McLEAN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT TO OFFER HANDS-ONLY CPR TRAINING: The McLean Volunteer Fire Department will offer hands-on CPR training sessions on Feb. 15 at 7 and 7:30 p.m. at its fire station, located at 1455 Laughlin Ave. in McLean.
These 30-minute sessions are not CPR-certification courses, but are designed to teach more bystanders how to help until the ambulance arrives.
Each session is limited to 20 people; teenagers are welcome but must be accompanied by a parent.
For information and to register, see the Website at mcleanvfd.org/cpr or e-mail outreach@mcleanvfd.org.
Also, if there are sufficient people at residents’ places of work, houses of worship or community clubs who want to learn hands-only CPR, station leaders would be happy to arrange a visit, they said.
‘SWEETHEART DANCE’ COMING TO McLEAN COMMUNITY CENTER: The McLean Community Center will host a Sweetheart Parent-Child Dance on Friday, Feb. 23 from 7 to 9 p.m.
The event will include light refreshments, a photo booth, DJ playing favorite dance tunes as well as craft projects.
The cost is $20 per person. For information, see the Website at www.mcleancenter.org.
ALDEN THEATRE PROGRAM TO LOOK AT ‘LITTLE ROCK NINE’: Carlotta LaNier will discuss “A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School” on Sunday, Feb. 25 at 2 p.m. at the Alden Theatre of the McLean Community Center.
LaNier revisits the story of the “Little Rock Nine” who integrated the high school in 1957 and “led the nation on a turbulent path that challenged prevailing attitudes, broke down barriers and forever changed the landscape of America,” organizers said.
The event is free, but registration is required. A book sale and signing will follow the presentation.
To register, see the Website at www.librarycalendar.fairfaxcounty.gov/11400644.
