Total Action for Progress (TAP) celebrated 60 years of
service with a week-long Traveling Birthday Party. Program participants, staff,
volunteers, community leaders, and partners highlighted their program sites throughout
the week with short 30-minute visits complete with cupcakes and treats and
expressing heartfelt appreciation for those who’ve helped shape TAP’s work over
the decades.
“TAP’s 60th anniversary is not only a time to honor the work
that’s been done but also to recommit ourselves to the future,” said Angela
Penn, President & CEO of TAP. “This celebration allows us to thank partners
and community members who have walked alongside us while inviting new friends
to imagine the next 60 years of impact together."
During the week of April 28-May 2, the group visited government
offices for the cities of Roanoke, Salem, Covington, and Lexington; and
counties of Roanoke, Botetourt, Craig, Bath; as well as the offices for Buena
Vista TAP Head Start.