Find your new best friend from Friday, August 21 to Sunday, August 23!
Fairfax County Animal Services is waiving adoption fees for all pets all weekend long. Whether you are looking for dogs, cats, or small animals like birds, reptiles, or guinea pigs, your perfect match is waiting. Help us clear our shelters!
Cost: $0 adoption fees on all animals
Date: Friday, August 21 to Sunday, August 23, 2026
Locations: Michael R. Frey Campus |&nbsp;4500 West Ox Road, Fairfax, VA 22030
Lorton Campus | 8875 Lorton road, Lorton, VA&nbsp;22079
Older pets make wonderful companions and have so much love to give. If you choose to open your home to a cat or dog that's 6 years or older, you will receive a $250 care credit at Pender Veterinary Centre. Thank you to the<a href="https://ffcas.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Friends of Fairfax County Animal Shelter</a> for supporting our senior pets with this credit.
About Clear the Shelters
NBCUniversal Local is teaming up with hundreds of shelters across the country to host Clear the Shelters in August 2026, a nationwide pet adoption and donation campaign that helps find loving homes for animals in need. More than 1 million pets have found homes since 2015.

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Find your new best friend from Friday, August 21 to Sunday, August 23!
Fairfax County Animal Services is waiving adoption fees...

Find your new best friend from Friday, August 21 to Sunday, August 23!
Fairfax County Animal Services is waiving adoption fees for all pets all weekend long. Whether you are looking for dogs, cats, or small animals like birds, reptiles, or guinea pigs, your perfect match is waiting. Help us clear our shelters!
Cost: $0 adoption fees on all animals
Date: Friday, August 21 to Sunday, August 23, 2026
Locations: Michael R. Frey Campus |&nbsp;4500 West Ox Road, Fairfax, VA 22030
Lorton Campus | 8875 Lorton road, Lorton, VA&nbsp;22079
Older pets make wonderful companions and have so much love to give. If you choose to open your home to a cat or dog that's 6 years or older, you will receive a $250 care credit at Pender Veterinary Centre. Thank you to the<a href="https://ffcas.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"> Friends of Fairfax County Animal Shelter</a> for supporting our senior pets with this credit.
About Clear the Shelters
NBCUniversal Local is teaming up with hundreds of shelters across the country to host Clear the Shelters in August 2026, a nationwide pet adoption and donation campaign that helps find loving homes for animals in need. More than 1 million pets have found homes since 2015.

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The George M. Hampton Foundation is proudly presenting this year's Gene Montague Memorial 5K. The fun run/walk will be from 8:30 am - 10:30 am at Occoquan Park in Lorton. Funds raised will go toward the Foundation's scholarships for local high school seniors, support of mentoring programs (Omega U) and for fundraising support to health initiatives, such as the American Diabetes Association's Step Out. Registration is $45 up to August 29th and a race shirt is included. Registrations after August 29th are $50 and a race shirt IS NOT guaranteed. Come out and have a great time in support of a great foundation and a worthy cause!

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