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Enjoying the Valentine Dance and Dinner on Feb. 6, hosted by Good Shepherd Catholic Church, are UCM Progreso Center volunteers (from left) banker Ruth Esum, her sister attorney Joyce Williams, and attorney Janet Smith. The annual event is a fundraiser for the Progreso Center for Literacy and Citizenship, which has been providing ESL and citizenship services for almost 15 years. Day and evening classes are conducted at the Center’s main office at 4100 Mohawk Lane, Alexandria, as well as at other convenient locations including Gum Springs Community Center, Good Shepherd Catholic Church, and the Sherwood Hall Library. See ucmagency.org.