For quesons or submissions of future events, please contact Cindy Buckler at: 757-385-0602 1 August Event Every day of the month Ocean Breeze Every day of the month Plaza Nightly Entertainment 1 First Saturday at the Market 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 Sunday Movies at City Park 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 New Energy P.O.W.E.R. 3, 5, 6, 10, 12, 13, 17, 19, 20, 24, 26, 27, 31 Bike Nights 4 Family Movie Series 5, 12, 19, 26 Y Not Wednesdays 6, 13, 20 VA Aquarium Family Series 7 “Movie & Move” Series 7, 14, 21, 28 VB Farmers Market Hoedowns 8 2nd Saturday Hampton Art Walk 8 Digging Up Hampton 8 Movies on the Fantail 14, 15 Surfers Healing 15 Carib Fest 16 Paws 2 Read 21 Mt. Trashmore Summer Movie Night 22 Sensory Friendly Films 22 Lano Music Fesval 23 Sunday Funday Series 24 Back to School Bash 27 Zoo Grooves 28, 29, 30 FunkFest Beach Party 29 People First Bowling Tax Free Weekend! (Aug. 7th - 9th) Effecve July 1, 2015, all three of Virginia’s Sales Tax holidays will be consolidated into one. The combined tax holiday will be held from August 7 – 9, 2015 and will apply to items previously covered in the Hurricane Preparedness, Back to School, and Energy Star/Water Sense Tax Holidays. Items that are required to be tax free during this three day holiday include: - School supplies ($20 or less), clothing and footwear ($100 or less) - Energy Star and WaterSense items ($2,500 or less) - Hurricane and emergency equipment (portable generators $1,000 or less and many more items) For more informaon, please visit: hp://www.tax.virginia.gov/ content/sales-tax-holiday Back to School Bash Green Run Elementary School 1200 Green Garden Circle Virginia Beach, VA 23453 Monday, August 24th (In the Field by Green Run Elementary) 1:00pm - 4:00pm Green Run Bapst Church is partnering with Green Run Churches United to supply backpacks and school supplies to children and teenagers whose families may not be able to afford them. For more informaon regarding this event, please call Green Run Bapst Church at: 757-427-5087 Surfers Healing What if riding the waves meant changing the world? Surfers Healings mission is to enrich the lives of people living with ausm by exposing them to the unique experience of surfing. “We don’t think in thousands. We think in ones, because that’s where we can effect change. One child. One family. One day at the beach.” Friday, August 14th - All Day & Saturday, August 15th - All Day Come out and catch a few rays, waves and support the surfers, and their wonderful ausc surfers camp! While you’re there, take a few moment to stop by one of the many booths providing a wide array of informaonal resources on ausm and many other topics. For more informaon regarding this event, please visit their website at: surfershealingvb.org August Calendar of Events Don’t forget to check out page 14 for some extra “furry pawsive” reading and A/C cool movie events!!
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For questions or submissions of future events, please contact Cindy Buckler at: 757-385-0602 1
August Event
Every day of
the month
Ocean Breeze
Every day of
the month
Plaza Nightly
Entertainment
1 First Saturday at the
Market
2, 9, 16, 23, 30 Sunday Movies at City
Park
3, 10, 17, 24,
31
New Energy P.O.W.E.R.
3, 5, 6, 10, 12,
13, 17, 19, 20,
24, 26, 27, 31
Bike Nights
4 Family Movie Series
5, 12, 19, 26 Y Not Wednesdays
6, 13, 20 VA Aquarium Family
Series
7 “Movie & Move” Series
7, 14, 21, 28 VB Farmers Market
Hoedowns
8 2nd Saturday Hampton
Art Walk
8 Digging Up Hampton
8 Movies on the Fantail
14, 15 Surfers Healing
15 Carib Fest
16 Paws 2 Read
21 Mt. Trashmore Summer
Movie Night
22 Sensory Friendly Films
22 Latino Music Festival
23 Sunday Funday Series
24 Back to School Bash
27 Zoo Grooves
28, 29, 30 FunkFest Beach Party
29 People First Bowling
Tax Free Weekend! (Aug. 7th - 9th)
Effective July 1, 2015, all three of Virginia’s Sales Tax holidays will be consolidated into one. The combined tax holiday will be held from August 7 – 9, 2015 and will apply to items previously covered in the Hurricane Preparedness, Back to School, and Energy Star/Water Sense Tax Holidays.
