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🌱 How Wilson Elementary runners turned miles into meals for Verona families
Verona, Virginia Patch AM: a 3 min readHi Verona! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How Wilson Elementary runners turned miles into meals for Verona families
- Could a staffing dispute change your fire coverage near Verona?
- Need free kids’ meals around Verona this summer? Start with this tool
Today's riddle: If you have 13 apples in one hand and 10 oranges in the other, what do you have ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Saturday: Pleasant with periods of sun, with a high of 76 and low of 42 degrees.
- Sunday: Mostly sunny and beautiful, temps: high: 74, low: 52.
- Monday: Nice with some sunshine, with a high of 76 and low of 49 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Community benefits with boost from Wilson Elementary running club (newsleader.com) — Wilson Elementary’s running club just turned laps into real help for neighbors by raising over $2,100 for the Verona Community Food Pantry on Dick Huff Lane. Students toured the Verona facility, learned how their donation can feed about 300 Augusta County families for a week, and shared why helping people in need matters to them. 
• Augusta County releases fire funds with Dooms amid standoff (newsleader.com) — Verona-area residents should know Augusta County supervisors have released $25,000 in grant money for new rescue equipment while still locked in a staffing-schedule dispute with the Dooms Volunteer Fire Company. The unresolved memorandum of understanding could eventually shift paid county firefighters away from the Dooms station, forcing the county to find alternative coverage for nearby communities including Crimora and New Hope.
• Where to find food in the Valley for children this summer (whsv.com) — Families in Verona and across the Shenandoah Valley can tap into free summer meals for kids through the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank’s USDA-backed program, which includes on-site meals and “Meals To-Go” kits. With one in seven Virginia children facing food insecurity, parents are urged to check the Food Finder tool on the food bank’s website for nearby locations and requirements.
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