Community Engagement & Impact Expo

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This interactive open house is open to the public and will feature local nonprofit organizations, city advisory boards and commissions, and volunteer opportunities. Attendees can learn how to get involved, give back, or even run for local office.

Hosted by the Central Fairfax Chamber of Commerce at the Sherwood Center, this event is presented in partnership with the City of Fairfax and the Fairfax Forward Foundation.

Participating Boards and Commissions

  • Board of Equalization
  • City Clerks (information on all the city's boards and commissions)
  • Commission on the Arts
  • Environmental Sustainability
  • Fairfax Village in the City Advisory Board
  • Historic Fairfax City, Inc.
  • Human Services Committee/Housing and Healthy Communities Advisory Board
  • Parks and Recreation Advisory Board
  • Planning Commission

Participating Nonprofits

  • ABC Behavior
  • Brain Injury Services
  • Britepaths
  • Central Fairfax Chamber of Commerce/Fairfax Forward Foundation
  • CITY OF FALLS CHURCH INDEPENDENT MEDIA
  • Cook For Vets, Inc.
  • DC Candlelighters
  • Fairfax City Parks Foundation
  • Fairfax Volunteer Fire Department
  • Kids Give Back
  • Main Street Child Development Center
  • Shelter House, Inc.
  • Shepherd's Center of Fairfax-Burke
  • The Arc of Northern Virginia
  • The Heart Leaf Center
  • Volunteer Fairfax

When

  • Wednesday, October 22, 2025 | 06:00 PM - 09:00 PM

Location

Stacy C. Sherwood Community Center, 3740 Blenheim Blvd., Fairfax, VA, 22030, View Map

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