Female students at Saint Paul’s get college aid

The Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation awarded Saint Paul's College a $120,000 grant for scholarships for the 2009-2010 academic year.

The grant will assist 25 female students at the school in Lawrenceville.

"The Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation has been a bedrock of scholarship support for Saint Paul's College students for more than 28 years," said Dr. Robert L. Satcher Sr., Saint Paul's president.

"Several of our students have been recipients of this unprecedented generosity . . . several of them have been motivated to become high achievers and have gone on to have very successful careers."

This grant is especially timely for students during the nation's economic upheaval, Satcher said.

A Lettie Pate scholarship grant allowed Saint Paul's to provide more than 100 female undergraduate students with financial assistance last year.

The foundation's scholarship program provides grants to schools and colleges for deserving female students. The foundation does not award grants to individuals.

Based in Georgia, the foundation also supports elderly women in selected nursing homes and hospices in Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia.

The foundation was chartered in 1946 to assist low-income Christian girls and women in nine states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.

For more information go to http://www.lpwhitehead.org or call (404) 522-6755.

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The First Book-Greater Richmond Advisory Board awarded grants totaling $89,495 last year to buy more than 36,000 new books for area children with limited means.

Of that amount, $19,665 in grants were awarded during the last quarter of 2008.

First Book is a national nonprofit organization that provides books to children and promotes literacy. It has provided more than 60 million books to children nationwide.

A reception will be held at the Children's Museum of Richmond on March 17 to recognize sponsors and grant recipients.

Organizations receiving grants during the last quarter of 2008 were:

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Organizers of the third annual statewide Legal Food Frenzy have thrown down the gauntlet.

The legal community is being challenged to raise 1.5 million pounds of food for the Central Virginia Foodbank and the Federation of Virginia Food Banks.

The competition to donate food and funds will take place from March 30 through April 10.

Last year the event raised 1.3 million pounds of food in cash and donations with 47 legal organizations contributing more than 650,000 pounds of food to the Central Virginia Foodbank.

This year's goal is to involve every law firm and legal office statewide to work for hunger relief.

The winning law firm receives "The Attorney General's Cup." Schettine & Nguyen, PLC of Richmond won it last year.

To participate, contact Brenda Miller at or 521-3272 by March 13.

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Great Wolf Lodge in Williamsburg will open its indoor water park today from 2 to 8 p.m. to raise money for a community project.

Children younger than 2 get in free while everyone else pays $30 to benefit a 5,100-square-foot community playground being built at the James City/Williamsburg Community Center.

Proceeds will be donated to the My Place project, a $133,000 playground financed by private sources, including individuals and fundraising events.

Members of the Leadership Historic Triangle program started the project to provide a playground for Historic Triangle children of all ages and abilities.

Details about the campaign are at myplaceplayground.camp9.org.

Contact Robin Farmer at (804) 649-6312 or .