🌱 VA Mortgage Relief Program + Sonic Slam 2022 In Roanoke

Roanoke VA

30 December, 2021

4:00 PM

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Good morning, Roanoke! Like many of you, the Patch team is taking some time off to celebrate the New Year, so there will not be a newsletter in your inbox tomorrow. We appreciate your understanding of this slight pause in our schedule, and I will be back on Monday with the next edition of the Roanoke Daily! Now, here's everything happening around town today. First, today's weather: Rather cloudy and warm. High: 67 Low: 55. Here are the top three stories today in Roanoke: Virginia launched a mortgage relief program to help people stay in their homes and help ease mortgage delinquencies, defaults and foreclosures due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Applications for the program will open on Jan. 3. (WDBJ7) Tickets will go on sale Friday for the Sonic Slam tour visit to Roanoke's Dr. Pepper Park in June. Sonic Slam 2022 will feature Cinderella's Tom Keifer, Faster Pussycat and L.A. Guns. General admission tickets cost $30. (Roanoke Times) The Roanoke Salvation Army is short of its Red Kettle campaign goal. They set a goal of $150K for the year and just before Christmas they're short by $50K. The organization says it's not too late to give and reminds everyone the money goes toward local programs. (WDBJ7) Today's Roanoke Daily is brought to you in part by our friends at Verizon. They're building the fastest 5G network in the country. To learn how 5G is going to change life for you and your community — and to get access to this amazing technology — click here. And thank you Verizon for sponsoring this community resource in Roanoke! Today in Roanoke: Big Lick Downtown Countdown At Roanoke City Special Events (7:30 PM) ValleyStar Big Lick Downtown Countdown At Center in the Square (8:00 PM) From my notebook: The Virginia Zoo's ZooLumination is almost coming to an end, but not before the last walk-thru night! Join the zoo on Jan. 7 from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. for Family Night, and have fun with the whole family in the new year with towering glowing giants. (Instagram) Central Virginia United Soccer Club is doing all it can to help female players access and experience the sport. On Jan. 5, 12, and 19 all girls interested in the sport aged 10-14 (birth years 2011-2007) are invited to attend free sessions at the Lynchburg City Stadium. (Facebook)Virginia Children's Theatre is seeking qualified teaching artists. They are needed to lead/direct a short musical play for outreach classes. TAs will be responsible for creating their own staging, choreography, and will be responsible for teaching music to students in 2nd-5th grade, middle school or high school. (Facebook) More from our sponsors — thanks for supporting local news! Events: Ring In the New Year With 15 Percent Off Beautiful Blooms From FTD! (December 31) Add your event Loving the Roanoke Daily? Here are all the ways you can get more involved: Send a friend or neighbor this link so they can subscribe Get your local business listed in front of readers Thanks for following along and staying informed! I'll see you around. — Nicole Fallon-Peek About me: Nicole Fallon-Peek is a journalist and copywriter with a degree in Media, Culture and Communication from New York University. She has served as a freelance reporter, managing editor, copy editor, and editorial director for a variety of B2B news outlets. She currently co-owns and operates content creation agency Lightning Media Partners.