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Don't miss this year's Soil to Soul Block Party Fundraiser for the Alexandria Old Town Farmers’ Market SNAP/EBT Double Dollar Program!
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The City of Alexandria Announces Fall 2015 Tree & Shrub Sale and Community Planting Event: Be Cool – Plant a tree!
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Join Give Back Alexandria for a donut happy hour at Sugar Shack Donuts to support nonprofits participating in Fall into Giving, an online donation drive for goods and items from September 21 through September 25. We'll provide the donuts! See flyer below for more details.
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Join us for The Campagna Center's fall Oktoberfest celebration on Wednesday, September 23, at
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Get "Top of Mind" With The People That Make Things Happen in Alexandria
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IMPACT: Innovation + Philanthropy 2015
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Alexandria's Best Practice Court and the Alexandria Community Policy Management Team (ACPMT) Present:

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Save the date for Volunteer Alexandria's annual volunteer appreciation event: Volunteers are the Heart of Alexandria. For further details, please click here.
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The 35th Annual Old Town Arts and Crafts Festival will feature fine arts, crafts, live entertainment and more! 60+ vendors will be on hand, selling jewelry, pet accessories, children's toys, pottery, clothing and much more. For further details, please click here.
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Cool off at one of the 40 different lemonade stands run by Kids Helping Kids during LemonAide Day on Saturday, May 16 from 9am-4pm. Lemonade Stands will be operated throughout Alexandria, including in Market Square. All proceeds will benefit Space of Her Own and Wright to Read.
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The Democratic Primary for Virginia House of Delegates in the 45th House District and Alexandria Mayor elections will be held on Tuesday, June 9, 2015. For more information, visit: http://alexandriava.gov/Elections.
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Enjoy a community festival hosted by St. Mary's School on Sunday, May 17. The event will feature crafts, rides, games food, and a book sale. To find out more, email Susan Lutz at susanlutz@gmail.com.
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THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO RAIN! MAKE UP DATE ON JUNE 11!! Enjoy a play date at the First Thursday on the Avenue in Del Ray! Stop by Mt. Vernon Ave for entertainment and food on Thursday, June 4. More information can be found at: http://www.visitdelray.com/event-1862031.
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Join other civically engaged residents and tech enthusiasts to create technology solutions for local challenges. Nonprofits serving Alexandria are invited to submit a challenge to this group tech developers.
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Run the half marathon or the RunningBrooke 5k at the Alexandria Running Festival and then honor our military service members and their families at the Alexandria Family Festival following the races. More information at: http://www.mc-coop.org/alexandria_running_festival.aspx.
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Join the fight against cancer at Relay for Life in Alexandira at George Washington Middle School. For more information, please email: stephanie.redfern@cancer.org.
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On Saturday, May 16, join Samuel Tucker Elementary PTA for a 5k to promote and foster healthy lives. For more information, email Martha Grutza at martha.grutza@acps.k12.va.us or call 703-933-6300.
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ALIVE! House's Annual Sidewalk Sale will take place on Saturday, May 16 at 125 South Payne Street. Donations for the sale can be dropped off at 3827 Mt. Vernon Avenue on Wednesdays and Fridays from 4-6. To find out more, please visit: http://www.alive-inc.org/sidewalksale2015.html.
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CONGRATULATIONS NONPROFIT TECHNOLOGY CHALLENGE WINNERS:
Alexandria Symphony Orchestra & RunningBrooke!
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Join the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce and Aronson LLC for a Nonprofit & Association Leadership Academy event on: The Real Deal: Real Estate Considerations for Associations & Nonprofits.
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Support your favorite ideas for making Alexandria greener and more sustainable from now until Sunday, April 12! Winners of the Green Ideas Challenge will be awarded up to $2,000 to put their idea into reality. Awardees will be selected by a panel of expert judges who will take the number of supports an idea receives as one factor in the selection process.
