At a time when small businesses locally and nationally are starting to feel the economic fallout of federal spending cuts and tariffs, the City of Fairfax is doing its part to give those businesses a promotional boost.
Fairfax City Economic Development (FCED) is nearing the halfway point of its Small Business Month celebrations, which kicked off on April 28 and will culminate on May 31 with a retail fair in Old Town Square (10415 North Street).
Over the next two days, residents and visitors at Reston Station will be treated to the sight of people rappelling down a 17-story office building for charity.
The Google-anchored building at 1900 Reston Station Blvd will be the site of an Over the Edge fundraiser tomorrow (Saturday) to benefit the National Military Intelligence Foundation (NMIF), a Clifton-based nonprofit that supports national security and intelligence workers through professional development and student scholarships.
A new relief fund has emerged to supplement the patchwork of GoFundMe pages and meal trains created to support the families of those who died in last week’s airplane and helicopter crash into the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport.
The Capital Area Community Foundations, a partnership of D.C.-area nonprofits that includes the Oakton-based Community Foundation for Northern Virginia, launched a DCA Together Relief Fund on Friday (Jan. 31) to raise money for the families, first responders and organizations providing mental health services and other recovery resources.
A gift from The Madeira School’s past will enable it to plan for the future, the head of the private, all-girls’ school in McLean says.
The Madeira School, a college preparatory and boarding school that serves students in grades 9 through 12, announced this week that an anonymous former graduate has donated $60 million — a record amount not only for this 118-year-old school, but for any independent girls’ school in the U.S.
Thanks to the efforts of a local group of volunteers, nearly 300 unhoused residents in Northern Virginia are starting 2025 on the right foot.
The group, dubbed “Made in Reston,” collected and distributed 290 backpacks with winter goods in December to help people experiencing homelessness in Reston, Herndon and Vienna get “all the supplies they need to be ready to stay out for many hours and to make that time a bit more comfortable,” organizer Rosa Simon told FFXnow.
Vienna Little League (VLL) has a new accolade under its belt, thanks to one standout coach.
Josh Cilman, who coaches boys and girls at the league’s “Majors” level, has been named 2024 Coach of the Year by Inova-GoHealth Urgent Care, which operates 23 urgent care centers in Northern Virginia. Announced on Nov. 19, the award comes with a $2,000 donation that the VLL can use for supplies and other resources.
This holiday season, shoppers at Tysons Corner Center will be able to buy gifts for local charities as well as their family and friends.
Northern Virginia’s biggest mall was chosen as this year’s host of the Giving Machines, philanthropic vending machines that will be unveiled with a “Grand Unwrapping” event at noon tomorrow (Saturday) outside AMC Theatres (7850 Tysons Corner Center).
A beauty supply donation drive organized by the Fairfax County Police Department to support individuals who have experienced domestic violence is coming to a close.
Set to end after today (Thursday), the campaign got a boost earlier this week from the Great Clips hair salons in Reston and Fairfax City, which contributed “several hundred dollars” worth of beauty supplies, according to a press release.
Two local businesses are partnering up to host a food drive in Reston next month.
New Trail Cycling & Strength, the independent fitness studio in Lake Anne Plaza, and The Reston Letter, an online and print community newsletter about Reston, will collect donations to support Food for Neighbors. The drive is hosted by New Trail.
As the heat of summer starts to fade, some Fairfax County churches are refocusing their charitable efforts on the community’s needs for the coming winter.
With support from the Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Arlington, four churches in the county launched a winter coat drive earlier this month with the goal of collecting 10,000 coats for refugees, people experiencing homelessness and other community members in need.
