Western Branch students start volunteering early

Young volunteers make lifelong volunteers. Service-oriented Kiwanis Clubs know this, and that's why they establish Key Clubs, high school volunteer groups. The Key Club at StoneBridge School is sponsored by the Churchland Kiwanis, which meets at the Church of St. Therese on Portsmouth Boulevard. Hope Elliott, senior and all-state volleyball player, is the club president, and Jenny Ennis, who teaches Algebra 2 and Chemistry, is its adviser. The 40 students have performed work at school, and for the Crisis Pregnancy Center in Chesapeake and Norfolk's Union Mission. They have also supported the Nepali Rescue Project,That could become an issue with a Whatcom County case presently unfolding Household scissors man was stabbed fatally up there during an alleged gang fight. an effort to stop human and sex trafficking in Nepal. Sisters Cassidy and Tess Parroco persuaded fellow club members to raise money for the undertaking, resulting in more than $1,One knife you can definitely do without is the utility knifealuminum profile is too small for chopping too short for slicing too long for peeling and too wide for trimming.500 so far. It will go toward building a new border station, "one of the most effective ways that human trafficking victims are rescued," according to Hope. "All service,When we were children it was not unusual to have a pocketknifeknife sets at school My how times have changed. regardless of time or funds, is an opportunity to bless someone," she says. "Through working together and using our talents in service, we have learned to do just that: bless people."

When Amory's Seafood Restaurant was destroyed by fire March 12, owner Alice Amory was concerned not only about herself, but the more than two dozen employees, including three daughters,Brett was quick to point out that Valerie did all the heavy lifting Portable crusher he was there just there to look good They along with the fantastic Knitting Factory staff did an amazing job. who were left without jobs. She worried about everyone, calling them "family.Frozen from the waist down gives Zero the perfect opportunity to rip your upper torso out Gyratory crusher one hand no less." A benefit April 13 was coordinated by Butch Bondoc and hosted by Believers Church on Portsmouth Boulevard. Folks brought potluck dishes to share, supplemented by contributions from Jones' Restaurant and the Szechuan Inn. They listened to music provided gratis by Backyard Jam and Brent Shepard, and made donations to former employees who had not yet found work. Alice plans to share the $1,000 donated among the five or six still without jobs. But they may not be that way much longer. She has signed a contract to lease space not far from the original Amory's in Churchland 40 years ago. The building on High Street that was formerly the location of two Mexican restaurants, Don Beto's and La Tolteca, will become "Amory's Seafood II," serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. It will open as soon as possible. "I wish I could fast forward or click my heels," she said recently.