by Wayne Williams and Kevin W. Parker
Last August the Greenbelt Community Foundation (GCF) board meeting had just two attendees, the outgoing president and the incoming president. (There were two other board members at the time, but one had already announced that she wanted to step down as soon as she could be replaced. The other had just been voted in but was unable to attend.) The future of the GCF seemed bleak.
In near desperation, the incoming president reached out to the community in every way possible, asking for volunteer help through word-of-mouth, social media, GATe, the Greenbelt Cinema, and, especially, the News Review. And the community responded.
GCF would like to welcome the following new board members and thank them for stepping up: Matthew Inzeo, Allison Adams, Wayne Williams, Brooke Kenny, Chris Stark, Pragati Godbole, and Joy Jackson. Additional thanks go to Brice Bowrey for agreeing to manage the website and to Tim Murray, Jackson Tan, and Ayreen Cadwallader for volunteering to support the GCF in other ways. And a special thank-you to Debbie Cooley for agreeing to stay on as treasurer until we find and train a replacement.