Items that are required to be tax free during this three day holiday include: - School supplies ($20 or less), clothing and footwear ($100 or less) - Energy Star and WaterSense items ($2,500 or less) - Hurricane and emergency equipment (portable generators $1,000 or less and many more items)
For more information, please visit: http://www.tax.virginia.gov/content/sales-tax-holiday
Back to School Bash
Green Run Elementary School 1200 Green Garden Circle Virginia Beach, VA 23453 Monday, August 24th (In the Field by Green Run Elementary) 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Green Run Baptist Church is partnering with Green Run Churches United to supply backpacks and school supplies to children and teenagers whose families may not be able to afford them.
For more information regarding this event, please call Green Run Baptist Church at: 757-427-5087
Surfers Healing
What if riding the waves meant changing the world?
Surfers Healings mission is to enrich the lives of people living with autism by exposing them to the unique experience of surfing. “We don’t think in thousands. We think in ones, because that’s where we can effect change. One child. One family. One day at the beach.”
Friday, August 14th - All Day & Saturday, August 15th - All Day Come out and catch a few rays, waves and support the surfers, and their wonderful autistic surfers camp! While you’re there, take a few moment to stop by one of the many booths providing a wide array of informational resources on autism and many other topics.
For more information regarding this event, please visit their website at: surfershealingvb.org
August Calendar of Events
Don’t forget to check out page 14 for
some extra “furry pawsitive” reading
and A/C cool movie events!!
For questions or submissions of future events, please contact Cindy Buckler at: 757-385-0602 2
Plaza Nightly Entertainment
Virginia Beach Town Center
Town Center
Virginia Beach, VA 23462
August 1st - August 31st (Seven (7) days a week)
6:00pm - 9:00pm
(Free & Open to the Public)
Virginia Beach residents and visitors alike agree that a sparkling evening of shopping and dining is enhanced even more by free musical entertainment in the plaza.
Daily from 6pm-9pm, Town Center comes alive with the sounds of local bands representing all genres of music that range from country and jazz to blues, top 40 and much more! Visitors are invited to sit and soak-in the sights and sounds of a bustling business and entertainment venue that shimmers and shines at night.
For more information regarding this event, please call: 757-491-7866
First Saturday at the Market
Suffolk Visitor Center Pavilion
524 North Main St.
Suffolk, VA 23434
Saturday, August 1st
9:00am - 1:00pm
(Free & Open to the Public)
Enjoy the best in locally-grown fresh fruits and vegetables, along with eggs, honey, homemade jams and jellies, baked goods, fresh cut flowers, plants and handmade jewelry and crafts. The Market has lots of great programming all season long but “extra-special” First Saturdays of each month to include live music and the Teeny Tiny Farm Petting Zoo (10:00am - 1:00pm)!
For more information regarding this event, please call: 757-514-4130
For questions or submissions of future events, please contact Cindy Buckler at: 757-385-0602 3
Portsmouth City Park
140 City Park Ave.
Portsmouth, VA 23701
Sunday, August 16th
7:00pm
(Free & Open to the Public)
Come out with the family to enjoy a nice Sunday movie in the park!
Paddington
A young Peruvian bear travels to London in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he meets the kindly Brown family, who offer him a temporary haven.
For more information regarding this event, please call: 757-393-8481
Portsmouth City Park
140 City Park Ave.
Portsmouth, VA 23701
Sunday, August 23rd
7:00pm
(Free & Open to the Public)
Come out with the family to enjoy a nice Sunday movie in the park!
Cinderella
When Cinderella’s cruel stepmother prevents her from attending the Royal Ball, she gets some unexpected help from the lovable mice Gus and Jaq, and from her Fairy Godmother.
For more information regarding this event, please call: 757-393-8481
Portsmouth City Park
140 City Park Ave.
Portsmouth, VA 23701
Sunday, August 2nd
7:00pm
(Free & Open to the Public)
Come out with the family to enjoy a nice Sunday movie in the park!
Toy Story 3
The toys are mistakenly delivered to a day-care center instead of the attic right before Andy leaves for college, and it’s up to Woody to convince the other toys that they weren’t abandoned and to return home.
