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Cooperative News AUGUSTA SVEC Offers 2017 Scholarships

ince 1992, Shenandoah Valley is to make a student’s dream of higher review of the essays. The judges have no Electric Cooperative (SVEC) has education become a reality. The only information (including name, high school Sawarded scholarships to deserving requirements for a student to apply for the or gender) regarding who wrote the essays high school seniors in the region that it scholarship are that his or her parents, or at this point. Based on the essays, the serves. These students have earned the guardians, must be member-owners of judges will narrow the applicant pool scholarships with excellence in the Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative before reviewing all other information classroom, extracurricular activities and and the student must attend a high school submitted with the application. contributions to the community. In the located in the areas served by the The eligibility requirements and judging years since the scholarship has been Cooperative. criteria are outlined in the application awarded, the Cooperative has given back Students will be judged for the forms that are available at any SVEC office more than $100,000 to the community. scholarship based on a number of criteria. or the students’ school guidance During the spring of 2017, SVEC will The three most important criteria will be department. All applications and essays award ten $1,000 scholarships to students the quality of the essay provided by the must be delivered personally to SVEC by whose parents or guardians are member- student, participation in school/ 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 24, 2017, or postmarked owners of SVEC. community activities, and the quality of no later than Feb. 24, 2017. Furthering one’s education is the best their high school course load. Other If you have any questions concerning investment for success in the future. information used to judge the applicants this scholarship opportunity, please check The obstacles facing most students today will be letters of reference and grade-point the website at www.svec.coop or contact are the rising costs associated with a average. It is important to note that the Cammie Tutwiler or Preston Knight at college education. first step in the judging process is a blind Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative. The goal of SVEC’s scholarship program

2016 2014 (continued) SHENANDOAH VALLEY Grace Blanchard Highland High School Jessica Hiter Broadway High School Margaret Chu Luray High School Mark Jackson Riverheads High School ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE Lauren Croissant Spotswood High School Tiffany Riggs Central High School P.O. Box 236 Sarah Daley Wilson Memorial High School Joy Showalter Broadway High School 147 Dinkel Avenue – Hwy. 257 Colin Jones Ridgeview Christian School Hannah Turner Luray High School Mt. Crawford, VA 22841-0236 Isabelle Leonard Riverheads High School 800-234-SVEC (7832) Nathan Miller Stonewall Jackson High School 2013 Office Hours: M-F, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Haley Sanders Wilson Memorial High School Abigail Blase James Wood High School www.svec.coop Benjamin Witman Spotswood High School Nora Burgess John Handley High School Jacob Wright Fort Defiance High School Mary Callender Turner Ashby High School President and CEO Michelle Fultz Buffalo Gap High School Michael W. Hastings 2015 Julia Halbersma Sherando High School Kelsey Basham Riverheads High School Savannah Hepner Spotswood High School Board Chair Cody Boden James Wood High School Charles Jones Ridgeview Christian School Robbie F. Marchant Rosie Clifton Stonewall Jackson High School Tyler Morris Sherando High School Daniel Cox Riverheads High School Mason Seaman Stuarts Draft High School Local Pages Editor Isabella Dickens-Bowman John Handley High School Jessica Watson Wilson Memorial High School J. Michael Aulgur Megan Godsey Wilson Memorial High School Writers Klaire Gubler Rappahannock County High School 2012 Cammie Tutwiler Olivia Heeb Fort Defiance High School Carter Black John Handley High School Preston Knight Sierra Hepner Spotswood High School Sydney Collins Broadway High School Julia Watson Wilson Memorial High School Cassie Conley Stonewall Jackson High School For all questions concerning advertising, Hannah Cox Riverheads High School contact Cooperative Living at 804-346-3344. 2014 Claire Glick Harrisonburg High School Julia Billingsley Bath County High School Janey Green James Wood High School This institution is an equal opportunity Breanna Bosley Turner Ashby High School Stephanie Hertzenberg Spotswood High School provider and employer. SVEC supports Allison Botkin Broadway High School Hannah Huddle Central High School our armed services and veterans in Katelyn Bowers Skyline High School David Leech Highland High School employment opportunities. Chris Delaughter Stonewall Jackson High School Amy Scheel East Rockingham High School

