Stan Jones, CEO of ACTS: Action in Community Through Service in Prince William County and a member of the Fredericksburg City School Board, joined Uriah Kiser on the Potomac Local News Podcast.
In this episode he covers:
- The recent IWALK event at Stonebridge at Potomac Town Center that drew about 120 participants and raised more than $170,000 against a $125,000 goal
- ACTS’ work feeding roughly 10,000 families a year and addressing food insecurity that affects 43 percent of Prince William County families
- Plans to use part of the race proceeds for a refrigerated vehicle to deliver food to seniors
- $1.78 million in congressionally directed spending, following a visit from Sen. Tim Kaine, to renovate and reopen a second domestic-violence safe house
- His appointment to the Fredericksburg City School Board after Jarvis Bailey’s resignation and his write-in campaign against Justin Carter in the November 3 election
- What he brings as a former superintendent with 39 years in public education, including a turnaround in King and Queen County, and the board’s new norms and protocols
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