GreenSpirit NOVA

06/30/2026

#𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆𝗪𝗮𝗴𝘀 Our fabulous adoption coordinators are ready to share all the fun facts about these cute faces and 50(ish) more. Did you know that not all dogs make it to social media? Our adoption coordinators have the first eyes on the available pups, and the first step to adopt is always applying for an adoption coordinator. If you do not have one, the link is lab-rescue.org/adopt.

Lab Rescue LRCP is a virtual organization with a service area of MD, VA, DC, WV, PA, DE, and NC. The majority of our dogs are fostered in homes throughout VA and MD.

06/27/2026

06/10/2026

Donate by June 30 and your gift will be matched, up to $100,000, to make TWICE the difference for urgently needed conservation programs that protect our public lands and support the next generation of conservation leaders. Young people across the country are signing up to protect our great outdoors....

06/05/2026

The Apple Butter Camps of Shenandoah, Virginia – 1933
In the Blue Ridge hollows during the Depression, orchards still bore fruit even when money didn’t. Families from Page County started “apple butter camps” each October. They pooled windfall apples too bruised to sell, peeled them in all-night circles while telling ghost stories, and cooked the mash in 50-gallon copper kettles over open fires. Women stirred with long maple paddles for 12 hours straight, trading shifts so no batch burned. Children sealed hot jars with rags and beeswax. One kettle made 80 jars, enough to barter for winter shoes, flour, and kerosene. When a frost killed half the crop in ’33, five families combined what was left and still filled 400 jars. They called it “sweet survival.” The camps ended with WWII, but mason jars of that batch were found in cellars 60 years later, labels faded but seals still tight.

05/27/2026

04/10/2026