22 | Cooperative Living | January 2017 Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative SVEC to Hold Food Drive

henandoah Valley Electric Cooperative (SVEC) is pleased to Sannounce that it is holding a food drive for the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank beginning Feb. 1. All of its district offices and headquarters in Mount Crawford will have barrels inside the front door for SVEC member-owners to drop off food. All locations are open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The food drive will last until March 10. The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank serves an average of 118,600 people each month in 25 counties and nine cities. All jurisdictions that SVEC serves are also served by the food bank, which is based in Verona. Food from SVEC’s drive will be ITEMS NEEDED — PLEASE DO NOT DONATE GLASS ITEMS donated to the food bank’s Winchester- Cereal Boxed Mac & Cheese and Verona-area branches. We appreciate Peanut or Almond Butter Pasta and Rice your help in feeding the hungry during this winter season. For more information Canned Tuna and Chicken Spaghetti Sauce on the food bank, visit www.brafb.org. For Canned Soups, Stews and Chili Paper Products more information about the food drive, Canned Fruit Baby Food, Formula and Diapers you can contact Cammie Tutwiler at SVEC Canned Veggies Soap, Toothbrushes and Feminine Products by calling 1-800-234-7832. Beans, Canned or Dried

Cool Off Your Winter Energy Bill With These Tips

ou budgeted for holiday gifts, meals, Drape delivery: Are you using your Rug relief: Have a spare rug? Use it to maybe a vacation — and with money curtains to capture heat? Make sure drapes cover bare floors for added insulation. Ytight, that doesn’t leave much room and shades are open to catch free solar heat Cool food: Don’t make your fridge for home energy-efficiency upgrades. Does during the day. Close them at night to keep work too hard. Clean coils every year, and that mean you’re powerless to lower your the heat inside. set the temperature between 34°-37° F; electric bill? Not at all. Keep your energy Thermostat: Set your thermostat to 68° F leave the freezer between 0°-5° F. Keep the bill cool this winter with these tips (or lower if comfortable). freezer full — frozen food helps your and tricks: Got tape? Though not as durable as foam, freezer stay cool. When cooking keep lids rubber or vinyl, you can use non-porous tape on pots, and let hot food cool before (first-aid cloth tape, for example) to keep cold placing it in the refrigerator. air from squeezing into your home. Tape is Hot savings: Heating water accounts good for blocking corners and irregular for 12 percent of your home’s energy use. cracks, and can be used at the top and bottom Set your water-heater temperature no of a window sash, door frames, attic hatches higher than 120° F. For households with and inoperable windows. Reinforce with only one or two members, 115° F works. staples if needed. Fan it up: Run ceiling paddle fans on low There are other ways to conserve energy, and reverse the rotation to blow air up in too. Remember, you don’t pay for what winter. This keeps warm air circulating you don’t use. When you’re not watching without cooling you. TV or using lights, computers and other Free vents: Your HVAC system will have electronics, turn them off. Lower your to work twice as hard if your air registers room temperatures a bit and wear a and vents are blocked by rugs, furniture sweater to stay warm, or place an extra or drapes. Keep them clear to allow air to blanket on the bed at night. flow freely. Garage drain: Leave your garage door down. Sources: TogetherWeSave.com, Alliance to Save A warmer garage in winter will save energy. Energy, EnergySavers.gov www.svec.coop January 2017 | Cooperative Living | 23 SVEC Linemen Assist with Hurricane Restoration

n Oct. 8, Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative sent O12 linemen to South Carolina to assist Edisto Electric Cooperative with restoration efforts following Hurricane Matthew. Thank you to everyone who kept these men, and workers from many other cooperatives, in your thoughts and prayers. This was another example of the Sixth Cooperative Principle of “Cooperation Among Cooperatives,” proving that by working together, we can all better serve Pictured (L-R with their SVEC district): Matt Durbin, Winchester; Mike Williams, Luray; James our communities. Cubbage, Luray; Charlie Tusing, Shenandoah; Richard Hill, Shenandoah; Jared Armstrong, Rockingham; Kevin Good, Rockingham; Josh Hedrick, Augusta; Brandon Long, Augusta; Craig Bockey, Winchester; Brad Kochel, Winchester; Brian Hazelwood, Winchester.

