Sen. Creigh Deeds and Orange County educator Ernestine Reid will be featured speakers at a fund-raising event at the Lake of the Woods Community Center at 3 p.m. on September 16 to benefit the campaign of Jason Ford, Democratic candidate for the Virginia Senate from District 28, which includes Lake of the Woods.
Sen. Creigh Deeds of Charlottesville, who has served in the state Senate since 2001, is the Democratic nominee for the new 11th District, which includes most of Charlottesville and Albemarle County. He formerly served in the House of Delegates and was his party’s nominee for governor in 2009.
Deeds grew up in Bath County on his grandparents’ farm and attended Bath County High School before graduating from Concord College. He earned a law degree from Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C., before being elected Commonwealth’s attorney in Bath County.
If elected, Deeds will be the second highest ranking Democrat in the state Senate.
Ernestine Reid is a award-winning veteran of 38 years as a classroom teacher. In 2016 she received the Orange County Education Foundation’s Lifetime Contribution Award and was honored in 2010 as teacher of the year at Orange Elementary School. The Virginia General Assembly commended her in 2017 for her service as an educator and community leader.
Reid graduated from Wyatt High School in Emporia and attended St. Paul’s College in Lawrenceville, Va., where she received a B.S. degree in education.
The campaign fundraising event will include refreshments and live musical entertainment by Shree.
Admission, which will benefit the Senate campaign of Jason Ford, will be by levels of donation:
$250 = Champsion
$100 = Patron
$50 = Supporter
$25 = Guest
Reservations must be made in advance. Payments can be made online by clicking the “Pay Now” button below and entering your credit card information or by mailing a check made out to the LOW Democratic Club to P.O. Box 1351, Locust Grove, VA 22508. If you send a check, it must arrive well in advance of the event so that an accurate count of attendees can be made.
If you choose to pay electronically, please select the option at the end of the transaction which adds the cost of the electronic transfer to your donation. This way, the Ford campaign will receive the maximum benefit of your gift.
