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Drive For Charity rolls into Year 7
Each year since 2006, the Dulles Greenway has donated an entire day's worth of tolls to directly benefit local charities that serve those areas the Greenway serves.
Tolls collected May 17 benefit scholarship, five non-profits
By Jason S. Rufner
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Each year since 2006, the Dulles Greenway has donated an entire day’s worth of tolls to directly benefit local charities that serve those areas the Greenway serves.
In 2012, that day will be May 17. The diverse charitable organizations to be granted equal shares of that day’s proceeds are Every Citizen Has Opportunities, the Loudoun Abused Women’s Shelter, Fresh Air / Full Care, the Loudoun Wildlife Foundation and the National Capital Area chapter of the March Of Dimes.
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The toll highway’s own scholarship fund, the Dulles Greenway Citizenship Award, will also receive funding through the Drive For Charity.
The Greenway has donated over $1.2 million since the Drive For Charity’s inception, averaging in excess of $211,000 per event. In the 2011 edition of the Drive For Charity, the toll road collected $236,354.87, a record sum in the campaign’s history.
“We believe and expect that we will set another record for this year’s donation,” said Terry Hoffman, Public & Customer Relations Manager for the Dulles Greenway.
A five-part series of articles highlighting the good works done by these five charities – and examining the ways the Greenway’s Drive For Charity enables those good works – has been published in a multitude of blogs and media outlets since mid-March. These articles are available at DullesGreenway.com/Drive-For-Charity.
