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dependence on loreign oil. After phasing in a 2 percent biodiesel blend (also known as B2), the percentage will likely be increased to 5 percent and could potentially go as high 95 20 percent depending on costs. Headwaters is proud to have worked with Superintendent Bob Chappell, the Rappahannock County School Board, the Virginia Soybean Association, and community members to pilot this important project.
In early 2003, during the first month of my new job as a shared grant-writer for Headwaters and Rappahannock County Public Schools, I met with RCHS Principal Roger Mello, who had been in his own job for less than a year. “What projects do you have, or would you like to have, that might benefit from grant support?” I asked. Mello did not hesitate. I took notes furiously as he described his vision for “community-connected” programs that would get young people out in the county, learning and contributing, while inviting community members into the school to share their expertise and to benefit from the school’s resources. He envisioned a program that would combine agriculture with culinary and business studies; an EMT class supporting Rappahannock’s volunteer fire and rescue departments; expanding the Culinary Department’s ability to serve local nonprofits by upgrading the commercial kitchen; internship and service opportunities that would help graduates make the transition to work or college; and a health-and-fitness program that would be open to the
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