Prince William County Parks & Recreation will host a golf tournament on Friday, June 19, 2015, at Forest Greens Golf Club, to benefit The First Tee Prince William County program for local youth. 

Forest Greens Golf Club is an award-winning 18-hole golf course is located in Triangle, Virginia and features a par 72 golf course measuring 6,839 yards from the Championship Tees. 

Early Bird registration is open now through June 1st at the reduced fee of $85 per person; once closed registration will be $110 per person.  Cost includes greens & cart fees, practice range balls, and a sumptuous buffet dinner (additional contest and prizes are included). Sponsorship packages are available through June 1st.  

The mission of The First Tee program is to impact the lives of young people by providing educational programs that build character, instill life-enhancing values and promote healthy choices through the game of golf.  

The First Tee of Prince William County, established in 2002, is headquartered at Lake Ridge Park Golf Course, with additional programming at four regulation 18-hole golf courses within the county: General’s Ridge Golf Course in Manassas Park, Prince William Golf Course in Nokesville, Forest Greens Golf Course and Locust Shade Park in Triangle. We serve all young people ages 4 yrs to 17 yrs, in the Northern Virginia area. The cost for each camp varies depending on the number of hours conducted. Most camps are conducted for 12 hours over a period of 4 days to 10 weeks depending on the camp. 

Prince William County Parks & Recreation is making sure county residents are “water-aware.” 

May has been designated National Water Safety Month by the World Waterpark Association, the Association of Pool & Spa Professionals, the American Red Cross and the National Recreation & Park Association.  PWC Parks & Recreation is taking action to prevent drownings and recreational water-related injuries by hosting a free swimming and basic water safety event, The World’s Largest Swimming Lesson, on June 18th at Veterans Memorial Park and Chinn Aquatics & Fitness Center.

 “It’s so important to be familiar with basic water-safety skills, especially during summer months when people are more often in the water,” says, Jamie Orrison, Aquatics Program Manager, for Parks & Recreation. “Not only could you save your own life with this knowledge, but you might also be able to save someone else’s who hasn’t had the training.”

The World’s Largest Swimming Lesson, June 18, 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at Veterans Memorial Park and the Chinn Aquatics & Fitness Center.  This event is free and open to the public, for ages 3 yrs. to adult.  You must register to participate in this event.  Space is limited.

Potomac Radiation Oncology Center (PROC), a service of Inova and Sentara Healthcare, recently donated a Wine Picnic Basket to the Sentara Northern Virginia Cancer Support Group for the upcoming Relay for Life for Eastern Prince William County fundraiser.

Dr. Susan Boylan, along with members of the PROC staff, presented the basket to Lannie Milam, a member of the team and a cancer survivor who underwent treatment at the Center.

Sponsored by The American Cancer Society, The Relay for Life is an organized overnight community fundraising walk and the world’s largest fundraising event to end cancer. Teams of people camp out around a track and members of each team take turns walking around the track. The event includes food, games and activities that build camaraderie and get the entire community involved. The Relay for Life for Eastern Prince William County is May 16th from noon to 2:00 a.m. at Garfield High School in Woodbridge.

For more information on The Relay for Life for Eastern Prince William County, please contact Rachel Serio at (703)937-1909 or email [email protected] or visit the Relay for Life for Eastern Prince William County’s web page by clicking here. For more information on Potomac Radiation Oncology Center, please call (703) 670-3349 or visit PotomacRadiationOncology.com.

Stafford County helped the George Washington Foundation celebrate a groundbreaking for the reconstruction of George Washington’s boyhood home on Saturday, April 25, 2015 at Ferry Farm in Stafford County. The reconstruction of the home site is the first effort of an expansion that will eventually include a visitor’s center. The home will give visitors, young and old alike, a glimpse into the daily life of the boy who would become the Father of our Country. 

At the ceremony, Chairman of the Stafford Board of Supervisors Gary Snellings introduced Supervisor Bob Thomas, in whose district Washington’s boyhood home lies. Mr. Thomas presented the foundation with a check for $470,000, a donation from Stafford. The money will be used to construct a new entrance into Ferry Farm, aligned with the intersection with Ferry Road, across Route 3 from the Foundation’s site. The entrance improvements include construction of a left turn lane from westbound Route 3 into the new entrance for Ferry Farm, a right turn lane from eastbound Route 3 into the facility, and installation of the fourth leg of the signalized intersection. Improvements to this intersection are being designed by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT). The intersection improvements, with a cost estimated at $3.1 million, are funded in large part by the County, and include an additional left turn lane and vehicle storage area on southbound Ferry Road and an extension of the right turn lane from westbound Route 3 onto northbound Ferry Road.

Stafford was able to make the $470,000 donation without spending any tax dollars from citizens due to proceeds resulting from an agreement with the Kenmore Foundation, the precursor to the George Washington Foundation, in 2000. Stafford agreed to convey Ferry Farm and Accakeek Furnace to the Kenmore Foundation, in exchange for reimbursement for the expenses the County had incurred while owning the properties. The Kenmore Foundation paid half the money in 2000 and purchased a U.S. Treasury STRIPS that was worth $409,000 upon its maturity this year. The balance of the $409,000 came from an additional donation of $61,000 from Stafford’s Tourism Fund to bring the total available to $470,000. The County will apply for matching state revenue sharing funds for the additional $470,000 to meet the $940,000 cost of the road improvements. These funds are available to localities that provide money upfront and are not subject to competition with other projects.

