Valerie Beaudoin

Loudoun County

Washington Metropolitan Area

Leesburg

Virginia

Patch AM Team

Lansdowne

Loudoun

Belmont

Michelle Witte

Ashburn

Hamilton

Broadlands

Countryside

Purcellville

Brambleton

Loudoun Valley Estates

Dulles Town Center

Chapman DeMary Trail

Bring your family and friends to the 14th annual Hail to the Trail event at the Chapman DeMary Trail on September 27 from 1 to 4 p.m. This event is free and fun for all. Participate in hands-on activities, learn about native plants and wildlife, make a pinecone birdfeeder, get native plant seeds for your garden, help plant trees as part of the Town’s annual Arbor Day Celebration, celebrate the Town’s Tree City USA designation, and more.
Here is a list of activities and participating organizations for this year’s Hail to the Trail:
<ul><li>Barlett Tree Experts – get a free tee seedling</li><li>Imagine Well Being – explore nature with your five senses</li><li>Keep Loudoun Beautiful – play a game about how long items take to decompose</li><li>Loudoun Beekeepers Association – find the queen bee in the observation hive and check out beekeeping tools and supplies</li><li>Loudoun County Building and Development – count tree rings and match leaves</li><li>Loudoun County Health Department/Loudoun Targets Lyme – learn about tick prevention and how to remove a tick</li><li>Loudoun County Master Gardeners – identify seeds and fruits of plants found at the Chapman DeMary Trail</li><li>Loudoun Soil and Water Conservation District – check out a display of wildlife bones</li><li>Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy – jump like a frog and examine animal scat, tracks, and animal skulls</li><li>Parks and Recreation Advisory Board - play a nature memory game to win a prize and get a nature scavenger hunt sheet</li><li>Purcellville Arts Council - make pinecone birdfeeders to place along the trail and to take home</li><li>Purcellville Library—create a nature bookmark with dried flowers and leaves</li><li>Sweet Run State Park (Department of Conservation and Recreation) – use animal track stamps to make your own nature bookmark and examine animal skulls, furs, scat, and more</li><li>Town of Purcellville Water Division - take a water taste test to see if you can tell which is bottled water and which is Town water</li><li>Tree and Environment Sustainability Committee – play a nature trivia game to test your knowledge and win a prize; decorate a packet and fill it with native flower seeds for your garden</li><li>Virginia Master Naturalists, Banshee Reeks Chapter – identify plaster casts of native wildlife, learn about the life cycle of beetles, frogs, and butterflies; identify furs</li><li>Go on a nature trivia walk and get all of the answers to win a prize</li><li>Help us plant trees</li><li>Participate in the Town's annual Arbor Day Celebration and Tree City USA recognition</li><li>Enjoy live music by Willie White</li><li>Get a free slice of pizza</li><li>Help us recognize scouts and volunteers for their environmental projects in the Town of Purcellville</li><li>Get your face painted</li><li>Complete the Hail to the Trail passport to win a prize</li></ul>























The Chapman DeMary Trail, a 10-acre area which is the last stand of old-growth forest in the Town, is open to the public for environmental exploration, education, and recreation. Trail projects encourage environmental stewardship and have engaged students, scouts, and members of the community in learning about and protecting this habitat. The trail runs along the South Fork Catoctin Creek which is part of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. The Town of Purcellville holds the conservation easement for this privately-owned property. The entrance and parking for the Chapman DeMary Trail is behind the building at 205 East Hirst Road in Purcellville.
Hail to the Trail is hosted by the Purcellville Tree and Environment Sustainability Committee, a standing committee of the Town of Purcellville that focuses on environmental programs, sustainability, enhancement of the tree canopy, and continuation of the Town's Tree City USA designation. Get more information at <a href="https://www.PurcellvilleVa.gov/Hail-to-the-Trail" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.PurcellvilleVa.gov/Hail-to-the-Trail</a> and follow Hail to the Trail on Facebook.

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Join us for our 8th Annual Pints 4 Paws celebration and fundraiser at Vanish Brewery in Lucketts Virginia! Proceeds benefit LC3's community cat Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) &amp; Kitten Rescue programs.
Visit our <a href="https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/lc3s-pints-4-paws" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Pints 4 Paws Zeffy page</a> to pre-purchase entry tickets and discounted&nbsp;raffle tickets! Tickets will also be available on the day of the event at the LC3 check-in tent behind the brewery. 
<h3>Drink Beer, Save Cats!</h3>
Come on out to Vanish to help <a href="https://www.loudouncommunitycats.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Loudoun Community Cat Coalition</a> raise funds for our Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) spay/neuter and Kitten Rescue adoption programs!
Every ticket sold will help to spay/neuter, vaccinate, and microchip community cats, and to rescue kittens born in the wild so they can be adopted as indoor pets.
We will have fantastic raffle prizes, including a variety of gift baskets, gift cards, and a paw-some cat tree! 
We'll also have lots of kitty-related merch available for purchase from our <a href="https://www.loudouncommunitycats.org/shop" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Meow Boutique</a> - beer &amp; wine glasses, t-shirts, hoodies, koozies, catnip toys, insulated reusable&nbsp;grocery bags, chip-clips, cat pens, and more!
Scroll down on the order form to pre-order raffle tickets and t-shirts and we'll have them ready for you when you check-in at the event!
Visit the Kitten Cabana where you can check out adoptable kittens and cats!
There will be lots of vendors with arts, crafts, photo prints, semi-precious fine jewelry, birdhouses and wood creations, crochet animal plushies, local honey, candles, lotions, soaps, dry flower arrangements and floral art, herbal teas, gelato samples, face painting, drink discounts, and more! 
Check the <a href="https://vanishbeer.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Vanish </a>web page for live music and delicious craft brews and food available at the venue.

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