On Saturday, Feb.25, the Family Team took three van loads of excited children, parents and volunteers to the Children’s Museum of Richmond. The children loved the giant playhouse with the slide and the apple tree where they could pick apples. They also really enjoyed Town Square, where they could pretend to be doctors, newscasters or [...]

AmeriCorps member Joseph Roberts is a member of the Embrace team and currently runs the computer lab in Hillside Court.  He recently wrote, “As you know, we are here to serve the Hillside community and my job is to assist people coming to the computer lab. I had two people come in and I helped [...]

Every day in the community of Hillside I get to work alongside a lot of spirited people who have lost their ability to dream.  The light of hope has flickered away.  What I love most about Embrace Richmond is the ability to relight that candle of hope.  I’ve been working alongside a young lady whose [...]

One of our AmeriCorps members recently wrote: As an AmeriCorps member serving on the Southside of Richmond in the Hillside Court community I am constantly amazed by the capacity of the resident volunteers.  Every week those that I serve in Hillside Court teach me something new about service, generosity, community, family, etc..  Several weeks ago one [...]

Today, the Embrace family said our final farewell to our dear brother Alphonso Henry, who went on to be with the lord.  For those of you who never had the privilege of meeting Alphonso, you missed out on pure joy.  Alphonso had a smile that just made your heart leap and a spirit that refused [...]