7901 Heritage Drive in Annandale. The organization is currently located in the Bailey’s International Center at … Continued
Happy birthday, Bailey’s Crossroads Rotary Club
BXRC President Pat Borowski (right) presents the club’s 2016 Rotarian of the Year award to Jim Holcombe. Members of the Rotary Club of Bailey’s Crossroads (BXRC) celebrated the group’s 39th birthday March 18 at the home of BXRC members Rob and Francine Cannon. President Pat Borowski presented the BXRC Rotarian of the Year award to … Continued
Annandale Rotary Club sells lottery tickets
The Rotary Club of Annandale is conducting a lottery to raise money for worthy projects funded by the club’s foundation. Tickets are $100. The top prize is $5,000. There will also be one $1,500 prize, and four people will win $250. A maximum of 350 tickets will be sold. The drawing will be April 20, … Continued
Neighborhood Spotlight: Parklawn
Original Parklawn houses along Yellowstone Drive. Like so many other subdivisions in the Annandale/Mason area, Parklawn was built on farmland to meet the needs of population growth following World War II. The neighborhood, generally between Columbia Pike, Holmes Run Stream Valley, and Lincolnia Road, was built in 1955 on what had been the Clark family’s … Continued
Mason Police District honors PFC Kurt Woodward as Officer of the Year
From the left. Lt. Chantel Cochrane, Officer of the Year PFC Kurt Woodward, and Capt. Christian Quinn of the Mason Police District. Police Officer First Class Kurt Woodward has been named the Mason Police District 2015 Office of the Year in recognition of his exceptional efforts to keep the community safe. Station commander, Capt. Christian … Continued
New Mason police commander outlines challenges facing FCPD
Capt. Christian Quinn and Lt. Chantel Cochrane. The Fairfax County Police Department is facing a lot of changes and challenges, says the Mason Police District’s new commander, Capt. Christian Quinn, a 20-year veteran of the FCPD. Quinn and Lt. Chantel Cochrane, the station’s new second-in-command who’s also been with the police force for 20 years, … Continued
Volunteers bring holiday cheer to veterans
The Decorate A Vet house on Wayne Drive in the Broyhill Crest neighborhood in Annandale. Have you seen one of these “Decorate A Vet” signs in your neighborhood and wondered what’s going on? These are the homes of military families or veterans that have been decorated and fixed up for the holidays by a team … Continued
People of many faiths rally in support of Muslim community
About 200 people from a cross-section of faiths gathered at a rally Dec. 5 at the First Christian Church in Seven Corners and marched along Route 7 to the Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center to show solidarity in the wake of terrorism, counter hate against the Muslim community, and express compassion for the refugees fleeing violence … Continued
Help a needy family enjoy the holidays
Boy Scouts collect food for the ACCA food pantry during the Scouting for Food event earlier this month. How about embracing the true meaning of Christmas this year by “adopting” a needy family for the holidays? The Annandale Christian Community for Action (ACCA), a coalition of local churches, is coordinating a program matching donors with … Continued
Rotarians, students provide Thanksgiving meals to the needy
More than 100 needy families will be able to enjoy Thanksgiving, thanks to the generosity of the Bailey’s Crossroads Rotary Club and the JEB Stuart High School Interact Club. Club members distributed 111 boxes of food to lower-income residents in the Culmore area Nov. 21. This was the program’s 37th year. Volunteers gathered at the … Continued
March to White House focuses on immigration relief
Local immigrant rights groups led a march from Arlington Courthouse Plaza to the White House Nov. 20 to urge the federal government to support policies to allow eligible immigrants to stay and work in the United States without fear of deportation. The march commemorated the one-year anniversary of President Obama’s announcement to expand Deferred Action … Continued
Annandale Rotary hosts Inter-Service Luncheon at Annandale HS
Annandale Rotary Club President Bob Kahane speaks at the group’s Inter-Service Lunch. Once a year, the Rotary Club of Annandale hosts an Inter-Service Luncheon, bringing together people from other community and volunteer organizations. This year’s event, Nov. 11, was held at the Annandale High School Bistro, and featured guest speaker Tim Thomas, Annandale’s new principal … Continued
Help local Boy Scouts collect food for those in need
Cub Scouts collect food at a Safeway. You might want to do a little extra grocery shopping to help the needy during the Scouting for Food campaign sponsored by the National Capital Area Council of Boy Scouts of America. Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts will be going door-to-door Nov. 7 dropping off plastic bags and … Continued
Ghosts, witches invade Annandale shopping center next month
Annandale Shopping Center on Columbia Pike. The Annandale Chamber of Commerce is hosting “a haunted village” in the Annandale Shopping Center on Friday and Saturday evenings beginning Oct. 16 through Halloween. A poster on the front door of the Jukebox Diner says: “The Haunted Village of Annandale silently festers in the underworld, except in October … Continued