BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Laurel Ridge Community College - ECPv6.10.1.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://laurelridge.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Laurel Ridge Community College REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260408T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260408T140000 DTSTAMP:20260619T134734 CREATED:20250305T211155Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260207T163452Z UID:10007976-1775642400-1775656800@laurelridge.edu SUMMARY:Career and Internship Fair DESCRIPTION:Join us in the Corron Building for the Career Fair!Open to all students and community members—everyone is welcome. \n\n\n\n\n\nEmployers Attending:\n\n\n\n\nUVA Community Health\n\n\n\nRiddleberger Brothers\, Inc\n\n\n\nZeus GeoTechnic\n\n\n\nSouthern Electrical Service Co\, Inc.\n\n\n\nVirginia Dept of Corrections\n\n\n\nBartlett Tree Experts\n\n\n\nBank of Clarke\n\n\n\nFauquier Co Govt & Public Schools\n\n\n\nNavy Federal Credit Union\n\n\n\nNational Fruit Product Co.\, Inc.\n\n\n\nFire Alarm Services\, Inc\n\n\n\nLinder Industrial Machinery Co\n\n\n\nand many more!\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nQuestions?\n\n\n\nContact lbrumback@laurelridge.edu or call 540-868-7142. URL:https://laurelridge.edu/event/career-and-internship-fair/ LOCATION:Laurel Ridge Community College Middletown Campus\, 173 Skirmisher Lane\, Middletown\, 22645 CATEGORIES:Alumni Events,Career Services Events,Community Events,Employee Events,Fauquier Student Events,Foundation Events,Middletown Student Events,Student Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://laurelridge.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Facebook-Event-Image-Career-Fair.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260316T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260320T170000 DTSTAMP:20260619T134734 CREATED:20250307T172151Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260302T171146Z UID:10007998-1773648000-1774026000@laurelridge.edu SUMMARY:Neighbor Week DESCRIPTION:Kindness Lives Here\n\n\n\nJoin us in celebrating Neighbor Week in honor of what would have been Fred Rogers’s 98th birthday on March 20. We have events celebrating kindness and neighborliness March 16-20. We think Mr. Rogers would approve of Laurel Ridge’s mission to provide a positive\, caring and dynamic learning environment that inspires student success\, values diversity and promotes community vitality! \n\n\n\nHelp Your Neighbors\n\n\n\nIn exchange for a donation – of an amount of your choosing – you are welcome to wear your comfiest pair of jeans all week. These donations will be split among three beneficiaries: \n\n\n\n\nTRiO – For those wishing to make non-monetary donations\, here is a listing of suggested items for the TRiO pantry: proteins\, such as canned tuna and chicken; peanut butter; bread; cereal; cooking oils; cleaning supplies; laundry detergent; dryer sheets; dish soap\n\n\n\nEmployee Emergency Assistance Fund\n\n\n\nParent Scholars Program\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n\n\nBuy a Shirt\n\n\n\nAdditionally\, you can purchase a T-shirt designed by Larry Friedenberg\, with proceeds – about $9 for each shirt – going to the Laurel Ridge Educational Foundation. \n\n\n\n \n \n Order a Neighbor Week Shirt \n \n\n\n\n\nIt’s a Beautiful Potluck in the Neighborhood \n\n\n\nOn Tuesday\, March 17\, bring your favorite dish\, snack\, dessert or activity to share as you welcome your coworkers to come visit your neighborhood (department) for Neighborhood Bites & Delights between 11:45 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. \n\n\n\n \n \n Sign up for the Potluck \n \n\n\n\n\nExplore Your Neighborhood\n\n\n\nTake a walk with your work neighbors! \n\n\n\n\nLuray-Page County Center – 10 a.m.\, Tuesday\, March 17. Meet at the welcome desk for a walk down the sidewalk to the corner of Allison and General Drive led by Judy Suddith.\n\n\n\nFauquier Campus – noon\, Tuesday\, March 17. Meet in front of The Barn and walk through the buildings and outside along the connector trail with Kerry Kilpatrick and Nick Shomo as your guides.