'Visionary' remembered at dedication
The former sheltered workshop at the Vivian B. Adams School has been repurposed as an activity center and was dedicated in honor of the school’s former director during an open house held Sept. 19. From left are VBAS Board of Directors Members Peter Bruggink and Charles “Chic” Gary, VBAS Director Hannah Parker holding a portrait of Burkett and Board of Directors Member Dr. Bob Crosby.
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A man described as a “visionary” was memorialized as hundreds gathered for the dedication of an activity center at the Vivian B. Adams School named in his honor Sept. 19.
Friends, community leaders, co-workers and former students gathered as the re-purposed former sheltered workshop on the VBAS campus was officially named the Raygene Burkett Activity Center.
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