For more information regarding this event, please call: 757-393-8481
Portsmouth City Park
140 City Park Ave.
Portsmouth, VA 23701
Sunday, August 9th
7:00pm
(Free & Open to the Public)
Come out with the family to enjoy a nice Sunday movie in the park!
Maleficent
A vengeful fairy is driven to curse an infant princess, only to discover that the child may be the one person who can restore peace to their troubled land.
For more information regarding this event, please call: 757-393-8481
Sunday Movies at City Park
For questions or submissions of future events, please contact Cindy Buckler at: 757-385-0602 4
Tidewater Striders New Energy P.O.W.E.R. (Program of Wonderfully Exceptional Runners)
Princess Anne High School
4400 Virginia Beach Blvd.
Virginia Beach, VA 23462
Every Monday
5:30pm - 6:30pm
New Energy P.O.W.E.R. (Program Of Wonderfully Exceptional Runners) is an outreach running
program designed especially for children with exceptional needs and their parents. Weekly
practices are informal and are geared toward helping our athletes develop strength, flexibility,
endurance, and most of all, CONFIDENCE! P.O.W.E.R. is broken down into 3 groups: Wind, Solar
and Hydro; as to accommodate every ability level. Our athletes develop great friendships with
peers and coaches alike and have so much fun, they actually forget they’re “working”!
For more information please visit our website at: http://www.tidewaterstriders.com/contact
Cost of Membership Individual Youth (18 & Under) 2 year ($18) General 2 Year ($30) Youth (18 & Under)1 Year ($12) General 1 Year ($20)
Cost of Membership Family Create a 2 Person Same Address - 2Year ($40) Family Create a Family 3+ Same Address - 2 Year ($50) Create a 2 Person Same Address - 1 Year ($25) Family Create a Family 3+ Same Address - 1 Year ($30)
Sunday Movies at City Park
Portsmouth City Park
140 City Park Ave.
Portsmouth, VA 23701
Sunday, August 30th
7:00pm
(Free & Open to the Public)
Come out with the family to enjoy a nice Sunday movie in the park!
The New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
When a kingpin threatens New York City, a group of mutated turtle warriors must emerge from the shadows to protect their home. For more information regarding this event, please call: 757-393-8481
For questions or submissions of future events, please contact Cindy Buckler at: 757-385-0602 5
Bike Nights
Norfolk Botanical Garden
6700 Azalea Garden Rd.
Norfolk, VA 23518
Monday, Wednesday & Thursday nights
April 2nd-October 15th
4:00pm - 7:00pm
Bring your bikes, helmets and family or friends out to Norfolk Botanical Garden and pedal through the petals.
For more information regarding this event, please contact the Norfolk Botanical Garden at: 757-441-5830
Regular Admission Required:
Adults: $11,
Children (3-18): $9
Senior Citizens/Active Military: $10
Family Movie Series
Mill Point Park
100 Eaton St.
Hampton, VA 23669
Tuesday, August 4th
7:00pm (Free & Open to the Public)
(Concessions available for purchase)
Bring your friends, family, folding chairs, and blankets to the park to enjoy a free movie. Entertainment begins at 7:00pm, followed by our feature presentation—Home—at sunset.
Home—When Earth is taken over by the overly confident Boov, an alien race in search of a new place to call home, all humans are promptly relocated while all Boov get busy reorganizing the planet. But when one resourceful girl, Tip, manages to avoid capture, she finds herself the accidental accomplice of a banished Boov named Oh. The two fugitives realize there’s a lot more at stake than intergalactic relations as they embark on the road trip of a lifetime.
For more information regarding this event, or weather cancellations, please call: 757-727-8311
For questions or submissions of future events, please contact Cindy Buckler at: 757-385-0602 6
YNot Wednesdays
Sandler Center Outdoor Plaza
201 Market St.
Virginia Beach, VA 23462
Every Wednesday
June 3rd - August 26th
5:00pm - 9:00pm
(Free & Open to the Public)
Seventh annual summer nights at Town Center Concert Series...enjoy free concerts and music ranging from rock to blues to Latin to good old fashioned Motown. Bring the family out and enjoy some delicious pizza, sandwiches and gelatos (for purchase) by YNot Italian all season long!
YNot Wednesdays will also feature some of the best fresh fruits, vegetables and other homegrown items our very own Virginia Beach Farmers Market has to offer.
