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Late Spring Crop Share Registration Now Open!

Nalls' super popular Crop Share program is now taking members for Late Spring 2012!  Late Spring Crop Share May 18–July 6 Pick up at Nalls,  Friday 2:00-6:00pm or Saturday 9:00 am-6:00pm Large Share $280 feeds 4, appx 1/2  bushel. A LOT of food! Small Share $160 feeds 2, appx 1 peck. Pick up a pre-…

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CHILDREN’S MEDICAL GRANTS NOW AVAILABLE FROM THE UNITEDHEALTHCARE CHILDREN’S FOUNDATION

ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND – The UnitedHealthcare Children’s Foundation (UHCCF) is seeking grant applications from families in need of financial assistance to help pay for their child’s health care treatments, services or equipment not covered, or not fully covered, by their commercial health insurance …

Local Connections

High School Football Officials Needed

Football Officials and Clock Operators Be a Part of the Game! You Make the Call! 540-837-1316 or Recruiting@NVFOA.com www.nvfoa.com/new-recruits

Social Notes

Gaming Pros to Help Teens at One-Day Clinic

Experts from Carney Inc. will hold their fifth biannual event, JAMtech, to introduce local high school students to cutting-edge technology used to develop digital games and applications May 19 in Alexandria. Students will have the opportunity to work with professional designers and engineers who …

Local Connections

'Governor's Bowl' Hosts Needed

The Greater Springfield Chamber has accepted the challenge! We now seek member companies - small, medium and large - to serve as collection points for the first ever Governor's Bowl Chamber of Commerce Challenge Food & Fund Drive. The competition will be organized regionally, with the "Governor's …

Accomplishments

44th Annual Thoth Awards Call for Entries Now Open

The National Capital Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA-NCC) announces the call for entries for the 44th annual Thoth Awards. The awards are named after Thoth (pronounced “tot”), an Egyptian god of wisdom who was a mediator and scribe and is credited as the inventor of …

Local Connections

Mt. Vernon CROP Hunger Walk is May 6

“Because they walk, we walk” is the theme of the 32nd annual Church World Services CROP Hunger Walk on May 6.  Sponsored by area churches through Ventures in Community (VIC) and starting at St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, 8531 Riverside Rd., Alexandria, the CROP Walk winds through the local community…

Awareness

Donate books to charity!

Greetings Patchers! We are a local charity headquartered in DC with our book warehouse in the City of Fairfax.  We take donated books and use them to build and improve reading libraries in local schools, shelters, prisons, etc. We always need more books!! (and DVDs, CDs, used laptops, etc.).  We'll…

Accomplishments

Nominations for Companies As Responsive Employers (CARE) Awards

Know a local company that has excellent programs for employees? Nominate them for a CARE Award, sponsored by the Northern Virginia Family Service. The CARE Awards recognize companies in Northern Virginia who are leaders in providing innovative and supportive, family-friendly policies, programs and …

Awareness

What Does An Early Spring Mean For DC Area Homeowners? An Early Home Selling Season!

We’ve all been shaking our heads about the weather this winter in the Washington, DC area.  We braced ourselves for our usual two and a half months of unpleasant cold, windy, and wet . . . that never came.  Instead, we found ourselves sneezing with allergies in late February and snapping photos of …

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