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12021 Awards

2021 Awards

Jul 7, 2021

From Loudoun Valley High School, our Jane Pratt & Jed Shilling Blue Ridge Mountain Award winner is a young woman, Arya Tadepalli, whose resume is stunning: in addition to stellar performance as a student and as an athlete, Arya has been an active volunteer in […]

2Prohibition in the Foothills of the Blue Ridge: Stills, Violence and Women’s Political Power

Prohibition in the Foothills of the Blue Ridge: Stills, Violence and Women’s Political Power

Feb 15, 2021

Introduction With this and similar posters the Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) hoped to usher in a noble new world of national sobriety. Of course, what the WCTU and their allies actually ushered in was a world of violence, corruption, and crime. Loudoun County, and […]

32020 Award

2020 Award

Jul 22, 2020

Matthew Soiland of Purcellville, who will attend Virginia Tech College of Engineering and was awarded $1,500 for his exceptional essay, noted that, “Being the honored recipient of the 2020 Jane Pratt & Jed Shilling Blue Ridge Mountains Educational Scholarship will be instrumental in helping me […]

4Check out this video from Sleeter Lake

Check out this video from Sleeter Lake

Mar 25, 2020

52019 Friend of the Mountain Award presented at Annual Member Celebration

2019 Friend of the Mountain Award presented at Annual Member Celebration

Dec 1, 2019

Friends of the Blue Ridge Mountains presented their annual Friend of the Mountain Award to the “SWAT Team” of the Loudoun County Preservation and Conservation Coalition (LCPCC) at their annual meeting on November 24, 2019 at Bluemont Vineyard, Bluemont, Virginia. The award reflected efforts beginning […]

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John D. Shilling 4/19/1943-5/1/2019

May 17, 2019

Dear Friends of Friends, Recently we lost someone who has been at the core of Friends’work over the past 5+ years.  Jed Shilling, recently retired Friends Board member, died of complications of ALS in California where he had moved in December to be close to his […]

7A Wonderful Day at the Park

A Wonderful Day at the Park

Mar 28, 2019

Over 30 scouts, their parents, and many volunteers gathered at Sleeter Lake Park Saturday morning to plant 22 trees, a pollinator garden, and remove brush from the Park grounds. Thanks to the volunteers and donors with Friends of the Blue Ridge Mountains who made the […]

8Friends Presents cash prizes to LCPS Science & Engineering Fair

Friends Presents cash prizes to LCPS Science & Engineering Fair

Mar 28, 2019

Friends of the Blue Ridge Mountains presented special awards totaling $500 at the 38th Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) Regional Science & Engineering Fair (RSEF), held this year at Riverside High School in Leesburg.  A record-breaking 324 students participated in this event, an increase of […]

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