For more information regarding this event, please contact: 757-385-2535
Date Artist Genre
August 5 Buckshot Country
August 12 Borderline Crazy Variety
August 19 Snackbar Jones Rock + Pop
August 26 Party Fins Buffett Tribute
Performer Line-Up
Virginia Aquarium Family Great Adventure Series
Virginia Beach Oceanfront
On the beach at 27th Street
Virginia Beach, VA 23451
Thursday, August 6th —The Lego Movie
August 13th —Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas
August 20th —Wreck It Ralph
6:00pm, Family Interactive Adventure
8:30pm, Movie on the beach
(Free & Open to the Public)
The wildly-popular Virginia Aquarium Family Great Adventure Series is all about Discovery and Entertainment at the Virginia Beach oceanfront. Families can take part in interactive adventures themed to popular movies. Come dressed up as your favorite character from the movies and compete for one of our trophies and then settle into the sand for a family-friendly movie presented on a giant inflatable screen! All participants in the Family Great Adventures receives a medal.
For more information regarding this event, please contact Beach Street USA at: 757-491-7866
For questions or submissions of future events, please contact Cindy Buckler at: 757-385-0602 7
Virginia Beach Farmer’s Market Hoe Down
Virginia Beach Farmers Market
3640 Dam Neck Rd.
Virginia Beach, VA 23453
Every Friday Night April-October
7pm -10pm (Rain or Shine) (Free & Open to the Public)
Bring a lawn chair or blanket and come enjoy live local music.
August 2015 Bands
8/7 Back Porch Boogie Band
8/14 Long & Short of It
8/21 Country Rebels
8/28 New City Sound (Formerly: Country Review)
For more information regarding this event please contact the Farmers Market at: 757-385-4388
*Children must be accompanied by adults at all times. Hoedowns are on the center circle stage or under the covered pavilion.
“Movie and More” Summer Series
Chesapeake City Park
306 Cedar Rd.
Chesapeake, VA 23304
Friday, August 7th
(Gates open at 6:00pm)
8:30 pm (Free & Open to the Public) (Free Parking)
Concessions available for purchase.
Come out and enjoy some free family fun! Join in on the dance party, inflatables, face painting and other fun activities prior to the family-friendly movie—Kung Fu Panda 2.
For more information regarding this event, please contact Chesapeake Parks, Recreation & Tourism at: 757-382-6411 or email at: [email protected]
For questions or submissions of future events, please contact Cindy Buckler at: 757-385-0602 8
Jurassic World: Digging Up Hampton
Hampton History Museum
120 Old Hampton Lane
Hampton, VA 23669
Saturday, August 8th
11:00am - 2:00pm
Admission to Museum: $3.00 per person
Ever wondered what dinosaurs once roamed the area where we now go to school, work, and play? Have you wondered, what else can we learn from digging below the surface of Hampton? Well...if you have, stop by the Hampton History Museum to learn about historical creatures, people groups before us, recent past digs in Hampton and what archaeologist will be looking for in the future. There will be activities that will allow students to learn more about the profession and history of Archeology, artifacts to view from our collection and more will be available on site.
For more information regarding this event, please contact the Hampton History museum at: 757-727-1610
2nd Saturday Hampton Arts Walk
Downtown Hampton
710 Settlers Landing Rd.
Hampton, VA 23669
Saturday, August 8th
11:00am - 5:00pm
(Free & Open to the Public)
Come out and enjoy a day of creative people doing creative things in the community. This
monthly, free, self-guided walking tour event runs throughout Downtown Hampton and
partners local businesses with artists working in all mediums. Come out and shop, stroll, dine
and enjoy all the arts have to offer!
For more information regarding this event, please call: 757-727-1271
For questions or submissions of future events, please contact Cindy Buckler at: 757-385-0602 9
Carib Fest
Town Point Park
Norfolk, VA 23510
Saturday, August 15th
All Day
Adults: $15.00
Children 11-17: $10.00
Children 10 & younger: Free
Come out and experience the pageantry of dazzling fusion of colors, creativity, music, masquerades and incredible art at the street parade. Then enjoy Live authentic Caribbean music at Town Point Park with International recording artists, and electrifying diverse audience with high-energy tunes that will move the crowd to dance under the stars.
Local and regional Caribbean acts will be taking the stage and uniting festival-goers with their infectious, pulsating tropical rhythmic sounds of REGGAE, CALYPSO and SOCA and yes, the sweet beat of the STEELPAN music! This will be a day of tropical rhythm, cuisine, carnival and culture as only the Caribbean could offer!
