My daugther interviewed in the newspaper.
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So my daughter played a major role in a food drive held at her school this year. Her and 2 of her classmates were interviewed and it was printed in the local paper here in Richmond. I have sent the link to a few of the members here but wanted everyone to get the chance to read this. My daughter Rayn (rain) has made my wife and I proud of her over the years and this is one of the moments that I feel blessed to be her father.
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Give the teachers and administrators at Varina Elementary School and Mehfoud Elementary School in eastern Henrico County an A for their success in those subjects. And while you're at it, give the schools' students an A-plus.
The two next-door sister schools — Varina serves third through fifth grades, Mehfoud kindergarten through second grade — recently held a food drive. They gathered 648 pounds of food.
"A lot of the families are part of our school community," said Dina Thibodeau, school counselor and Student Council Association sponsor at Varina Elementary. "Our kids know a lot of them."
Thibodeau and Varina Principal Mark Tyler had ample help from the students, especially from SCA officers and representatives who got the word out to their classrooms. The PTA pitched in as well.
Rayn Robinson is Varina Elementary's SCA president. Twin brothers Jonathan and Andrew LaPrade are vice president and secretary-treasurer, respectively. They said the food drive was divided into three weeks to meet the needs of the church's food pantry.
"The first week we brought in breakfast items," Andrew said.
"The second week we brought in snacks," Jonathan said.
"The third week we brought in canned foods," Rayn said.
All three of the officers already are aiming for a college education. Rayn said she wants to be a doctor. Andrew said he is going to study films and become a movie director. Jonathan was less certain about a career choice. He mentioned becoming a pilot but didn't rule out acting in his brother's films.
Besides the three weeks of having students bring food to school, the drive included a carnival at which a food donation was the price of admission. One popular attraction was a dunk tank. Tyler was one of the dunkees.
"It was a chilly day, and I was dunked probably about 10 to 12 times," Tyler said. "It was worth it to have the people in the community come out and be part of our food drive."
The drive by the two schools is part of the broad community support of the Central Virginia Food Bank and its distribution partners, about 400 of them, such as Varina Episcopal.
Brenda Miller, food and fund drive manager for the food bank, pointed out that in 2011, 71.5 percent of its food came from food drives — many of them organized in schools — and food donors.
The food bank is part of FeedMore, the umbrella agency that includes Meals on Wheels and Community Kitchen and distributed more than 19 million pounds of food in its 2010-11 fiscal year.
The food bank and its partners serve people in five cities and 31 counties.
Rayn said the food drive made one thing clear. "It's good to help out other kids who don't have as much as you do," she said, "and it's generous and very kind, so this is something I want to continue myself."
Rodney thanks for posting it for me, I wanted to try formatting a post with a link for the first time so I went that route..lol