Virginia Beach Rotarians spruce up Samaritan House

VIRGINIA BEACH, May 3, 2008 -- It only took four hours, but the lasting effect will be much longer.

That's the amount of time 10 Rotarians from the Virginia Beach Rotary Club spent doing a variety of work during its first Paint Your Heart Out project of 2008 at a Hampton Roads Samaritan House.

As with each of these projects, the first ritual of the morning was enjoying Egg McMuffins and coffee compliments of McDonald's, topped off with a couple dozen of healthy Dunkin' Donuts.

That was all the warm-up needed, as the volunteers set to work and:
- painted two interior rooms
- cleaned the kitchen and other areas from top to bottom
- landscaped with clippers and edgers
- repaired the seats and painted a picnic table
- painted playground equipment
- bought parts, repaired and hung two swings
- de-weeded an overrun playground and topped it off with mulch

Paint Your Heart Out volunteers were:

- President Wayne McCoy (Senior Vice President, MSA Engineering)
- Jim Flinchum (Managing Principal, Bay Capital Advisors)

- Rene Flinchum (Bay Capital Advisors)
- Cliff Bateman (Vice President, Bateman, Gerling & Associates, Inc.)
- Pattie Phillips (Director of Finance, City of Virginia Beach)
- Bob Scott (former Director of Planning, City of Virginia Beach)
- Jim DeBellis (former Economic Development Director, Virginia Beach)
- Kathy Katsias (The Katsias Company)
- Bob Moseby (retired Pediatrician)
- David Rourk (President, Rourk Public Relations)
- Earl McDonald (retired Navy Master Chief)
- Eric Boudreau (Ameriprise Financial)

President McCoy said, "In just half a day, we have made life a little better for some people who are going through rough times. That's very rewarding. Jim Flinchum did a great job of coordinating this project, Cliff Bate did an excellent job with logistics, and the volunteers showed the true meaning of caring."

About Rotary

Rotary has over 1.2 million men and women members globally in over 32,000 clubs in 168 counties.  Rotarians provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in their businesses and lives, and strive to build goodwill and peace in the world.

David Rourk contact

david@rourkpr.com, (757) 478-0150

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