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herself what day it is and what’s on the schedule for that day. involved in countless volunteer organizations, she is a member of the Culpeper Presbyterian Church and helps out each week feeding a large and hungry crowd. “It's called the Manna Kitchen,” said Warner, "and each Wednesday we prepare a large meal to feed as many as 80 people who need or want a good home-cooked meal in the church social hall."
On another two days during the week, Dorothy works at the Washington Baptist Church. Between the office and the kitchen, she’s busy helping with ongoing activities at the church. If there's a function at the Senior Center, you’ll likely see her there. Dorothy is also on the Elder Care Board. Last year, she and Judy Tole were given awards by the Washington Masonic Lodge No. 78 for their continuing “good works" and for contributing to making Rappahannock County a better place to live and work. .
This past Tuesday, Dorothy was ready to take her place at a local polling station as Virginians came out to vote in the presidential primary.
Undoubtedly the highlight of Dorothy’s volunteer efforts has been with the Scrabble School Preservation Foundation, an effort that her husband Frank had started many years ago. “He used to cry when he went by the old school.” said Dorothy. Started by Frank Warner and subsequently picked up by Helen Williams and now president Bob Lander after his death in 2003. the old Scrabble School is on its way to becoming a new Senior Center that will include an exhibit on AfricanAmerican history in Rappahannock. After securing a sizable grant, coupled with successful fund raisers, and getting the nod from the Rappahannock Board of Supervisors, the completion of this long awaited project is firmly underway.
Dorothy remembers sadly the day that her husband Frank died. He had asked her to buy tomato plants. “He didn’t want cheap ones," chuckled Dorothy, “we always had a garden." While Frank never got to see a garden that year, Dorothy looks forward to the restoration of Scrabble School.
In the meantime, all of her activities keep her going. “I’m very happy and very involved."
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