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Give Back Alexandria invites you for an evening of (post) Mardi Gras fun and collecting donations for Wright to Read, a nonprofit that provides volunteer-based one-on-one sustained literacy tutoring and mentoring to City of Al
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ANNOUNCING THE WINNERS OF THE GREEN IDEAS CHALLENGE:
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NONPROFIT TECHNOLOGY CHALLENGE
How can technology increase your ability to serve?
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The public and all stakeholders are invited to attend.
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Thank you for all of your UNselfies! What an amazing #GivingTuesday!

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The Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Activities is hosting a public open house on Thursday, November 6 from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at 2900 Business Center Drive to receive public input on a coordinated park plan for Cameron Run Regional Park, Lake Cook, Hensley Park, and the Clermont Natural Area.
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How do you use parks in Alexandria? Give your feedback to the City of Alexandria! See the description below from the Department of Recreation, Parks, and Cultural Activities:
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The Alexandria Commission for Women will celebrate the hard work, dedication, and community spirit of Alexandria women at a ceremony on March 26, 2015. More information can be found at: https://www.alexandriava.gov/Women
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Energy Education Day Workshops at Beatley Central Library
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The 7th Annual Del Ray Music Festival will feature music, food, and games. The festival will include a wide range of musical styles including reggae, jazz, blues, swing, folk, country, Celtic and rock. For more information, please visit: http://www.delraymusicfestival.com/about/
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Join The Fund for Alexandria's Child for live music and dancing as well as a Papparazzi Prize Pull, raffle, and silent auction. Learn more and find out ticket pricing: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-night-among-the-stars-tickets-11073211273.
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This Community Shredding Event is hosted by the YMCA, Patriot Shredding and Halt, Buzas & Powell on Saturday, May 17 from 9am-12pm at 420 E. Monroe St.

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Members of the public are invited to attend a Joint Meeting of the Arlandria Action Plan Advisory Group and the Four Mile Run Joint Task Force on Wednesday, April 23, 2014 from 7pm – 9pm at the Conservancy at Four Mile Run Park (4109 Mt.
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On Friday May 16, 2014 Commuter Connections and the Washington Area Bicyclist Association invite you to j
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Registration is required. At this workshop you will learn how to build, install and maintain a rain barrel, and take one home! Cost for a build your own barrel is $55 for each barrel with PayPal/credit card payment or by check. Limit 2 rain barrels per household at each workshop.
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What better place for learning through the arts than outdoors? Exuberant and boisterous or contemplative and inspired, in all its forms-dance, music, storytelling, drama, poetry, drawing, painting, sculpture and weaving-there are many great reasons to experience the arts outdoors.
This year's conference will feature:
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Earth Day Activities including educational exhibits, demonstrations, hands-on activities for children, a spring tree sale, student upcycling showcase, awards ceremony, food sales and more.
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The Beauregard Design Advisory Committee will hold a meeting on Tuesday, February 18 from 7pm – 9pm, at Jerome "Buddie" Ford Nature Center, 5750 Sanger Ave. The meeting topics will include the discussion of the Seminary Overlook Development Special Use Permit application (DSUP2013-0026).
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Legal Services of Northern Virginia (LSNV) is a nonprofit public interest law firm that provides free legal assistance to low-income residents. By providing free, high-quality legal services LSNV is able to assist elderly, disabled, or low income individuals with some of life’s most critical issues, such as personal safety, income, housing, medical benefits, education, and family stability.
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This weekend is crammed full of family events and fundraisers to support the Alexandria community. Here's the line up for Saturday, 9/28 and Sunday, 9/29:
Saturday, 9/28
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The City of Alexandria will kick off a community meetings series for the Waterfront’s Landscape and Flood Mitigation design process with an Evening with Laurie Olin, renowned landscape architect, Tuesday, October 15, 2013, from 6:30 – 8:30 PM at the United Way Worldwide Building, 701 N. Fairfax Street, Alexandria, VA.