For more information regarding this event, please contact FestEvents at: 757-441-2345
Movies on the Fantail
Battleship Wisconsin
One Waterside Dr.
Norfolk, VA 23510
Saturday, August 8th
8:00pm (Doors open at 7:45pm)
Admission: $3.00 per person
Nauticus is welcoming back its popular Fantail Films, a truly unique movie-watching experience aboard the fantail (stern) of the Battleship Wisconsin. So bring the family and some camp chairs and watch a movie like sailors did during WWII.
Concessions will be available for purchase during the showing.
For more information regarding this event, please call: 757-664-1000.
For questions or submissions of future events, please contact Cindy Buckler at: 757-385-0602 10
Paws 2 Read
Norfolk Botanical Garden
6700 Azalea Garden Rd.
Norfolk, VA 23518
Sunday, August 16th
2:00pm - 3:00pm Regular Admission Required:
Adults: $11,
Children (3-18): $9
Senior Citizens/Active Military: $10
Children 5-10 years old, bring your favorite book and come on out and improve your reading skills while making a new friend with one of our therapy dogs in Storybook Forest!
All therapy dogs and their handlers are certified by Therapy Dogs International or the Delta Society Pet Partners programs. During the reading session, the dog’s handler is always present along with a library staff member.
Pre-registration is Required. Please call the Education Office at: 757-441-5830 x338 to register.
Signed permission slip required and can be completed at the event.
Summer Movie Night Series
Mt. Trashmore Park
310 Edwin Dr.
Virginia Beach, VA 23462
Friday, August 21st
Activities start at 7:00pm
(Movie begins at Sunset)
(Free & Open to the Public)
Family-fun, outdoor activities and a movie...add them together and you get Movie Night at Mt. Trashmore! Grab your blankets and beach chairs and get comfortable with the kiddies as you watch Despicable Me 2 under the stars. Concessions will be available for purchase.
For more information regarding this event, please contact Debbie Vicks at: 757-385-2992
For questions or submissions of future events, please contact Cindy Buckler at: 757-385-0602 11
AMC Sensory Friendly Films Presents - Underdogs
AMC Lynnhaven 18
1001 Lynnhaven Mall Loop
Virginia Beach, VA 23452
Saturday, August 22nd
10:00am
(Tickets are $6.37 each)
The story of a reluctant hero whose town is threatened when his long-time rival returns
home to avenge an old grudge. When the players from his foosball table are magically
brought to life, he recruits them to help him enter into the biggest underdog match ever,
save the town and win back the love of his life.
Sooo...Get Up, Dance, Walk, Shout or Sing...enjoy the movie like you never have before!
For more information regarding this event, please contact AMC at: 757-486-5665
Latino Music Festival
Town Point Park
Norfolk, VA 23510
Saturday, August 22nd
5:00pm - 10:00pm
When the sun goes down and the stars come out...come visit the largest outdoor waterfront
dance floor in the Hampton Roads and watch it heat up with the hottest salsa, meringue and
guaguanco dancing on the East Coast. Live explosive Latin music by local, regional and
national recording artists will fill Town Point Park and keep you moving all night long! This
cultural celebration not only will feature great music, it will also serve up some
mouth-watering Latin cuisine!
For more information regarding this event, please contact FestEvents at: 757-441-2345
For questions or submissions of future events, please contact Cindy Buckler at: 757-385-0602 12
Zoo Grooves
Virginia Zoo
3500 Granby St.
Norfolk, VA 23504
Saturday, August 27th
5:30pm - 8:30pm
Adults (12-59): $11.00 Children (2-11): $9.00
Seniors (62+), Military, AAA Members: $10.00
Concert nights at the Zoo is a perfect activity for families! Pack your blankets and lawn chairs and join us for a rockin’ good time. Concessions with your favorite summer foods and refreshments will be available for purchase until 8:00pm.
For more information regarding this event, please contact the Virginia Zoo at: 757-441-2374
Sunday Funday Series
Mt. Trashmore Park
310 Edwin Dr.
Virginia Beach, VA 23462
Sunday, August 23rd
12:00pm - 3:00pm
(Free & Open to the Public)
Gather your family and friends for some laidback fun at Mt. Trashmore Park! Games and activities for all ages! So bring the blankets and the beach chairs and get comfortable while you enjoy the music and delicious foods available for purchase.
