Monday, December 3, 2012
Founder hoping to expand the number of homes his organization decorates to 10 next year.
Jeff Jones wanted a way to give back to the men and women who have out their lives on the line but didn’t know how. The owner of a landscaping company, Jones had done work for senior citizens several times, noticing their need for exterior work at their homes and he has several veterans in his family. In November of 2010, Jones put the two together and founded Decorate a Vet. “I’d like to expand to 10 homes next year,” said Jones who decorates between five and eight homes for veterans. “It has to be done over the weekends though.” With no staff, Decorate a Vet depends on up to 400 volunteers to decorate the homes of veterans for Christmas. For the first time this year, the organization had “Christmas in July,” for veterans just coming back…
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Saturday, September 29, 2012
Actor BD Wong fired up a crowd of grassroots volunteers Saturday morning before they canvassed Northern Virginia for the Obama campaign.
Volunteers campaigning Saturday for the reelection of President Barack Obama in Northern Virginia got a pep talk and thank you from the president through "Law & Order: SVU" star BD Wong. Wong, a “Surrogate for Obama,” spoke to a crowd of grassroots volunteers Saturday morning at the Falls Church campaign office. The television star shared his background with the group and urged them to work hard as they go door to door. “We really dig this guy, he’s awesome,” Wong told the crowd. “This is the first president in my lifetime that, when he speaks, I feel like he’s talking to me.” Dozens of people gathered at the campaign office, the largest in the state, before canvassing Northern Virginia getting people to register to vote and sharing …
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Goldie Locks is sweet, playful, energetic and eager to please.
Since the loss of power in our region prevented so many from meeting Goldie last week we are featuring this lovable pup again. We hope your power is back on, or will be very soon. _____ Hey there. My name is Goldie Locks, but my rescue friends all call me Goldie. I’m a Golden Retriever-Chow mix and weigh about 45 pounds, but still have some filling out to do. I’m only a year old and very much a puppy—sweet, playful, energetic and eager to please. I was rescued out of a shelter in Maryland, after being picked up as a stray. It's hard to believe that no one came looking for me, but here I am ready to find my new family and start my new life. Mutts Matter set me up with a seasoned foster mom, who started working with me right away on basic …
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Goldie Locks is sweet, playful, energetic and eager to please.
Since the loss of power in our region prevented so many from meeting Goldie last week, we are featuring this lovable pup again. We hope your power is back on, or will be very soon. _____ Hey there. My name is Goldie Locks, but my rescue friends all call me Goldie. I’m a Golden Retriever-Chow mix and weigh about 45 pounds, but still have some filling out to do. I’m only a year old and very much a puppy—sweet, playful, energetic and eager to please. I was rescued out of a shelter in Maryland, after being picked up as a stray. It's hard to believe that no one came looking for me, but here I am ready to find my new family and start my new life. Mutts Matter set me up with a seasoned foster mom, who started working with me right away on basic …
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Location is the largest of the 13 Obama campaign offices in Virginia.
About 400 supporters of President Barack Obama joined Rep. Jim Moran to celebrate the opening of the president's Falls Church campaign office Saturday. Moran (D-8th) said the location is the biggest of the 13 Obama campaign offices in the state. He said the volunteers that will staff the office over the next several months are very important to the campaign. "These are the frontline people," Moran said. "We have to win Virginia in November." Volunteers registered voters and gathered contact information from the hundreds of people in attendance at the grand opening. The office is in Loehman's Plaza at 7285 Arlington Blvd. The Falls Church office joins locations in Fairfax, Prince William and Loudoun counties. A campaign spokesman said the …
