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Annandale Rotary hosts Inter-Service Luncheon at Annandale HS

November 12, 2015

#Annandale High School, #community organizations, #volunteers

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

November 4, 2015

#children, #community organizations, #food, #volunteers

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

Fire stations’ crab feast a huge success

October 28, 2015

#community events, #fire department, #food, #volunteers

The crab and shrimp fest in the AVFD social hall. [Photo by Rachel Martin of PR Performance Fitness, one of the event’s corporate sponsors. The first ever all-you-can-eat crab legs and spiced shrimp feast hosted by the Annandale and Bailey’s Crossroads volunteer fire departments Oct. 25 was “a tremendous success,” says AVFD President Gary Moore. … Continued

Learn about career training at Computer CORE open house

September 30, 2015

#community events, #education, #employment, #volunteers

The Lee Building [Google Maps] The public is invited to Computer CORE’s open house Oct. 3, 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m., in the organization’s new headquarters at the Lee Building, 5881 Leesburg Pike, Room 204, in Bailey’s Crossroads. Computer CORE provides computer and job skills training to lower-income adults in Northern Virginia, many of them immigrants, dislocated … Continued

A happy ending for trashed house donated to Habitat for Humanity

September 18, 2015

#community organizations, #housing, #volunteers

New homeowner Teddy Tessera, donor Mary Ann Elliott, and Habitat for Humanity Executive Director Jon Smoot speak to supporters at the Winery at Bull Run. The Annandale house that had been donated to Habitat for Humanity of Northern Virginia after a previous resident totally trashed it has a new owner. Teddy Tessera had been looking … Continued

Annandale resident wins classic Mustang in Bailey’s Rotary Club raffle

September 16, 2015

#cars, #community organizations, #volunteers

Erin of Erin and the Wildfire announced the raffle winner while Bailey’s Crossroads Rotary President Pat Borowski (right) looks on. Brian Woodward of Annandale is the winner of classic Mustang auctioned off by the Bailey’s Crossroads Rotary Club. He purchased the winning ticket at the Taste of Annandale June 13. The drawing for the car … Continued

Stuart band students seek donations on Tag Day

September 16, 2015

#arts, #Stuart High School, #volunteers, #youths

The Raider band at halftime. If you think music in our schools is important, please be generous when students in the Stuart High School band or orchestra knock on your door Saturday, Sept. 19, asking for donations. This campaign, known as Tag Day, is vital to ensuring a successful music program at Stuart. One hundred … Continued

This Saturday is AHS Band Tag Day

September 10, 2015

#Annandale High School, #arts, #volunteers, #youths

Annandale High School students in the marching band, color guard, and concert band will going door-to-door on Saturday, Sept. 12, soliciting donations and thanking the community for its support. This campaign, known as “Tag Day,” is the largest fundraiser of the year for the AHS band program. Funds collected by student band members will help … Continued

Capt. Andy Hill serving as temporary commander of Mason Police District

September 5, 2015

#police, #volunteers

Pat Borowski, chair of the Bailey’s Rotary Club, presents a certification of Capt. A.P. “Andy” Hill will continue to serve indefinitely as temporary commander of the Mason Police District. Capt. Christian Quinn, who had been assigned as commander last spring, is instead serving on the police chief’s internal “change team” to make recommendations for updating … Continued

Lincolnia Recreation Club hosts Triathlon and Family Festival

September 4, 2015

#children, #families, #pools, #Recreation, #sports, #volunteers

Participants at a previous Lincolnia community triathlon. Bring the family together for fitness and fun Sept. 19 at the Lincolnia Park Recreation Club, while supporting a good cause. The community is hosting a triathlon followed by a Family Festival to raise money for disadvantaged children in Annandale and Kenya. The triathlon starts at the Lincolnia … Continued

Enterprising kids sell food to raise money for charity

August 31, 2015

#children, #food, #gardening, #volunteers

From the left: Francesca, Drew, and Paul. Francesca Gabriel, a 10-year-old resident of the Lincolnia Hills community, and her associates raised about $300 so far this summer selling lemonade, baked goods, and produce at their stand on Kling Drive, Alexandria. On Aug. 30, s steady stream of neighbors stopped by Francesca’s Lemonade Stand and Paul’s … Continued

Local teen fixes up Long Branch trail

August 26, 2015

#nature, #streams, #trails, #volunteers, #youths

Carter Murray on Long Branch trail. The trail along the Long Branch Stream in Annandale has been improved by Carter Murray, 17, who completed an Eagle Scout project involving the use of gravel to smooth out the trail. Murray, a senior at Woodson High School and member to Boy Scout Troop 1965, started planning the … Continued

Crowds descend on Stuart HS for Back-to-School Resource Fair

August 20, 2015

#schools, #Stuart High School, #volunteers

Thousands of local children are ready to succeed in school this year, thanks to the first-ever Stuart Pyramid Back to School Resource Fair. Students from elementary and middle schools feeding into Stuart High School were invited to Stuart Aug. 19 to pick up free school supplies, meet educators and volunteers from their school, get free … Continued