Underserved girls in our community, ages 11-17, will benefit from a new home that is being constructed by HomeAid Northern Virginia and Builder Captain Stanley Martin Homes. The organization broke ground today on the new 5,000 square foot home for Youth For Tomorrow (YFT) Residential Treatment Services.
The new home will allow YFT to expand on-campus residential services for up to 36 more girls every year who are pregnant, young mothers, homeless, runaways or survivors of sex trafficking.
As the Memorial Day weekend approaches, Stafford officials urge all visitors to the Rappahannock River to use extreme caution.
More than 80 individuals have drowned in the Rappahannock River since 1972. Public safety officials are especially concerned over the next few days because the river is a popular gathering place for many people over the Memorial Day holiday. But visitors should take precautions at the river year round. Conditions could quickly become dangerous at the river with strong currents, underwater debris such as trees and rocks, and sharp drop-offs into deep water.
To celebrate Father’s Day and encourage dads to spend more time with their children, the Prince William County Fatherhood Initiative is hosting “Dad’s Play Day”, a free event that will include games and lunch. The event will take place on Saturday, June 13 at 11am at the A.J. Ferlazzo Building in Woodbridge (15941 Donald Curtis Drive, Woodbridge, VA 22191). “Dad’s Play Day” includes a free lunch and fun activities for dads and their children, including games like basketball, wiffle ball, an obstacle course, ping pong, and water balloon toss, as well as activities like face-painting and arts and crafts.
When fathers are involved in the lives of their children, especially their education, kids learn more, perform better in school, and exhibit healthier behavior, according to the White House’s National Fatherhood Clearinghouse. Children in father-absent homes are almost four times more likely to live in poverty, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Although approximately one of out every three children in America lives in a home without their dad, the active involvement of a father, even if they don’t live with their child, can have a lasting and positive impact.
Stafford County Public Schools announced the selection of Anne E. Moncure Elementary School’s Principal, Greg Machi as the 2015 Principal of the Year and Mark Hughes, from Mountain View High School as the 2015 Teacher of the Year.
Price Rite and Snyder’s Lance join Feed the Children and Operation Homefront to lend a hand to Woodbridge-area military families on Thursday, May 21, at 10 AM. At the event, a total of 800 families will receive food and essentials filling two Feed the Children trailers at the Price Rite of Woodbridge located at Opitz Crossing (2042 Daniel Stuart Square). Additional local community partners will be on hand to help address families’ long term needs by providing information and resources for a brighter future.
At Thursday’s event, pre-identified families will each receive a 25-pound box of food and a 10-pound box of much-needed essentials like shampoo, conditioner, lotion, and personal care items. Families will also receive an additional food donation from Price Rite which will include: lettuce, celery, carrots, canned spaghetti, meatballs, chicken noodle soup, corn flakes, and canned corn. Volunteers from Price Rite and Operation Homefront will be on site to help distribute these items to military families.
On Friday, May 15, approximately 150 area bicyclists participated in Bike to Work Day 2015 at the Merrifield W&OD Trail Pit Stop, sponsored by the 495 and 95 Express Lanes. Affiliated with the Washington Area Bicyclist Association and Commuter Connections, Bike to Work Day is a yearly event that supports the area’s bike commuters and promotes Virginia’s overall mission for sustainable transportation.
Area bicyclists who stopped by the Merrifield W&OD Trail Pit Stop enjoyed free refreshments, bike tune-ups and giveaways from local Merrifield businesses including Gold’s Gym, Panda Express, ACE Physical Therapy, Orangetheory Fitness, Performance Bicycle and many more.
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Members of Gainesville-Haymarket Rotary and local community volunteers (40 total volunteers) packed 10,000 meals at the old Pace West school in Haymarket on May 2.
The complete traffic stop is expected to last approximately 15 minutes.
Crews will be stretching utility lines across all travel lanes of I-95 northbound and southbound at the Fall Hill Avenue overpass. The overpass is located between Exit 130 at Route 3 in Fredericksburg, and Exit 133 at Falmouth in Stafford County.
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) will host a workshop on Thursday, May 21 to provide information on how small businesses can properly register and compete for business opportunities with the state agency.
VDOT representatives will be present to provide information and answer questions, assisted by representatives from eVa, Virginia’s Electronic Procurement System, and the Department of Small Business Supplier Diversity.
