750 Kings Highway-Monday thru Friday 9-4, Saturday 9-noon
Plants galore at Rappahannock Adult Activities annual spring sale
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Fredericksburg Regional Food Bank distribution schedule this week
You can find information about Food Bank distributions on their Facebook events page or by downloading their free app, FREDFOODVA. Food Bank officials say you are not required to show any paperwork or ID to receive food. Participants may be asked a series of intake questions such as household information, income, & locality.
PHOTOS: Fredericksburg United Methodist volunteers spend Good Friday painting
Spending Friday painting in Bowling Green with Habitat for Humanity of Caroline. That’s what a group of volunteers did from Fredericksburg United Methodist Church. The church sends a work team monthly on a Friday to work on three homes being built at the corner of Travis and East Broaddus Ave.
LISTEN: Town Talk/Central Rappahannock Regional Library
Youth Services Teen Librarian Owen Cobey and Assistant Branch Manager and Adult Services Department Head Erin Creighton talk about the Teen Poetry Contest, the seed drive launch, getting glasses for the eclipse and the conclusion of winter reading.
LISTEN: Town Talk/Rappahannock Adult Activities
Alexis Fox and Katie Lafleur preview the Spring Plant Sale–it begins March 29th at 750 Kings Highway. M-F 9-4, Saturday 9-noon. Your purchase helps fund programs for adults with intellectual disabilities. There’s a Garden Party on April 18th.
WATCH: The horticulture program @ Rappahannock Adult Activities
Your purchases at the annual Rappahannock Adult Activities Spring Plant Sale funds their programs for adults with intellectual disabilities. Alexis Fox and her team provides valuable vocational, social and educational activities .
PHOTOS: Rappahannock Adult Activities annual Spring Plant Sale opens Friday
It’s at 750 Kings Highway in Stafford-a few miles east of the Chatham Bridge. Money raised helps RAAI and its community-based developmental day program for adults with intellectual disabilities.
Monday-Friday 9-4
Saturday-9-noon
www.raaihort.org
Rappahannock United Way to provide free tax prep service
Taxpayers with a household income of $80,000 or less are eligible for organization’s Prosper Taxes service.
Food distribution around the area this week
You can find information about monthly distributions on the Fredericksburg Regional Food Bank Facebook events page or by downloading the free app, FREDFOODVA
WATCH: One leash saving two lives–Leashes of Valor in Spotsy
Spotsylvania-based Leashes of Valor thanks the community for providing hope and help to post 9/11 veterans.
PHOTOS: Graduation Day at Leashes of Valor in Spotsylvania.
Rosie and Darby Grace became service dogs for Adam and Marty. Leashes of Valor provides service dogs to veterans. To find out how you can become invovled—as a donor, volunteer, foster, etc., leashesofvalor.org
An egg-cellent gesture: MWHC donates more than 450 Easter baskets
In the past 13 years, over 5,300 donated Easter baskets have been distributed throughout the Fredericksburg area.
WATCH: Open House on Saturday at Leashes of Valor in Spotsy
Two veterans will receive trained dogs on Saturday
Library of Things inspires and delights at CRRL
Library system’s unique collection branches out beyond books.
LISTEN: Town Talk/Riverside Center for the Performing Arts
CEO and Producing Artistic Director Patrick A’Hearn previews upcoming shows (They’re Playing Our Song, Wizard of Oz and Love Letters). We discuss the benefits of Riverside going non-profit. riversidedt.com
Downtown Greens announces they’ve fully paid off 56 acres
The property is next to Braehead Farm, along Belman Road and Tyler Street in Fredericksburg.
LISTEN: Town Talk/Leashes of Valor
Karen Meadows and Lisa Berry are two of the service dog trainers with Spotsylvania-based Leashes of Valor. We talk about how they train the dogs, how they prepare the veterans to life with a service dog, and how one leash does save two lives. leashesofvalor.org
Fredericksburg Regional Food Bank distribution schedule this week
The Food Bank has a free app: FREDFOODVA, You are not required to show any paperwork or identification to receive food. Participants may be asked a series of intake questions such as Household Information, Income, & Locality
Community Connections Expo is this Tuesday
Event organizers say this is a first for the region. They hope it becomes an annual event.
LISTEN: Drunk driving a major concern this weekend
The head of the Washington Regional Alcohol Program says St. Patrick’s Day rivals New Year’s for drunk driving incidents. Kurt Erickson extra police will be out. For some, the Sober Ride program is an option.
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