🌱 How Fairlawn’s Pack the Bus drive shattered its school supply record

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In today's newsletter:

• How Fairlawn’s Pack the Bus drive shattered its school supply record

Also on today's calendar: Cassette Rewind: Radford University's Annual....

Today's riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 79 and low of 64 degrees.
• Saturday: Humid with a thunderstorm, temps: high: 82, low: 62.
• Sunday: Partly sunny with a shower, with a high of 80 and low of 55 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• First Bank & Trust leads Pack the Bus effort (pcpatriot.com) — Fairlawn’s First Bank & Trust branch just wrapped up the 9th annual Pack the Bus drive, collecting 5,600 school supplies and donating $2,500 for Pulaski County students. Donations gathered at the Peppers Ferry Boulevard branch will be distributed by the school board to kids across the county for the 2026–27 school year, helping families start classes better prepared.
   

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Saturday August 22

• Cassette Rewind: Radford University's Annual Community Fest →
  Radford University, 801 E Main St, Radford
  4:30 pm

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Other local events

Saturday August 22

• Cassette Rewind: Radford University's Annual... →
  Radford University, 801 E Main St, Radford
  4:30 pm

Saturday September 5

• TOUR OF DESTRUCTION →
  Pulaski County Motorsports Park, 6749 Lee Hwy, Fairlawn
  6:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday August 22

• Radford Community Fest →
  Radford University, 801 E Main St, Radford
  4:30 pm

Monday August 24

• WiseChoice Healthcare Seminar →
  Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce 210 Laurel St. suite B Christiansburg, VA 24073
  12:00 pm
• Starlight Storytime →
  Radford, VA Calendar, 30 W Main St., Radford
  6:30 pm

Tuesday August 25

• MC Eggs & Issues: Federal Reserve Update - August 2026
  Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce Warm Hearth Village 2387 Warm Hearth Dr. Blacksburg, VA 24060
  8:00 am
• Stitch, String, & Everything →
  Radford, VA Calendar, 30 W Main St., Radford
  10:00 am
• Grief Support Group
  Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce 2387 Warm Hearth Drive Blacksburg, VA 24060
  11:00 am
• MC Ribbon Cutting: Parmer & Sons →
  Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce 37 W Main St, Christiansburg, VA
  12:00 pm
• When Trees Testify: Reclaiming America’s Black Botanical Legacy with Beronda Montgomery →
  Radford, VA Calendar Radford, VA 24141
  2:00 pm
• Kids Cooking: Fried Rice Cakes - REGISTRATION REQUIRED! →
  Radford, VA Calendar, 30 W. Main St, Radford
  4:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Radford

• Radford Tuition Promise enters third year, covering tuition for more than 2,000 students (wdbj7.com)
• Radford University welcome students back to campus for move-in (wfxrtv.com)
• Radford financial aid expert shares tips for planning college costs (wdbj7.com)

Dublin

• Narro Trucks holds first product launch, delivers electric utility vehicle to Pulaski County (wsls.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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