This popular street festival honors the Welsh ancestry of James Monroe (through his mother, Elizabeth Jones) with traditional music, dancing, arts, crafts, and food of the British Isles. The program is co-sponsored by the Welsh Society of Fredericksburg.
September 22 10am-5pm
September 23 11am-4pm
Riverfront Park
This juried art show is a great chance to show & sell you artwork and compete for cash prizes. Only original fine arts and crafts are accepted, including but not limited to painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, weaving, calligraphy, glass, pottery, photography and jewelry. All work must be original, not done under the supervision or completed from a kit. .
Parks, Recreation and Public Facilities
(540)372-1086
On September 20, Soul Expressions, a high-energy soul band, takes the stage downtown with an amazing performance featuring funk, rock, reggae, jazz, and Motown, as well as todays best hits. This 7-piece band includes bass, drums, lead and rhythm guitars, keys, sax, and vocals. Come, join us on June 21 as Soul Expressions gets the party movin and folks on the floor groovin from the first beat.
Individual concert admission is $7 at the gate on the day of the event for those 21 and over. Admission for those under 21 is always FREE!
All concerts begin at 5:00 pm and end at 9:00 pm. Food and beverages will be available for purchase, and a variety of childrens activities will also be offered. So bring friends, family & a lawn chair! All are welcome! Please remember no pets and no coolers, but picnic baskets are welcome!
Come and enjoy the end of summer in a Great American Main Street, downtown Culpeper with great times and the great sounds of Soul Expressions.
Contact: Culpeper Renaissance Inc. 540-825-4416
Email: crievents@culpeperdowntown.com
Website: www.culpeperdowntown.com
Free Flu Shots are being offered at the Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center.
September 19 and 26 from 3 to 7 pm at the Farmers Market in the Hospital parking lot.
October 6 from 9 to noon there will be a drive thru clinic in the Hospital parking lot.
4600 Spotsylvania Parkway
Fredericksburg, VA 22408
Phone: (540) 498-4000
Rosh Hashanah starts at sundown and is a solemn celebration of the beginning of the Jewish year. Synagogue services are held on Rosh Hashanah. During the services, the shofar, a ram’s horn, is sounded. During Rosh Hashanah special dishes are prepared. Many of the dishes contain honey which symbolizes the desire for a sweet year. A round bread represents the fullness of the year.
Learn more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosh_Hashanah
In tonight’s cluster meeting we met to talk at the mall and then the au pairs went bowling in these pretty shoes!
Many of the au pairs may be too young to remember this event, but it has become part of our American Culture. Here is a letter written by 9/11 Memorial President Joe Daniels commemorating the 11th Anniversary of 9/11:
September 11, 2012
Today, we honor the thousands of innocent men, women, and children who were taken from us too soon eleven years ago. Here at the 9/11 Memorial in New York City, we will read their names aloud. We will stand together in silence at six moments, marking when the Twin Towers were struck, the buildings fell, the Pentagon was attacked, and Flight 93 crashed in a Pennsylvania field. Together, we will remember the devastating loss and reflect on the preciousness of life.
How you choose to observe the 9/11 anniversary is personal. Whether through quiet reflection or prayer, acts of service, or sharing a message of remembrance through social media, please join me in memorializing those who were killed and the sacrifices made on this day eleven years ago.
Despite the unimaginable tragedy of 9/11 itself, this day is also about the spirit of unity that came in the aftermath. It showed us that the best of humanity can overcome the worst hate. It gave us hope for the future.
We now see hope every day at the 9/11 Memorial. We find hope in the Callery pear tree that survived the destruction of the World Trade Center and is now known around the world as the Survivor Tree, standing tall among the Memorial trees. The children who visit give us hope for the future. And we find undeniable strength in the fact that over 4.6 million people from all 50 states and 170 countries have come here to pay their respects since we opened the Memorial one year ago.
We will also see hope at the 9/11 Memorial Museum. Thanks to an agreement forged by the 9/11 Memorial and our Chairman, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, along with Governor Andrew Cuomo, Governor Chris Christie, and the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, the construction of the Museum will move forward. When it opens, the Museum will be a place for education and inspiration. It will commemorate the lives lost, preserve the history of what happened on that terrible day and tell the stories of courage and compassion that were so much a part of the response to 9/11.
On this eleventh anniversary of the September 11 attacks, please join me in remembering those who were lost and how we came together to honor them in the aftermath. Our thoughts and prayers are with their families. The memories of their loved ones live on in our hearts and in the Memorial that bears their names. They will never be forgotten.
Warm regards,
Joe Daniels
President & CEO
The Virginia Host Family Day took place at Lake Fairfax Park in Reston, VA on September 9, 2012. This event was run by Diane Wallace, Dominique Ortiz, Sarah Spengler, Oksana Vorona, Kristina Jarosova, Felicitas Smith, Jennifer Minniti, Patricia Van Haste, and Melanie Alber-Ho. The event was a huge success with 445 people attending! It was a beautiful day filled with fun activities, including volleyball, face painting, and balloon characters. New families, longtime families, and au pairs came and had an amazing time! Because this event took place in such a public area, this also gave potential new families a chance to come ask questions and find out more about Au Pair in America!
1:00 to 7:00pm
At St. William of York Catholic Church
3130 Jefferson Davis Hwy Stafford, VA
540-446-1869
Family fun for everyone! Enjoy rides, games, bingo, a white elephant sale and foods from around the world!
A recent article in The Free Lance Star compared the cost of day care to local college tuitions to see which was more expensive. The comparison may surprise you! Included in the article are statistics on the cost of various forms of child care. Last year the annual average cost for full-time childcare for an infant, in Fredericksburg, was $10,816 at a day care center, and $6,760 at an in-home day care.
Unfortunately the cost of having an au pair was not part of the comparison. The current cost for a screened, trained (Red Cross certified and an option for a AAA driving class) au pair to live in your home and provide 45 hours a week of childcare is only slightly more than the in-home day care rate. But with an au pair you choose the hours, and the care is provided in your home. You don’t have to take your child out in bad weather, and can leave your child at home if he/she is feeling “under the weather.”
Fredericksburg also has the Educare program for au pairs available, which provides you with 30 hours of child care a week and costs less than the in-home day care cost. This option is perfect for commuters who need help during non-school hours to get children ready and onto the bus, and later off the bus, to activities, and help with homework.
The cost for a standard au pair (45 hours a week) or educare au pair (30 hours a week) does not depend on how many children you have. Unlike child care or day care, the cost is the same for one, two, three or more children.
Send me an email at eaton.apa@gmail.com to find out how an au pair is the perfect choice for your family.
You can read the original article at:
http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2012/092012/09012012/721815?rss=local
