Children who enter foster homes rarely arrive with anything more than a trash bag of clothes. "Comfort Cases" aims to change that.
Start your week off with some upbeat news recently featured on Patch.
The award requires a teenager to set personal growth goals, participate in a leadership skills course, lead a forum on ethics and more.
Start your week on an upbeat note with some of the good news recently featured on our Patch sites in Virginia and DC.
Plus parents honor late son with donations, lost dog found in McLean, Masonic Temple bathed in blue to honor law enforcement.
Start your week off with some upbeat news from around Virginia and DC.
Start your week off with some good news recently featured on our Patch sites in Virginia and DC.
Plus, holiday lights come to Falls Church's downtown, thanks to donors. Start your week off with some good news.
Free cabs are available in Manassas area between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. until Jan. 1
Proceeds from the race were donated to the Chris Yung Memorial Fund which benefits Yung’s widow and three children.
With plummeting gas prices in Virginia, drivers will have more cash in their pockets for the holidays, AAA Mid-Atlantic says.
Start your week off with some upbeat news from Virginia and DC, including a dance studio raising needed funds on Kickstarter.
Stray dogs are still waiting at the animal shelter for a new, loving home.
Across the country, businesses offer free or discounted meals and services to retired and active U.S. military personnel.
Plus marching band recognized, rare footage of DC 1924 World Series win and 'You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown' coming soon.
Uplifting news from the past week, from our Patch sites in Northern Virginia and DC.
Sharing some of the upbeat news from the past week from our Patch sites in Northern Virginia and DC.
Plus a new road is named in memory of a Mount Vernon family and businessman. Heartwarming stories from the past week, from Northern Va., DC.
Plus 'Top Chef' news and an urgent care center expands. Read some of the good news from the past week from our Patch
Heartwarming and positive stories from our Patch sites in Northern Virginia and DC.
The Zoo announced the July 29 birth of an endangered Brazilian Tapir Monday.
Plus, Springfield on FBI 'short list' for possible HQ and 'The Butler' author will hold lecture, book signing in Alexandria.
Outstanding Preservation Plan, according to American Planning Association's Virginia Chapter.
Patch readers told us who the "Everyday Inspirations" in their communities are, and we're sharing their stories and the work they've done locally.
The movie, in stores July 22, is about a real-life boy who says he went to Heaven and met Jesus during surgery. We spoke with the family behind the film about how it can help start a discussion in your town.
It's the fifth dog trained by Manassas residents Wendy and Jerry Luterek through the Canine Companions for Independence nonprofit.
The 2014 Frame My Future Scholarship Contest comes with a $1,000 award.
Students supporting a friend with cancer highlighted on ABC's Good Morning Live.
Award provides up to $30,000 a year toward final years of college. Recipients include Frank Maia of Manassas.
A New York woman is so good at bargain shopping that she's used her skills to donate groceries and other goods to charity. Learn how you can follow her lead locally.
As a part of our "Everyday Inspirations" series, we look at how children across the country are making big impacts locally.
After losing three people close to her in eight months, Edie Elkan picked up a harp for the first time in 28 years. Now she runs a program training others to play the instrument for patients in hospitals.
The chapter cleans the road near the campus four times a year.
Award presented by the Virginia Emergency Management Association.
Patch wants to share stories about people who work every day to change others' lives for the better.
Plus, the viral wedding proposal that creates a high bar for the wedding reception video.
Is it a boy or a girl?