The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) has partnered with GotSneakers to help raise money for Mothers Against Drunk Driving Loudoun (MADD). Adult and children sneakers can be donated. THE LCSO asks that they be tied together and brought to one of the LCSO stations on or before March 31, Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Here are the drop off locations:
Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office Headquarters – 803 Sycolin Road in Leesburg, VA 20177
Dulles South Public Safety Center – 25216 Loudoun County Pkwy, Chantilly, VA 20152
Eastern Loudoun Station – 46620 East Frederick Dr., Sterling, VA 20164
Ashburn Station – 20272 Savin Hill Dr., Ashburn, VA 20147
Western Loudoun Station – 47 W. Loudoun St, Round Hill, VA 20141
The LCSO will accept all styles and conditions of sneakers. After the sneakers are collected, GotSneakers will process and distribute these sneakers around the world specifically within impoverished nations using micro-enterprise partners helping those in need. The sneakers that are damaged are processed and ground into surfaces for playgrounds, gym floors, tracks, outdoor courts, and synthetic turfs.
Donations will be accepted one day only on Saturday, August 28 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at four locations: Inova Loudoun Hospital, 44045 Riverside Parkway, Leesburg; Inova Loudoun Hospital – Cornwall Campus, 224 Cornwall Street, Leesburg; Middleburg Charter School, 101 N Madison St, Middleburg and Loudoun Valley High School, 340 N Maple Ave, Purcellville.
A variety of items will not be accepted this year. For a complete list of acceptable donations and for more details about the sale, please visit www.ladiesboard.org or call 703-771-2985. VIP ticket sales and the Rummage Sale benefit Inova Loudoun Hospital and nursing scholarships.
Join Dr. Nauman Akhtar, board-certified Orthopedic Surgeon and Medical Director of Inova Loudoun Hospital’s Joint Replacement Program, for an informative virtual lecture and interactive Q&A session about the latest advances in computer navigated and robotic-assisted hip and knee replacements. Learn how MAKOplasty® Total Hip and Knee technology can help patients improve mobility, minimize pain and enjoy a more active lifestyle.
Participation is free.
Register at inova.org/AskTheExpert or call 1.855.MY.INOVA (855.694.6682). Zoom log in details will be e-mailed after participants register.
During an emergency, no matter how quickly emergency professionals respond, the individuals on-scene are best positioned to assist and potentially stop life-threatening blood loss. This is critical because a person who is bleeding profusely can die from blood loss within five minutes.
As part of the national Stop the Bleed campaign, the Inova Virts Miller Family Emergency and Trauma Center at Inova Loudoun Hospital hosts free courses designed for community members who may find themselves at the scene of an emergency. Course attendees will enhance their emergency preparedness by learning the difference between bleeding and life-threatening blood loss, and how to react to both.
Complete an online education course at your convenience, and then join INOVA staff on Monday, Nov. 15 for an in-person skills training workshop where you’ll experience hands-on practice with tourniquets and wound packing. Practicing these skills will give you a deeper understanding of what it means to Stop the Bleed and the confidence to help someone in an emergency.
Location and Parking Information
Cascades Library
Meeting Room B
21030 Whitfield Pl.
Potomac Falls, VA 20165
Please note: Completion of both the online education and in-person skills training course are required to be fully trained in Stop the Bleed. The link to the online education is: www.stopthebleed.org/training/online-course
The 66th annual Leesburg Halloween Parade, hosted and organized by the Leesburg Kiwanis Club, will be held on Monday, October 31, through downtown Leesburg.
The parade will begin at 6 p.m., starting in the front field at Ida Lee Park and proceeding down King Street to Fairfax Street.
King Street will be closed to traffic from Battlefield Parkway to Catoctin Circle, beginning at 5:30 p.m. No cross traffic will be allowed across King Street during the parade. The street will be reopened once clean-up operations by the Town’s Public Works Department are completed. Motorists should plan on alternate travel routes during this time and follow the designated detours.
Those attending the event are encouraged to bring food donations for Loudoun Hunger Relief, who will collect items towards the end of the parade. Please visit www.loudounhunger.org for a list of most needed items.
Leesburg’s Halloween parade is one of the oldest in the eastern United States, first held in 1957. For more information about the event, including participation guidelines and registration forms, please visit www.leesburgkiwanis.org.