LINC Letter Sep Oct Nov 2024

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LINC Letter

Linking Individual Needs in our Community Project LINC is an affiliate of the Eastmont Community Foundation, a nonprofit organization. P.O. Box 425 Shawsville, Virginia 24162-0425 lincstories@gmail.com eastmontcf.com/linc-letter facebook.com/eastmont.lincletter

From the Editor ...

The LINC Team:

Tim Thornton Carroll Carr Spencer Winfrey Shirley Shorter

Phill Stevens Sarah Orrick

Just after this issue of the LINC Letter went to press, Cindy Minnick retired as branch manager of the Meadowbrook Public Library after 38 years with the Montgomery–Floyd Regional Library system. We’re going to miss her. A good library is essential to any vibrant commu nity, and Meadowbrook Public Library certainly does a good job with all the services a person might expect from a library. You can find books, ebooks, audio books, music CDs, and DVDs. The library hosts authors and experts and blood drives. It offers GED classes and a space to hold meetings. You can even get things notarized there. All that and com puters and WiFi and a knowledgeable staff that’s happy to help. That’s all good, but Meadowbrook Public Library does much more than that. Cindy has been the propelling power behind making it truly a com munity center. She established and perpetuated the annual Prom Dress Extravaganza that provides free prom dresses and accessories. She has been instrumen tal in the summer backpack program that gives youngsters in Eastern Montgomery County a chance to get nutritious food during the summers.

Jeff Christenson Sara Addington Olivia Wilbon Debbie Lafon-Sandoval Tracy Jenkins

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Tim Thornton Sarah Orrick Carroll Carr Phill Stevens Sara Addington Olivia Wilbon Ophelia Battle Dale Mull Toby Simmons

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