Abingdon Ruritan Club is doing its part to fight cancer. For example, there is a small hut located adjacent to the back parking lot at the club in Bena. Club members and others deposit aluminum cans for recycling. Club member Allen Scales empties the hut at least twice a month and takes the cans to the Gloucester Area Recycling Center at the Gloucester Moose Lodge for ultimate transport to the recycling center in Hampton. The money from the recycling is given to the Gloucester Giving Garden Foundation, which provides financial assistance to cancer patients who reside in Gloucester or Mathews counties. In addition, ARC gives an annual $3,000 donation to the foundation. Above, Scales presents the check to foundation member Heather P. Smith in front of the hut.
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