Tag Archive: Youth Development
John Randolph Foundation ENCOURAGES …
Greater Richmond Fit4Kids is committed to improving children’s health and wellness through outdoor physical activities, movement in the classroom, gardening and healthy eating. Since their first grant in 2014, John Randolph Foundation has awarded $269,500 to sustain Wellness Integration programs and Learning Gardens in all three… View Article
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Smart Beginnings Southeast serves the region’s childcare providers, children and their families preparing young children for kindergarten—ready to learn! Through training, mentoring, systems building, and technical assistance, Smart Beginnings Southeast leads the early childhood system to a higher level of quality. John Randolph Foundation’s relationship with Smart Beginnings Southeast began in 2011. Since… View Article
John Randolph Foundation ENCOURAGES …
By partnering with schools and community organizations, SwimRVA builds social bridges through aquatics that cross physical, racial and economic barriers, and serves as a catalyst for health, fitness and water safety. John Randolph Foundation’s first grant to SwimRVA in 2015 was to support a 2nd grade swim program in partnership with Hopewell City Public… View Article
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Active in the Richmond area since 1962, Brothers Big Sisters Services, Inc. has helped children reach their potential by creating and professionally supporting one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth. Big Brothers Big Sisters has matched more than 300 children (Littles) in the Tri-cities area with caring, consistent adult mentors… View Article
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Boys to Men Mentoring Network of Virginia (BTMVA) offers young men a safe place where they can talk as well as a community of mentors and peers who listen, believe in them, and help them make better choices. Through weekly circles, camping trips and family communications workshops, BTMVA builds relationships, offers support, and promotes… View Article
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Some call it pinch hitting or rolling with the punches, others call it vamping, still others, flying by the seat of your pants. Whatever you call it, everyone seems to be doing it. We’re all trying to do the best we can under the circumstances created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Every day presents new challenges… View Article
Family by Choice | Big Brothers Big Sisters
Terence Doctor shuffles a basketball from hand to hand as he tells me about volunteering with Big Brothers Big Sisters. He’s been a Big for four years to the same Little – James – who’s a celebrity here at Dupont Elementary. As James makes his way down the hall to us, just about everyone gives him… View Article
James House | Preventing Abuse Starts Early
On a cold winter day in March, Terence Barber is sitting in the community center at Thomas Rolfe Court in Hopewell awaiting the arrival of a bus full of kids. Once a week, Terence leads an after-school program here for 28 children from the neighborhood. He teaches them about healthy relationships, how to deal with… View Article
Boys to Men: Young men find support in mentoring program
Aho I learned a new word this week: ‘Aho’. Aho is an ancient Lakota word that, roughly translated means, “I hear you”. You might compare it to the familiar ‘amen’ often uttered in a church service. However, its meaning is particularly significant among the youth in the Boys to Men mentoring program in Prince George… View Article
Weston Manor: A History of Educating Our Youth
It’s hot out here. A warm breeze is slowly wandering off the Appomattox River giving me some relief. Still, all in all, it’s a sultry late summer evening. I’ve been here before to walk around and photograph Weston Manor’s lovely surroundings but right now I’m standing where a turn-of-the-century schoolhouse once stood next to the… View Article