Aerial Cutting Schedule for 2017

erial cutting for 2017 will begin on or about Jan. 3 and last until Shenandoah County (beginning Jan. 3): • Zepp, Cedar Creek, Star Tannery, Van Buren Furnace, Paddy’s Run, Paddy’s Cove March 26 in the areas listed at A • Mill Creek, Sundance, Supinlick Ridge right. Member-owners who will be affected by this work can expect to receive written Rockingham County (beginning Jan. 22 and again March 5): notification, as well as a phone call, from • Fulks Run, Genoa, Turner Hams Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative • Chimney Rock, Cootes Store, Trissels Church, Bennie’s Beach before cutting begins in their area. Augusta County (beginning Feb. 5): • Deerfield

Page County (beginning Feb. 19): SVEC Major Outages • Luray, Fort Valley Road, Sandy Hook • Page Valley Road, South Page Valley Road Sept. 1 Spring Hill area 1,000 members out for 1.5 hours. Augusta County (beginning March 19): Device on sensitive setting to • Crimora, Dooms, Harrison protect workers.

Sept. 29 Greenwood area 900 members out for 1 hour. Tree off right-of-way fell on power line.

Sept. 29 Columbia Furnace area 500 members out for 5 hours. Unknown cause of outage.

Sept. 29 Trimbles Mill and Jennings Gap areas 1,400 members out for 1.5 hours. Tree off right-of-way fell on power line.

24 | Cooperative Living | January 2017 Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative Change in the Virginia Sales & Use Surcharge Since September 2004, Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative (SVEC) has been paying Virginia sales tax on items such as utility poles, transformers, wire, conductors and other materials used to provide electric service that were previously exempt from such tax. This change was a result of legislative action by the Virginia General Assembly. Along with the change requiring the Cooperative to pay taxes previously not paid, the Virginia legislature provided that the incremental additional taxes could be recovered on a dollar-for-dollar basis through a revenue-surcharge rider on SVEC members’ bills. The rider is the “Sales and Use Surcharge” on the bills rendered for electric service. After reviewing the taxes paid and recoveries made under the existing surcharge, along with projected future sales taxes, the change in the recovery factor per month per account, effective for bills rendered on and after Jan. 4, 2017, will be a $0.26 charge until further notice.

www.svec.coop January 2017 | Cooperative Living | 25 Record-Setting Performance

Stanley Sandlot Group Gains National Honors while the origins of the Shady Grove name is unknown. Story and photos by Preston Knight of any similar item in our archive.” Painter said the teams played in 1953- Wilson and about 60 others — a ’54 and always argued who was better. im Gates is accustomed to fielding combination of fellow sandlot players and The following year, he decided to write random phone calls from people general supporters from the Stanley everything down so there could be no Jpitching a donation for inclusion at community — traveled to Cooperstown debate. The results were not only wins and his museum and then gently letting them this summer to hand over the notebooks losses, but individual hitting and pitching down because, oftentimes, the material is in a ceremony that featured a speech from statistics, compiled without the assistance already on hand. the mayor of the New York village. The of a calculator. “But we do want to speak with them Hall of Fame seldom gets to meet artifact The records even include roster because you never know what the next call donors, making that event rare in itself, transactions for a given day as the two might bring,” said Gates, library director at even without considering the large number teams often traded players, perhaps the National Baseball Hall of Fame and of people who made the trip, Gates said. because one needed an additional person Museum in Cooperstown, New York. After being moved ahead of people in in the field. “The Stanley notebooks are a prime line to visit the Hall of Fame, the Stanley “It’s amazing what that man kept,” Wilson example of this.” contingent was ushered into a theater, said. “I don’t know why he kept them. The documents he references contain greeted by “Stanley Sandlot Baseball I think he actually forgot he had them.” box scores and statistics from childhood Group” on a big screen. baseball games among 40 Page County “Talk about cold chills,” kids, including one girl, in the mid-1950s. Wilson said. They’re just a bunch of numbers, except they are not. ‘Fate Intervened’ The materials tell a story, not only of Stanley resident J.C. local significance, but also of national Painter, 76, created the meaning. When Gates heard from Donnie notebooks, which capture Wilson, a Waynesboro resident who grew results between two teams, up and played ball in Stanley and had the Piney Wood Tigers and come to possess the notebooks, there Shady Grove Dodgers, was immediate interest in helping share from 1955 to 1956. There’s that tale. an area of Page County “The story of sandlot baseball is well known as Piney Wood, known to anyone who grew up in America during the 20th century. It is a type of baseball that everyone played. However, outside of snapshots of kids playing ball, there is very little documentation of this part of baseball history,” Gates said. “The Stanley notebooks were maintained by boys playing sandlot ball, and it helps to fill a gap in the cultural fabric of baseball history. I am not aware

