Toys for Tots and Oglala-Lakota Coat Drives
The Toys for Tots drive runs Monday, October 21 through Thursday, December 5, 2024. Donations of new, unwrapped toys and games for ages up to 15 years old are welcome.
The annual Oglala-Lakota coat drive runs Friday, October 25 through Monday, November 18, 2024. Organized by the nonprofit Re-Member.org, the drive will benefit the residents of Pine Ridge, South Dakota. New and/or gently used items needed include: hooded winter coats (all sizes), new socks (all sizes), baby blankets, hoodies, toddler/kids winter clothes, bars of soap, toothbrushes and toothpaste, and diapers (sizes 4-5-6).
Donation bins for both drives can be found in the front vestibule of the library. Thank you for contributing!
Resources
Falls Church History Room Digital Collection
Search photos, death notices, and indexed records from the MRSPL's Falls Church History Room.
Falls Church News Press
GMHS Yearbooks
Searchable copies of George Mason High School yearbooks through 2002. Also includes Jefferson High School yearbooks from 1935, 1937, 1939, and 1945.
HeritageQuest
Genealogy data from U.S. Census records 1790-1950 with over 25,000 original page images of full-text family and local histories, etc.
Virginia Chroncle
Virginia Chronicle is a historical archive of Virginia newspapers, providing free access to full text searching and digitized images of over 3 million newspaper pages.
Washington Post
Search and view articles from The Washington Post from 1877-present. (Coverage extends to present day with a 14 day publisher embargo.)