Tag: volunteers
Community leaders invited to disaster preparedness sessions
Volunteer Fairfax has received a grant to facilitate community collaboration to prepare for disaster and is hosting a pilot program in the Mason, Braddock, and Sully districts. Leaders of community association, HOAs, community-based organizations, nonprofits, PTAs, faith-based groups, and first responders in Mason District are encouraged to attend a seminar and table-top exercise. The seminar … Continued
Help Stuart HS boosters raise funds for artificial turf fields
A Stuart football game. [Turf Stuart photo] The JEB Stuart High School Athletic Boosters Club is reaching out to the broader community to help raise funds for artificial turf football and baseball fields. Turf fields cost more than $1 million to install but cost less to maintain than grass fields and are more durable in … Continued
Youths encouraged to join the Annandale Mat Rats
The Mat Rats in action. By Gary Rubin Wrestling is a challenging sport, both physically and mentally, but it is one in which children can excel regardless of size and athleticism. Local youths are encouraged to join the Annandale Mat Rats, a wrestling club affiliated with the Annandale Boys and Girls Club and Annandale High … Continued
Food program helps Culmore residents support their families
Culmore residents collect produce Many of the families living in the Culmore community would have a hard time feeding their families if it weren’t for the twice-monthly food distribution program organized by the Legal Aid Justice Center. On a recent rainy Thursday morning, about 80 people, most of them immigrants from Central America, lined up … Continued
Bring your dog to Dog Walk Fest on Sunday
Poster by Hayley Teich Ravenwood Park’s first Dog Walk Fest a year ago was so successful, it’s happening again this Sunday. This fundraiser, organized by Hayley Teich, age 8, is Sept. 28, 2-3 p.m., starting at 6203 Colmac Drive, Falls Church. The entry fee is $5 per dog, and the money raised will support the … Continued
Free workshop on how faith communities can grow food for the needy
Members of Columbia Baptist Church raise food for the needy. The public is invited to a free workshop in Annandale on how faith communities can develop gardens to benefit local food pantries or members of their congregation. The “Community Garden Harvests that Make a Difference” workshop takes place Sunday, Sept. 28, 3-5 p.m., at the … Continued
Bailey’s Rotary Club auctions off classic Mustang
Bailey’s Crossroads Rotary Club President Harry Henderson (left) presents $5,000 to Dan Crane of the Wounded Warriors Project. The Rotary Club of Bailey’s Crossroads gave away a classic 1966 Mustang convertible at a drawing during the Wounded Warriors Car Show at Occoquan Regional Park Sept. 14. Rotary Club members with the Mustang. The winner was … Continued
Volunteers needed for James Lee Community Center’s Fall Festival
Volunteers are needed to help make James Lee Community Center’s third annual Fall Festival a successful event. The festival, Sept. 27, 2-6 p.m., will have live entertainment, games, a fish fry, health screenings, a raffle, information on community resources, and much more. The center is located at 2855 Annandale Road, Falls Church. It’s one of … Continued
Be generous on HS band Tag Day
Stuart High School music students prepare for Tag Day. Tag Day is coming. This is the day when members of local high school bands knock on doors to request donations from the public. Annandale High School Band Tag Day is this Saturday, Sept. 6. Both the Falls Church High School and Stuart High School bands … Continued
Help the needy on Day to Serve, Sept. 13
A volunteer collects donated groceries at the Annandale Giant during the 2013 Day to Serve. [ACCA photo] Local residents are encouraged to contribute food items during Day to Serve, an interfaith community service event on Sept. 13 aimed at filling the food pantries operated by Annandale Christian Community for Action (ACCA) and the Dar Al-Hijrah … Continued
Rescued cats available for adoption
Emily was rescued by 4Paws. The 4Paws Rescue Team Inc. of Merrifield has been carrying out an ambitious project to rescue cats living in substandard conditions in a shelter in rural southeastern Virginia. The Petco Foundation supported this work with a $10,000 grant to 4Paws. The 4Paws Rescue Team is a non-profit community-based, all volunteer … Continued
Girls soccer teams collect donations to fight hunger
Annandale Pride team members. The Annandale United Football Club (AUFC) U12 Pride Girls Soccer Program hosted its biannual Kicks for Cans Charity Scrimmage Festival Aug. 23 in Annandale. Team members and their families and friends donated more than 500 pounds of food to help Food For Others in its fight against hunger. Six competitive and … Continued
Classes start next month at Green Spring for Master Gardener program
Green Spring Gardens Do you want to become an expert gardener and educate the public about environmentally sound horticultural practices? The Master Gardener program might be for you. A training course at Green Spring Gardens starts Sept. 9. The application deadline has been extended to Aug. 22. Applicants also need to pass an interview process … Continued
Braddock community leaders encouraged to attend Neighborhood College
Leaders of neighborhood organizations in the Braddock District of Fairfax County, or people who want to become community leaders, are encouraged to join Supervisor John Cook’s Braddock District Neighborhood College. The Neighborhood College is a civic engagement program open to residents interested in learning about Fairfax County and how to work with neighbors, community organizations, … Continued
Bailey’s Crossroads Rotary Club strengthens ties with Stuart HS
Rotary club members donate school supplies to local students. Members of the Rotary Club of Bailey’s Crossroads delivered $1,500 in school supplies Aug. 13 and 14 to needy students at JEB Stuart High School; Glasgow Middle School; and Beech Tree, Bailey’s, Parklawn, Sleepy Hollow, and Glen Forest Elementary schools. This effort was part of a … Continued