The Center for Alexandria’s Children, a public-private partnership focused on the elimination of child abuse in the City of Alexandria, rolled out the red carpet for the inaugural Oscar Night Gala benefit held at the Belle Haven Country Club on February 25, 2010.

In honor of International Women’s Day (March 8), Ten Thousand Villages, located at 915 King Street in Old Town Alexandria, will donate 10% of the sales on Sunday, March 7 to the Alexandria Office on Women’s Domestic Violence Program. Ten Thousand Villages Alexandria has been raising money for the Office on Women since 2007.

“I can’t praise Rosalind Bovey too highly,” said former Carlyle House Board President Oscar Fitzgerald. “It seems like I have known her forever. She is very successful, persistent, has raised significant funds, and I am always impressed by her positive attitude.”

The public accolades are many including adjectives like amazing, energetic, persuasive, reasonable, and well organized. Bovey is admired particularly for her commitment to civic causes.

When: Wednesday February 17, 2010

Time: 12:00-2:00pm Community Clean-Up

2:00-4:00pm Civic Education Workshop and Lunch

Where: Meeting at the corner of Glen Carlin Road and Leesburg Pike in front of 7-Eleven, Falls Church VA Tenants and Workers United, Culmore United Methodist Church, National Day Labor Organizing Network, Daylabors from across the DC metro region.

Senior Services of Alexandria with the help of the Sheriff’s Department, its’ Board Members and trusty volunteers, delivered meals to over 95 elderly residents on Tuesday, February 9, in spite of the weather. Normally meals are not provided when schools are closed, but with the predicted snow storm, Senior Services of Alexandria arranged for meal delivery with the help of these caring individuals; school-age and up. We thank Tim Gleason, Tony Davis, Wendy Webb, Act for Alexandria, John Porter, Lori Morris, Dillon Morris, Abby Sater, Christopher Campagna, Bea Campagna, Mickey Campagna, Liza Banks Campagna, Dianna Campagna, Greg Murphy, Ken Barnett, Connie Hart, and Bud Hart. In addition to providing the meals, the volunteers ensured that the seniors were warm, and chatted with them for a while.

Which identity do you select to profile Living Legend Rodger Digilio?

You can choose from among soccer coach, historic preservationist-developer, anti-drug activist, former school board member, or economic advisor. If there is a single theme to Rodger’s involvement, it is his desire to be of service to Alexandria citizens, especially the children.

Pat Troy may have been born in Ireland, but for the past 40 years he has called Alexandria his home. When the former butler and friend to presidents, prime ministers and busboys first opened Pat Troy’s Ireland’s Own in Alexandria, he instantly became a part of the business and civic community.

Nobody knows or has written more about the City of Alexandria than former City Research Historian T. Michael Miller. He has served on the Board of the Alexandria Historical Society for 12 years as a member, vice president and president. Miller has devoted 32 years to writing, living and breathing Alexandria’s history.

In 2008, John Renner proposed to his fellow Rotarians that they present a premiere fundraising event to raise money for local charities. The event became the annual “Taste for Giving”, led by John and Joan Renner and a team of very capable Rotarians, which raised more than $69,000 over the past two years to help children and the needy in our community.
When John Porter first entered an Alexandria City Public school, Eisenhower was in the White House and his first grade teacher was Miss McKinney. Last summer, more than 50 years later, he retired from
ACPS and is now the executive director of ACT for Alexandria.

Chet Avery, a long-time resident of Alexandria, has been active in devising and promoting programs enabling those with disabilities to participate fully in all life’s opportunities. For nearly 30 years he has served as a member of the Alexandria Human Rights Commission. His life’s work is dedicated to extending accessibility to all persons.

Seven years ago, Alice Merrill and Linda Odell began “SOHO: A Space of Her Own”, a partnership between The Art League and the City of Alexandria’s Court Services Unit

“David Speck and I are members of the has-beens club,” laughed Democrat Vice-Mayor Kerry Donley. “We met as political adversaries – he first ran for City Council as a Republican, I a Democrat – and became allies in political service.” Now an Alexandria Democrat, Speck’s former political colleagues describe him as intelligent.

Don’t let Betty Wright’s Southern manners fool you. Underneath that polite reserve is a woman with a sly wit, often irreverent observations and an infectious laugh which sets her eyes sparkling with a girlish mischievousness.

“You see her head turn sideways a little bit,” laughs former Alexandria Mayor Patsy Ticer, now a State Senator. “And she doesn’t flaunt her accomplishments. You would never know that she’s had such an illustrious history.”