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Woodberry Brothers Lead Community Service Effort
Avery and Jackson Warmack ’19 delivered over 200 pounds of food, clothing, and school supplies to Madison Emergency Services Association (MESA) on July 14, 2017. The boys applied for and were awarded funds through a Class of 2008 Community Service Grant to buy donation bins and other supplies for the collection of donations from Woodberry Forest School students during dorm clean out.
"Our project was birthed from the idea of giving back to Madison County, which has given so much to Woodberry," the brothers wrote in their project proposal. They modeled their plan on similar programs on college campuses, though their concept involved benefits to the community at large. "Once we looked into this possibility, it grew on us that such a project would be a worthy cause, as it would affect so many more than just those in our Woodberry community."
The brothers worked with the dean of students' office to develop and publicize their collection plan and then assembled and distributed color-coded hampers to each dormitory. They created a tagging system so boys could place larger items outside their dorm rooms as they packed to leave campus. In addition, they accepted textbooks, which they sold and used to provide financial support to the charity.
Avery and Jackson are lifelong residents of Woodberry Forest School, which lies within Madison County. Their parents, Cronin Warmack ’89, who serves as the school's director of technology, and Phoebe Warmack, who directs the William H. White Library, came to Woodberry Forest in 1999.
MESA supports local families in crisis through a food pantry, transitional housing, child care, and a thrift store. The Class of 2008 Community Service Program, established by parents and grandparents of the Class of 2008, enhances Woodberry’s commitment to service learning by providing resources for students who wish to spearhead a service project during the school year or the summer.
Woodberry Forest School is an exceptional private school community for high school boys in grades nine through twelve. It is one of the top boarding schools in the United States and one of the only all-boys, all-boarding schools in the country.
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