HERE and THERE

HERE and THERE

The Rev. Jonathan Adams.

Packing up the coats for shipment to Ukraine.

Kudos to The Rev. Jonathan Adams, rector at Trinity Episcopal Church in Upperville, Virginia and many of his parishioners for donating over 2,500 winter coats (and still counting) that were sent to war-torn Ukraine and distributed around the country. It was featured on Washington’s WTTG-TV Channel 5 nightly news. “One other thing we were prepared to mail 250 which was my goal which would have cost $800 but we were not prepared to mail 2500 which cost $8200,” The Rev Adams noted to ZEST, “If people want to still help they can send a gift to cover the mailing cost.” For details on how to contribute: www.trinityupperville.org.

And this also just in from the cooking crew at Trinity Episcopal in Upperville after preparing a meal for Tree of Life in Purcellville. Left to right Mark Augenblick, Jim Gemmer, Len Shapiro, Mary MacDonnell, Judith AyresBurke and John MacDonnell.

Photo by Kat Gemmer

Wendy Baldwin with Tara Wegdam, Jennifer Andrews, Wendy Baldwin and Lisa Catlett

Former Middleburg resident Wendy Baldwin returned for two stellar book signing events with her first novel “the Sisters We Were”. First, Jennifer Andrews and Lisa Catlett hosted an event in the library room at the Middleburg Community Center. And, the following day, Tara Wegdam hosted a signing at her Crème de la Crème shop on East Washington Street in the village.