Virginia First Lady Dorothy McAuliffe got to see Rotary impact up close recently when she visited the Elizabeth River Project's Learning Barge with students from Tidewater Park Elementary School. Grants of $12,500 from the Rotary District and the Norfolk and Portsmouth clubs paid for environmental exhibits, including science buckets, on the barge as well as teacher materials and instructor kayaks at Paradise Creek Nature Park. Rotary's contribution was highlighted at a special luncheon. It also is acknowledged on a big banner on the floating classroom where thousands of students from Hampton Roads come on field trips each year.