To the Editor:
On Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015, Fairfax County Chairman Sharon Bulova pledged to more than forty senior demonstrators that she would work on getting permanent facility(ies) for the Burke/West Springfield Senior Center Without Walls (BWSSCWoW), particularly with the possibility of an addition to the Pohick Regional Library renovation. She noted that the staff of the Springfield Supervisor would be involved in the process.
The senior demonstrators, led by BWSSCWoW Founding Chairman Corazon S. Foley, informed her of their plans for continued activism for the Springfield Senior Center – to include testifying at the public hearings in early 2016. The plan includes a dance demonstration by a group of senior participants to underscore community service provided by the senior center, currently without walls.
Chairman Bulova encouraged the senior participants to testify at the public hearings on the budget, particularly if funding were to be required for the addition to the Pohick Regional Library renovation.
Many thanks go to senior line dance teams – the Snappy Tappers, Sampaguita Sweethearts (Philippine Dancing), Hawaiian Stars, and Cathy Byon’s Line Dance classes. It was a wonderful day that culminates more than a year of community activism by Springfield seniors, including petition gathering (1,000 signatures), election campaign resulting with 4,226 votes or 19 percent of Springfield totals, demonstrations and, in 2016, testimonies to the full Board of Supervisors. More information can be found at www.facebook.com/Foley4SpringfieldSeniorCenter.
Corazon Sandoval Foley
Burke