Anita together with Craig Waters of Glen Allen, Virginia, convey earned the 2012 Chancellor’s Award for Leadership inwards Philanthropy. The couplet was nominated for the abide by by JSRCC.
The abide by was given at a luncheon ceremony at the Country Club of Virginia on Tuesday, Apr 17, 2012. Anita together with Craig Waters established the Alan Waters Memorial Scholarship named afterward their boy who was pursuing his associate grade inwards automotive technology earlier passing away inwards 2007. Through their annual golf game tournament, the Waters convey raised to a greater extent than than $87,000 inwards scholarship funds to practice goodness nursing together with automotive students. Anita is Marketing Director amongst the Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen, a duathlete together with marathon coach. An avid golfer together with cyclist, Craig is an executive amongst Dominion.
Their pursuits reverberate the strength together with grace amongst which they’ve turned personal tragedy into empowerment for our students to compete together with to win. The Chancellor’s Award for Leadership inwards Philanthropy luncheon is hosted past times the Virginia Foundation for Community College Education (VFCCE) to abide by the leading philanthropists from each of Virginia’s 23 community colleges likewise equally the statewide foundation. This marks the 7th twelvemonth the awards convey been given. This year’s grade of distinguished philanthropy leaders has contributed a combined full of to a greater extent than than $48 1000000 dollars to Virginia’s Community Colleges.
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Back row (l to r): Tim McDermott, Mary McDermott, Capt.(Ret) Lawrence Hall, Craig Waters, Chancellor Glenn DuBois, doc Gary Rhodes Front: Frances Waters, Pam Hall, Anita Waters |
The abide by was given at a luncheon ceremony at the Country Club of Virginia on Tuesday, Apr 17, 2012. Anita together with Craig Waters established the Alan Waters Memorial Scholarship named afterward their boy who was pursuing his associate grade inwards automotive technology earlier passing away inwards 2007. Through their annual golf game tournament, the Waters convey raised to a greater extent than than $87,000 inwards scholarship funds to practice goodness nursing together with automotive students. Anita is Marketing Director amongst the Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen, a duathlete together with marathon coach. An avid golfer together with cyclist, Craig is an executive amongst Dominion.
Their pursuits reverberate the strength together with grace amongst which they’ve turned personal tragedy into empowerment for our students to compete together with to win. The Chancellor’s Award for Leadership inwards Philanthropy luncheon is hosted past times the Virginia Foundation for Community College Education (VFCCE) to abide by the leading philanthropists from each of Virginia’s 23 community colleges likewise equally the statewide foundation. This marks the 7th twelvemonth the awards convey been given. This year’s grade of distinguished philanthropy leaders has contributed a combined full of to a greater extent than than $48 1000000 dollars to Virginia’s Community Colleges.
"These philanthropic leaders are tremendous partners," said Glenn DuBois, chancellor of Virginia’s Community Colleges. "These individuals, organizations together with employers are difference-makers who play an essential travel inwards helping our colleges fulfill their mission of addressing Virginia’s unmet needs inwards higher instruction together with workforce development."
The honored philanthropists volition convey a scholarship named afterward them which volition endure awarded adjacent autumn to a pupil care their community college. The one-year scholarships are funded past times Wells Fargo together with Dominion.
The luncheon’s keynote speaker was Mr. Steve Gannon, executive vice president, deputy full general counsel – legal for Capital One Financial Corporation. Mr. Gannon is a fellow member of the Virginia State Board for Community Colleges together with a manager of the Virginia Foundation for Community College Education.
"We owe our success to our 30,000 hard-working associates, together with enough of them, inwards turn, owe a expert bargain of their success to community colleges," said Gannon inwards applauding the opportunities created past times philanthropic donations made to community colleges. "We can’t spare whatever lost potential. In a global economic scheme that rewards conception together with technical prowess, nosotros cannot afford to residuum on our laurels."