January 22, 2025
Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia
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Tag: community organizations

Edu-Futuro works with Latino families to strengthen relationships

#community organizations, #families, #immigrants, #schools
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Youths in an Edu-Futuro program write down their dreams and goals. Edu-Futuro obscured their faces to protect their identity. A new program in Annandale is aimed at improving communication among Latino parents and their children. Strengthening Families is presented in Spanish by an organization based in Arlington called Edu-Futuro. Classes for parents and youths age … Continued

School supply drives under way

#children, #community organizations, #schools

A donation box. The school year ended just a few weeks ago, but it’s already time to start thinking about school supplies for the next term. The nonprofit organization Britepaths has already launched its annual back-to-school drive to benefit needy students in Annandale, Falls Church, and Fairfax public schools. Britepaths is asking the public to … Continued

Hidden Oaks interpreter honored

#Board of Supervisors, #community organizations, #gardening, #nature, #parks, #volunteers

Holland Naturalist Suzanne Holland, the visitor services manager at Hidden Oaks Nature Center in Annandale, was honored as one of 30 “Shining Stars of Interpretation” in the United States by the National Association for Interpretation (NAI). Holland is credited with increasing programming and visitation at Hidden Oaks, which is operated by the Fairfax County Park … Continued

Afterschool groups build leadership skills among local Asian-American youths

#Annandale High School, #community organizations, #schools, #youths
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AALEAD members work on a stream cleanup project. [Photos: AALEAD] Lower-income Asian-American students at Holmes and Poe middle schools and Annandale High School are learning leadership skills and setting goals for academic success through a regional organization called Asian American Youth Leadership Empowerment and Development (AALEAD). After-school groups in those schools provide a variety of … Continued

Fundraising campaign under way to purchase building for Korean community center

#community organizations, #Koreans, #office building, #redevelopment

The Korean Community Center Organizing Committee launched a fundraising effort at the Fairfax County Government Center in November 2014. After a search of more than five years, members of the Korean community have found a suitable building for a community center and are engaged in an urgent fundraising effort so they can purchase it. The … Continued

Empty Bowls event at Stuart highlights efforts to address food insecurity

#community events, #community organizations, #food, #Stuart High School, #volunteers, #youths
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ESOL students participated in the Empty Bowls event with teacher Becky Corallo (second from right). The community served by Stuart High School has the highest proportion of low-income students in Fairfax County, yet also has many affluent households and a very active volunteer community. The Empty Bowls event at the school April 24 was aimed … Continued

Rotary clubs host Peace Expo and Walk

#community organizations, #education

Rotarians walk for peace. [Bailey’s Crosssroads Rotary Club] Members of the Bailey’s Crossroads Rotary Club joined the Falls Church Rotary Club for a Walk for Peace and Peace Expo at Falls Church High School March 24. The event was organized by Falls Church Rotary Club President Erica Brouillette. Speakers included Janet Brown, who talked about … Continued

Immigrant advocates urge county officials to address ‘crisis of deportations’

#community organizations, #courts, #immigrants, #police
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Immigrant advocates, from the left, Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg of the Legal Aid Justice Center, and Sookyung Oh and Jung Bin Cho of the National Korean American Service & Education Consortium.  The recent decision by Fairfax County Sherriff Stacey Kincaid to stop holding people in jail beyond their release times so U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials … Continued

Two local “Dreamers” file suit against abrupt change in federal immigration policy

#community organizations, #courts, #immigration
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These advocates with the Annandale-based National Korean American Service & Education Consortium urge Congress to extend the Dream Act to protect immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children. [NAKASEC] Nurimaro Park of Fairfax and Jonathan Alvarenga Recinos of Alexandria suddenly lost their status under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, when the … Continued