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Good day Woodbridge! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Woodbridge Wegmans shoppers fuel major boost for local food banks
  • How did Woodbridge’s Sentara hospital earn top maternity care honors?
  • Woodbridge family joins others in mourning Donald Ray Bingham, 90

Also on today's calendar: Ghost Doctors Christmas Wknd Ghost Hunting Tour-Manassas Virginia...A Paranormal Adventure! and 9 more events.

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Today's riddle: How many sheep does it take to make a sweater? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

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  • Saturday: Cloudy, with a high of 46 and low of 29 degrees.
  • Sunday: Rain and drizzle in the p.m., temps: high: 48, low: 45.
  • Monday: Cloudy, a little rain; windy, with a high of 64 and low of 27 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Wegmans Shoppers In Woodbridge Helped Raise $3.1M For Hunger Relief (patch.com) — Woodbridge shoppers at the Wegmans on Dining Way helped power a regional Check Out Hunger campaign that raised nearly $3.1 million for food banks. Local organizations serving Prince William County, including ACTS and SERVE, received tens of thousands of dollars to meet rising demand tied to a government shutdown and SNAP benefit suspension.
   

• These 15 VA Hospitals Are Ranked Among Best For Maternity Care (patch.com) — Expecting parents in Woodbridge can take note that Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center in town is ranked among Virginia’s best hospitals for maternity care and also recognized for serving at-risk communities. The statewide list, based on objective quality measures like C-section and complication rates, highlights 15 top hospitals and seven key “Maternity Care Access” facilities. Families can compare detailed metrics online when deciding where to deliver.
   

• Obituary for Donald Ray Bingham, 90 (knoxky.com) — A beloved Kentucky educator and coach is remembered by family that now includes a granddaughter living here in Woodbridge. The obituary reflects on his decades teaching and coaching basketball, his love of farming and the outdoors, and his strong faith, with funeral arrangements in Kentucky still pending.
   

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  • Santa before his deliveries and he woke up to a present.
    Thank you to the beautiful people at the Move Church! And thank you to all that stopped and waved at us in the malls and on Route 1. We hope we gave… (Nextdoor Woodbridge)
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    “Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies.” Psalm 36:5 (Nextdoor Spriggs)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I have no idea. I didn’t even know sheep could knit.
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