Acacia Federal Savings Bank donated $1,500 to the George C. Marshall High School 2012 All Night Graduation Celebration. This is the 5th consecutive year the Falls Church bank has made a donation to this event that provides high school seniors the opportunity to celebrate their graduation in an alcohol- and drug-free environment. Marshall High School will again be hosting this year’s ANGC at Spring Hill Recreation Center in McLean. For more information visit www.afsbonline.com.

Every Eight Hours: This September, Make Checking In a Habit
BY JOHN F. CROWNOVER Every eight hours, Virginia loses someone to suicide. In 2023, 1,230 Virginians died by suicide, and nearly four out of five were men. They were fathers,


