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VIA Day means celebrating with community service
VIA environment committee members participating in an Adopt-a-Highway cleanup along Bay Vista Road are (l-r) Cynthia Anderson, Kathy Bruffey, Tori Orendorf, Charlotte Duffy, Susan Ruiz, Maryann Hutchinson, Lynn Dignazio, Judy Boesch, Francie Crosby, Paula Evans (obscured), Stephanie Manning-Roash, Elaine Horan, Maribeth Dockety and Kay Monack. SUBMITTED PHOTOS
April 7, 2024
VIA members Barbara Beatty, left, and Pat Russiano volunteer in the clothing department of the Parish Thrift Shop in the Midway Shopping Center.
VIA St. Nicholas Tea basket committee members had fun gathering materials in preparation for the annual event. Shown are (l-r) Lin Waggoner, Debi Angus, Bonnie Burslem, Judy Haines, Susan Siemionko, Phyllis Fischer and Sherry Hall, committee chair.
VIA member Kate Lloyd completes tasks at the Community Resource Center food rescue. Shown are (l-r) Lloyd; Diane Shearon, CRC director of food rescue; Marge Trzyzewski; and Pepper Tulley.
In honor of Women’s History Month and the community service history of the Village Improvement Association, in 2023, Rehoboth Beach Mayor Stan Mills proclaimed March 20 VIA Day,.
With United in Volunteerism as the theme of this year’s VIA Day, 80 club members celebrated their 231 hours of time given in service all over the Rehoboth area. They cleaned roadsides and developments; baked dinners for Home of the Brave; made wreaths for the St. Nicholas Tea; met to discuss the upcoming fine art and craft show; helped at thrift stores, food pantries and the Community Resource Center; and knitted and sewed blankets for Operation Smile.
VIA women celebrated by volunteering and had fun doing so.
