b'En dowed Sc holarship sContact: Billy McGuire | mcguireb@stcva.orgThe Endowment Fund makes funds available annually to the Scholarship Committee, which provides need-based assistance to church members for college, graduate school, and independent school tuition. In 2022, the committee received four applications for aid, three of which were funded, for a total of $12,475.00. The committee also considers factors such as church attendance and active participation in church programs.F oyerGr o upContacts: Maurice Cole | (804) 833-1728 or mauricecole49@gmail.comDebra Cole | (804) 402-7943 or coletaterpie@yahoo.comThe Foyer Group schedules informal gatherings for brunch, lunch, or dinner, typically at a restaurant and other public venues for good conversations and excellent meals. These events run from November through May.S pir ite dSistersContact: Cathy Saunders | cathy.saunders@longandfoster.comThe Spirited Sisters are a group of women of the parish and their friends who meet once a month for dinner, drinks, conversation and fellowship. We meet on the second Monday of each month at 5:30 p.m. and has been meeting every month since March of 2017. The group usually meets at a restaurant convenient to the members, and enjoys a Dutch treat meal and beverage. There are more than thirty members on the mailing list, and fifteen to twenty members attend each month. During the pandemic, the Sisters hosted meetings via Zoom, and can now continue to meet in person. The group always welcomes new members at any time during the year.S pir ite dSistersBook C l u bContact: Mary Ann Blankenship | mablankenship625@gmail.comAt four oclock on the third Monday afternoon of each month the members of the Spirited Sisters Book Club arrive at the appointed hostesss home with copies of a novelor a biography, perhaps a mystery, or maybe a current volume of nonfiction. In any case, discussion is lively and thoughtful, the snacks are tasty but not elaborate, and everybody nominates reading suggestions and gives input. Come join usits a great time.16 | ANNUAL REPORT 2022'