Cynthia IndividualJacobs Award Carter,Angela Ed.D. and Wayne, Lee District Park Authority theBoard Valis Family Member
Wayne and Angela and the Valis Family are the 2021 recipients of the Individual Eakin Philanthropy Award. Wayne’s love of Fairfax County Parks began in the 1950s when he learned to play golf on the then private Pinecrest golf course. Years later, Valis donated original framed scorecards to Pinecrest, as well as memorabilia from the course’s grand reopening as a Fairfax County Park Authority course on May 18, 1986. In 2012, Wayne donated a bench in honor of the Valis Family. Both Angela and Wayne’s daughter, Maura, learned to play golf at Pinecrest. Together, Wayne and Angela donated $50,000 via appreciated stock to the Fairfax County Park Foundation to create The Valis Family Golf Learning Center, the instructional area of the Pinecrest Golf Course’s featuring a TrackMan indoor golf simulator, and to help build two much-needed picnic celebration shelters at Burke Lake Park, where his grandchildren had fun riding the train. Five generations of Valis Family members enjoyed Fairfax County parks. Wayne is a vocal advocate to encourage others to donate to the Fairfax County Park Foundation. As the Valises look forward, they have a shared vision of ensuring that Fairfax County families can enjoy the Pinecrest course, Burke Lake Park, and other parks for generations to come.
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