For more information regarding this event, please contact Debbie Vicks at: 757-385-2992
Children under 2, Virginia Zoo Members and
Individuals with ADA-Recognized Disability
and One Companion: FREE.
For questions or submissions of future events, please contact Cindy Buckler at: 757-385-0602 13
State Farm FunkFest Beach Party
Virginia Beach Oceanfront
On the beach at 24th Street
Virginia Beach, VA 23451
Friday & Saturday, August 28th & 29th 2:00pm - 10:45pm
Sunday, August 30th 1:00pm - 9:45pm
(Free & Open to the Public)
The State Farm FunkFest is the heart and soul of this 3-day music event. Funk, which is an American musical style that originated in the mid-to-late-1960s when African-American musicians blended soul music, soulful jazz, and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music will be “funky” up the 24th Street Stage all weekend long. So you funk lovers, music lovers and everyone in between, come on down and let your inner ‘funk’ out!
For more information regarding this event, please contact Beach Street USA at: 757-491-7866
People First—Afternoon of Bowling
Pinboy’s at the Beach
1577 Laskin Rd.
Virginia Beach, VA 23451
Saturday, August 29th
1:00pm - 5:00pm
$5.00 for 2 Games & Shoes
Do you love to bowl? Do you like to just get out, socialize and have a good time? Do you want something fun to do on a Saturday afternoon? If you said yes to any of the above, come out to the People First ‘Afternoon of Bowling!’ Show off your bowling skills or just sit back, chat and cheer on the other bowlers. Either way, come have a “bowling” good time!
For more information regarding this event, please contact: Robert Webb at 757-352-2134
For questions or submissions of future events, please contact Cindy Buckler at: 757-385-0602 14
Added Summer Fun!!
Want to beat the heat and stay cool? Come check out the Summer Club Series Movies at the
following theaters:
Cinema Café
Greenbrier - 1401 Greenbrier PW
Hampton - 1044 Von Schilling Dr.
Pembroke - 758 Independence Blvd.
All Summer Club Series Movies are just $1.00 everyday for the 10:30am showing!
For more information regarding this event, please contact Cinema Café at: 757-523-7469
Regal Cinemas
Columbus Stadium 12 - 104 Constitution Dr.
Strawbridge Marketplace Stadium 12 - 2133 General Booth Blvd.
All Summer Club Series Movies are just $1.00 on Tuesdays and Wednesdays for the 10:00am showing!
For more information regarding this event,
please contact Regal Cinemas at:
844-462-7342
Cinemark
Military Circle Mall - 880 N. Military Highway All Summer Club Series Movies are just $1.00 on both Wednesdays and Thursdays for the 10:00am showing! For more information regarding this event, please contact Cinemark at: 757-461-9197
Pawsitive Reading at VB Libraries
*Virginia Beach Public Libraries
Year Round
Calling all children in grades K - 5, bring your favorite books and come on out and practice your reading skills by sharing some of your favorite stories with our certified therapy dogs. Improve your reading skills while making a new friend with Pawsitive Reading at the Virginia Beach Public Libraries.
For more information regarding Pawsitive Reading, please call: 757-385-0150
Online registration is required and begins 2 weeks prior to the start date of the program.
*Select libraries. Please call for locations, dates and times.
Movies at the VB Libraries
*Virginia Beach Public Libraries
Year Round Showings!!
Did you know that the Virginia Beach City Public Libraries show movies in the library?!? No...well now you do, so come beat the August heat and enjoy a movie at one of the local Virginia Beach Public libraries!
For more information regarding Movies at the
Library, please call: 757-385-0150
* Select libraries. Please call for locations, dates and times.
For questions or submissions of future events, please contact Cindy Buckler at: 757-385-0602 15
MISSION STATEMENT
Plans, develops, and implements services for Virginia Beach residents with intellectual
disabilities and their families through the provision of person centered services designed to
provide opportunities to individuals who have intellectual disabilities to become
self-directing and contributing members of our community; support families living with
family member with intellectual disabilities; provide early intervention when developmental
delays are identified in young children; and, promote the value of persons with intellectual
disabilities living and working in the community.
Welcome to the Developmental Services Division
297 Independence Blvd., Pembroke 6, Ste. 218
Virginia Beach, VA 23462
Phone: 757-385-0600 / Fax: 757-473-5235
Pssst! Did You Know...
