Grant to Benefit Community Centreville Immigration Forum Gets $3,000 Research Grant
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Centreville ❖ Clifton ❖ Little Rocky Run SOUTHERN EDITION FEB 18-24, 2010 “More Than Neighborly” 25 CENTS Newsstand Price Volume XXIV, NO. 7 Grant To Benefit Community Centreville Immigration Forum gets $3,000 research grant. Photo by Photo By Bonnie Hobbs Centre View Bonnie Hobbs lways promoting unity between residents and immigrants, Alice Foltz Deb Cobb A has obtained a $3,000 grant from the International Peace View /Centre Research Association Foundation. Foltz leads the Centreville Immi- gration Forum (CIF), and she and Courtesy of Courtesy others will collect data on the Bill Casey in his truck, knocking down snow walls along Springhaven Drive in community’s Hispanic immigrants Chantilly. in hopes of improving the relation- Isabel Almendarez ship between them and the local discusses the upcoming Good Samaritan helps dig residents. census. Have Plow, The effort is an outreach project out residents after snow. of Wellspring United Church of about immigration.” Christ, and its pastor, Al Fuertes, Foltz will head the project, and Will Travel borhood, Bill Casey of Casey’s Automotive helped is a member of this foundation, participants will include Connie dig us out. In the process, he helped an Army which favors nonviolent conflict Rojas — day-laborer coordinator By Bonnie Hobbs officer’s wife, a family whose grandpa needs di- resolution. Accordingly, it’s hoped and contact with the Hispanic Centre View alysis and several employers and workers who had that this project can reduce the community, student volunteers lost productive time during the big storms.” tension and heightened, commu- from GMU and other local resi- fter 28 inches of snow blanketed the area, Calling Casey “one of the good guys,” Smith said nity concerns about the growth of dents. Training will be provided, AFeb. 5-6, trapping multitudes of residents he helped out after both storms. Smith’s commu- Centreville’s day-laborer popula- and those interested in helping on their streets, they needed a “knight in nity has 72 homes, and VDOT plowed Stringfellow tion. gather the data may contact Foltz shining armor” — or, even better, a man with a Road and the neighborhood’s access road, “We want to find out more about at [email protected]. plow — to come to their rescue. And for many, Worthington Woods Way. But it didn’t clear the the immigrants in the Sully Dis- “We want to know what the im- Centreville’s Bill Casey was just that man. individual streets. trict,” said Foltz. “We hope to col- migrants’ experience in the com- “There are real people and stories behind the His street has 15 homes, and Casey knew some lect stories and viewpoints from munity is and how the residents snowdrifts,” said Mike Smith of the Fair Lakes of its residents from church (St. Timothy). “His both immigrants and non-immi- Chase community in Centreville. “In our neigh- See Good, Page 5 grants and learn how they feel See Forum, Page 2 Van Valkenburg Participates in Olympic Torch Relay ciation, plus McDonald’s relation- “It was the luck of the draw, but I on a treadmill, so he just contin- McDonald’s franchisee wins honor. ship with Coca Cola. was honored,” he said. “It was a ued. “You could walk, jog or run Both Coca-Cola and RBC, a Ca- once-in-a-lifetime experience.” in the relay,” he said. “So I told By Bonnie Hobbs street, waving banners and cheer- nadian bank, sponsored the relay. He didn’t do anything out-of- them I’d jog.” Centre View ing everyone along. And when we “Coca-Cola is one of McDonald’s the-ordinary to prepare for the stopped, they crowded around and major vendors and we’re Coca- event. But he exercises regularly See McDonald’s, Page 4 he 2010 Winter Olympics shook our hands. They were just Cola’s biggest customer,” said Van are well underway in the nicest people.” Valkenburg. “So Coca-Cola invited T 2-18-10 home in Requested Vancouver, Canada. But Van Valkenburg, his wife of 56 McDonald’s to participate in the Time sensitive material. sensitive Time for Max Van Valkenburg, the fes- years, Neva, their son and daugh- relay.” Postmaster: Attention tivities began in December, when ter own 18 McDonald’s franchises He then won the chance to be PERMIT #322 PERMIT he participated in the Olympic — including restaurants in in the torch relay at a McDonald’s MD Easton, Torch Relay. Chantilly, Centreville, Clifton, Operators Convention in April PAID “It was a lot of fun, and hum- Fairfax and Fair Lakes. And the 2009 in Orlando, Fla. There, Coca- Postage U.S. bling,” he said. “There were a lot opportunity to carry the torch Cola put the attendees’ names in STD PRSRT of people