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There is a great line up of events this weekend from shopping at Old Town boutiques and yard sales to free yoga. Here are some of the highlights from the event calendar:
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Largest native plant sale in the D.C. metro area! More than 12 vendors from 4 states.
For more information: 571-232-0375 or www.ParkfairfaxNativePlantSale.org
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Fall is gearing up and there are tons of fun events happening on the weekends! Here are some of the highlights for this weekend:
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- The DiverseCity Alexandria Multicultural Fest will be held in Four Mile Run Park in The Plaza. Celebrate the diversity of your city with food, live music, and dance!
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Come to Arcadia Farm, meet the staff, and learn about the sustainable farm! Activities include chicken encounters, cake walk, bobbing for apples, egg & spoon relay, pumpkins, bee keeping demo, goat wrangling, farm volunteering, cooking demonstrations, snacks, and hot apple cider.
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This post was originally featured on Causetown's blog by Kevin Markham.
The idea originated last year after a citywide fundraising day for nonprofits in Alexandria, Virginia. Restaurateur “Mango Mike” Anderson, the owner of Mango Mike’s, and John Porter, executive director of the community foundation ACT for Alexandria , wanted to give local charities a new way to raise funds year-round to supplement their normal fundraising activities. So when Anderson and his business partner Bill Blackburn launched a “gourmet burger joint” called Holy Cow in November 2012, they decided to donate a quarter for every burger sold to a local nonprofit of the customer’s choice.
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On this, the 50th Anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech, we should take a moment to acknowledge the tremendous leadership Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. provided the Civil Rights Movement and continues to provide today. Over the thirteen years of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s leadership, the nonviolent, grassroots efforts of citizens from across the country led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act.
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Operation Paws for Homes, Inc. rescues dogs of all breeds and ages from high-kill shelters reducing the numbers being euthanized. Most of our dogs come from rural shelters in South and North Carolina. With limited resources, the shelters are forced to put down anywhere between 50% and 90% of the animals that come in the front door.
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UpCycle CRC is a non-profit organization working to collect and redistribute reusable materials for art and learning purposes. Businesses and community members donate reusable items to our center, which in turn are made available to the community. Teachers, students, artists, crafters, and generally anyone looking for supplies may obtain materials at affordable prices at UpCycle.
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** Voted best non-profit in Alexandria for 2013 by Alexandria Times Readers **
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Volunteer Alexandria has compiled the following Hotlist of local volunteer opportunities. Please contact the agency directly if you are interested in the opportunity and reference Volunteer Alexandria.
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Sadly, Spring2ACTion is officially over. But today, we get to celebrate the results and the amazing generousity of our community. With your help, we raised $659,591 from 5,872 givers in just 24 hours! Thank you, thank you, thank you! None of this would be possible without YOU!
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Alexandrians Respond to Boston Tragedy on Spring2ACTion – Alexandria’s Giving Day
24 hours of giving to bring thousands of dollars to support Alexandria charities and the Boston community
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What if we all gave one one day?
On Wednesday, April 17, our community will come together for 24 hours of unprecedented giving.
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Originally posted by Patrick Boyle at SparkAction.
As more community leaders around the country see the value of creating a youth master plan, many of them wonder about the critical task of getting good public input—that's why Alexandria is inspiring its residents to get involved.
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Hey Alexandria - this looks like a job for YOU!
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Happy Second Anniversary to You!
We're celebrating our second anniversary this month and it's
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Join thousands of Americans by pledging to recycle more on Thursday, November 15. As part of the City’s Eco-City Alexandria initiative, the City strives to continue increasing residential and commercial recycling rates.
How are you recycling more? Make the pledge online or take part in two local events on Saturday, November 17:
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The girls of Troop 5751 are helping the wetlands this Sunday, October 21, near the Chinquapin Rec Center. How can you get involved? Check out their volunteer recruitment video:
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Unfortunately the Mount Jefferson Park playground renovation isn't completed yet due to inclement weather days and unexpected utility and tree conditions. The remaining work items include rubber surfacing--scheduled to be installed this week and general site cleanup/restoration. The new estimate completion date is October 25.