\n\n\n\nMiddletown Campus – 12:15 p.m.\, Thursday\, March 19. Meet in Cornerstone Hall behind the welcome desk and walk to the area around the Student Union Building with Poly Nesselrodt and Catherine Grunow leading the way.\n\n\n\n\nCelebrate with Your Neighbors\n\n\n\nJoin us for Neighbor Day Cardigans and Cupcakes at noon on Wednesday\, March 18. We’d love to take group pictures of employees in Mr. Rogers’s favorite item of clothing\, a cardigan. Meet in Cornerstone Hall behind the information desk on the Middletown Campus\, and in Wolk Hall near the information desk at the Fauquier Campus. \n\n\n\nOther Neighborhood Goings-on\n\n\n\n\nColoring activity at each Laurel Ridge location. Details to come!\n\n\n\nTherapy Dogs – Everyone loves visiting with the Fab Four Therapy Dogs! Thursday\, March 19\, noon to 1 p.m. on the Middletown Campus\n\n\n\n\n \n \n View more Neighbor Week resources URL:https://laurelridge.edu/event/neighbor-week/ CATEGORIES:Alumni Events,Community Events,Employee Events,Fauquier Student Events,Foundation Events,Luray Student Events,Middletown Student Events,Student Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251105T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251208T170000 DTSTAMP:20260619T134734 CREATED:20251105T135936Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251110T173911Z UID:10010549-1762329600-1765213200@laurelridge.edu SUMMARY:Support Our Students This Holiday Season DESCRIPTION:Make a Meaningful Impact This Holiday Season \n\n\n\nThis holiday season\, Laurel Ridge invites our employees\, students\, and community members to come together in support of our students and their families. Whether through donations\, gifts\, or a sweet raffle treat\, your generosity will help brighten lives and bring comfort during the holidays. \n\n\n\nWays to Give:\n\n\n\n1. Donate to the Educational Foundation Food Drive Fund\n\n\n\nYour dollar goes further when you give directly to the Food Pantry Fund. Instead of purchasing items yourself\, your donation of any amount allows us to purchase at wholesale prices and meet specific needs or make a $40 donation to sponsor a family holiday meal. \n\n\n\nDonate by: Dec. 8Give now: laurelridge.edu/donatenowDesignation: Food Pantry Fund OR Student Holiday Meal Sponsor \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. Support the TRIO Holiday Drive (Middletown Campus)\n\n\n\nPurchase Gifts: Help bring joy to the children of TRIO participants by purchasing gifts from our Amazon Wish List.Wish List: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/QYLUH7HU001W?ref_=wl_sharePurchase by: Dec. 1 \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. Support Operation Present Drop (Fauquier) \n\n\n\nPurchase Gifts: Donate for Fauquier student families in need from our Amazon Wish List. \n\n\n\nWish List: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/B029HF9OVH7I?ref_=wl_sharePurchase by: Dec. 1 \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4. Donate Items to the Food Pantry\n\n\n\nDrop off donations at any Laurel Ridge lobby.Items Needed: \n\n\n\n\nFood: Peanut butter\, canned chicken/tuna\, other protein-rich items\n\n\n\nHygiene: Feminine hygiene products\, toothbrushes/toothpaste\, shampoo\, soap\n\n\n\nCleaning: Laundry detergent\n\n\n\n\nDonations On-going URL:https://laurelridge.edu/event/support-our-students-this-holiday-season/ CATEGORIES:Alumni Events,Club Event,Community Events,Foundation Events,Middletown Student Events,Student Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251103T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251212T170000 DTSTAMP:20260619T134734 CREATED:20251105T135936Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251110T173911Z UID:10010475-1762156800-1765558800@laurelridge.edu SUMMARY:Support Our Students This Holiday Season DESCRIPTION:Make a Meaningful Impact This Holiday Season \n\n\n\nThis holiday season\, Laurel Ridge invites our employees\, students\, and community members to come together in support of our students and their families. Whether through donations\, gifts\, or a sweet raffle treat\, your generosity will help brighten lives and bring comfort during the