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Giving Thanks for Givers

November 18, 2009

Buford Scott on Read Across America Day at Woodville ElementaryPosted by Kimberly Allen

Today is National Philanthropy Day and Richmond celebrated by honoring and thanking seven Richmonders who are changing the world with giving hearts. Among them was St. Paul's own Buford Scott, who received the Lifetime Achievement in Philanthropy Award. During the invocation, which our Rector delivered, Wallace+ prayed for the generous spirit present inside all of us:

"Dear God, the One from whom all blessings flow: You made us in your image, to be givers, as you are a giver. And we thank you, Lord, for the generosity we celebrate here this day, in the example of our honorees. We pray that this gathering be a time where each of us, in our own ways, would be inspired to think afresh and behave anew in the tranformational power of giving, of generosity, in our own lives, and in this world of yours. 

"May you bless our time together, may you bless this food to our nourishment, and may you bless us to your service, that we may become yet more fully, yet more truly, the givers you made us to be. In the name of God, we pray."

This afternoon's ceremony was organized by the Central Virginia Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and over 850 individuals attended. Buford was nominated for the award by Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME). Buford was honored in part for the instrumental role he played in establishing the Micah Initiative and Eyes on Richmond educational series at St. Paul's.

Pictured at right: Buford reads aloud to students at Woodville Elementary School on Read Across America Day.

 

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