Right: Jim Painter holds a copy of one of the pages that is now a part of the archives at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. Inset: The Stanley players created two teams, the Piney Wood Tigers and Shady Grove Dodgers, to play from 1955 to 1956. There’s an area of Page County known as Piney Wood, while the origins of the Shady Grove name is unknown. Top: The 40 sandlot ballplayers are listed on T-shirts.

26 | Cooperative Living | January 2017 Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative Above left: J.C. Painter (seated) keeps track week later, he received a return letter. the Hall of Fame as donors of the records. of purchases at a recent chicken barbecue, “I didn’t know if I wanted to open it or “Our names are in the records,” Wilson just as he kept statistics that ultimately led not,” Wilson said. “I read it. I could hardly said, “so we feel like we’re in the Hall to the Stanley players’ trip to the Hall of get through it.” of Fame.” Fame. Above right: The Stanley Sandlot Baseball Group works to give back to the The Hall of Fame wanted the records, the Unfortunately, the notebooks are too community, and holds fundraisers, such as letter stated, and Wilson was to wrap them fragile to be placed in an exhibit case for chicken barbecues, to support local neatly and mail them. He had other plans. too long, Gates said. However, they will organizations. As word of his effort to organize a trip to be available through the Hall’s normal hand-deliver the books to Cooperstown library-service operation, he said, and are Painter said he stored the records in an spread across the Stanley community, a bus also a target for the collection to be old U.S. Army trunk in his attic and had to be chartered to carry everyone. scanned and added to its digital library. indeed “came across them” while looking They dropped off the records to the Hall of That would make them available to for something else more than two years Fame and had their ceremony on July 12. anyone who visits the museum’s website, ago. He gave them to one of his first “I give credit to everybody who played. www.baseballhall.org. cousins who played sandlot ball, Jim It just happened to be me who kept the For Jim Painter, that means the world Painter of Stanley, instead of trying to records,” J.C. Painter said. “It makes you might get to see that he batted .269, choose a recipient among his brothers. feel good. They don’t have anything like it which is not a bad average if facing “It’s good that I did,” J.C. Painter said. and I’m sure at this point they never will. major-league pitching. “I think fate intervened there.” I think that’s pretty impressive.” “In this league,” he recalls, “it was At a Page County High School class probably right bad.” reunion in 2014, Jim Painter ran into More to Come For J.C. Painter, it means other sandlot Wilson, whose wife’s class was celebrating Wilson is hopeful that the Stanley players from around the country can that evening. Wilson recognized Painter, group’s story can be turned into a book, or reminisce about their own playing days but it took a little while for the two men to even a movie. Regardless, the former with homemade bats, tractors or vehicles connect the dots of why they may know players are using their newfound fame to as backstops, and no shoes. “The Sandlot each other. improve the community, organizing Kid,” a statue near the Hall of Fame, shows Their chance encounter led to Painter fundraisers for youth sports teams, the a kid playing barefoot. Painter said the mentioning the records his cousin had Stanley Volunteer Fire Department and players’ feet were so tough, they felt like given him and Wilson expressing interest more. They have a board of directors and steel on the bottom. in them. He later obtained copies. are working to establish a nonprofit “Back then, that was all we had. Play “The more I looked at them, the more I organization with bylaws. ball and ride bicycles,” he said. got intrigued,” said Wilson, who moved to “There’s a lot of other things we want And, for Wilson, the preservation and Waynesboro in 1972. “It may be a good story.” to do, but it takes time,” Wilson said. public availability of the records can take He organized a mini-reunion of five About 20 players remain active in the on a larger meaning of dreams and simply players at the Hawksbill Diner and the group, group, while 29 out of the 40 overall are enjoying the innocence of childhood. especially Wilson, began to wonder what still living, he said. In advance of this “You just don’t know what could come might come of the records once the men summer’s trip to Cooperstown, Wilson down the road,” Wilson said. “Nobody, of were gone. He proposed donating them to tracked down all of the former players, the 40 of us, would have ever dreamed a library or local museum, and the Hall of learning that some live as far away as that this would be happening to them. We Fame was jokingly raised as an option. Washington state and Texas, and that still can’t get over it. ... [Kids should] get Figuring he had nothing to lose, Wilson two go to the same church in out and be more active. There’s a lot to do called Cooperstown and then copied about Kilmarnock, Virginia. as a kid, and those days will never come 10 pages and mailed them to Gates. A The 40 former players are considered by back to you again.” www.svec.coop January 2017 | Cooperative Living | 27 HFH: Having a Positive Community Impact, One Home at a Time

