The premise of The Endowment Venture appears easy: assist public excessive faculties create, fund and handle endowments (primarily, long-term financial savings that earn funding returns). Folks give cash to varsities on a regular basis, proper? Somebody is all the time attempting to promote me cookies, sweet, wrapping paper, automobile wash tickets and the like. Researching the thought, nevertheless, confirmed that fundraisers are very totally different from elevating funds on a big scale, and whereas personal faculties usually ask dad and mom and graduates for donations, public faculties don’t. Particular Initiatives Editor Claire Fortier talked with the native workforce behind The Endowment Venture to study what impressed them and why public faculties want personal donations (P. 66).
One other simple-sounding thought is underway on the Richmond Ballet. After 44 years on the group’s helm, founding creative director Stoner Winslett is retiring and transitioning the management to Ma Cong, presently the assistant creative director and Winslett’s hand-picked successor. What might be a seismic change at considered one of Richmond’s premier arts organizations is as a substitute a easy evolution that has been growing for a decade. Senior Author Harry Kollatz Jr. shares a retrospective of Winslett’s accomplishments and the expectations for Ma’s governance for the beloved establishment (P. 82).
Talking of beloved, I had no thought how critically Richmonders take their espresso till I tallied the variety of native roasters and low outlets Meals Editor Eileen Mellon included on this problem’s themed overview: 30! And most of them are within the metropolis correct — the listing can be far longer if we had area to incorporate the numerous java joints within the counties. Mellon and her workforce share superior sips, finest bites, outstanding roasters, high trivia and extra starting on Web page 72.
Elsewhere within the problem, we hear from the most recent member of Richmond Metropolis Council; discover out about family-friendly Easter celebrations, a clay conference and an possession change at The Camel; meet one of many world’s strongest ladies in addition to volunteers who protect previous trains; pattern deviled eggs; and extra. Plus, you’ll discover our annual Summer season Camp Information on Web page 91. Get pleasure from!