volunteers Archives - Page 8 of 39

Americana Park to get new baseball backstop

March 4, 2022

Updated March 5: The Fairfax County Park Authority Board‘s Park Operations Committee approved a $17,189 Mastenbrook Volunteer Matching Fund Grant to the Annandale-North Springfield Little League (ANSLL) for a new backstop at the baseball field at Americana Park in Annandale. The proposal goes to the full board on March 9. The existing backstop needs to … Continued

Free tax help available in Mason District

March 3, 2022

#taxes, #volunteers

Need some help with your taxes? The AARP Foundation Tax-Aide program is in full swing at the Mason Government Center. This year, Tax-Aide volunteers are providing free tax help by appointment only. Walk-ins won’t be served. The service is free. Taxpayers must obtain an information packet before calling for their appointment. The information packet can … Continued

‘Tree rescuers’ sought for Roundtree Park

February 27, 2022

#nature, #parks, #volunteers

Friends of Holmes Run encourages local residents to become “tree rescuers” by removing non-native vines that are damaging the health of mature trees. FOHR invites the community to a “free the trees” event at Roundtree Park on Tuesday, March 1. The organization has teamed up with Plant NOVA Natives and the Fairfax County Park Authority … Continued

Volunteers get plenty of help at Americana Drive cleanup

February 23, 2022

#environment, #litter, #trash, #volunteers

The semi-annual cleanups along Americana Drive in Annandale are drawing more volunteers and more help from the county and other community partners. Forty-four volunteers turned out for the cleanup on Presidents’ Day. They filled 191 bags of trash and collected at least 19 tires and big piles of construction debris and furniture. The cleanup was … Continued

Volunteers assemble 25,000 meals

January 19, 2022

#Bailey's Crossroads, #community organizations, #volunteers

Volunteers with the Bailey’s Crossroads Rotary Club and Bailey’s Crossroads Host Lions Club are donating 25,000 meals to local students and food pantries., reports Rotary spokesperson Polly Rosenstein. In the past, the two organizations assembled meals in person at the Moose Lodge in Bailey’s Crossroads. This year, club members are packaging the meals at home. … Continued

High schools compete in Trash Off

January 18, 2022

#Lake Accotink, #litter, #volunteers, #youths

Here’s one way to get volunteers to clean up litter around Lake Accotink – make it a fun competition for high school teams. Friends of Lake Accotink Park is sponsoring quarterly Trash Off events for high school teams in cooperation with the Young FLAPers. The next Trash Off, originally scheduled for last Saturday, has been … Continued

Join a virtual service project on MLK Day

January 14, 2022

#community events, #holidays, #volunteers

Martin Luther King Day is traditionally a time for community service projects. Volunteer Fairfax lists several virtual activities the public can join on MLK Day, Monday, Jan. 17, or this weekend. Visit the Volunteer Fairfax website for more information on these projects: The Valentine’s Challenge project calls for volunteers to handcraft Valentine cards from home … Continued

Volunteers and organizations recognized for supporting parks

November 28, 2021

#environment, #nature, #parks, #Recreation, #volunteers

Volunteers with Friends of Accotink Creek collect litter from the stream. [FACC] The Fairfax County Park Authority has honored the Friends of Accotink Creek (FACC) with an Elly Doyle Park Service Award. FACC volunteers protect the watershed by removing trash, replacing invasive plants with native species, monitoring wildlife populations, and educating the public about preserving … Continued

Bailey’s Crossroads Rotary Club brings 60 Thanksgiving meals to Culmore residents

November 27, 2021

#community organizations, #holidays, #volunteers

Rotary Club members buy ingredients for Thanksgiving dinners. [Photos: BXRC] More than 20 members of the Rotary Club of Bailey’s Crossroads participated in the club’s decades-long signature project – delivering Thanksgiving dinners to families in the Culmore area.

Bailey’s Crossroads Rotary Club raffles off a classic Mustang

November 17, 2021

#Bailey's Crossroads, #community events, #community organizations, #volunteers

A man from Texas won this 1966 convertible Mustang. [Photos: BXRC] For the past 35 years, the Rotary Club of Bailey’s Crossroads has raffled off a classic Mustang to raise money for its charitable projects. Jesus Tarango from El Paso, Texas, won a white 1966 Mustang convertible with a red interior during the most recent … Continued

Annandale Toastmasters Club builds speaking skills – and cleans up the community

November 16, 2021

#Annandale, #community organizations, #education, #litter, #volunteers

Members of the Annandale Toastmasters’ cleanup crew. If Little River Turnpike looks a little cleaner, it’s thanks to the Annandale Toastmasters Club. Since the group adopted a section of the roadway in Lincolnia in 2019, members have collected many bags of litter during cleanup events, most recently on Nov. 7.

Once again, volunteers clear trash and construction debris from Americana Drive

November 12, 2021

#Annandale, #litter, #trash, #volunteers

Trash bags line Americana Drive after the cleanup. [Amy Gould] About 30 people spent Veterans Day picking up trash along Americana Drive in Annandale. The volunteers – including many residents of the Vistas of Annandale – filled 95 large trash bags and also collected construction debris and other large items, including an entire engine block.

Terry Lavoie honored for volunteer work

November 9, 2021

#Bailey's Crossroads, #health, #people, #volunteers

SOAR! President Sister Kathleen Lunsmann (left) presents an award to Terry O’Hara Lavoie. Terry O’Hara Lavoie, co-founder of the Culmore Clinic, received an award from SOAR! (Support Our Aging Religious) at the group’s annual awards gala Nov. 5. The nonprofit Culmore Clinic provides healthcare to uninsured adults in the Bailey’s Crossroads area.

To meet local climate goals, we need a national price on carbon

October 23, 2021

#climate, #Connolly, #energy, #environment, #volunteers, #Warner

The authors (left and third from left) and other Citizens’ Climate Lobby volunteers meet with Rep. Gerry Connolly (right) in 2018. By Sarah Karush and George Kralovec Fairfax County recently developed a blueprint to cut local greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030 and reach carbon neutrality by 2050. Now there are signs that Congress is … Continued

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