A street festival, parade, lectures, singing and dancing and other activities with a historic twist will occupy downtown Warrenton VA on Saturday, Sept. 22 for Warrenton-Fauquier Heritage Day. Buckland Farm, off Vint Hill Road just over he Prince William County line, will be open in connection with the festival. The day of fun and history will be held for the eighth year, according to a news release.

Gainesville-Haymarket Youth Football League’s (Grizzlies) season kickoff and fundraiser, on Sept. 8, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Dominion Valley Market Square in Haymarket VA will feature Grizzlies Give Back 5K, 1K Family Fun Run, community street fair, children’s carnival, live entertainment and parade of teams. All proceeds benefit the Grizzlies Give Back Campaign to improve and build youth sports fields in the community.

The Woodbridge VA Campus of Northern Virginia Community College will host a 5-kilometer race, 1-mile family fun run/walk, and free health and wellness expo on Sunday, Oct. 7, to raise funds for scholarships for NOVA students.

Just about a week remains to meet the Sept. 10 registration deadline for the Derek Wayne Crowe Memorial Scholarship Foundation's golf fundraiser on Sept. 14. To be held at Heritage Golf and Country Club in Gainesville, VA, the tournament will help fund two scholarships to a male and female senior student/athlete with leadership in his/her sport and community service involvement.

The Chapman/Beverley Mill site at the Prince William-Fauquier county line in Virginia always intrigues those who see it while whizzing along Interstate 66. Visitors can see the site up close and learn about its place in history on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 25-26, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Professional guest artists will join teachers from The Center for the Arts’ Pied Piper Theatre in Manassas VA will share theatre with children 5-7, youths 8-12, and teens 13-20 at upcoming camps at the Hylton Performing Arts Center in Manassas, Campers will sample theatre games, drama, acting techniques, mime, scene study and improvisation. as well as dance, music, voice, musical theatre, and theatre combat.

Leesylvania State Park in Woodbridge VA will host the annual Hike for the Cause charity event, on Saturday, Aug. 11 to benefit the National Breast Cancer Foundation. The hike covers four miles through the park’s historical, wooded trails bordering the Potomac River. Children's activities and a 5 p.m. concert round out the day.

A Manassas dog wash franchise has set a goal of giving a 100 canines a bath during a four-hour period on Sunday, July 22 in a fundraiser for Prince William County Police Department's K-9 unit. The community is invited to bring their dogs for a wash and "stay for the fun and food."

The Old Bridge Chamber Orchestra Quartet will present a ‘Strings Under the Stars’ concert July 14 at Mary Louise Jackson Amphitheater at the Manassas VA campus of Northern Virginia Community College.

A Haymarket VA day spa is leading a campaign to raise funds to help build Molly's House #2 in Zambia for AIDS orphans. Last year Tranquility Day Spa and Salon was involved in fundraising to build the first Molly's House through the Every Orphan's Hope program.