Send announcements, which are open to the public at no or minimal cost, to The Loudoun Connection, 7913 Westpark Drive, McLean, VA 22102, e-mail to loudoun@connectionnewspapers.com or fax to 703-917-0991. Deadline is Friday, two weeks before the event. Photos/artwork encouraged. For more information, call Matthew Razak at 703-917-6457. For additional listings, visit www.connectionnewspapers.com.
Loudoun County 4-H Junior Camp will be Aug. 5-9 and is open to all youth ages 9-13 in Loudoun County. The cost is $185 per child. Contact the Extension Office at 703-777-0373 or by e-mail at kred@vt.edu. Camp packets will be sent out March 15.
Sterling Annex Community Center has openings for 2-year-olds in My First Preschool. Classes are Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3-4:30 p.m. Fee is $80 per month with preregistration required. This program runs from through May. New children may be registered at any time. Call 703-430-6673.
The YMCA Loudoun County is holding summer camp early-bird registrations Thursday, Wednesday, March 14; Thursday, March 29; Tuesday, April 17; Thursday, April 26; Tuesday, May 15; Wednesday, May 30 and Tuesday, June 12, at the YMCA office, 6 Fairfax St., S.E., Leesburg, from 5-7 p.m.
Register for camp at one of the early-bird dates and have the membership fee waived. Camp locations are Catoctin, Horizon, Hutchison Farm, Round Hill, Selden Landing elementary schools, J.R.’s Festival Lakes and Algonkian Regional Park. Themes include pirate splash, sports mania, thingamajig and all that jazz, land before time and splish splash bash. Call 703-777-9622 or visit www.ymcadc.org.