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The City of Alexandria is kicking off a nine month outreach campaign to listen to what residents have to say about six of the City's parks. How do you use the parks? What do you like about the parks? What do you hope to see in the parks in the future?
These discussions will help guide the City's plans and decisions on how the parks evolve over time.
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ACTion Alexandria is proud to announce we're cosponsoring an Alexandria mayoral and City Council Candidate Forum Sponsored with the Alexandria Branch of the NAACP and Patch on Monday, October 15, 2012 at George Washington Middle School’s auditorium from 7:00 P.M. until 9:00 P.M.
Even better than sponsoring a candidate forum, we're giving you an opportunity to be a substantial part of it.
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In case you or anyone you know or work with is interested in starting a business...please note that the ACPS Family and Community Engagement (FACE) Center is offering START IT UP: An Introduction to Entrepreneurship!
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What's Next, Alexandria?
What's Next, Alexandria? is a City of Alexandria initiative to begin a conversation about how Alexandrians can best participate in shaping Alexandria's future.
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The Principal Story tells two stories, painting a dramatic portrait of the challenges facing America's public schools — and of the great difference a dedicated principal can make.
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After adding on the almost $700 in cash donation made at Alexandria branches of Virginia Commerce Bank, our presenting sponsor, Spring2ACTion 2012 raised more than $320,000 for Alexandria nonprofits in just 24 hours! Spring2ACTion is the biggest Alexandria fundraising event ever thanks to you!
What your contributions mean for local nonprofits
- Casa Chirilagua can now start an after-school middle school program for kids living in the Chirilagua area of Arlandria.
- The Art League can build a new art facility to continue to provide affordable art education.
- YMCA Alexandria can provide 21 more kids scholarships to summer camp.
- Friends of Guest House can continue parenting classes for women coming out of incarceration to help them transition successfully back into community and family life.
- Senior Services of Alexandria is able to extend its Meals on Wheels Program to serve seniors on more Saturdays and Sundays.
And the winners are…
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One City. One Day. One Opportunity.
What if we all gave one one day?
ACTion Alexandria's biggest action of the year, Spring2ACTion, begins at midnight on May 2, and we urge you to help us make it a record breaker. Last year, we all worked together to raise $104,000. This year, our goal is to help local nonprofits raise $200,000 in just 24 hours!
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What would you ask the City Council candidates?
Civic engagement is what ACTion Alexandria is all about and what's more civic than voting? It's been a boisterous year in city politics, and with more than a baker's dozen worth of candidates running for City Council, it's hard for a lot of us to figure out which candidates best represent our vision for our community.
So, we are turning the tables on traditional political debates by giving YOU the starring role in our online forum.
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How would you make Alexandria a greener, more sustainable community?
On February 29, 2012, Eco-City Alexandria, Alexandria Environmental Policy Commission, and ACTion Alexandria teamed up to launch the Alexandria Green Ideas Challenge. We asked Alexandria to submit their ideas for making Alexandria a greener, more sustainable community. Our goal was to harness the incredible talent, intelligence and creativity of Alexandria citizens to generate and prioritize ideas for sustainability and serve as a community catalyst to move our city closer to being a true eco-city!
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One City. One Day. One Opportunity.
What if we all gave one one day?
On Wednesday, May 2nd, our community will come together for 24 hours of unprecedented giving.
Spring2ACTion is one extraordinary day to support the organizations that make Alexandria amazing. ACT and ACTion Alexandria, in partnership with our sponsors, are offering up to $30,000 in cash and prizes to help increase fundraising efforts by participating organizations and individual fundraisers. Real-time tracking will be displayed on the leader board at www.Spring2ACTion.org on May 2.
Be Generous. Be Alexandria.
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Friday, Oct. 5 is the last day to post/vote for Oct.
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