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In cooperation with the Mount Vernon Rotary Club, we sponsored the funding needed to paint a mural on the fence of the community garden at the Hybla Valley Community Center WISH Center. We watched as kids, young and old, helped paint the fence to make the garden a joyous place to be!
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The Club has adopted the Richmond Highway Service Road north of Memorial Street as well as Southgate Drive. At least twice a year, the Club gathers to clean up the road in coordination with the official Virginia Department of Transportation's Adopt-A-Highway program.
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A number of members volunteered as tutors at Mt Vernon Woods Elementary School from 2017-19, and the Club made a significant financial contribution to their library.
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Alexandria South Rotary is a founding sponsor of the Student Peace Awards of Fairfax County, an annual awards program created to encourage people to think more about peace as both a means and an end, and to recognize young people who work as peacemakers. We have continued to give every year!
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In coordination with United Community, members of our club met once a week with children and their mothers at the local library. The children were organized into groups according to school grade, and each Rotarian was assigned a group of children to read with and discuss their books. While the kids read, the mothers received training in computer skills.
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With the goal of giving local children and residents a chance to spend more time in the outdoors and learn basic camping skills, the club spends a weekend at Wolf Run in Wardensville, WV with residents of Audubon, Creekside, Harmony Place, and Sequoya. Cookouts, hiking, swimming, and roasted marshmallows are all on the agenda, as well as goal setting for residents and communities.
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