It has often been said that the most important word in the
college’s name is “community” and over the last few weeks Reynolds faculty, staff
and students have been carrying on the tradition of helping out the less
fortunate in our community.
With the winter cold fast approaching, the college created a
“warming tree” to collect hats, mittens, gloves, scarfs, infant items and
personal hygiene items that were donated to Richmond’s Family Lifeline
organization. Located in the City of Richmond, Lifeline is designed to bring
health and hope directly into the homes of Central Virginia’s most vulnerable
children, families, and seniors. Over 200 items were donated to help assist
some of our community’s needy in the upcoming months.
A number of Reynolds employees also volunteered recently at
the Salvation Army of Central Virginia distribution center as part of the Angel
Tree program, which assists thousands
of parents in Central Virginia with emergency assistance. According to the
Salvation Army, for many kids,
the gifts they receive through Angel Tree will be the only ones they open on
Christmas Day.
Also because many
of the local elementary schools’ fall school supplies run short throughout the
year, Reynolds is conducting a school supply drive. The college hopes to
deliver 400 new school supplies including crayons, glue, paper, pencils,
notebooks and erasers to the City of Richmond’s Westover Hills Elementary
School in January.
