Getting youth ready for school
Published 12:35 pm Tuesday, August 8, 2017
Members of the Virso Recreation and Community Center Board gather around the center’s sign in the latter stages of the center’s back-to-school giveaway Saturday afternoon. Pictured are, from left, Jean Barnes, Donna Pride, Harriett Fentress, William Gray and Tanya Dove. Not pictured is Michael Whitehead (photo by Titus Mohler).
From left, Sha-Liyah Lynch, Tylira Jieggtts and Cedwick Jieggtts hold up the items they received at the Virso Recreation and Community Center’s back-to-school giveaway Saturday afternoon (photo by Titus Mohler).
Anthony Irving, of the Special Olympics Area 12 basketball team, goes up for a basket as Marquis Watson defends at the Virso Recreation and Community Center on Saturday (photo by Titus Mohler).
The Virso Recreation and Community Center held a back-to-school giveaway Saturday afternoon that drew 70 to 75 people, including a few Longwood University men’s basketball players and some members of the Special Olympics Area 12 basketball team. Isaiah Walton, Bryan Gee and Spencer Franklin of the Lancers spent some time playing hoops on the outdoor court at the center, and Longwood Director of Men’s Basketball Operations Chris Moore was also in attendance. Backpacks and other school gear was handed out to the youth as arranged by the Virso Recreation and Community Center Board.
