Fuqua Hoopsters Help with Operation Christmas Child

Fuqua School’s varsity basketball team, along with Coach Marcus Gregory, recently helped load boxes for the local Operation Christmas Child project. Bland Newman, OCC Network Coordinator and Fuqua School teacher, assisted with the loading. Farmville United Methodist Church is the regional Operation Christmas Child Collection Center and serves the counties of Appomattox, Brunswick, Buckingham, Charlotte, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway and Prince Edward. By the end of the day, the boys had loaded 115 cartons containing almost 2,484 shoe boxes.

Pictured (l-r) Fuqua School varsity basketball players Thomas Parrish, son of Ms. Felicia Jefferson of Crewe; Josh Davis, son of Ms. Jill Rives of Farmville; Montese Adams, son of Ms. Marquitta Adams of Richmond; Vasaun Boatwright, son of Mr. and Mrs. Laundra Brooks of Farmville; Michael Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Johnson of Chase City; Jonathon Kelly, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sean Kimmel of Prospect ; Kenston Fields, son of Ms. Chequila Fields of Petersburg; Daekwon Simmons, son of Ms. Deborah Simmons of Crewe; Antonio Gonzalez, grandson of Ms. Laura Fowlkes of Meherrin; Al Baker, son of Ms. Tamika Lyle of Pamplin; Tyler Frink, son of Mrs. Adrienne Traylor of Farmville; Zeliang “Mike” Liu, international student; Coach Marcus Gregory; Kaiwen “Kevin” Chen, international student.