Using her talents as a writer and photographer, Mary T. Miller donates her time to the VSA Arts program, part of the Charlottesville Parks and Recreation department’s efforts to provide therapeutic art for people with disabilities.

Jackson-Via Elementary School Principal ElizaBeth McCay leads one of Charlottesville’s three Title 1 schools and she’s a “second mom” to 300 students.

Harold B. Folley hopes that as the coordinator of the Westhaven Afterschool Program he can guide young people toward success and away from making some of the same mistakes that tarnished his youth.

In the nearly 40 years he has lived and worked in the area, Fahy “Skip” Mullaney has dedicated himself to work with social service agencies and the criminal justice system.

After a disappointing first year as a teacher in the 1970s, Carolyn Ohle was ready to retire.