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Use paypal to pay your citizens association dues

rebecca — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:43:15 +0000

The Warwick Village Citizens Association has added a paypal option to their membership page, so now you don’t have any excuse to forget to pay your dues. The website has been spiffied up as well, so go check it out if you live in the Village. And pay your dues while you’re there….

The Del Ray Citizens Association has a paypal option as well. I don’t see a paypal option on the Lynhaven Citizens Association site, but they do seem to have lots of helpful info for the community. The Rosemont Citizens Association website is down, and has been for a long time. The Rosemont listserv is very active, I’m surprised the web presence is still awol. I also know what a pain in the neck it is for neighborhood associations to plan websites by committee, so I’m not criticizing, just commenting. (Really!)

The Bellefonte Wizards

rebecca — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:27:50 +0000

The LesDunBelle Blog, which reports on the doings in the corner of the neighborhood comprised of Leslie, Duncan and Bellefonte Avenues, has a post up about our local Special Olympics basketball champs, the Bellefonte Wizards. The Wizards have set their sites on national competition and they need the Del Ray community to participate in their bake sale fundraiser this weekend at the farmer’s market.

You’ve got to hop on over to the LesDunBelle Blog and read the Bellefonte Wizards story.

The post also tells you how you can help out, especially by baking for the sale, buying tasty treats at the bake sale (my speciality), or donating money.

Halloween costume collection

rebecca — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:36:55 +0000

Gayle, Carol and Pat sent out this friendly reminder to anyone packing away Halloween costumes or considering a run to Goodwill:

Just a friendly reminder, before you pack those Halloween costumes that likely won’t fit next year, you can drop them off at either A Show of Hands at 2301 Mt. Vernon Avenue or Caboose at 2419 Mt. Vernon Avenue and they will be distributed next year to children in need. We want to make sure no child is left out of marching in the 14th Annual Del Ray Halloween Parade because they don’t have a costume. Especially needed are larger sizes.

Their system for redistributing these costumes to kids in need is mighty impressive and your donation will be greatly appreciated.

Vote tomorrow! (Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009)

rebecca — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:24:20 +0000

Don’t forget to vote tomorrow. Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Lookup where your polling place

Need a ride to the polls tomorrow? Alexandria Democrats and Alexandria Republicans are standing by to assist you.

Need more election information?

Washington Post Virginia politics blog

Alexandria Office of Voter Registration and Elections

Virginia State Board of Elections

Public Art preview

rebecca — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:17:42 +0000

I understand that the Del Ray Central Apartments (the “triangle lot” where Commonwealth and Mt Vernon cross) are hosting a preview of the outdoor art they’re installing. I only know that it’s November 4th at 6:00 p.m. at the Mt Vernon rec center and will include a talk by the artist. Drop me a line or leave a comment if you have more information.

Warwick Village Halloween Party

rebecca — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:14:17 +0000

I just got a reminder about tomorrow’s Halloween Party in Warwick Village Warwick Village:

HALLOWEEN PARTY!
October 31st
3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Landover Street Pool House
Please join us for some ghoulish games, freaky fun,
and frightening food!
Come in costume!!
Sponsored by the Warwick Village Parents Group

FIESTA DE HALLOWEEN!
Octubre 31,
3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Landover Street Pool House
Acompáñenos a disfrutar de unos juegos macabros,
espeluznante diversión, y aterradora comida!
Ven en disfraz!!
Patrocinado por Warwick Village Parents Group

I think this party is geared toward younger children, but I’m not certain and haven’t gotten any additional information. (sorry)

Duncan Library Garden(ing) Party

rebecca — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:10:57 +0000

Saturday, October 31st from 10 a.m. - noon the Friend of Duncan Library are sponsoring a work party to plant bulbs and weed the gardens around the library. Bring a shovel or trowel and gardening gloves if you can.

Duncan Library is at 2501 Commonwealth Avenue, on the corner of Commonwealth and Uhler.

City H1N1 Vaccination Clinic Scheduled for October 31st

rebecca — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:44:48 +0000

Information about the City’s H1N1 vaccination clinic can be found here.

This clinic is focused on getting high-risk individuals vaccinated. This includes:

pregnant women
caregivers of infants less than 6 months of age
children ages 6 months to 24 years old
health care workers
adults 24 to 65 years old with chronic health conditions

They have indicated that future clinics will be scheduled as more vaccine becomes available.

Halloween Parade a grand success

rebecca — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:00:17 +0000

The annual Del Ray Halloween parade was a smashing success and I’ll have a full report and loads of pictures up very soon.

Del Ray Greens Mural Contest

rebecca — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:17:16 +0000

Del Ray Greens, which will be located at the corner of Mt Vernon Avenue and Hume, is holding a mural design contest. The contest is open to students in Alexandria Schools and a pdf with all of the contest details can be downloaded here. The contest deadline is January 15, 2010.

Del Ray Greens is being touted as Del Ray’s first privately-owned LEED certified green building and promises to have an organic farm on the roof! This should be an exciting project to watch.