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Tonight Updated: April 5, 2021 @ 5:30 am
Jasmine O. Wilson, Northern Virginia Veterans Administrative Support Housing (VASH) team leader, accepts VVA Chapter 227 credit card gift cards for VASH veterans and families in need of additional holiday financial support. This year, 56 veterans and their families benefitted from $6,675 in gift cards from Vietnam Veterans Chapter 227. In addition, a partnership between VVA 227 and MITRE Corp employees shipped 2,895 care packages to service members with an APO or FPO mailing address.
Courtesy Photo Dec 18, 2020
Sidney O. Dewberry Courtesy Photo
Victor Hoskins, president and CEO of the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority, will receive the Regional Leadership Award from Leadership Fairfax Inc., to be presented at the 24th Annual Northern Virginia Leadership Awards virtual ceremony on Dec. 18.
âI am humbled with the honor of receiving Leadership Fairfaxâs Regional Leadership Award,â Hoskins said. âCollaborating â building a big team â is how this region will succeed at anything, and I am honored that groups such as LFI recognize that.â
âRegional collaboration has helped thousands of Northern Virginia businesses bridge the economic downturn created by the coronavirus,â Hoskins added. âAnd, in a time when businesses and talent can choose to locate and work from anywhere, regional collaboration and leadership is the only way that Northern Virginia and the entire Washington region will continue to thrive as one of the worldâs leading innovation and t