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For Nonprofits, 3,000 Helping Hands; Painting, Planting at Needy Sites, D.C. Servathon Volunteers Repaid in Appreciation
From:
The Washington Post
| Date:
May 23, 2004| Author:
Jacqueline L. Salmon
| Copyright 2004 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information
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Earnest faces clustered around Scott Roewer as he poured creamy
rivulets of paint from a five-gallon container into paint trays lined
along a smudged wall at the National Children's Center in Southeast
Washington.
"You want some gloves?" someone asked as the white paint trickled
over Roewer's fingers.
Roewer, 30, shook his head and waved his sticky hands. "What fun
would this be without getting a little paint on me?" he said.
Roewer was one of 1,500 volunteers who turned...
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