Second flag collection center opens in county on Sept. 12

On Saturday, Sept. 12, local Boy Scouts, Prince William County Solid Waste Division and Keep Prince William Beautiful will celebrate the grand opening of a second American Flag Collection Center in Prince William County.

The Balls Ford Road Yard Waste Compost Facility, 13000 Balls Ford Road, Manassas, flag collection service will be joining the service at the county landfill for citizens and businesses to retire American flags with respect.

The Balls Ford Road collection site will be operated by The Bull Run District Committee of the Boy Scouts.  It is the second joint project of the Boy Scouts of America-Occoquan and Bull Run Districts, Keep Prince William Beautiful and Prince William County Solid Waste Division.

The American Flag Collection Center located at the Balls Ford Road facility will be equipped with a bin, built by scouts of the Bull Run District, to collect the flags.
 
The bin will be available during normal operating hours for citizens to place folded flags during unstaffed times.

At the Balls Ford facility, scouts will be present the second and fourth Saturdays of each month from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. to personally demonstrate proper folding techniques and will personally collect and fold a citizen’s flag for him or her. 

The flag collection center at the County Landfill is also open during the facility’s normal operating hours and scouts of the Occoquan District staff the center the second and fourth Saturdays of each month from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.