College life
isn’t just about classes, projects and exams. Sometimes it’s about helping
others. As winter
weather approaches, the students, faculty and staff at Reynolds adopted several
projects in support of the local community during the holiday season:
- The Program for Adults in Vocational Education (PAVE) Club, which develops leadership and social skills for students in the PAVE program, sponsored a Toys for Tots Drive to collect new toys for distribution to less fortunate children in the local community.
- A team of 11 volunteers recruited by the Classified Council worked over 50 hours at the Salvation Army’s Christmas warehouse on December 14 and 17 helping to distribute Angel Tree gifts. 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.
- The Reynolds Department of Police also gave it’s time to the community during the holiday season as Reynolds Police Sergeant William Judon assisted the Richmond Police Department and the Virginia Attorney General’s Office in handing out gifts to 52 children in the City of Richmond. The Reynolds shuttle was used to transport bikes and other gifts in Church Hill.
- Reynolds Professional Administrative and Faculty Senate (PAFS) sponsored a school supply drive for Lakeside and Westover Hills Elementary Schools, collecting supplies to restock shelves with fresh notebooks, crayons, paper, glue, markers, pencils, etc. for the students when they return to school from winter break. The drive was a HUGE success with just under 3,000 items--enough to fill up two cars delivered on Thursday, December 17.
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| Fredrick Geissler, associate principal at Lakeside Elementary School and Laurie Weinberg |
- Finally, keeping warm in the months ahead is challenging for some in our community. To fill this need the Classified Council placed Warming Trees on each campus seeking donations of new hats, gloves, mittens, etc. in a range of sizes from infants to adults. More than 500 items were collected and delivered to the Salvation Army on Monday, December 21.
A heartfelt thank
you to all who donated and volunteered to make the season bright and warm for
others!
