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Book Archivist
donation guest
speaker at
program Confederate
to benefit veterans
chesterfield meeting
The Chester Station
children in Camp of the Sons of
Confederate Veterans held
need its monthly meeting Oct. 2.
Teresa Roane, noted archivist,
activist, and nationally
This holiday season, Haley recognized speaker was the
Buick-GMC is partnering with guest speaker. Roane spoke
the Chesterfield-Colonial Heights about African Americans who
Christmas Mother Book Committee Chester Lions served in the Confederate
through a literacy initiative, “Books in cleanup Centre army and later received
Buicks = Bucks.” The book collection pensions for their service.
program will empower over 1,800 Street She also gave great insight
community children, birth through into the origins of the statues on Monument Avenue and why the arguments in favor of
middle school, with literacy. In From left: Greg Bergeret, Ralph Jones, their removal are factually flawed. She can regularly can be seen standing in front of
addition, Haley Buick-GMC will Monte Weaver, Tom Roberts. Not the Jefferson Davis monument protesting efforts for its removal. Pictured with Roane is
donate to the Christmas Mother pictured Courtney Wells. chapter head Jim Daniels.
program a dollar per book for the first
500 books collected.
New children’s books are
especially needed because they will be
given as gifts. Gently read books also
will be used to build and enhance home 5
libraries. Members of the community
can donate books at the Haley Buick-
GMC showroom, 9831 Midlothian
Turnpike, throughout the month of
November. In December, the books
will be given to children in low-income INVENTORY SALE
community homes.
For more information, visit
the Christmas Mother website at
cchchristmasmother.com or e-mail Beth
Butner or Jo Ann Marshall, co-chairs Just in time for the Holidays!
of the Chesterfield-Colonial Heights
Christmas Mother Book Committee, at
cchchristmasmother@gmail.com.
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