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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 code will be posted the afternoon of July 4, at 7 p.m. on SoberRide. com.

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)

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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65,500 employees in D.C. area organizations shared their feedback through the survey.

New Members Elected To McLean Center Board

At the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors meeting on June 8, the board appointed four new members and reappointed one current member to the McLean Community Center (MCC) Governing Board. MCC, an agency of Fairfax County, is located at 1234 Ingleside Ave., McLean.

New adult members Lisa Mariam, Rasheq Rahman and Shivani Saboo will serve threeyear terms. Ivy Chen was reelected as the Langley High School boundary area member and Max Blacksten is the new McLean High School Boundary member. The two teen members will serve one-year terms.

Justice Park Update to be Discussed at July 1 Meeting

Those opposing changes to Justice Park are meeting today with

Board of Supervisors Chairman

Jeffrey McKay via Zoom to make their case against proposed changes to the park.

In addition to representatives of surrounding neighborhood associations Friends of Holmes Run, NAACP-Fairfax, Sierra Club and Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions, there will also be a representative from the Culmore community as well as a young rising

Justice High School sophomore

making the case against paving the only open green space left in the Bailey’s Crossroads/Seven Corners area.

Those against the proposed plan are suggesting that Justice High School designate parking areas along Peace Valley Lane on the side of the school between Colmac Drive and the 90-degree bend in Peace Valley by the school’s name sign. The parking would be exclusive to students from 7 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. and if needed, hang tags will be used to keep out non-school parking users.

Lewinsville Presbyterian Church Hosting Blood Drive

Lewinsville Presbyterian

Church will host its quarterly Blood Drive on Sunday, July 11.

INOVA Blood Services will be accepting donations via their bloodmobile from 7:45 a.m. – 12:05 p.m. The bloodmobile will be parked in the church’s main parking lot near the Music Entrance. All INOVA Blood Services personnel will be wearing masks and donors will be required to bring and wear their own masks as well. Participants will need to bring a photo I.D. in order to donate.

For more information or to join the sign-up list, visit lewinsville.org/ events/blood-drive. Walk-ins are also welcome.

Note that due to construction and renovations happening at the church, many will need to park along Chain Bridge Road rather than in the parking lot. Lewinsville Church is located at 1724 Chain Bridge Road in McLean, VA.

Childhood Education Center Opens in Tysons

The early childhood education center Celebree School is opening in Tysons (7950 Jones Branch Dr, McLean, VA 22102) later this summer and is currently in the enrolling and hiring process.

Celebree School is a leader in early childhood education, specializing in infant and toddler care. With a mission to Grow People Big and Small™, Celebree School believes success in early childhood development is equal parts curriculum and connection.

Each school employs a customized program that addresses children’s physical, social, emotional and academic needs. Interested applicants can visit celebree.com or call 703-6634064 for more information.

RESIDENTS AND STAFF at Goodwin House Bailey’s Crossroads (GHBC) gathered together on Thursday, June 10 to celebrate Pride Month and support the LGBTQ community. The event featured a performance by D.C.’s Different Drummers, a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender music organization based in Washington, D.C. as well as a parade complete with a color guard that went around the senior living organization’s building. (P����: C������� E�������� B�����)

Glen Forest Elementary Partners with D.C Food Bank

Glen Forest Elementary

School (5829 Glen Forest Dr, Falls Church) is one of the several schools that benefitted from a partnership between the Capital Area Food Bank (CAFB) and Fairfax County Public Schools where they served families healthy meals in multiple ways. One of the main ways in which this was done was through the monthly “Family Markets” at several school sites, providing after-school food bags and using a converted school bus to support food distribution throughout the community.

When the pandemic shuttered many businesses, impacting jobs and food security, the need to provide nutritious food to people who were struggling rose to a new level. CAFB worked closely with FCPS Food and Nutrition Services,

Family Engagement teams, school staff, the Office of Communication and Community Relations and the FCPS Title I Office to resume the Family Markets at the start of the new school year.

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