Girl Scout Creates Nutritional Guide, Labor Day Closures

It’s Thursday, Aug. 29. Here are five things you need to know.

1. Fill the Boot: Firefighters across Fairfax County will begin collecting donations today and through the Labor Day weekend to support the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
   
   Read: Annual 'Fill the Boot' Campaign Starts Thursday
   
   
2. Staying in town for Labor Day? Don't forget to check and see what's open and what's closed in Fairfax County.
3. Good deed: a local girl scout helped raise bring attention to the needs of the local Food Pantry at Lorton Community Action Center and created a bilingual cookbook and nutrition guide. Check out this post about the girl scout's efforts on our community board.
4. There's five days left until Fairfax County Public School students return to school.
5. The annual Burke Centre Festival is in nine days.