Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia

Volunteers clean up Culmore

If the Culmore area of Bailey’s Crossroads is looking a lot nicer, it’s because nearly 70 volunteers – including adults, children, and youths – spent Saturday morning collecting trash around the neighborhood. Volunteers came from Second Story, the Friends of Holmes Run, the Bailey’s Crossroads Rotary Club, HACAN, and the Place-Based Initiative, a project supported … Continued

Proceeds from the Taste of Annandale help the 2Twenty Club provide meals for students

The Annandale-Mason Roundtable, the nonprofit that organized the Taste of Annandale, donated $1,000 to the 2Twenty Club on April 26. The funds come from the revenue raised at the community festival at the Eileen Garnett Civic Space on Sept. 20, 2025. In thanking the Roundtable for the donation, 2Twenty Club President Sook Moon said, “Your … Continued

Annandale neighborhood hosts an Earth Day cleanup

The Hillbrook-Tall Oaks community is a lot nicer, since the Annandale neighborhood held an Earth Day cleanup on April 18. Thirty-one dedicated volunteers, with help from Clean Fairfax and the Fairfax County Solid Waste Management Program, collected 24 bags of trash and recyclables from neighborhood streets and the grounds of Poe Middle School. “This effort … Continued

SevaTruck celebrates 10 years of providing free meals to local students

For the past 10 years, the SevaTruck Foundation has provided free nutritious meals to children in Title 1 schools. To celebrate its 10th anniversary, the nonprofit hosted a family festival on April 18 at Braddock Elementary School in Annandale. The event featured crafts and games for kids, balloon animals, giveaways, sponsor tables, community resources, a … Continued

Join the tree rescue extravaganza

Volunteers are hoping to rescue as many trees as possible during the Spring Tree Rescue Extravaganza March 21-April 12. Community members are invited to join the effort, which is hosted by Fairfax Tree Rescuers PRISM (Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management). Enjoy a spring day outdoors and get some fresh air while protecting native trees … Continued

Volunteers ensure students have food for the weekend

For the past nine years, volunteers with a nonprofit organization called the 2Twenty Club have been assembling food packages for lower-income schoolchildren to take home for the weekend. The volunteers – including many children – meet on the first Sunday of every month at the Korean Community Center on Little River Turnpike in Annandale. The … Continued

Free tax filing help available starts next week

Volunteers with the AARP Foundation will provide free tax-filing help at the Mason District Government Center and James Lee Community Center beginning in February. The AARP Foundation Tax-Aide volunteers help taxpayers prepare and e-file federal tax returns, while helping them get the deductions and credits for which they qualify.  Although the program has no set … Continued