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Follow on Twitter: @SprConnectionSpringfieldEntertainment, Page 10 Sports, Page 12 Classified, Page 14Franconia KingstowneNewingtonSarah Musa of Springfield deliversbaskets of supplies for new mothers atHoward University Hospitalon Aug. 3, 2014.Bringing Baskets of LoveNews, Page 4InsideHomeLifeStyleLynbrook winsHealthy School AwardNews, Page 8‘The Army of Love’News, Page 3March 12-18, 2015www.ConnectionNewspapers.comPhoto by Louise Krafft/Virginia Historic Garden TourPhoto courtesy of Sarah MusaSpring 2015SpringfieldFranconia Kingstowne NewingtonLocal Media Connection LLConline at www.connectionnewspapers.comHome LifeStyleonline at www.connectionnewspapers.comSpringfield Connection March 12-18, 2015 1
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Springfield Connection Editor Kemal Kurspahic703-778-9414 or south@connectionnewspapers.comNewsPhotos by Tim Peterson/The ConnectionShark Tank coach Patty Friedman (right) and breast cancer patient AnnMarie Boland speak to swimmers before the start of the team’s fifthannual Breast Cancer Swim Marathon.‘The Army of Love’Ann-Marie Boland of West Springfield (left) is joined by her granddaughter Anna Surbey (center), in eighth grade at Robert Frost Middle School,and her husband Kevin. Boland was the spokesmodel of the event, just aday away from her final radiation session for breast cancer treatment.Fifth year of swim marathonbrings in over 23,00.By Tim PetersonThe Connectionn the last five years, young swimmerson the Shark Tank Racing Squad haveseen one family lose a mother frombreast cancer and another’s grandmother diagnosed.“It speaks to the kids,” said Shark Tankcoach Patty Friedman. “They need to learnwhat inflammatory breast cancer is; youdon’t find it on a mammogram. To see achild, have someone ripped out of yourhands before you can even process it, theyreally get it.”Friedman, who has raised money andparticipated in the Avon Walk for BreastCancer for the last 8 years, regularly quizzes her swimmers on what inflammatorybreast cancer is and encourages them tospread the knowledge. “There’s few of uswho haven’t been directly touched by it,”she said.Five years ago after she returned from anAvon walk, at practice her swimmers askedher about it.Then they asked if they could get involvedthe following year. What followed was anevent where swimmers each raised moneyto sponsor them completing a three-milemarathon. The money was then pooled withFriedman’s own contribution to breast cancer research.The meters and dollars have kept pilingon, year after year. Prior to the start of the2015 swim marathon, held March 1 atSouth Run RECenter, Friedman announcedthe donation total for this year’s effort: 23,200. Over the five years, the team hasraised 78,000 and logged one millionmeters, adding 270,000 this year.Riley Allison of Fairfax participated in hissecond swim marathon with Shark Tank thisyear, along with 51 other swimmers. TheRobert Frost Middle School eighth graderIwww.ConnectionNewspapers.comJennifer Young (left) in seventh grade at Washington Irving MiddleSchool and Jenna Bakir (right) a sophomore at South County HighSchool pause en route to completing a three-mile swim to raise moneyfor breast cancer research.(From left) Michael Kelly, sophomore at Lake Braddock SecondarySchool; Sophie Bennett, junior at Thomas Jefferson High School forScience and Technology; Alaina Bark, eighth grade at Lake Braddockand Charlie Lertlumprasert, junior at Jefferson, helped raise 23,200for breast cancer research with the rest of their Shark Tank teammates.“went the extra mile” and swam 4 milesinstead of three.“It’s great to let people know how badthe disease really is,” said Allison. “I didn’tknow about it, but then learned a lot for aCivics project. Everyone in America knowssomeone with it.”Ann-Marie Boland of West Springfield hasthree granddaughters on the team, Nora,Devin and Anna Surbey. She was diagnosedwith breast cancer at age 70 in May 2014and has undergone 6 chemotherapy sessions and 6 weeks of radiation. Her finalradiation session was scheduled for the dayafter the marathon. Friedman introducedher as the event’s spokesmodel.“They swim for me, but I would be happyif they didn’t have to,” said Boland. “I’mhonored and proud of everyone on this teamand the coaches.”Shark Tank’s head coach Lance Page ofBurke said the marathon event works onnumerous levels as he and the coaches develop both swimmers and young adults.“It’s about what it brings out in the kids,the discipline, the fortitude,” he said. “It’s ajourney. And to sponsor cancer research andgive back to the community, seeing the kidswanting to give back through their gift ofswimming — we’re making them wholepeople and contributing citizens.”South County junior Moira LeMay andWestminster School seventh grader EllaRose Friedman reflected on the marathonafter LeMay completed her three miles.“As a high school student, this was thebiggest way I could help out,” said LeMay.“My mom’s been telling me about givingback my whole life,” said Friedman. “I knowdifferent people haven’t been able to liveas great a life as I have, so I love to giveback.”To find out more about Patty Friedman’sefforts in the Avon Walk or donate, visitwww.tinyurl.com/tank2015.Springfield Connection March 12-18, 2015 3
