Week in Great Falls

Spring Festival Needs Volunteers

The Great Falls Optimists are in need of volunteers with this year's Spring Festival. If you can give a few hours on Sunday, April 13 to help, here are the times you could help:

*10 a.m. to Noon – helping with set- up;

*1 to 3:45 p.m. -- supervising children playing games and on the rides;

3:45 to 4:05 p.m. -- helping the children line up at the age appropriate entrances to the Egg Hunt on the Village Green;

  • Clean-up following the Egg Hunt.

The Great Falls Optimists want to thank all those who have volunteered in previous years and those who will help this year.

Call 703-216-3035 or e-mail a.c.bongiorno@comcast.net

Holocaust Survivor to Speak at Great Falls Library

Holocaust survivor Henry Greenbaum will talk about his experience as a Polish Jew who was liberated from Auschwitz concentration camp and eventually made his way to the United States. His presentation -- Out of the Darkness, Into the Light: Surviving the Holocaust – will be held on Wednesday, April 23, at 7:30 p.m. at the Great Falls Library, 9830 Georgetown Pike, Great Falls.

Greenbaum now serves as a volunteer at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Seating is limited. Please register for this event at

http://bit.ly/1pIEtWL or phone the Library at

703-757-8560.