on each side of the came about because of that asso- a hat and drew Van Valkenburg’s. www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Centre View South ❖ February 18-24, 2010 ❖ 1 “I consider service the main product, and News my fee the byproduct, of a job well done. I believe that you have the right to hear the truth about your transaction, instead of Forum Gets $3,000 Research Grant pure sales talk. I contend that the proper From Page 1 U.S. government to gather com- role of a real estate professional is plete and accurate data about its to disclose, advise and educate, not here feel about them,” she said. immigrant population. merely persuade.” “We also want to collect hard data “We need to know where the regarding the types of jobs immi- by Photo people are, who they are and how For more information on our team grants here have and the busi- many there are,” she said. “Gov- approach, please visit our Web site at nesses they work for, so we’ll have ernment funding for things we do www.seln4u.com. We think you will be a little better picture of the immi- Bonnie Hobbs is based on accurate census num- impressed. grants’ contributions in this part bers, so this is very important. of Fairfax County.” We’re partnering with trusted leaders in the community to help VOLUNTEERS WILL also try to us get the word out. We keep all ascertain how many immigrants View /Centre personal information confidential CERTIFIED Experience… DISTRESSED are in Centreville and Chantilly; for 72 years. We only publish gen- PROPERTY the Difference! EXPERT© the cost to provide local services eral statistical data, so it’s safe and — schools, health care, public secure.” See Complete School Information and safety, etc. — to immigrants in the She said surveys will go to ad- VIRTUAL TOUR at www.seln4u.com Sully District; and the reasons why dresses in March and question- the immigrants came to the North- Alice Foltz. naire assistance centers will be set DISCOVER THE DISTINCT ADVANTAGE! ern Virginia suburbs. up from March 19 to April 20 to $899,900 $649,900 It’s a year-long project, and Foltz help filling out job applications help people fill them out. “The VIRGINIA LITTLE hopes to also call on members of and other forms. survey will be in six languages, RUN ROCKY Award-Winning RUN the CIF for help carrying it out. She Low-income residents may re- including Korean and Spanish,” Tipco Model Screened knows they can help make contact ceive health care through the said Almendarez. “In many house- Home! Over 7,000 s.f. of porch. with local immigrants through Community Health Care Network, holds, people are doubling up, so luxury. $300K of Cul-de- venues such as the ESL programs but getting there can pose a prob- they may need extra forms to fill custom features. 4 FP’s. FR w/Soaring 18' ceiling. held in various churches here. lem. “Transportation is a big is- out [at those addresses].” Sumptu-ous mn lvl mstr suite w/access to deck. MBA sac. Side to common area. w/Italian marble floor, bidet & jetted soak tub. Gourmet Gourmet kitchen. Luxury Foltz discussed the grant during sue,” said Foltz. “[My husband] Foltz said it may be difficult to Kit & Brkfst rm. Lower lvl rec rm w/full wet bar, Sony master suite. Workshop. the Jan. 26 CIF meeting. Other Jerry took a fellow with diabetes count Centreville’s immigrant projection center w/surround sound & wine cellar. Prof. Landscaping w/7-zoned irrigation syst & much more! Finished basement with wine topics included medical care, the to the Jennie Schmidt Clinic in population and those who come FX7241725 cellar and more. upcoming census and Grace Min- Herndon.” to Grace Ministries for help. “So For Rent istries. Barb Shaiko, who heads Shaiko said it would help if there part of what’s needed is education $2,300 that program at Centreville United were a way people could sign up to encourage them to participate,” VIRGINIA COMING SOON! RUN Virginia Run Methodist Church, said Grace Min- to be drivers. “Often, low-income she said. Foltz then suggested pro- 3 Finished Winchester Homes Raleigh istries plans to offer employment families try to survive on one car viding some information and, pos- lvls. SF home Model. Cul-de-Sac. development. — if they even have a car,” she sibly, a talk about the upcoming w/4 BR on Gorgeous inside! upper lvl, 2 Funded via a job-training grant said. “And it’s difficult for them if census during the next Grace Min- Full BA & 2 half BA. Nestled on wooded lot. The Fairways from federal stimulus funds avail- they have to go somewhere, such istries at Centreville United Meth- Garage. Walk-out bsmnt, 2-level custom deck. Lovely Cape Cod-style home! able through the county, it would as a doctor’s appointment or hy- odist Church.