Virginia State troopers will be stepping up patrols during and following the Super Bowl to deter, detect and arrest drunk drivers. No game or drink is worth losing a life over.

On Saturday, March 21, Nature is for Everyone: Black and Brown Faces in America's Wild Places, an event with morning and evening venues, with author, photographer, and outdoor advocate Dudley Edmondson will be held at Prince William Forest Park in the morning 10 a.m.-noon and then at Northern Virginia Community College, Woodbridge, beginning at 6 p.m.

A Scrabble® Scramble night to benefit BEACON for Adult Literacy will be held on Saturday, March 7, from 6 to 9 p.m., at Linton Hall School (9535 Linton Hall Rd. in Bristow. Registration for a team of four players is $120. To register, visit beaconliteracy.org or contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or 571-428-2504.

The Haymarket Regional Food Pantry will host its Soup-er Bowl BINGO Fundraiser and Food Drive on Saturday, Jan. 25 from 3 to 5 p.m. at Alvey Elementary located at 5300 Waverly Farm Dr, Haymarket, VA 20169.

Professor and award-winning author Doug Tallamy will be speaking and signing copies of his new book "Nature's Best Hope" on Sunday, Feb. 23, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Manassas Park Community Center, 99 Adams St., Manassas Park.

Black Nativity is a soul stirring musical production that is the signature theatrical piece of acclaimed poet Langston Hughes. Hughes chronicles the original story of the Nativity through scripture, verse, music and dance.

Can you help? Volunteers are needed to drive people to medical appointments; to teach reading, English, computer skills, financial skills, math, citizenship & more; to help with a youth triathalon and a golf tournament and to coach Girls on the Run; to help an Army museum get ready to open; to pick produce on Sundays; to pickup & deliver meals; to garden a road buffer and more.

The latest parenting class schedules and the Parent Education Registration Form are at http://www.pwcgov.org/parenting.

Manassas Mall has partnered with local organizations to host summertime Tykes Tuesday, a free, family oriented summer fun program for kids 12 and under from 11 a.m.-noon in the At Home Court near Walmart. The final Tykes Tuesday is Aug. 20.

The first annual Dale City Volunteer Fire Department Mother Son Dance! will be on Friday, May 10, from 7 to 9 p.m. in DeSanto Community Hall, 13511 Hillendale Dr., Woodbridge VA, 22193.