Story by Cammie Tutwiler County was only officially added to Habitat’s general service area in mid-2016. Habitat for Humanity home is all “Because of this, the affiliate is not about community. Community building homes in Clarke currently, Ainvolvement. Community instead focusing specifically on construction. Plus positive community providing urgent and major home impact — and not just the kind you’d repairs for residents of Clarke County,” expect. Building a Habitat for Peterson said. Humanity home starts with the banging Habitat recently completed a drywall of a hammer, and continues with the repair of a home in Millwood for an opening of the front door. Community elderly female homeowner. To qualify crews comprised of volunteers, for a home-repair project, the project including a family who might be must follow the general Habitat for moving into the home and building Humanity International tenets “sweat equity,” put in the hours needed including need and income to successfully complete the structure. guidelines, being a resident of Clarke County, and a willingness to pay and Habitat for Humanity partner with HFHWFC as defined by Habitat for Humanity Winchester- Habitat’s policy. To find out more about the Frederick-Clarke (HFHWFC) is part of Critical Home Repair program offered in a global, nonprofit housing organization Clarke County, call the HFHWFC focused on building and rehabilitating office to request information. homes, communities and hope. Habitat Home construction serves as the brings an international brand and an organization’s most visible activity. international reputation that work well Families, to get an application, must within the community. first prequalify. To prequalify, they “As a nonprofit housing agency, must: live in Winchester or Frederick HFHWFC is grateful that businesses, County for one year; have no liens or civic organizations, churches and judgements; and have a gross income individuals understand the value of, between 30-60 percent of the area and need for, affordable housing,” median income based on family size. Matthew T. Peterson, executive When property is attained in Clarke, director for the HFHWFC, said in an Peterson said, the organization will email interview. “This is the reason for launch the same home-construction HFHWFC’s continued growth over program for Clarke residents. the last 20 years. Since 1997, “Once the application is received, the HFHWFC transformed the lives of family services committee reviews the 62 hardworking family homeowners similar items that would be reviewed in in our service area.” a traditional loan (e.g., income, debt, He also said it is important that debt-to-income ratio),” Julia Fielding, the community understands the program director at Winchester- Habitat model. Frederick-Clarke Habitat for Humanity, “I think most people have heard of said in an email. “Though Habitat is a Habitat, but may not necessarily know bit more lenient in requirements, we how we operate,” Peterson said. “This is are more thorough. That is, we will a capacity-building, self-empowerment review items like expenses. Overall, program. We do not give away houses. we want to ensure that the family We build Habitat houses with our is successful.” partner families, not for them, or, in the Peterson added that not only do case of Clarke County, we focus on F HFHWFC the families invest hundreds of hours OURTESY O providing Critical Home Repair for PHOTOS C of volunteer “sweat equity” into the residents in need.” building of their own homes, but they He said that despite building one house purchase the homes and are required to in Clarke County a few years ago, Clarke take hours of finance and budgeting

