Clara Dinh, her daughters Gabriella and Bella, and FCPS Board Member Karen Keys-Gamarra. Photo contributed
On Saturday, Jan. 11, 76 volunteers, including FCPS Board Members Karl Frisch, Karen Keys-Gamarra, and Rachna Sizemore Heizer; Principal Greg Brotemarkle; Waples Mill ES students, teachers, alums and their families; and students from Crossfield ES, Franklin MS and Rachel Carson MS made 894 valentines for Foster Care to Success. Valentines from this Valentine Challenge will be put in care packages and sent to former foster care kids who are now in college and may not get care packages like their fellow college classmates. In the past four years, Waples Mill ES STAMP volunteers have made over 2,800 valentines with Volunteer Fairfax for Foster Care to Success. (STAMP stands for Science, Technology, Art, Music, and Philanthropy).