holidays. \n\n\n\nWays to Give:\n\n\n\n1. Donate to the Educational Foundation Food Drive Fund\n\n\n\nYour dollar goes further when you give directly to the Food Pantry Fund. Instead of purchasing items yourself\, your donation of any amount allows us to purchase at wholesale prices and meet specific needs or make a $40 donation to sponsor a family holiday meal. \n\n\n\nDonate by: Dec. 8Give now: laurelridge.edu/donatenowDesignation: Food Pantry Fund OR Student Holiday Meal Sponsor \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. Support the TRIO Holiday Drive (Middletown Campus)\n\n\n\nPurchase Gifts: Help bring joy to the children of TRIO participants by purchasing gifts from our Amazon Wish List.Wish List: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/QYLUH7HU001W?ref_=wl_sharePurchase by: Dec. 1 \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. Support Operation Present Drop (Fauquier) \n\n\n\nPurchase Gifts: Donate for Fauquier student families in need from our Amazon Wish List. \n\n\n\nWish List: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/B029HF9OVH7I?ref_=wl_sharePurchase by: Dec. 1 \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4. Donate Items to the Food Pantry\n\n\n\nDrop off donations at any Laurel Ridge lobby.Items Needed: \n\n\n\n\nFood: Peanut butter\, canned chicken/tuna\, other protein-rich items\n\n\n\nHygiene: Feminine hygiene products\, toothbrushes/toothpaste\, shampoo\, soap\n\n\n\nCleaning: Laundry detergent\n\n\n\n\nDonations On-going URL:https://laurelridge.edu/event/support-our-students-this-holiday-season/ CATEGORIES:Alumni Events,Club Event,Community Events,Foundation Events,Middletown Student Events,Student Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251011T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251011T150000 DTSTAMP:20260619T134734 CREATED:20251011T165534Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251011T223313Z UID:10009335-1760187600-1760194800@laurelridge.edu SUMMARY:Reaching Across the Racial Divide – A Presentation by Betty Kilby Baldwin and Phoebe Kilby DESCRIPTION:Watch Video of the Event\n\n\n\n\n\nLocations: Middletown Campus\, Carl and Emily Thompson Conference Center and Virtual \n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Presentation\n\n\n\n“The sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.” – Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr. \n\n\n\nAs daughters\, Betty Kilby Baldwin and Phoebe Kilby have found a way to live Dr. King’s dream. \n\n\n\nThey will share their powerful story of discovering their family connection and embarking on a journey of reconciliation and reparation. Their talk draws on lessons from their 2021 book\, Cousins: Connected Through Slavery – A Black Woman and a White Woman Discover Their Past and Each Other (UMW 2023 Reading Program selection\, Social Justice).  \n\n\n\nBooks will be available for purchase at the event. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAbout the Speakers\n\n\n\nDr. Betty Kilby Fisher Baldwin\n\n\n\n\nIntegrated Warren County High School in 1959 after her father sued the school board under Brown v. Board of Education.\n\n\n\nAuthor of Wit\, Will & Walls.\n\n\n\nMBA and Honorary Doctorate from Shenandoah University.\n\n\n\nShe and Phoebe have presented nationwide at universities\, schools\, churches\, and conferences.\n\n\n\n\nPhoebe Kilby\n\n\n\n\nBaltimore native; degrees in Botany (B.S.) and Environmental Management (M.E.M.) from Duke University.\n\n\n\nWorked as an urban and environmental planner.\n\n\n\nLater earned a degree in Conflict Transformation from Eastern Mennonite University.\n\n\n\nActive in the Coming to the Table movement\, where she researched her family’s connection to slavery—leading to her discovery of cousin Betty.