NewsBringing Baskets of LoveWest Springfield grad’snonprofit helps new mothers.By Tim PetersonThe Connectionather than diving into the surfat a sunny southern beach,Springfield resident Sarah Musaspent the first day of her springbreak delivering care packages to HowardUniversity Hospital.The “baskets of love,” as she calls them,are for new mothers and contain essentialsfor going home and caring for a newbornbaby, such as bibs, diapers, wash cloth, cotton balls, thermometer, medicine cup andclothing.“I want the mothers to say ‘Yes, my babyhas great potential,’’’ said Sarah Musa, ajunior studying nursing at James MadisonUniversity.Less than a year ago, Sarah Musa foundeda nonprofit foundation called Prospects InMummy’s Tummy International, with thesimple but strong mantra “Healthy moms,healthy babies, healthy nations.” She delivers baskets to Howard (where she was oncea volunteer) and ships them to Sierra Leoneand Gambia, the original homes of her father Joseph and mother Jestina, respectively.Sarah Musa grew up seeing her parentshelping others. Her father is a water andsanitation engineer who has done humanitarian work including a water managementproject with Doctors Without Borders in theDemocratic Republic of Congo. His nonprofit organization Washfa Internationalseeks to provide sanitation and hygieneworldwide. Sarah Musa’s mother works atthe Cherrydale Health & Rehabilitation Center in Arlington.“They’ve always had the spirit of giving,”she said.In high school at West Springfield, SarahMusa helped start a chapter of Girls LearnInternational, during which she said “Ilearned I had a real passion for women’srights.” The group raised money for a sisterPhotos by Tim Peterson/The ConnectionRThe Musa family (from left Jestina, Sarah and Joseph) has turnedtheir Springfield basement into an office for Sarah’s nonprofitorganization Prospects in Mummy’s Tummy International.school in India, working to help give moregirls the chance to attend.Then at James Madison, Sarah Musa’sinterest in the medical field became morehoned on labor and delivery.“It’s exciting, cheering the moms on, telling them the end result is so close,” she said.“It brings unity to families; it’s a time ofcelebration.”Sarah Musa of Springfield puts thefinishing touches on a “Basket of Love”to be delivered to a new mother.you wouldn’t have helped so many people.”Sarah Musa’s father Joseph, having justgone through the process of establishing a501(c)(3), helped her formalize ProspectIn Mummy’s Tummy and work with contacts back in Africa. To date, the Musas haveshipped 228 baskets to Sierra Leone andGambia, as well as 200 backpacks containing school supplies.Mothers at Howard have received 50 baskets, with another 15 going to individualsthe Musas know or have met in the community.They rent an office in Gambia, staffed bya volunteer who receives and helps distribute the baskets and backpacks, and in Sierra Leone, a pastor friend does the same.“I’m very proud, that she is also doinghumanitarian action,” said Joseph Musa. “InAfrica, these things are a luxury.”The African Health Observatory, with theWorld Health Organization, reports infantand maternal mortality rates in Sierra Leoneare among the highest in the world. It listsWHEN INTERVIEWING for the CarrieKutner scholarship at James Madison, Sarah Musa remembers being asked about her10-year goals.Her answer included helping new motherswith supplies and building a clinic in Africato facilitate more healthy births.“It all starts with the mom,” Sarah Musasaid. “Healthy moms, healthy babies,healthy nations.”Her own mother urged her to get startedsooner. “Why wait 10 years, why not startnow?” Jestina Musa said. “In 10 years, youcan look back and see if you had waited,the majority of causes of death — including nutritional deficiency, pneumonia, malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS — as preventable but pervasive in rural impoverished populations. Right now all the workis self-funded — Jestina Musa shops at WalMart, Target, Ross and dollar stores to buysupplies off the shelf — but Sarah Musa isworking to increase recognition of herbrand and attract sponsors. She’s built awebsite and produced pens, water