The Virginia Festival of the Book brought many wonderful visits from authors to our community, but one that will remain in our minds for a long time is our visit from Greg Mortenson. Village School was very lucky to host the author of Three Cups of Tea for a presentation and lunch with our students on Friday, March 28th.

The girls raised more than $9,000 in the Pennies for Peace drive to give to Mr. Mortenson to help him build a school for girls in Pakistan or Afghanistan. It was a truly memorable day and everyone was affected by Mr. Mortenson’s wisdom. We are excited to keep helping in any way that we can.