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Junior League of Roanoke Valley holding food, book drive for local families

Junior League of Roanoke Valley holding food, book drive for local families New initiative to benefit local community Tags:  The volunteer organization partnered with Feeding Southwest Virginia and the West End Center for Youth. They’re collecting food items like peanut butter, beans, rice, 100% juice, soup, pasta, canned meat, canned fruit and canned vegetables. They’re also collecting new or gently used books for elementary-aged students. “Over 60% of low-income households have no books in their homes. Making books available to children from these families can have a significant impact on their literacy skills and academic potential,” said Amanda Nastiuk, the executive director of West End Center for Youth. “West End Center seeks to help students achieve grade-level reading by third grade. Third grade has been identified as important to reading literacy because it is the final year children are learning to read, after which students are “reading to learn.”

PATHS surpasses 6,000 administered COVID-19 vaccinations

Piedmont Access to Health Services, Inc. (PATHS) has provided over 6,000 COVID-19 vaccinations and PATHS is now receiving Johnson & Johnson vaccines at their medical sites. PATHS CEO Marsha Mendenhall shared that, “PATHS is attempting to take COVID-19 vaccinations directly to community members.” With a goal to eliminate the transportation barrier and provide easy access, PATHS has provided vaccinations on-site at businesses including The Salvation Army of Danville and Schewels Home in South Boston to their employees, as well as citizens.  “I believe the community is our mission. The mission is to meet needs without discrimination. During this season the need is to beat COVID, said The Salvation Army of Danville’s captain, Shalanda Jackson. This virus has claimed the lives of too many and it must stop. One way is wearing a mask, which we provided to clients in the beginning of this pandemic. Now after a year of wearing a mask the new weapon is vaccination.

PATHS holds walk-in vaccine, food event in Danville

PATHS holds walk-in vaccine, food event in Danville
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As Fleet Feet celebrates its 18th birthday, you could win a $500 gift card

As Fleet Feet celebrates its 18th birthday, you could win a $500 gift card Money raised will go toward Feeding Southwest Virginia Published:  Tags:  Fleet Feet is celebrating its 18th birthday with a virtual birthday run. It costs $10 to sign-up; however, the money raised will go toward Feeding Southwest Virginia and participants will also have the chance to win either a $250, $150 or $100 Fleet Feet gift card or a pair of ASICS shoes. Participants can choose the distance they’d like to run or walk for the event. Virtual runners also have the chance to win a gift card or a pair of shoes on March 8 if they post it on their social media between Friday and 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, tag Fleet Feet and use the hashtag mentioned in Fleet Feet’s post below.

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