bottlesand promotional videos.Sarah Musa knows finding more fundingis her greatest challenge, but stays motivated by thinking of mothers and their children, “Just knowing these kids have suchgreat potential, great futures,” she said.HER GOAL is to provide 4-500 baskets oflove each year, and eventually build theclinic she told her interviewer about in Sierra Leone. For more information on Prospects In Mummy’s Tummy International,visit www.pimtinternational.org.Michael Eidelkind of Fairfax Station has been working on his snowcave for an hour at this point. “Six years ago I built one big enoughfor two and I’ve been dreaming of it ever since,” he said.4 Springfield Connection March 12-18, 2015Photo courtesy of Pat HerrityPhoto by Tim Peterson/The ConnectionMaking the Best of Snow DaysSupervisor Pat Herrity’s (R-Springfield) yellow Labrador retriever Rexchases him down the hill behind Herrity’s home in Little Rocky Run.“I spent most of the day working but did take a few runs down thehill,” Herrity said.www.ConnectionNewspapers.com
NewsJohn Rutter’sLeague ofWomen VotersPresents Firearms ForumWhat is Fairfax County doing tocut down on firearms-related suicide and domestic violence? TheFairfax-area League of WomenVoters will host an informationalpublic forum to discuss the topicat Pohick Regional Library inBurke on March 22.Moderator Dr. Kristin A. Goss,Associate Professor of Public Policyand Political Science at Duke University, will lead a panel coveringthe collaborative efforts beingtaken by county organizations.Goss is a published author on firearms, including the books “Disarmed: The Missing Movement forGun Control in America” and “TheGun Debate: What EveryoneNeeds to Know” (with Philip J.Cook).The panel is scheduled to include Sandra Bromley, J.D., thecounty-wide domestic violencecoordinator, Jesse Ellis, preventionmanager of the Fairfax CountyDepartment of Neighborhood andCommunity Services and MPOJames T. Frey, crime preventionofficer in the West Springfield precinct of the Fairfax County PoliceDepartment.“Firearms: Reducing the Risk inFairfax County” will be held Sunday, March 22 from 2-3:30 p.m.at the Pohick Regional Library, located at 6450 Sydenstricker Rd. inBurke. For more information, visitwww.lwv-fairfax.org.Mass of the ChildrenDR. GENE SWEETNAMDR. GRACE CHANGO P T O M E T R I S T SSundayMarch 153 pmAdmission is free!Childcare is available.Messiah United Methodist Church6215 Rolling RoadSpringfield 22152TWOCONVENIENTLOCATIONS Family & Pediatric Vision Care Comprehensive Eye Exams Treatment of Eye Diseases 21 years Naval Service, 6 years Active Duty Laser Vision Consultants Over a thousand frames in stock We carry all major brands of contact lenses In-house labMost Insurances Accepted:Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Care First, Medicare, Tricare In-networkDoctor, Vision One Discount, Avesis, Aetna HMO/PPO/POS, PHCS,VSP Network Doctor, EyeMed Vision Care, United Healthcare, VA MedicaidWE WELCOME YOUR DOCTOR’S PRESCRIPTION703-569-98625204A Rolling Rd.Burke Professional CenterBurke, VA 220158951 Ox Rd., Suite 100Shoppes at Lorton ValleyLorton, VA .drsweetnam.com CY/CRITICAL CAREINTERNAL MEDICINE— Tim PetersonNEUROLOGYFaith NotesSend notes to the Connection atsouth@connectionnewspapers.com orcall 703-778-9416. Deadline is Friday.Dated announcements should be submitted at least two weeks prior to theevent.Fairfax Baptist Temple, at thecorner of Fairfax County Parkway andBurke Lake Roads, holds a bible studyfellowship at 9 a.m. Sundays followedby a 10 a.m. worship service.Nursery care and children’s churchalso provided. 6401 Missionary Lane,Fairfax Station, 703-323-8100 orwww.fbtministries.org.The Guhyasamaja BuddhistCenter, 10875 Main St., Fairfax Cityprovides free classes to both newcomersand advanced practitioners of TibetanBuddhism.The center emphasizes working withthe mind and learning how to understand the workings of the mind,overcoming innner causes of suffering,while cultivating causes of happiness.Under the direction of Lama ZopaRinpoche, the center is a place of study,contemplation and meditation. Visithttp://www.guhyasamaja.org for URGERYRADIOCATCenters for TheTreatment of FelineHyperthyroidismFriday, March 13 to Tuesday, March 17 wehave Guinness Pot Roast, Corned Beef andCabbage, Guinness on Tap and Jameson’sVisit our Bar Enjoy a Drink andour New 5 & 6 Grazing MenuFresh Mozzarella on a Bed of MesclunMussels in Pomodoro SauceChorizo and Bell PeppersGrilled Cheddar Cheese with Tomato SoupPulled Beef SandwichSautéed ShrimpSolo Taco withPan-seared Tilapia9000 Lorton Station Blvd., Lorton, VA703-372-1923 firesidegrillva.comSpringfield Connection March 12-18, 2015 5
