Beginning today, Greater Richmond ARC is officially SOAR365. “It has become clear that we need a name as big as our aspirations,” said John Walker, president and CEO of the…
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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.
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…
Last week, 4-year-old Blue Belle was simply a sweet dog in need of a home at Richmond Animal Care and Control. This week she’s a film star with an appearance…
In August 2017, three tiny kittens arrived at Richmond Animal League (RAL) from a partnering municipal shelter. These kittens, like many of the more than 500 who were cared for…
Change the World RVA, winner of the 2016 Governor’s Award for Outstanding Community Organization, is the only nonprofit in the region dedicated to supporting high school and college students who…
When Jessica Gavin of Midlothian looked out at the crowd of parents and caregivers gathered at Grace Street Theater to watch a documentary in March, she knew she was on…
What is it this time? Did she fall in the cafeteria? Did somebody make fun of her on the bus? Maybe she couldn’t do the PE activity? Or perhaps she…
Motherhood connects women worldwide. Taking care of mothers means healthier families, less poverty, and stronger communities. Midwives for Haiti, a Richmond-based non-profit, has built a bridge from Virginia to Haiti…
“I thought, ‘Oh, it can’t be me. I’m only forty-three and I don’t have a … family history,’” Gentz recalled. One woman’s reaction to a breast cancer diagnosis!
Side by Side Virginia was established in 1991 and provides a lifeline for LGBTQ youth ages eleven to twenty in Richmond.
Richmond Animal League (RAL), the area’s oldest no-kill organization, has been finding homes for homeless pets in the Richmond area since 1979.