Dogwood Tavern is celebrating National Oyster Day on Thursday, Aug. 5 by offering $1 Vintage Salts oysters, shucked to order, and flash fried oyster po’boys all day and oysters charbroiled over an open flame starting at 4 p.m.

Columbia Baptist Church is conducting a community food drive for its Spend Yourself Food Pantry on Saturday, July 31 from 10:30 a.m. – noon. The drive and drop food drive will take place at Columbia’s Crossroads Campus at 3245 Glen Carlyn Road in Falls Church.

The Children’s Therapy Center is hosting Kindergarten Readiness for Parents and Kids: Oh the Places You’ll Go webinar on Tuesday, August 3 from 7 – 8 p.m. The event will include a discussion on how to prepare a child for kindergarten, what parents need to know to help their child succeed, and how to access help if needed.

Businesses and nonprofits interested in learning about the opportunities available with Amazon as it expands into Northern Virginia are invited to attend The Amazon Opportunity, a virtual event on Tuesday, August 3 from 11 am to 2 pm.

Preservation Biscuit Company is hosting a fundraiser for the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center on Saturday, July 31 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Michele Fleming and her son Spencer will host a lemonade stand in front of Preservation Biscuit to raise awareness of the cancer that took the life of her son Nathan Fleming in 2019.

The Arc of Northern Virginia’s Lisa Fong was named to the Washington Business Journal’s annual 40 Under 40 Class of 2021.

The Falls Church News-Press is hosting its 30th Anniversary Celebration at Ireland’s Four Provinces on Thursday, July 29 from 6 – 8 p.m.

Sislers Stone participated in the 25th annual Renewal and Remembrance Day at Arlington National Cemetery. For the past 7 years, Sislers has donated time and materials, teaming up with the National Association of Landscape Professionals and contractors from across the country to restore parts of the cemetery.

Code Ninjas Falls Church is hosting a Falls Church Dragons Fundraising event, a special night out for kids to raise funds to send the team to Raleigh, N.C. for the XP League North American Finals championship. Gamers are invited for a night of video games, pizza, and movies.

Solace Outpost is hosting a yoga and beer event on Saturday, July 24, 10 – 11 a.m. The event, is an hour-long movement experience, taught by Hillary of eat.YOGA.drink, followed by an after class craft beer.