“When we come here, we start from zero.” For people coming from different experiences and refugee communities, zero can mean different things. For a young refugee from the Democratic Republic…
Browsing: Nonprofit Spotlight
When Stephanie Kirksey first heard her daughter’s eating disorder diagnosis, she remembers feeling discouraged, angry, scared, and unsure where to turn. Her primary care physician suggested she contact Beth Ayn…
The winter season is winding down, but the need for children to have warm clothing continues. For several years now, Richmond-based Children Incorporated has been raising funds to help provide…
Sign up to participate in Making Strides of Richmond, Sunday, October 18, to help save lives lost to breast cancer. Go here. Road To Recovery supports local cancer patients who…
Richmond-based World Pediatric Project has surgical and diagnostic teams that travel to partner countries to perform services as well as a U.S. referral program.
Marybeth and Charles Meacham have three children: sons who are in their forties and a daughter who is thirty-eight. Their daughter Anne attended college and now works as a textile…
Daphne Maxwell Reid’s dance card is on active status this holiday season. As this year’s Richmond Christmas Mother, Reid has been attending cotillions to pick up donations for the Richmond…
Eight months ago, Leroy Markland was sitting in his car in a Lynchburg parking lot. He felt like that car was all he had left. “I hit bottom. Things were…
It’s incredible to see a child’s self-esteem grow, just because a trusting adult told them, ‘I believe in you.’” That’s the ultimate power of mentoring, according to Laura Leporati, a…
Imagine living just a mile from the James River, but never visiting any of the access points that line its banks – or even knowing that the river exists. Many…
Two years ago, the Starke family was living in Singapore, and mom Arpie and the kids, Mary Mac and Thomas, were visiting friends and family back in their hometown of…
Newspaper clippings, photo collages, and resource flyers cover the hallways of The McShin Foundation in Henrico. It’s apparent this is not a typical treatment center with a clinical feel. There…