The Legal Profession Taking Time for Community Service
While Beat the Odds is the largest program the PWC Bar Foundation funds each year, the Foundation also provides the funding for numerous other law related educational and community service programs. Visit our Donate page to learn how to make a donation to any of these programs.
Adoption Day - PWC
Above, Hannah Dudley, 2, of Woodbridge pulls herself up from her mother Christy's lap to look back at the audience at National Adoption Day held locally at the Judicial Center Circuit Court in Manassas, Va. on Saturday, November 19, 2011. Bob and Christy Dudley have adopted a niece and nephew, and are in the process of adopting a baby nephew, adding to their family of four daughters. (Inside NoVA.com)
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Left - our Adoption Day is featured in a local newspaper; right - the program from our 2006 National Adoption Day Celebration. |
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Character Counts Essay Contest
The PWCBF provides cash prizes for the annual Character Counts Essay Contest which is sponsored in local middle schools by the PWCBA, in conjunction with the Greater Manassas Character Counts! Coalition. The essay contest is conducted each Fall during National Character Counts! Week to encourage middle school student to focus on the meaning of the Six Pillars of Character: Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, Caring, and Citizenship. The winning essay from each of the six pillars is awarded a cash prize along with donations from local merchants. The award-winning essays are then incorporated into a traveling exhibition for display in various public locations throughtout Prince William County and the Cities of Manassas and Manassas Park.
In the news:
"So You're 18"
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A county-wide educational program for high school seniors that involves local attorneys visiting high schools prior to graduation each year to educate the senior class as to the legal rights, duties and obligations that they will be faced with upon reaching the legal age of majority. |
Court Tours Program
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A group attends a session of our Court Tours program. |
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Court Informational Publications
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Some of the educational pamphlets that the PWCBF produces. |