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Volume 65, Number 45 • November 5, 2020
County hosting COVID-19 clinic
The art of KINDNESS
Contributed report
A free COVID-19 testing event and seasonal flu vaccine clinic will be held from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 11, at Hadensville FireRescue Station 6. The free COVID-19 Testing event and seasonal flu vaccine clinic will be conducted drive-thru style at Hadensville Fire-Rescue Station 6 located at 4810 Three Chopt Rd, Louisa, VA 23093 in western Goochland. Individuals will access the free drive-thru COVID-19 Testing and flu vaccine
Young nonprofit founder’s donated art supply kits help bring joy to children in need By Roslyn Ryan Editor
If there was one thing that became immediately apparent after meeting 10-year-old Ava Rajappa last Friday, as she arrived at the Goochland Cares building to drop off 150 of her homemade art kits for area children, it just might be this: A person doesn’t have to be very big to have a big impact on the lives of others. Rajappa, a student at Henrico’s Kaechele Elementary School, arrived with boxes full of the colorful kits, each one stuffed with art supplies and other fun items for children whose families are facing homelessness or other hardships. The donation Friday brought the total number of kits Rajappa has donated through the non-profit she founded, Art Love, to more than 2,600 since she began her effort back in May. Rajappa says she got the idea after hearing about see Art kits > 3
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Photo by Roslyn Ryan
Ava Rajappa, 10, recently donated 150 of her popular art kits to GoochlandCares. The kits are distributed through Art Love, the nonprofit Rajappa founded last year.
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