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The Welch’s contributions to Impact Virginia! are particularly noteworthy because Bill Welch is disabled, and his own home was one of those being worked on by the volunteer crews. Welch has had four back surgeries and a hip replacement, all of which prevented him from performing some muchneeded repairs to his roof until Virginia Impact! provided the manpower and materials.
Playing host
on their turf
Several of the local churches in Rappahannock County have been doing all they can to assist the visiting students in their work. Members of the Baptist churches in Rappahannock county have been providing lunch and transportation services for the visitors. Lunches were prepared by local volunteers like 12year-old Samantha Ferguson, of Sperryville, in the basement of Reynolds Memorial Baptist Church. On this particular day, sloppy joes were being served along with tunafish sandwiches, peanut butter celery sticks, brownies and a delicious blueberry coconut cobbler. Lemonade and ice water flowed freely along with laughter.
John Heddleston, pastor of Reynolds Memorial , assisted with the transportation of the work crews. While most of the volunteers were being driven to their work sites in nondescript church vans, Heddleston’s transportees had the honor of being driven to work in “Nelly,” a 1972 school bus with an interior entirely upholstered in burgundy Naugahyde and Astroturf. Each trip began with a prayer with heads nodded and spirits focused.
Purchased by the church
See IMPACT, Page A10
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