Park Foundation honors Valis family for contribution to Pinecrest Golf Center

Angela and Wayne Valis (on the right) with other family members at the unveiling of the TrackMan 4 Golf Simulator at the Pinecrest Golf Center.

The Fairfax County Park Foundation has named the Valis family of Bailey’s Crossroads as one of three winners of this year’s Eakin Philanthropy Awards.

Wayne and Angela Valis are being recognized for their active involvement in various county parks during the past decade. 

In 2017, they funded the TrackMan 4 Golf Simulator at the Valis Family Learning Center at Pinecrest Golf Center in Mason District, and they were the first significant benefactors for two new picnic shelters at Burke Lake Park.

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The other award winners are Fairfax Memorial Funeral Home/Fairfax Memorial Park and Friends of Colvin Run Mill. The Eakin Award winners will be honored at the virtual Elly Doyle Park Service Award ceremony in November.

The award is named in honor of LeRoy Eakin Sr., who donated 14 acres of land in 1951 to create Eakin Park in Annandale, which was Fairfax County’s first official park.