Author: Press Release

Stafford County Fire and Rescue’s newest arson investigator is a two-year-old yellow lab named Duchess who was acquired through a grant from State Farm Insurance. Duchess and her handler Deputy Fire Marshal Ben Gouldman recently completed 200 hours of training at State Farm’s Accelerant Detection Canine School, located in Maine. Ben and Duchess will assist during fire investigations in determining whether or not ignitable liquids (accelerants) were present at the time of a fire. She may also be used to detect ignitable liquids on a suspect’s clothing or inside of a vehicle used to transport such liquids.

Duchess is the department’s first accelerant detection canine; the members of the department are excited to have her join the Stafford County Fire and Rescue family.

Today, the National Headquarters of the United States Air Force Auxiliary, located at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, announced that Del. Richard L. Anderson, a former national commander of the organization from 1993-1996, will be inducted into the organization’s Hall of Honor.

Anderson is also a former chair of the Civil Air Patrol Board of Governors, the organization’s governing body that provides policy oversight of the Air Force Auxiliary on behalf of the Secretary of the Air Force.

On Saturday, September 12, local Boy Scouts, Prince William County Solid Waste Division and Keep Prince William Beautiful will celebrate the grand opening of another American Flag Collection Center in Prince William County.  The Balls Ford Road Yard Waste Compost Facility, 13000 Balls Ford Road, Manassas flag collection service will be available for citizens and businesses to retire American flags with respect.

The Balls Ford Road collection site will be operated by The Bull Run District Committee of the Boy Scouts.  It is the second joint project between the Boy Scouts of American Occoquan and Bull Run Districts, Keep Prince William Beautiful and Prince William County Solid Waste Division.

More than 300 teachers, counselors, administrators and PWCS staff showed up at Forest Park High School on Friday, August 21st, 2015 for “Educational Intelligence: Think, Act and Spread Kindness to Achieve Success for All Student.”

This school safety symposium was a collaborative effort between the PWCS Office of Student Services and the Virginia Center for School and Campus Safety run by the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS). The symposium featured two motivational speakers: Gary Xavier, a former Marine Sniper and Marc Brackett, Ph.D., Director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. The Office of Student services included the Forest Park High School students to help run the symposium. Erik Del Cid, a junior at FPHS served as the MC while the FPHS JROTC presented the colors.

On August 10, Azalea Charities presented a donation of $5,000 to the Prince William County Area Free Clinic. 

As a charity that sponsors Aid for Wounded Warriors, Azalea Charities became aware of the need for support of our veterans who are living in vehicles, in the woods and on the streets of Prince William County. Homeless veterans are a nationwide issue, and Azalea Charities is working locally to reach as many of our veterans who have served us well and protected our freedom.

Prince William Humane Society of Prince William County, VA today announced it has been awarded a $7500 grant from the Petco Foundation to support its Warrior Buddies, Wounded Heroes Program that matches homeless shelter dogs with wounded service members and trains them to the specific needs of that wounded hero, ultimately becoming a therapy or service dog team.

Prince William Humane Society is a nonprofit organization that has been serving Prince William County, VA since 2012.  Prince William Humane Society is an all-volunteer organization whose express mission is promoting animal welfare and adoption for the homeless pets located in Prince William County, VA.  This goal is accomplished by advocating for the homeless animals, supporting adoption programs, providing financial assistance when possible and elevating public awareness.  The Prince William Humane Society helps support animal welfare organizations; including the Prince William County Animal Shelter and works diligently to help save lives by creating and implementing new programs designed to reduce euthanasia and substantially increase adoptions.

HomeAid Northern Virginia hosted their fifth annual “Night at the Ballpark” last week.

The organization partnered with businesses and other community organizations to send more than 300 homeless children to a Potomac Nationals game at Pfitzner stadium on August 14.