\n\n\n\n\nBetty’s story and the desegregation of Warren County High School in 1959 are featured in the documentary Knocking Down Walls (2023)\, created by Spotswood High School students and Rockingham County Public Schools staff. The film tells the story of Virginia school integration through the voices of those who lived it. \n\n\n\nSponsored by:\n\n\n\n\nLaurel Ridge Community College\n\n\n\nShenandoah River District United Women in Faith and individual Units:\n\nLeesburg UMC\, Brucetown UMC\, Stephens City UMC\n\n\n\n\n\nBelle Grove Plantation\n\n\n\nNorthern Shenandoah Valley Coming to the Table\n\n\n\nShenandoah River District UMC\n\n\n\nVirginia Annual Conference United Women in Faith\n\n\n\nStrasburg United Methodist Church\n\n\n\nStrasburg UMC Methodist Men\n\n\n\nVA Annual Conference UMC Methodist Men\n\n\n\nVirginia Annual Conference UMC Cross Racial/Cross Cultural Resource Team\n\n\n\nWarren-Page NAACP\n\n\n\nShenandoah County NAACP\n\n\n\nRobin Lyttle\n\n\n\nAnonymous\n\n\n\nVA UMC Director of Belonging and Advocacy-Rev. Lan Davis Wilson\n\n\n\nStrasburg Museum at the Strasburg Visitor’s Center\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nThe Kilby Family Endowed Scholarship Fund\n\n\n\nINVESTING IN THE BLACK COMMUNITIES OF TOMORROW COMMUNITIES OF TOMORROW – https://poisefoundation.org/the-kilby-family-endowed-scholarship-fund/ URL:https://laurelridge.edu/event/reaching-across-the-racial-divide-a-presentation-by-betty-kilby-baldwin-and-phoebe-kilby/ LOCATION:Laurel Ridge Community College Middletown Campus\, 173 Skirmisher Lane\, Middletown\, 22645 CATEGORIES:Alumni Events,Community Events,Foundation Events,Middletown Student Events,Student Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://laurelridge.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/betty_phoebe_kilby_marquee-1536x864.jpg.optimal.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250809T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250809T160000 DTSTAMP:20260619T134734 CREATED:20250310T163157Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260302T200132Z UID:10008012-1754722800-1754755200@laurelridge.edu SUMMARY:Route 11 Yard Crawl DESCRIPTION:Register as a vendor for Route 11 Yard Crawl Spaces at Laurel Ridge Community College!\nSaturday\, August 8\, 20267 a.m. – 4 p.m.\nVendor Spaces: RESERVE HERE\nFunds raised will support the Laurel Ridge Educational Foundation.\n \n \nLaurel Ridge Community College Rt. 11 Yard Crawl Map \n \n2025 Rt. 11 Yard Crawl Map \nLearn more about the Rt. 11 Yard Crawl event at http://shenandoahcountychamber.com/rt-11 URL:https://laurelridge.edu/event/route-11-yard-crawl/ LOCATION:Laurel Ridge Community College Middletown Campus\, 173 Skirmisher Lane\, Middletown\, 22645 CATEGORIES:Community Events,Employee Events,Foundation Events,Middletown Student Events,Student Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://laurelridge.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/yardcrawl.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250427T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250427T160000 DTSTAMP:20260619T134734 CREATED:20250305T193134Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250305T193415Z UID:10007975-1745762400-1745769600@laurelridge.edu SUMMARY:Spring Follies - Presents Wild Kingdom DESCRIPTION:Laurel Ridge Community College – Spring Follies Presents: Wild Kingdom\nFeaturing Musical Direction by Russell Rinker \nDon’t miss the 45th annual FAMILY-FRIENDLY Laurel Ridge Follies on April 26-27 at the Middletown Campus! Enjoy a lively mix of comedy\, music\, and dance\, directed by Russell Rinker—a Strasburg High graduate\, Broadway performer\, and former Blue Man Group member. \n🎭 Show Dates & Times:📅 Saturday\, April 26 – 2 p.m. & 6 p.m.📅 Sunday\, April 27 – 2 p.m. \n🎉 Pre-show fun starts 90 minutes before showtime with FREE ICE CREAM\, FACE PAINTING\, and food for purchase.🎟 Tickets: $5 (kids 5 & under free).🎶 Proceeds support the Andrea Ludwick Performing Arts Fund. \nFor details\, email amaphis@laurelridge.edu or call (540) 868-4078. URL:https://laurelridge.edu/event/spring-follies-presents-wild-kingdom/2025-04-27/ LOCATION:Laurel Ridge Community College Middletown Campus\, 173 Skirmisher Lane\, Middletown\, 22645 CATEGORIES:Alumni Events,Community Events,Fauquier Student Events,Foundation Events,Middletown Student Events,Student Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://laurelridge.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Spring-Follies-Facebook-Banner-1.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR