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Community Support

Community support is vital to the success of LVA-PW and to the success of our students. I encourage you to get involved and share the gift of reading - give of your time and become a tutor, join our LVA-PW Board of Directors, make a donation to LVA-PW, or become an LVA-PW volunteer and organize a fundraising or community awareness event. You'll be glad you did. Please call the LVA-PW office at 703-670-5702 to sign-up and get involved!

Bell Ringing Fundraiser a HUGE Success!

Our December 2009 holiday Bell Ringing fundraiser was quite the success this year! We raised $3,780 from "ringing" and $650 from the "Buy-A-Bucket" challenge for a total of $4,430 in three days! A very WARM and sincere thank you to all of our volunteer "ringers" who volunteered to "ring in" this successful event: Laura and Kathy Baum, Valerie Ritter, Joe Schu, Diane Edwards, the Scannell family and friends, Cynthia Schell, Patti Beattie, Diane & Orland Van Bavel, Joanna Crutchley, Julie Rossi, Tracy Walker, Karen Smith, Judie Silcox, Dave Forcier, Chris Sells, Don Lewis, Eric Schwartz, Phyllis Raynor Surrett, Darlene Macy, Jasmin McDonald, Bob Orazi, Joe Hebert, Ken Deal, the Collassard family, Doug Thompson, Pat Sodo, Laura Ellis, Caroline Zong, Vicki Gross, Ken Ikeda, Scott and Kim Sells, and George Kerr.

A sincere thank you to others who volunteered to ring on the last scheduled day but didn't get the chance because of a little BLIZZARD!!! I know that you are all disappointed - we'll make it up to you next year! Sara B. Anderson, Peter Lineberry, Joe Waite, Rick Palermo, Mary Langley, Darlene Macy, Vicki Gross, Caroline Zong, Joanna Crutchley, Diane & Orland Van Bavel, Tracy Walker, Ken Ikeda, Chris Sells, Judie Silcox, and George Kerr.

Thank you to Al Alborn, Martha Kobliska, Ed & Barbara Ball, Supervisor Michael May, Jeanne & Joe Mitcho, and Cindy & Lewis Kleiman for "Buying-A-Bucket" to help add the additional $650 "ring" to our bell ringing fundraiser!

Thank you to all of the generous PWC friends and neighbors who donated so generously!

Holiday Poem Spirited Generous Donations from LVA-PW Friends

The generosity of our PW community never ceases to amaze me - your response to my humble attempt at poetry with my "Holiday Poem" was amazing! Thank you all for your generous response which raised $3,435.00 in December 2009 for LVA-PW programs and services. Together we are quite "literally" making a difference in our community! Thank you to our spirited supporters: Judie Silcox, Janet Sorlin-Davis, Gina Bruce, Luisa Condori-Acuna, Robert & Elizabeth Covey, Jong Kwon, Lake Ridge Library (Lynn Casey, Sylvia Hoskins, Gina Leventhal), Annette Davis, Mike Allen, ToniAnn McFadden, Scott & Shirley Krein, Norma Brunette, Sara B. Anderson, Sonia & William Hoehn, Jocelyn Ponce-Lopez & Jose Lopez, Dwight Williams, Mike & Judy Heininger, Linda Pinkard, Cleta & Robert Schmitt, Sophia & Franklin Sykes, Ilse Buchheit, Judy Stuber, Uncha Gmaz, Susan Nestor, Ellen Yarborough, Victoria Asomoah, Amy & Steve McCullough, Sheryl Bass, Zoe Vitter, Alisha Anderson, Margaret Mossler, Mary Ann Langley, Janice Carr, Annie Mason, Alex Harris, NetBase Corporation, Supervisor Maureen Caddigan, and the Sells family.

Thank You to Our Gift Wrapping Volunteers!

A special thank you to all of our gift wrapping volunteers in December 2009 who so delicately and joyously wrapped gifts for others in our local Borders and Barnes and Noble bookstores to raise $408.00 for LVA-PW programs and services. A special thank you with a bow on top to: Brenda Bowden and Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Toni Dingley, Judie Silcox, Marley Richards, Barbara Paciejewski, Barbara Leigh, Sandra Moore, Darlene Macy, Donna Smith, Gwen King, Tracy Walker, Wayne Doran, Gail Van Buren, Marcy Lott, Doug Eagles, Valerie Ritter, Pat Sodo, Janis Cook, Ruby Tassi, Beverley Chura, Connie Buzkin, Patti Hart, Janice Carr, and Bobbi Grant.

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Register or Re-Register your Support of LVA-PW with SAFEWAY!

Do you have a grocery card for Safeway? Did you know that your cards can serve as a fundraiser for us? Simply register your card as explained below and LVA receives a percentage of what you spend on your groceries. There is no charge to you!

For SafewayGo to www.safeway.com, go to "sign-up" (for first time registration) or "renew now" (to renew your registration). The LVA-PW group ID number is 150301532 OR call 1-800-801-4973.

Or simply call the LVA-PW office at 703-670-5702 or email lvapw@aol.com with your Safeway club card (11 digits) numbers and we will register your cards for you!

2009 Car Wash Fundraiser!

After over one week of heavy rains, the skies cleared on Saturday, May 9, for the LVA-PW car wash. Forty-three volunteers came out to hold signs along Dale Boulevard and Minnieville Road advertising our car wash. Other volunteers worked in shifts washing car after car! We had students from middle schools and high schools helping as well, working on those community service hours. The turn out was better than we had anticipated. We raised $825.00! Way to go volunteers! An enormous thank you goes out to all of the volunteers for your caring and dedication to our cause!

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