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Emergency shelter seeks volunteers and donations

Arlington County's emergency winter homeless shelter is seeking volunteers to help serve meals, monitor the desk and door and distribute bedding. The shelter, which opened Sunday, is seeking donations of blankets, sheets, cereal, hot meals and clothing.

The Arlington Street People's Assistance Network, known as A-SPAN, operates the shelter at 2409 N. 15th St. It can house up to 73 people and is open from 4 p.m. to 9 a.m. daily through March 31. People served by the shelter receive a blanket, a sheet, a pillow, a shower, laundry services and a bed or a mat. Dinner and breakfast are served, and case-management services are offered to help people find housing.

Members of Arlington's behavioral health staff will provide mental health and substance abuse counseling. Arlington Employment Center staff members will also meet with shelter clients to help them find jobs.

For information, contact Sarah Morse at smorse@a-span.org or 703-842-0168.

Doctors to shave their heads for cancer fundraiser

A husband-and-wife team of doctors is hosting an event to raise money for the cancer program at Children's National Medical Center.

Michael and Marianna Horn, who work at the hospital, plan to shave their heads to help support hospital programs. Money will go toward recruiting doctors, nurses and researchers to the cancer program.

The doctors will be publicly shedding their locks Sunday at "Be Brave & Shave: A Heroes Against Cancer Event" from 2 to 5 p.m. at Westover Shopping Center, 5863 Washington Blvd. in Arlington. For information about participating or to donate, visit www.firstgiving.com/mmhornteam or www.festivalofheroes.org/shave.

Veterans Day ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington National Cemetery will host two ceremonies in observance of Veterans Day at 11 a.m. Wednesday to honor those who served and continue to serve in the military. The U.S. Army Military District of Washington will conduct an Armed Forces full honor wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns. After the ceremony, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will host a program in the cemetery's Memorial Amphitheater.

Both events are free, open to the public and require no tickets, although space is limited. Attendees are encouraged to be at the Tomb of the Unknowns or seated in the amphitheater by 9:30 a.m. Free parking is available from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Arlington National Cemetery Visitors Center parking lot. A free shuttle service will provide transportation to the amphitheater beginning at 8 a.m.

For information, call 703-607-8000 or visit www.arlingtoncemetery.org.

Arlington County offices will close for Veterans Day

Arlington County administrative offices, courts, schools, public libraries and nature centers will be closed Wednesday for Veterans Day. County pools will remain open for limited hours. The county's offices will resume normal operating hours next Thursday.

In Alexandria, city offices will remain open Wednesday. The city uses its Veterans Day observance holiday to close city offices Nov. 27, the day after Thanksgiving, officials said.

-- Compiled by Yamiche Alcindor