30 in 30 in Action!

We got an email from a friend in Manassas (thank you Cindy Brookshire!) who gave us an update on one of our 30 Grants in 30 Days Winners.

1 By Youth swarmed Point of Woods and Stonewall Park for a day of some truly amazing beautification.  You can read about it here. Over 600 volunteers from all over Virginia, Maryland and as far away as Pennsylvania jumped in with rakes, shovels, and other tools to revitalize a neighborhood and a park with cleaning, planting, painting, and creating a tribute gazebo and community garden to honor Sgt. John D. Conner III, the only Manassas City police officer to die in the line of duty.

The volunteers made upgrades to playgrounds, cleaned up woods and creeks, started the garden, and helped clean up some of the neighboring homes.  You can see more fantastic photos of the event (courtesy of Bill Corbett) here.

These fine folks had a host of contributors and donations, like music, meals from Chick-Fil-A, and visits from the George Mason Cheerleaders.  We played only a small part, but we’re glad to have been able to contribute.  We’re especially proud of 1 By Youth for the amazing gift that they were able to give this community.

We’d love to hear from some of our other winners and see some more successes at Keeping Virginia Beautiful!