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113Check out this personal story from our Board member, Carole Napolitano

Check out this personal story from our Board member, Carole Napolitano

May 6, 2020

Love (of our property) in the Time of Corona(virus) by Carole Napolitano In recent conversations friends and I have remarked on the good fortune we have, during this time of coronavirus isolation, to live in homes that allow us to shelter-in-place safely and to cultivate […]

114GiveChoose

GiveChoose

May 4, 2020

Many thanks to everyone who donated to GiveChoose on May 5th; we raised over $4,000!!  

115Sleeter Lake project featured in Loudoun Now article

Sleeter Lake project featured in Loudoun Now article

Apr 30, 2020

Conservation Group Works to Boost Sleeter Lake Park Popularity

116Strategic Planning Meeting 2020

Strategic Planning Meeting 2020

Apr 30, 2020

In February 2020, eight members who comprise Friend’s Board of Directors, plus our Administrative Assistant, met over lunch to discuss our direction moving forward as well as the necessary steps towards growing the organization. From revamping our website, growing our education endowment, creating special mountain […]

117GiveChoose Early Giving Starts Today!

GiveChoose Early Giving Starts Today!

Apr 21, 2020

Give Choose is a 24-hour day of giving organized by the Community Foundation for Loudoun and Northern Fauquier Counties to benefit local charities serving our community. The goal is to inspire our community to come together to give generously to charities that make our community […]

118Check out this video from Sleeter Lake

Check out this video from Sleeter Lake

Mar 25, 2020

119Loudoun Historic Village Alliance

Loudoun Historic Village Alliance

Feb 18, 2020

Dear Friends, I had the good fortune a year ago to help form an organization called the Loudoun Historic Village Alliance.  It was inspired by the Comprehensive Plan for Loudoun County which was being hotly debated at the time. There was a section in the […]

120Save the Date

Save the Date

Oct 17, 2019

Save the date for our Annual Meeting Thursday, November 14, 2019 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm Bluemont Vineyard

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