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THE MCLEAN COMMUNITY CENTER 2021 – 22 Governing Board members, left to right, are Max Blacksten, Lisa Mariam, Suzanne LeMenestrel, Maria Foderaro-Guertin, Carla Post, Barbara Zamora-Appel, Rasheq Rahman, Bill Glikbarg and Melanie Sletten with Dranesville District Supervisor John Foust following the new board’s inaugural meeting on Wednesday, June 9. Read the news item on page 11. (Photo: Courtesy Sabrina Anwah) code will be posted the afternoon of July 4, at 7 p.m. on SoberRide. com. ALEX RUSSELL, summer intern for the Falls Church NewsPress, is soon to graduate George Mason University with a BA in Graphic Design and is hoping to have a career in journalism somewhere in the Washington, D.C. area. (Photo: News-Press)
Free July 4 Lyft Rides for the Prevention of Drunk Driving According to the National Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA), over one-third of all U.S. traffic fatalities during this time of year involve drunk drivers. As a helpful and preventive measure, free Lyft rides will be offered throughout the Little City, beginning Sunday, July 4.
This 2021 Independence Day SoberRide program is offered by the nonprofit Washington Regional Alcohol Program (WRAP) and will be in operation until 4 a.m. on Monday, July 5. To participate in the program, download the Lyft app to your smartphone and enter the SoberRide code in the app’s promo section to receive their no-cost (up to $15) safe ride home. The promo
5 New Eagle Scouts Honored in Falls Church In spite of the Covid-19 pandemic, BSA Troop 349 based at the American Legion Post 130 in Falls Church saw five scouts over the past year achieve the rank of Eagle Scout. The new Eagle Scouts are James Trombo, Giovanni Vigil, Ian Wilson, Alex Autor and Jared Robbins. As part of the Eagle Scout requirements, each scout completed a service project benefitting a part of the Falls Church community. The Eagle projects consisted
of improving access to a school bus stop near the American Legion (Trombo); the construction of two child-sized picnic tables at the Columbia Baptist Church playground (Vigil); organizing a United Basketball Team for special needs students at Justice High School (Wilson); replacing trash receptacle frames at the Poplar Heights Recreation Association (Autor); and the installation of a flagstone pathway at the Falls Church Episcipal Church thrift store (Robbins).
Goodwin House Named Top Workplace in D.C. Goodwin House Incorporated (GHI) has been named one of the top 10 organizations in
The Washington Post 2021 Top Workplaces in the Washington, D.C. area and has ranked No. 6 in the large company category on the list of organizations receiving a Top Workplace designation. This is the third year in a row that Goodwin House has received this honor. GHI is in the senior living and healthcare services industry, serving more than 2,100 older adults and employing over 900 people across the D.C. area. Selection is based solely on employee feedback gathered through an anonymous third-party survey administered by research partner Energage, LLC, which measured several aspects of workplace culture, including alignment, engagement and leadership. For the 2021 survey, more than
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