It really is a special thing to see prominent organizations and people in our community helping each other out. It is a blessing and a testament to the quality of character found in the Heart of Virginia that we could write this editorial at any time of the year. We’ll use this space to cite just a couple of recent examples of people and groups looking out for their neighbors.

At the recent 2018 Moton Community Banquet hosted by Longwood University, hundreds of people supplied their time and money in support of the Robert Russa Moton Museum.

In the April 6 edition of The Herald, we wrote about how the Rotary Club of Farmville will be reinstating its pancake brunch April 21, and funds raised from this event will support the Southside Family YMCA.

Helping spearhead this event is Cameron Patterson, managing director of the Moton Museum, Julia McCann and Rotary President Sue Carter, who is also the director of human resources and Title IX coordinator at Hampden-Sydney College.

“YMCA provides programs that are compatible with Rotary values, and as they are going through a big fundraising campaign at this time, we thought it would be perfect to help a fellow organization,” Carter said.
Patterson said, “Our support will continue to help them spread their mission.”

We also listed information about Moton Museum’s monthly community prayer breakfast. The latest one was sponsored by Centra Southside Community Hospital. A listing of April 2018 prayer leaders presented a host of people expressing love and concern for others by lifting them up in prayer: Mrs. Julie Flores, chaplin, Centra Southside Community Hospital; Lynette Coe, circuit court clerk, Prince Edward County; Melinda Toney, Peaks Baptist Church; Terri Atkins Wilson, Farmville United Methodist Church; Jackie Fells, first lady, Mercy Seat Baptist Church; and the Rev. Vatel Allen, pastor, New Hope Baptist Church.