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Help With A Lifetime of Clutter

Does the average baby boomer have time to take on another project? Can Junk King haulers and recyclers make life easier? Would it help if someone fast, green, and reliable came to the house and carried away those years of accumulated junk and debris? You bet. That’s what Junk King does. In a 2012 …

School

School Contest: Mixing Reading With Service

Just in time for the release of the fourth installment of the Lemonade War series, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation are pleased to announce the continuation of their partnership. For the second consecutive year, Houghton Mifflin will team up with the Foundation …

Lost & Found

LOST CAT-- ALL GRAY RUSSIAN BLUE MIX

Elmo is an indoor cat who disappeared from our house in the Ardmore Woods section of Fairfax Station (intersection of Clifton Rd, and Highridge St.)  He is all gray, with a white patch on his chest. His right eye is cloudy due to a birth defect.  He was not wearing a collar.  He is shy and skittish…

Accomplishments

VIRGINIA TIRE & AUTO RECEIVES ASE BLUE SEAL OF EXCELLENCE RECOGNITION

Family-owned and Operated Automotive Maintenance Provider Celebrates Cascades Facility’s Commitment to Automotive Excellence and Training   (Fairfax, VA – December 12, 2012) – Virginia Tire & Auto (www.vatire.com), the Fairfax-based leading full-service provider of automotive maintenance, repair …

Accomplishments

A Step Forward for Health and Happiness

The anticipation and excitement was so high, you could almost reach out and touch it in the cool, crisp fall air. Thousands of girls, their friends and family members recently gathered at Jiffy Lube Live for the Girls on the Run of Northern Virginia's fall 5K run presented by UnitedHealthcare. …

Awareness

United Health Foundation’s America’s Health Rankings® Finds Virginia Ranks 21st Compared With Overall Health of Other States

- Virginia ranks 21st in overall health in 2012, up two spots from last year’s Rankings - Vermont is the healthiest state for the 6th year in a row; Mississippi and Louisiana tie for last - Nationwide, nearly 28 percent of the population is obese and  more than 26 percent get no exercise, resulting…

Volunteers Needed

Driver Coordinator

Fairfax County needs a Meals on Wheels Driver Coordinator for the Fairfax area.  Contact Volunteer Solutions for more information.

Volunteers Needed

Volunteer Office Manager

Fairfax County needs a volunter office manager.  Must be able to volunteer in the office and have great computer and communication skills. Contact Fairfax County's Volunteer Solutions for more information.

Awareness

Registration for Deep Winter Crop Share Now Open!

As our short winter round of Crop Share is slowly winding down, we have opened up registration for our Deep Winter Crop Share. For this round, all produce will be domestic. This is probably the most diverse Crop Share of the year. A lot of the southern states will have great summer produce …

Social Notes

Mormon Helping Hands at Work in New York

Mormon Helping Hands at Work in New York by Bill Eargle  At 6:00 a.m. on Friday morning, November 23rd, one hundred and three volunteers from the Annandale Virginia Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) boarded buses to travel to Hurricane Sandy affected areas in New York …

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