Stafford shares a close partnership with the George Washington Foundation in the preservation of Ferry Farm. Ferry Farm was the first real driver of economic tourism in Stafford and its example prompted the establishment of Stafford’s Civil War Park, the Belmont Ferry Farm Trail, and Government Island, home of the stone used to build the White House and the U.S. Capitol. Because Stafford’s historic attractions bring thousands of visitors to Stafford County every year, enriching its economy and spawning jobs and more business, the County commissioned a study of the proposed expansion of Ferry Farm and its impact on Stafford County. The results show that the expansion would produce an additional $100,000 visitors to Stafford County, spending approximately $22 million locally. Ferry Farm is an anchor to Stafford’s historic tourism.

Mountain View, North Stafford and Stafford high schools will be providing residents with local theatrical entertainment in the coming weeks.

Mountain View High School Presents “The Wizard of Oz”

Imagine a world over the rainbow! That’s what happens when a little Kansas farm girl, Dorothy Gale, and her dog Toto are blown away in a tornado and land in a fairyland named Oz. There she meets a very unusual cast of characters – the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and Cowardly Lion, and together they go on a quest to see the Wizard of Oz, each of them seeking what they want most in life. Do they reach their goal? Can they defeat the Wicked Witch? Follow the yellow brick road to Mountain View High School and find out.

May 7, 8 and 9 at 7:00 pm

Matinee Saturday May 9th at 1:00 pm

Tickets $8 Children, Students and Seniors. $10 Adults

SCPS employees free with ID

North Stafford High School Presents: The Cabaret: A Night on Broadway

Join us as our North Stafford High School Choir and Drama program presents The Cabaret:  A Night on Broadway on April 30 through May 2 beginning at 7:00 PM each evening in our auditorium.

Enjoy a night of amazing choreography and beautiful singing as we perform our way through some of your favorite Broadway hits:  Grease, Footloose, Hairspray, Dreamgirls, Les Miserables, Wicked and more!

Tickets will go on sale for $5.00 at the school during lunch on April 27-29 or $10.00 at the door.

The Stafford High School Fine Arts Department presents

Into the Woods

Thursday and Friday, April 30 and May 1 at 7pm

Saturday, May 2 at 7pm

Stafford High School Auditorium

$7 Children, Students & Sr. Citizens; $10 Adults 

Special Children’s Performance on May 2 at 1pm

$5 Children, Students & Sr. Citizens; $7 Adults

Take a memorable journey to see the Stafford High School Fine Arts Department present Into the Woods. In a fantastical storybook world where a childless baker and his wife attempt to reverse their family curse by journeying into the woods, where they encounter Rapunzel (and her witchly “mother”), Cinderella, Jack (of Beanstalk fame), Little Red Riding Hood and other classic fairy tale characters, and they all must learn the responsibility that comes with getting what you want. With witty humor and strange personalities guiding these intertwined stories, Into the Woods is an enchanting tale that you won’t want to miss!

Community Yard Sale! Come Sell or Shop.

On Saturday May 9, the residents of Potomac Woods Senior Apartments are hosting a large community yard sale. Please come out to support the senior residents and enjoy browsing the best yard sale in Prince William County!!

If you have thought of having a yard sale, this is a great place to come and sell! All you have to do is sign up for a table by April 28th (Spaces are free & limited).

For more information or to register for a space to sell your own yard-sale items:
Call Camille Young at (703) 491-9710
Or email [email protected]
(Sellers: Only Yard-Sale items please! No new merchandise. Bring your own table.)

Please pass the word about the sale to other potential sellers & shoppers!

Saturday, May 9
9am – 1pm

Location:
Potomac Woods Senior Apartments
2001 Southampton St,
Woodbridge, VA 22191

The Woodbridge Senior High School Class of 2015 is back at it again this year, showing Toy Story 3 at the 2nd annual “Screen on the Green.”

The event includes food, games, face painting, character meet and greets, and of course, a movie on the field.

Gates open at 6 p.m. and the movie will begin at sunset, about 8 p.m.

Bring your friends & family out for some wholesome fun and entertainment May 9.

Third-grade students at Piney Branch Elementary School in Prince William County connected with nature in a fun and memorable way during an Arbor Day celebration to culminate their learning experience with Dominion’s “Project Plant It!”

The educational program was established in 2007 by Dominion Resources, parent company of Dominion Virginia Power, to teach children about trees and the environment. Teachers got a kit of instructional tools that included innovative math and science lesson plans, posters, certificates and other classroom materials. Each participating student received a redbud tree seedling to plant at home for Arbor Day, April 24.

During the event at Piney Branch Elementary, students sang songs about trees and planted dogwoods with assistance from Dominion foresters. The event took place in the school’s outdoor classroom that was built by Dominion volunteers.

This year, more than 44,000 elementary students in six states, including all of the third-graders in Prince William County, were enrolled in the program. For more information about “Project Plant It!,” projectplantit.com. The website also includes educational games and videos about trees.

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