The Capitol Steps, a political satire troupe well-known in the Washington area and beyond, will perform at Marshall High School at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 23. The group describes itself as “the group that put the ‘mock’ in democracy.”
Proceeds will be donated to the All Night Graduation Party, which provides alcohol- and drug-free entertainment for the 2003 graduating class.
“Laughter is the best medicine, and during these troubling times, it will be a welcome relief to have a night of comedy and fellowship with your family and friends of Marshall High School,” said Carol Jakobovits, PTA president. “This will cure the winter blahs.”
Tickets are $25 each, and parking is free. To order, write to Capitol Steps, c/o Marshall High School, 7731 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22043. Make check for $25 per ticket payable to Marshall ANGP. Tickets will be mailed to you.
For more information call Paulette Sellery, 703-281-5147, or e-mail: psellery@aol.com
<sh>Blood Desperately Needed
<bt> Inova Blood Donor Services is completely out of all types of blood and is in desperate need of all blood types. Every day, more than 200 donors are needed for patients in our community. Friday's snowstorm comes on top of recent weeks of cold weather and the flu season, both of which prompted a severe drop in donors and depleted the blood supply.
Inova Blood Donor Services is appealing to everyone who can donate to give the gift of life as soon as possible. By taking just one hour to donate blood, a blood donor can help save the lives of three people.
Inova Blood Donor Services supplies blood to patients at 15 hospitals in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. Blood donors are needed every day to help many sick and injured patients, including cancer patients, newborns with complications, and patients who have lost blood as a result of injury, surgery or organ transplantation.
To schedule an appointment or find out more information about blood donations, contact Inova Blood Donor Services at 1-866-BLOODSAVES (1-866-256-6372) or request an appointment online at www.inova.org/donateblood.
<sh>League to Meet in March
<bt>The League of Women Voters invites Fairfax-area residents to help it celebrate Women's History Month by attending one of its March unit meetings, which will focus on a review and discussion of the role of women in history.
The meetings will consider women's efforts and exclusion from history from a literary perspective, include a review of the women's movement in the United States, and highlight selections from the writings of persons active in the women’s suffragist movement and from Virginia Woolf's “A Room of One's Own.”
The League's meetings will be held at 15 locations throughout Fairfax County on March 11 to 13, including the McLean Community Center on Tuesday, March 11, at 12:30 p.m.; the Reston Museum on Wednesday, March 12, at 7:30 p.m.; and the Kings Park Library on Thursday, March 13, at 9:30 a.m. The meetings are open to guests, free, and no registration is required. Call 703-658-9150 or visit the League's Web site at: www.lwv-fairfax.org for further information and other meeting sites.