Sharon and Mark Gottlieb opened up Fairfax Station home, Sunday afternoon, May 3, for the annual reception honoring the homeowners in the upcoming Clifton homes tour.

The 37th annual CCWC Charity Homes Tour and Marketplace will be Thursday, May 21. From 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., five Clifton-area homes will open their doors to the public. A marketplace at the Clifton Town Meeting Hall and in Clifton Presbyterian Church will run from 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. and will include an art show and sale, boutique and silent auction.

Proceeds from the homes tour and marketplace fund several local scholarships, plus local and national charities. Advance tickets are $20; on tour day, $25; and single-home admission, $10. Admission is free to non-tour activities. To order tickets by mail, send checks to: CCWC, P.O. Box 229, Clifton, VA 20124. Pick up ordered tickets at Will Call in the Town Hall on tour day.

Advance tickets are also available at the Clifton General Store, Adler’s Art and Frame in the Colonnade at Union Mill, The Flower Gallery in Manassas, 5 Star Salon or Picket Fence in Burke, Judy Ryan in the Twinbrooke Centre in Fairfax, and Banner’s Hallmark in Centrewood Plaza in Centreville.