For the love of one • Sandston Rotary Club celebrates heroes
Henrico Newsflash – May 17, 2024
For the love of one
Editor’s note: Today is the 70th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision that established that public school segregation was unconstitutional. This week also is the 20th anniversary of this article by Citizen Publisher Tom Lappas that tells the previously unknown story of how several Henrico citizens were connected to one of the cases that prompted that decision – and how their efforts helped one little girl continue her education during a turbulent time.
It is 67 miles from Farmville, Va. to a quiet plot of land in Eastern Henrico County. In between, stately pines stand at attention alongside rolling hills of green, and dusty gravel trails lead to nowhere in particular.
The trip along this lonely highway is not a difficult one, nor remarkable. But for a six-year-old girl more than 40 years ago, it was both. Click here to read more
Sandston Rotary Club celebrates heroes
Since its founding in 1957, the Sandston Rotary Club has played a key role in the development of the eastern Henrico community – both literally, as in the brick-and-mortar sense, and figuratively.
Rotarians from the club helped with construction of buildings for the Sandston Volunteer Rescue Squad and the Chickahominy YMCA, and over the years contributed to such causes as scholarship funds at local schools, a van for the USO at Richmond International Airport, and iPads for Montrose Elementary School students. Click here to read more
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