RCOR and Rotaract Club of VCU Awarded District Grant for Carver Elementary School

We are excited to announce that the Rotary Club of Richmond is partnering with VCU Rotaract received a Rotary 7600 District Grant for Richmond Public Schools -Carver Elementary School totaling $7500.  The grant will be used to buy science water testing kits and library books for over 200 students.

Durwood Usry was amazing in developing the idea and concept with Carver Elementary School.  He met with Principal Tiawana Giles of George W. Carver early this spring to identify the school’s needs.  Given the Covid 19 epidemic and with students and teachers studying remotely from home this was a challenge in itself. The school serves approximately 400 students from Gilpin Court, the largest housing project in the city of Richmond, Jackson Ward. The population is over 90% African American and 95% high poverty with 100% of the students on free lunch. 

According to Principal Giles, the grant will support student knowledge in the area of environmental science through hands-on experiments and student trips to the James River.  Club members of RCOR and Rotaract VCU are encouraged to participate in student activities this fall as we all can learn to become “good stewards of the environment in which we live”.

This District Grant was truly a group effort.  We thank everyone involved.

Mark Christian and Mike Little co-authored this grant and article.