Congratulations Milbert Dacayana and Innocent Wafula, both members of Bennie Bough Toastmasters, for winning 1st and 2nd place, respectively in the Autumn 2025 Area 14 Online Speech Contest within District 29.

A sincere thank you to those who were able to join us for a lovely evening of IN-PERSON connection and fellowship with our District leaders! What a renewed sense of connection across our beloved #District29! #TMD29 #Toastmasters #WhereLeadersAreMade #DistrictLeaders

Congratulations to Narayanan Doraswamy and Lee Proctor for placing first and second at the Autumn 2025 Area 22 Online Speech Contest within District 29. 1st – Narayanan Doraswamy, TBA Toastmasters 2nd – Lee Proctor, Fairfax Toastmasters

Congratulations Sunita Braynard, of Toast of Oakton, for winning the Autumn 2025 Area 23 Online Speech Contest within District 29.

Congratulations to the following Toastmasters members in District 29 for placing first and second in the Autumn 2025 Area 24 Online Speech Contest. 1st place - Martin Romualdez, B-2 Toasters 2nd – Wendy Downey, Hear me Roar (HER)

Centreville Toastmasters is excited to share Ivonne Vaughn, DTM, VPPR completed Pathways Motivational Strategies Level 3   centreville.toastmastersclubs.org

D29's Speaker to Trainer Workshop at GMU was a success, preparing a cohort to deliver effective, engaging training in #TMD29 community and beyond. Thanks to all who made this interactive workshop a success, especially our loyal leader Cheryl Baker. Photos: photos.app.goo.gl/QqapAiNyMnMoTZ…

Congratulations top Online Speech Contestant finishers, Area 33-35 Area 33 1st-Martice Hawkins, Brinker 2nd-Fitsum Habtermariam, Brinker 3rd-Corey Weisman, ALLY Area 34 1-Iris Kinney, Capital One 2-Luan Vu, Capital One A35 1-Chad Welch, PWIWDC#1 2-Glenn Foster, Toast of Tysons

Congratulations to the following D29 Toastmasters members within Area 61 for their outstanding performances in the Area 61 Online Speech Contest. 1st place: Eli Robinson, Veterans Speak 2nd place: Christian Dorr, Speak Up Manassas

Congratulations to the following D29 members within Area 62 For their exceptional performance at the Area 62 Online Speech Contest 1st place: Ankit Agarwal, Toasters’ Choice 2nd place: Rahsaan Corbin II, Micron (MTV) Toastmasters

Congratulations to the top finishers in the Division A Online Speech Contest. 1st Place-Thomas Finley, UCM 2nd Place-Kathlin Carreon, Belvoir TM 3rd Place-Milbert Dacayana, Bennie Bough

Congratulations to the following Toastmasters within D29 Division F for winning first, second, & third in the Division F Online Speech Contest. 1st: Maj. Sean Cunningham (USMC), Chopawamsic TM 2nd: Ankit Agarwal, Toasters’ Choice 3rd: Col. Brigitta Woodcox, Woodbridge (VA) TM

Congratulations Gwen Talbot and Heidi Briguglio, both of Galloping Governors, for placing 1st and 2nd, respectively in the Autumn 2025 Area 21 Online Speech Contest within District 29.

Congratulations to the following District 29 Toastmasters within Area 63 for their outstanding finishes in the Area 63 Online Speech Contests. 1st: Col. Brigitta Woodcox, Woodbridge (VA) TM 2nd: Sean Cunningham, (USMC), Chopawamsic TM 3rd: Lafayette Anderson, Lake Ridge TM

Congratulations to Aditya Shandilya, member of the Rappahannock Regional Toastmasters, for winning the Area 64 Online Speech Context.

Congratulations top Online Speech Contest winners for Areas 41, 43, 44 A41 1-Nicholas Erlacker, CACI 2-Cloris Huang, Empowered Confident TM 3-Vikas Mahajan, Reston Town Center A43 1-Matthew Marsteller, Tech Toast A44 1-Linda Zhou, Speech Builders 2-Tony Smith, Reston-Herndon TM

Congratulations top finishers - Areas 51-53 Online Speech Contests A51 1-Aditya Mandlekar, Dulles South A52 1-Drew Rougier-Chapman, Winners Circle A53 1-Tali Lindberg, Loudoun 2-Dennis Mills, Leesburg Speakeasies 3-Charles Peri, Loudoun

Congratulations to the following members of Area 54 for their amazing placements in the very competitive Area 54 Online Speech Contest 1-David Walatka, U2 Can Speak 2-David Kirsten, U2 Can Speak 3-Tracy Tienken, Speaking on Purpose

What a great time our members, including contestants, had at the Division A and Division F Online Speech Contests. Photos included. Division F had their contest on October 18 and Division A had theirs on October 25.

We may do some hibernation during the holiday months. In the meantime, our plan is to at keep our Facebook and Instagram active. Check us out at tmd29.org facebook.com/@District29Toa… instagram.com/district29toas…