Ocean Breeze Waterpark
849 General Booth Blvd.
Virginia Beach, VA 23451
Year Round
(Discounts on Park Admissions)
Exciting rides...cool water...lots of fun...plenty of sun...put it all together and you have a great alternative to the beach at...Ocean Breeze Waterpark!
Ocean Breeze offers a great discount on admission tickets for guests with disabilities along with ONE (1) FREE ADMISSION ticket for their professional caregiver!
The accompanying professional caregiver must provide professional documentation (i.e. a pay stub, employee ID or other proof of their caregiver credentials) in order to receive free admission to the waterpark.
For more information regarding receiving discounted admissions for persons with disabilities, please contact Ocean Breeze Customer Service at: 757-422-4444
For questions or submissions of future events, please contact Cindy Buckler at: 757-385-0602 16
Polynesian Watermelon Drink
Ingredients:
1 seedless watermelon, halved and sliced
3 cups water
1 (15.25 ounce) can crushed pineapple
1 (12 fluid ounce) can evaporated milk
1/2 cup shredded coconut
2 tablespoons white sugar, or to taste (optional)
1/2 lime, juiced
Steps:
1. Grate watermelon with a fork from the rind into a large bowl, leaving no large chunks.
2. Stir water, pineapple, evaporated milk and coconut into the grated watermelon.
3. Add sugar, stir until dissolved
4. Squeeze lime juice into the watermelon mixture.
1. In a saucepan, brew tea bags in hot water for 15 minutes. While waiting for tea to brew, squeeze the lemon slices as you put them into a large pitcher. Pour in sugar.
2. Pour brewed tea into the pitcher with the sugar and lemons. You can let this sit in the refrigerator for up to 1 day, or use it right away.
3. When ready to serve, stir in almond and vanilla extracts and lemon-lime soda.
Enjoy!
Citrus Blueberry Slush
Ingredients:
1 (16 ounce) can frozen orange juice concentrate
6 fluid ounces water
1 cup fresh blueberries
4 cubes of ice
Steps:
1. In a blender, combine water, blueberries, orange juice concentrate and ice cubes.
2. Blend until slushy.
3. Pour into glasses and serve.
Enjoy!
Orange Pineapple Drink
Ingredients:
2/3 cup orange juice
1/3 cup pineapple juice
3 scoops orange sherbet
2 pineapple rings
Steps:
1. Place orange juice, pineapple juice, and orange sherbet into a blender and blend until smooth. Pour into two glasses; garnish each with a pineap-ple ring.
Serve cold and enjoy!
For questions or submissions of future events, please contact Cindy Buckler at: 757-385-0602 17
Rosemary Ranch Chicken Kabobs
Ingredients:
Steps:
1. In a medium bowl, stir together the olive oil, ranch dressing, Worcestershire sauce, rosemary, salt, lemon juice, white vinegar, pepper and sugar. Let stand for 5 minutes. Place chicken in the bowl, and stir to coat with the marinade. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
2. Preheat the grill for medium-high heat. Thread chicken onto skewers and discard marinade.
3. Lightly oil the grill grate. Grill skewers for 8 to 12 minutes or until the chicken is no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear. Remove from grill.
Serve and Enjoy!
1/2 cup olive oil 1 teaspoon lemon juice
1/2 cup ranch dressing 1 teaspoon white vinegar
3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper,
1 tablespoon minced fresh rosemary
1 tablespoon white sugar, or to taste
2 teaspoons salt 5 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
Mini Cheesecakes
Ingredients:
Crust:
1/3 cup graham cracker crumbs Filling:
1 tablespoon white sugar
1 tablespoon margarine, melted
Steps:
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease a 6-cup muffin pan.
In a medium bowl, mix together the graham cracker crumbs, sugar and margarine with a fork until com-bined. Measure a rounded tablespoon of the mixture into the bottom of each muffin cup, pressing firmly. Bake in the pre-heated oven for 5 minutes, then remove to cool. Keep the oven on.
Beat together the cream cheese, sugar, lemon juice, lemon zest and vanilla until fluffy. Mix in the egg.
Pour the cream cheese mixture into the muffin cups, filling each until 3/4 full. Bake at 325 degrees F for 25 minutes. Cool completely in pan before removing. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
