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Local dentist food can also take part in selling the Friday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Cookbooks cost

sponsors cookbook cookbooks, allowing them the joy of also $30 each, and 100 percent of the proceeds
giving to their neighbors," said Julie. " We
will go to the Food on the Move Program,
for food bank are so blessed to have the Chesterfield Food which includes the Kids Summer Food
Program. All donors who make a $500
Bank in our community and are warmed to
fundraiser know that tummies are full because of it.” donation during the Give Where You
The “Authentic Southern" cookbook Live Campaign will receive a cookbook
contains recipes from volunteers and staff as the food bank's special gift of thanks.
When Julie Ferry attended an who work at the food bank and from The "Authentic Southern" cookbook was
information session held at the Chesterfield professional chefs who contributed to the written by Diana L’Gere, published by
Food Bank with her mission team from project. A brief history of the food bank Arabella Publishing, and sponsored by
Chester United Methodist Church, she is also included. Copies can be purchased David Ferry Dentistry. These cookbooks
was surprised at the volume of food that from the Chesterfield Food Bank at 12211 will also make a great Christmas gift.
was being distributed to so many people Iron Bridge Road, Monday through Order today while supplies last.
in Chesterfield. She had no idea that there JULIE AND DAVID FERRY
were so many families that would go
hungry without the food bank’s help. So
when the opportunity came for her and her
husband, David, to sponsor the “Authentic CITIZENS BANCORP OF VIRGINIA, INC
Southern" cookbook, David’s dentistry
business jumped at the chance to help. ANNOUNCES ELECTION OF NEW DIRECTORS
“We decided to contribute to the
cookbook project at the Chesterfield Food
Bank so that we could give back to the Citizens Bancorp of Virginia, parent company for Citizens Bank & Trust
community that we love and to help feed Company (Member FDIC), is pleased to announce the election of its
the children of Chesterfield during the newest directors, David H. Gates and Jeffrey W. Siffert.
summer months when school lunches are
not available,” said Julie. David Gates, 61, is a trial attorney for CowanGates law firm in Richmond,
The Kids Summer Food Program Virginia and was admitted to the Virginia State Bar in 1982. David received
completed a second successful summer
session by providing more than 75,000 easy- a Bachelor of Science degree from Hampden-Sydney College and went on
to-prepare breakfast and lunch meals for 11 to pursue his Juris Doctor degree from the T.C. Williams School of Law at 5
weeks from June through August this year. the University of Richmond. His practice includes criminal defense,
“Our hope is that families receiving personal injury, civil litigation and insurance defense.

Local restaurant David is a member of the Huguenot Trail Rotary Club (Midlothian), the
asking guests to Farmville Chamber of Commerce, the Chesterfield County Bar
DAVID GATES
join them in Association, and the Criminal Section of the Virginia State Bar. Mr. Gates is
a native of Chesterfield County and currently resides in Farmville with his wife, Mary Kay Gates.
support of military
families Jeffrey Siffert, 52, is the General Manager of Operations and Business
Development for The Wauford Group in Chester, Virginia. The Wauford
Group is a unique resource for emerging and established companies
operating in the industrial manufacturing sector and related industries.

Jeffrey is a 1989 graduate of Elon University, located in Elon, North
Carolina, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business
Administration and Marketing. Jeffrey is an executive committee member
Chester O’Charley’s is inviting the of Chamber RVA, the chair-elect of Chamber RVA Chesterfield and the
community to give back to military families Chair of CTE Advisory Committee for Chesterfield Public Schools.
with the announcement of the return of
their partnership with the Folded Flag Mr. Siffert is a native of South Boston, Virginia and currently resides in
Foundation, which provides scholarships Chesterfield County with his wife Pam Siffert, and their two daughters,
and educational grants to families of fallen JEFFREY SIFFERT
soldiers. In advance of Veterans Day this Courtney and Tiffany.
year, the Chester location-- along with 200-
plus other locations across the country-- is The Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee of the Board of Directors nominated Mr.
calling on guests to join in raising money Gates and Mr. Siffert after careful consideration of their qualifications in meeting the requirements
for military families by donating $5 to the detailed in the Company’s Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee Charter. The Board of
Folded Flag Foundation on their individual Directors also determined that their community involvement and business affiliations would serve to
bills now through Sunday, Oct. 29. Guests enhance the Bank’s representation throughout the communities it serves.
will receive a $5 O’Charley’s voucher as a
"thank you" for their generosity.
One hundred percent of donations
given to the Folded Flag Foundation go
directly to families of U.S. soldiers who
have died during combat operations, in
the form of scholarships and educational
grants.

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