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  • 2026 VAFP Annual Conference

    Event Dates: Thursday, April 23 to Sunday, April 26, 2026

    Program Venue: Fairy Stone State Park, 967 Fairystone Lake Drive, Stuart, VA, 24171

    Lodging:  Complimentary cabin and lodge rooms are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Check-in is on Thursday evening, and check-out is on Sunday morning. 

    EARLY BIRD RATE ENDS FEBRUARY 15, 2026

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  • Run for the Trees: Happy Little (Virtual) 5K

    Event Dates:  Saturday, April 18 to Friday, April 24, 2026

    Program Venue: Anywhere!

    No matter how you reach the finish line - walk, run, or roll - you pick the pace and the place, anywhere outdoors!

    Everyone who participates gets a Happy Little T-shirt, sticker, a commemorative bib number, and a finisher's medal.

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past conferences

  • Occoneechee 05/03/2025

  • Westmoreland 05/11/2024

  • Claytor Lake 03/25/2023

  • Virtual Conference 04/30/2021

  • Westmoreland 9/27/2019

  • Hungry Mother 09/29/2018

  • Douthat 11/3/2017

  • Bear Creek Lake 10/1/2016

  • Occoneechee 09/26/2015

  • Westmoreland, 5/10/2014

  • First Landing, 9/27/2014

  • Douthat 4/13/2013

  • Hungry Mother 09/28/2013

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