28 | Cooperative Living | January 2017 Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative coursework, in addition to basic home- welcomed); groups — working with a Through the ReStore, Wilt said they maintenance classes. team or organization to build and have developed a self-sustaining model for “We provide — out of our office — a construct a house together, or other overhead expenses and administrative long-term, fixed mortgage at zero interest,” projects; non-construction — other ways costs, but the organization needs he said. “That is the main difference to volunteer with Habitat, including continued funding to build the homes. between a Habitat loan and a standard committees, boards, participating in one- “We still rely heavily on our generous loan. We take ‘interest’ out of the PITI time event needs, or offering office and donors and supporters to help us continue (principal, interest, taxes and insurance) to administration work; and the ReStore to build,” she said. help ensure affordability; but otherwise, (see below). Habitat for Humanity Winchester- our Habitat families pay 25- to 30-year Frederick-Clarke does not seek one-sided loans like any other homeowner.” Community Impact partnerships. It works to find “intersections Fielding described “sweat equity” as Information provided by HFHWFC of interest” that allow collaborative work volunteer hours. says that in a June 2016 economic-impact to succeed for all organizations. “Typically, future homeowners work on study conducted in collaboration with “Decent shelter is something families their home or another Habitat home,” she Shenandoah University, HFHWFC injected need to thrive, and with a strong roof over said. “For a variety of reasons, the family almost $6 million into the economy their heads and a solid foundation under may do their hours at the ReStore. The through direct spending associated with their feet, these individual families come calculation of hours depends on the construction projects during 2006-2013. together to build strong, stable number and ages of the family members.” The impact study also signaled an increase communities,” Wilt said. “Every decent, in property values in HFHWFC affordable and accessible home is a Volunteer Power neighborhoods, along with sizeable building block, every neighborhood Habitat for Humanity is volunteer increases in property tax revenue to the improvement plays an integral role in the powered, said Kimberley Wilt, city. The ReStore has generated $4.3 creation of sustainable communities.” development and marketing director for million in gross sales over 10 years, which She added that by helping build the the organization in Winchester-Frederick- also provides significant sales tax revenue capacity through donations, HFHWFC Clarke, in an email interview. She added to the city. will continue to grow and measure its that whether the volunteer is on the build Currently, HFHWFC has the community impact. site or in the ReStore, Habitat will provide infrastructure to build three homes per “At the end of a family’s journey ... they water and all of the tools needed to get the year, complete numerous neighborhood- learn how their house fundamentally job done. revitalization projects, partner with other works, and they are now ready to take on “If you want to enhance your skills, nonprofits for expanded research, and run homeownership and all of the benefits that meet new people, and contribute to your a successful ReStore home-improvement provides,” Peterson said. “Thus, at the end community, Habitat offers a variety of thrift store. of the day, our work at Habitat is more opportunities to suit your interests and “We have an energetic staff, and we than the actual product you physically see, availability,” she said. know how to get things done well,” it is a transformational program that Wilt noted that while typical activities Peterson said. “We are building homes positively impacts generations.” are often construction based, there are and hope with our community using a To become involved with HFHWFC, other ongoing activities that someone may program model that is not a ‘giveaway,’ contact Program Director Julia Fielding at be able to accomplish with their particular but rather a model that rewards hard work, (540) 662-7066. skill set. Currently, she said they have a dedication and partnership. This way pays To donate, please visit www.habitatwfc.org core group of eight volunteers who work forward success and helps to build local or contact Development Director on the builds on a regular basis. capacity and growth.” Kimberley Wilt at (540) 662-7066. “Habitat for Humanity welcomes youth and family volunteers,” she said. “Although safety and liability concerns limit the construction-related participation The ReStore of children under the age of 16, there are many ways that entire families can play a Habitat for Humanity ReStores are nonprofit home-improvement stores and role in making Habitat dreams come true.” donation centers that sell new and used appliances, home accessories, building Fielding said last year, Habitat had 368 volunteers who netted 6,598 hours, materials and more to the public at a fraction of the retail price. Our ReStore is and the ReStore had 40 volunteers with independently owned and operated by local HFHWFC. Proceeds are used to 2,363 hours. help build strength, stability, self-reliance and shelter in local communities and There are several different ways that around the world. The ReStore is located at 1944 Abrams Creek Drive, people can become involved in Habitat for Winchester, VA 22601. Donate goods to Habitat for Humanity ReStore to clear Humanity, including: construction — for a one-time project, volunteering clutter and make a difference. The Habitat Store offers a variety of volunteering occasionally, fulfilling community service opportunities for individuals and groups. Call Cathleen Henderson, ReStore requirements, or wanting to learn a new director, with any questions: (540) 662-9704. skill (volunteers of all skill levels

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