<sh>Alleged Assault at Training Center
<bt>A staff member at the Northern Virginia Training Center was assaulted on Friday, May 6 around 9 p.m.
Fairfax County Police report that the staff member, a 30-year-old Woodbridge-area man, was assaulted when he attempted to keep a temporary resident from using the telephone to place a false call to 911. Police have charged 22-year-old Burke man with malicious wounding.
<sh>NOVA Participates in Cancer Walk
<bt>About 200 Annandale campus-based members of the Northern Virginia Community College “family” walked 12 hours overnight recently, raising more than $20,000 for the American Cancer Society. Members of student clubs and organizations, joined by faculty and staff, formed relay teams and kept a member walking on the track for the entire event. The relay took place on the upper courtyard of the Annandale campus.
Event coordinators dedicated this year’s relay, the third consecutive, to the late Pamela Leggat, an English professor at the campus who recently lost her battle with cancer. In a ceremony honoring Leggat, relay participants spelled out the word “hope” with luminaries.
<sh>Register for National Race for Cure
<bt>Registration is now open for the 16th annual Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation National Race For the Cure, which takes place Saturday, June 4, on the National Mall. Runners and walkers can register online, by mail, at one-stop registration sites or through late registration. Register on May 21-22, from noon to 5 p.m., at Hecht's in Fair Oaks Mall, 11700 Fair Oaks Mall, Fairfax. For more, call 703-848-8884 or visit www.nationalraceforthecure.org.
<sh>Human Trafficking Seminar Set
<bt>The City of Fairfax Commission for Women hosts a seminar on Saturday, May 21, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., at Fairfax City Hall on Human Trafficking. The seminar will raise awareness, explore strategies for public education and grassroots action. For more, call 703-385-7894.
<sh>Triennial School Census Deadline June 1
<bt>The Virginia Coalition to End Discrimination in General Services for Education (“VA EDGE”), a parents group working to ensure equal access to basic services for non-public school children, encourages Virginia parents with children attending non-public schools, special needs or home-schooled children to complete the Triennial School Census, which affects general services funding for their children. Fairfax deadline is June 1. Because census forms, distribution methods and filing deadlines are not uniform among the state’s 130 school districts, VA EDGE requests that non-public school principals and parent/teacher groups assist parents in locating, completing and returning census forms. Contact information for all Virginia public school districts is listed on the VA EDGE Web site at www.vaedge.org.
<sh>Bike Donations Needed
<bt>The Fairfax County Department of Public Works and Environmental Services is collecting bicycles for distribution overseas on Friday, May 20, in collaboration with Bike to Work Day. Donated bicycles will be given to tsunami victims in Sri Lanka, farmers in Ghana and a micro-enterprise project in Guatemala, among others. For more information about donating a bicycle, please contact Meredith Eisenberg, Fairfax County Department of Public Works and Environmental Services, at 703-324-5313, TTY 711. For information about Bike to Work Day, please contact Mimi Murray, Fairfax County Department of Transportation, 703-324-1436, TTY 711.
<sh>Women's Commission Seeks Student
<bt>The Fairfax County Commission for Women seeks a college student interested in serving on the Commission from September 2005 through May 2006. The student will serve as a non-voting member, aiding the Commission in gaining perspective on issues facing young women and serving as a conduit of information to peer groups and student organizations. The Commission will serve as a mentor in helping the student get involved with and understand issues facing women and girls in Fairfax County. Students enrolled in at least one college-level class who are residents of Fairfax County may apply. The student representative must be able to attend monthly meetings and provide a summary of accomplishments at the end of the year. Interested students should submit a resume (including interests, organization involvement and education) and a one paragraph statement on why they wish to serve on the Commission to the Fairfax County Office for Women, 12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 318, Fairfax, VA 22035. Resume and statement must be postmarked by May 31. For more, call 703-324-5723, TTY 703-324-5706.
<sh>Bike Donations Needed
<bt>The Fairfax County Department of Public Works and Environmental Services is collecting bicycles for distribution overseas on Friday, May 20, in collaboration with Bike to Work Day. Donated bicycles will be given to tsunami victims in Sri Lanka, farmers in Ghana and a micro-enterprise project in Guatemala, among others. For more information about donating a bicycle, please contact Meredith Eisenberg, Fairfax County Department of Public Works and Environmental Services, at 703-324-5313, TTY 711. For information about Bike to Work Day, please contact Mimi Murray, Fairfax County Department of Transportation, 703-324-1436, TTY 711.
<sh>Women's Commission Seeks Student
<bt>The Fairfax County Commission for Women seeks a college student interested in serving on the Commission from September 2005 through May 2006. The student will serve as a non-voting member, aiding the Commission in gaining perspective on issues facing young women and serving as a conduit of information to peer groups and student organizations. The Commission will serve as a mentor in helping the student get involved with and understand issues facing women and girls in Fairfax County. Students enrolled in at least one college-level class who are residents of Fairfax County may apply. The student representative must be able to attend monthly meetings and provide a summary of accomplishments at the end of the year. Interested students should submit a resume (including interests, organization involvement and education) and a one paragraph statement on why they wish to serve on the Commission to the Fairfax County Office for Women, 12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 318, Fairfax, VA 22035. Resume and statement must be postmarked by May 31. For more, call 703-324-5723, TTY 703-324-5706.