Reston's Plague Year: Week 5 (Updated 4/20)

Bob knows the score:

We miss the guy. As part of virtual Founder's Day celebrations, the Reston Community Center posted this video from 2019.

An awesome story:

Birthday party w/friends canceled to help #PreventTheSpread? Station 39, North Point, A-Shift drove by, along w/friends, Thursday to wish this young man a happy 7th birthday. #FCFRD firefighters/paramedics ❤️our Fairfax County residents. We are in this together! #FFXstrong pic.twitter.com/pS1KWZFhL6

— Fairfax Fire/Rescue (@ffxfirerescue) April 18, 2020

Nova is offering tuition-free online courses for the summer for high school students. Bet their website works.

Speaking of which, here's the Monday morning update from FCPS: "The updates made by Blackboard over the weekend have not corrected the system delays." Distance learning is continuing via other means, but... wow.

Founding Farmers is offering not just takeout, but also pickup grocery items. Meanwhile, there are more Gofundme/relief funds for local restaurant workers, added to this page.

Meanwhile, the mood online is... turning, albeit for justified reasons:

But of course, if this kind of content is what you're here for, hang up your 300 baud modem and set the autodialer for AOL Nextdoor:

One commenter had the final word:

Almost the final word! A few more positive things:

Happy National Volunteer Week to our 1,400 amazing volunteers, who in 2019 contributed 6,900 hours to the Reston community! We would also like to thank volunteers who have selflessly volunteered their time during this pandemic.

Congratulations to VR Service Awards Winners! https://t.co/jH5l0MXfh0

— Volunteer Reston (@VolunteerReston) April 19, 2020

And from last week:

Great to see folks back in the gym at Y Reston with @RedCross #ClosedforPurpose #StayWithUs pic.twitter.com/KX75DgAJJt

— YMCA of Metro Wash (@ymcadc) April 16, 2020