OpinionSpringfieldBalancing Act: Budgeting for Housingin a good condition is another one. ExcessiveExecutive Director damage and wear-and-tear of their rental housGood Shepherd Housing and Family ing will make their security deposits — the oneServices, Inc. they had struggled for weeks to pull together— vanish into thin air.We know the hardest part is making thatn our work housing families and individuals experiencing homelessness, rent payment on the first of each month. Itmany of them have never lived in hous- is a real balancing act. As the sociologisting of their own. They have lived doubled Sudhir Venkatesh once noted about low-income families living in South Chiup with relatives and friends, campedout in broken-down minivans, orwho struggled to make rentCommentary cagopayments: “This does not meanchecked into motels for overnightpeople fail to plan but there arestays. But signing a lease with a commitment to a year’s worth of monthly rent pay- separate temporal horizons, one in the imments — that’s a new or long-ago experience mediate future and the other a longer wayoff.” In other words, these families focus onfor them. And it’s a scary one, too.That’s when we come into their lives to help the expenses to be paid today, not tomorrowthem out. Our housing locators and case man- or next month.agers work with them to understand the baIn its just released poverty study of womensics of renting a housing property. Without and girls in the Washington D.C. metropolitanquestion, the rental lease gives them rights. It region, the Washington Area Women’s Founbestows on them the new lawful designation dation included information on the averageof “tenant.” But a rental lease also comes with monthly expenses faced by poor families living in our region. Drawing on 2013 U.S. Cennew responsibilities.The responsibilities are not easy. Paying rent sus Bureau data and other datasets, the auon the first of the month is their highest prior- thor of the study provided measures of ecoity as a tenant. Keeping in line with rental com- nomic security for what a family of three withmunity rules and regulations is equally impor- out public assistance would need to pay itstant. Making sure that they keep their housing expenses.By David LevineIFor example, even at 1,325/month as theaverage rent in Fairfax County, this monthlyrent is actually not the most costly of thefamily’s household expenses. In fact, at an average of 1,821/month, the highest monthlyexpense is for childcare. All told, when all theexpenses are added up, a typical family of threewould need 82,572 in annual income inFairfax County to afford to live comfortablythere and cover all its expenses.The federal poverty line annual income fora family of three is 19,530. As many familiesexperiencing homelessness are earning justabove the poverty line, the amount of incomeneeded to live without worries in FairfaxCounty is a long way off for them.Still, even for low-income families and individuals experiencing homelessness, our casemanagers and housing locators can make aworld of difference. They work to find themvery affordable housing within a shrinking poolof this kind of housing. Once housed, they support them in getting a budget in place — andthen we can only hope that nothing upendstheir budgets.No medical emergencies. No transmissionrepairs on their cars used for work. No onetime spikes in their heating costs. It is a balancing act.Letters to the EditorAn Open Letterto GovernorDear Governor McAuliffe,When you visited our Pre-Session Round Table Luncheon inDecember 2013, we in the Leagueof Women Voters were thrilled tohear you say, “I think we shoulddo everything we can to make voting as easy as possible in Virginia.”You have kept your word, andhave been a wonderful friend tovoters in Virginia. We were proudto sit near the front when you announced budget money for newvoting equipment, at your pressconference in Virginia Beach – andto lobby for that budget line.Now a bill has been passed byboth houses, requiring citizenswho apply for absentee ballots toinclude a photocopy of their validphoto ID. There is no real purposeto this bill, beyond making itharder to vote– because registrarshave no photo with which to compare the mailed copy.This measure would have especially harsh effects on the old, thepoor, the disabled, and thehomebound– depriving them of aneasy way to vote if traveling presents a challenge.A number of organizations– including many in the electoralboard and registrar associations–oppose this bill. The League stoodwith them to lobby against thissuppressive measure. And now weask you, with great respect: Pleaseveto House Bill 1318!We are counting on your strongpromise to defend voters in Virginia. Thank you again for all youdo for citizens.
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