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Several years ago Embrace brought together a group from Hillside Court, a housing project in south Richmond, and members of several Chesterfield churches. Here are some of their stories
This Wednesday 9 of our neighbors completed Embrace’s first Great Neighbor Training on Brookland Park. We had a fantastic time learning how to make our neighborhood a better place.
Our partners and neighbors joined us for a great first work day for the Bellfield project. It was a fun time knocking down walls and learning to work together
Hillside Soldiers is a football league in the heart of Hillside Court that was started because a group of dads cared about doing something positive in the neighborhood where their kids are being raised. The dads had something in common with the boys that live here: football. The boys played for various teams but were excited
While celebrating Martin Luther King Day with our friends from Hillside and Brandermill Church, the Superstars dance team shared their dreams with us. Here’s just a few of them: Kyerra: To Heal Others Erykah: To stop Violence Aja: For people to be less judgmental Ladeja: to be respectful of others Kanye: to help the homeless
Monday we joined our friends from Hillside court and Brandermill Church to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day together. We shared fantastic food put together by the Hillside Cooking Team, watched the Southside Superstars cheer, and listened to a dramatic reading of Dr. King’s I Have a Dream Speech. It was a fantastic to join
We had a fantastic Christmas party with our friends in Hillside Court. The lovely young ladies from the “Hillside Super Starts” cheer squad performed for us. Our friends from the Brandermill Dream Team brought crafts for the children. The Meet and Greet team prepared a feast for the over 100 attendees of the event. Our
We are proud to partner with so many talented and creative individuals throughout Central Virginia, and the young people of Deep Run Marathon Dance (DRMD) are a great example of combining gifts and talents to work for the greater good. In the 2011-2012 academic year, this passionate group of high school students raised over $250,000, and
On January 2, 2013, our friends at Oak Grove- Bellemeade Elementary School will move into their brand new facility. The school property consists of 6 acres that include a Community Center with gymnasium, exercise facility, indoor pool, and medical offices. The school site also includes the Bellemeade Watershed Project which will include an extensive outdoor learning center,
An extra special thanks to the ladies of Sisters Network Inc Central Virginia Chapter (SNCVA), who brought University of Virginia’s Mobile Mammography Services and over 200 volunteers to the Hillside Court area for their 8th annual Gift of Life Block Walk. Volunteers walked door-to-door surveying residents, giving out vital resources and information to raise breast cancer