Patch Blogs: Safe and Healthy BBQs, Celebrate a Park and a Diaper Drive

Arlington Patch and its sister Patch covering Clarendon Courthouse and Rosslyn have welcomed several new bloggers in the past few weeks. Here’s some recent blog highlights.

Keep Your Food Fresh and Your Guests Happy & Healthy This 4th of July (and All Summer Long!) – Colleen Giannone says before you gear up for your summer BBQs and other festivities, keep your family and friends safe by following the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s four steps to food safety.

Serve a Village and Northern Virginia Diaper Bank Collaborate. United Bank is hosting a diaper drive at 20 branch locations in Northern Virginia and Washington, DC. Donations continue through Aug. 30. 

Park After Dark – The C&O Canal Trust is hosting its third annual Park After Dark benefit including music, libations, a campfire and more. It will be held in September at Great Falls Tavern in Potomac, Md.

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