The Rotary Clubs of Norfolk and Portsmouth and Rotary District 7600 presented $12,500 to Marjorie Mayfield Jackson of  the Elizabeth River Project which will fund exhibits and teacher material for the Learning Barge which is visited by all fourth graders in Norfolk Public Schools and buy two instructor kayaks for Paradise Creek Nature Park in Portsmouth which is where many Portsmouth Public School students get hands-on environmental training.  The clubs will also support the September 12 RiverFest along the Nauticus waterfront that will celebrate restoration efforts in the Elizabeth and Lafayette Rivers. 

 

Presenting the check were Norfolk President Sally Hartman and Portsmouth president Harry "Skip" Fremd while District Governor Gary Chenault looked on.