Due to the storm expected to last into Sunday morning, the Northern Virginia Ethical Society will be CLOSED on Sunday, December 20. The Winter Festival is MOVED to January 3. Come enjoy an intergenerational program of music, readings, and shared community meal at 11 a.m. to close out the holiday season!

Winter Festival at the Northern Virginia Ethical Society
Sunday, January 3, 2010

Join members and friends of the Northern Virginia Ethical Society in an intergenerational celebration of common values found in the world of winter festivals. Members, friends and visitors welcome.   We'll have a program of readings and music, followed by a community meal.

Clothing Items: We will be collecting clothing items: Hats, gloves, mittens and scarves for adults/children -- any size. Warm sweat pants, darker colors preferred, for adults and children- any size. Target gift cards (given to families who need to purchase emergency items not available at the center). Read more

During the winter, the Ethical Society occasionally closes if the weather conditions are unsafe for driving. Conditions may be safe in some parts of our Northern Virginia area and unsafe in others, so use your judgment and also check email (the announcements email list), this website, or the NoVES phone number (703 437-3161) before leaving on a day where icy conditions may be present.

The usual procedure: A decision is made about 7:00 a.m. on Sunday morning by the NoVES President, the NoVES Leader, and two others who live in different parts of the county, as to whether NoVES will have its platform as usual or not. We do our best to interpret the predictions and current conditions to assess likely safety for our members and friends driving to the platform meeting.

If conditions look like they won't be safe for the drive to or from the Society, and assuming that power is not out, we then try to (a) change the voice message on the NoVES phone line to reflect a closing. We also try to update the front page of the website and send an email to the announcements email list. Check for the email and web update by about 7:30 a.m. on Sunday (power permitting).

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