Herndon Fortnightly Club

Herndon Fortnightly Club Founded in 1889, The Herndon Fortnightly Club made its first project founding the Herndon Library.

Our Club enjoyed being together for two Club Social Events April and June 2026: 🎉(1) Annual Spring luncheon in April, th...
08/13/2026

Our Club enjoyed being together for two Club Social Events April and June 2026: 🎉
(1) Annual Spring luncheon in April, this year we enjoyed lunch at Jimmy's Old Town Tavern, and loved having 2 guests too. 🌻
(2) Annual Summer luncheon in June, potluck at a member’s home. 🏡
New Members welcome! Hope more can join us next time!

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07/22/2026

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🎓 Scholarship Applications &
Awards Season Feb-July 2026
**Completed!!** 🎓
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17 Scholarships Awarded! We are awarding 89% of the students who applied. 🫶
🎓 Our club is overjoyed and grateful to announce our completion of scholarship selections and distribution of the awards to 17 college students for this coming academic year 2026-2027
🎓 We value literacy and education and one of our most important yearly activities is the award of scholarships to local young adults in HERNDON and Nearby Communities too. The graphic below shows where the 17 students come from locally, and the colleges where the 17 students will be attending, receiving their awarded scholarship funds.

In keeping with the Herndon Fortnightly Club’s tradition of promoting education and literacy, the club has collected 165...
06/24/2026

In keeping with the Herndon Fortnightly Club’s tradition of promoting education and literacy, the club has collected 165 books which we donated to Herndon’s Neighborhood Resource Center, the Little Free Library by the Herndon Depot, and the non-profit All Ages Read Together.
🌟Donation of books, to the following three charitable organizations listed, happened in May 2026🫶
All Ages Read Together (AART)
https://allagesreadtogether.org/
All Ages Read Together Fund, how to donate via The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia
https://www.cfnova.org/donate/all-ages-read-together-fund?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=14862320820&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIp_qSjZGqlAMVT1RHAR3IZgXgEAAYASAAEgKYUvD_BwE
Herndon Neighborhood Resource Center (NRC)
https://www.cornerstonesva.org/services/community-resource-centers/herndon-neighborhood-resource-center/?fbclid=IwY2xjawSo1dVleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFQanBOZEIyTlphQWRUOHBLc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHtaioAgXOXlPhsL28QbusPPpk3O0FYv9_WcQkNsaIeFPuhFuzBtMftqeA3w-_aem_ffu36P_-1PmxCRa4s0MW1w
Herndon Rotary’s Little Free Library on the Town Hall green Rotary Club of Herndon-Reston | Herndon VA | Facebook
Rotary Club of Herndon-Reston

🌟Town of Herndon Juneteenth Event🌟Friday June 19, 2026🌟10:30AM Town Hall Green 🌟We hope you will take some time to atten...
06/08/2026

🌟Town of Herndon Juneteenth Event🌟Friday June 19, 2026🌟10:30AM Town Hall Green 🌟
We hope you will take some time to attend the Town of Herndon’s Juneteenth Observance. Come hear about the meaning of the Juneteenth holiday as well about the beginnings of Herndon’s free African American Community. The event will be on Herndon’s Town Hall Green (by the old Town Hall and the Herndon Depot), located between Lynn and Elden Streets, at 10:30 AM, on Friday, June 19th. And a Fortnightly Club member will be one of the guest speakers!
https://www.herndon-va.gov/departments/recreation/special-events/juneteenth

We hope to see you at Herndon’s Memorial Day Ceremony at the Chestnut Grove Cemetery (831 Dranesville Road) on Monday, M...
05/18/2026

We hope to see you at Herndon’s Memorial Day Ceremony at the Chestnut Grove Cemetery (831 Dranesville Road) on Monday, May 25, at 10:00 AM. This brief ceremony is sponsored by Herndon’s Wayne M. Kidwell American Legion Post #184, website: https://www.wmkal184.org/
The guest speaker this year will be Captain Barbara Glakas, a former Army Reservist, the historian of the Herndon Historical Society, and our own Fortnightly Club member! She will highlight Revolutionary War veterans who either lived in Herndon and/or are buried in the Chestnut Grove Cemetery.

05/14/2026

Sharing a Reel and spreading the word from Mayor Keven about Polar Heat.

🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻Come join us at the Polar Heat on Lynn Street festival this Saturday, May 16. There will be plenty of food,...
05/14/2026

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Come join us at the Polar Heat on Lynn Street festival this Saturday, May 16. There will be plenty of food, music, and other interesting vendors and forms of entertainment. The Herndon Fortnightly Club will have a table on Lynn Street near the Herndon Town Council Chamber. Come say hi to us and fill out a ticket for a free raffle!
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Town of Herndon website information on this event: https://www.herndon-va.gov/departments/recreation/polar-heat-on-lynn-street

🌟 Fairfax ReLeaf 🌟 is coming to Herndon this Wednesday to speak to our club!We are excited to welcome Fairfax ReLeaf as ...
05/04/2026

🌟 Fairfax ReLeaf 🌟 is coming to Herndon this Wednesday to speak to our club!
We are excited to welcome Fairfax ReLeaf as the guest speaker at our May meeting THIS WEDNESDAY!
Local Herndon women and friends are welcome!
*** SHORT NOTICE, and hope you can join us WEDNESDAY May 6, 2026 from 1:30 to 2pm.
Please arrive early ~1:20 to 1:25 pm, for this half-hour presentation, which will begin promptly at 1:30pm
Meeting is at Herndon Fortnightly Library, in the MEETING ROOM, first floor.
Library address: 768 Center Street Herndon
(MEETING ROOM is the large room on the first floor, to the left as you enter the library’s first floor from the street).

Fairfax ReLeaf is a nonprofit with the mission to plant and preserve native trees in and around Fairfax County.
Fairfax ReLeaf teams with local groups to plant trees and to help improve habitats by removing invasive species.
Pictured below a couple of recent examples of Fairfax ReLeaf participating with communities to plant trees and remove invasives.

Fairfax ReLeaf Email Address: [email protected]
Website: https://www.fairfaxreleaf.com
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USPS Address: 12055 Government Center Pkwy, Ste 1034, Fairfax, VA, United States, 22035

Our March meeting brought a breath of spring and a boost of positivity as we welcomed Penny Halpern as our guest speaker...
04/26/2026

Our March meeting brought a breath of spring and a boost of positivity as we welcomed Penny Halpern as our guest speaker. Below is a photo of Penny at the podium, along with key details about her topic: the Herndon Village Network (HVN).
Penny’s warm and engaging style made her story especially enjoyable. She spoke about her life as a long time Herndon resident and her many years of community service. Today, she serves as President of the HVN Board, guiding a team of more than a dozen who help keep the organization running smoothly. (The team is composed of board members, media volunteers, and rides coordinators.) Some of our own club members have served as HVN drivers.
HVN is a membership based service with a simple, one time registration fee. Herndon residents 55 and older who live in 20170 or select areas of 20171 can join and receive free rides to places like medical appointments, grocery stores, restaurants, and more.
If you’d like to learn more about HVN, take a look at the links below.
https://herndonvillagenetwork.org/ (You can use the menus in this main page to get to the following two links.)
https://herndonvillagenetwork.org/join/ (Direct link to join to be a ride-recipient.)
https://herndonvillagenetwork.org/volunteer/ (Direct link to volunteer as a Driver.)

A big THANKS to Penny for a wonderful presentation and for serving our community.

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P. O. Box 55
Herndon, VA
20172

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