IFDA adopts Embrace as their charity of choice

The IFDA (International Furnishings And Design Association) Richmond chapter has adopted Embrace as it’s charitable organization. The announcement was made at their monthly social, March 14 at Summer Classics on Broad Street. Jennifer Stone the president of the local chapter with Mosaic Interiors and Tracy de Shazo of Simply Vintage were pivotal in the decision [...]

New Candy Boxes and Grand ReOpening-All to benefit Embrace

Rob Gardner and his two sons are exploring the opportunities of being entrepreneurs and setting up candy boxes around south Richmond and Chesterfield County. They placed several of these boxes in various merchants and are raising money to benefit Embrace.
Thanks to all of the following supporting merchants who have the candy boxes displayed: Jersey Mikes [...]

Open House April 16th

We are having an open house to talk about volunteer opportunities and various ways you can serve here at Embrace. The Open House will take place on April 16th from 11:30-1:00 at the Embrace Richmond office (1501 A Sledd Street). Since we will be also serving lunch, please RSVP so we can plan for enough [...]

From the Director – March 2008

The highlight of this month has been our growing team of volunteers. As you can see in the Blessing Opportunities section, there are many ways to serve through Embrace Richmond, including personal shoppers, career encouragers, family encouragers, computer helpers, warehouse sorters, consignment display teams, special events team, furniture refinishers, and many more opportunities. If you [...]

Community Yard Sale helps benefit Embrace Richmond

Somebuddies, Inc is sponsoring a community yard sale on Saturday, May 10, 2008 (rain date is May 31st) 8 am- 3 pm. All the vendors at the yard sale are local non-profit organizations and all proceeds go directly to the non-profit groups.  The location is 7616 Staples Mill Road in Richmond at The Critter Cottage. [...]

Postponement of this year’s Gala

Due to a scheduling conflict the birthday gala that was to be hosted on April 19th will be rescheduled.   As soon as we have the new date and time, we will let you know. 

Thanks to Wachovia for their Operation HomeShare Program

We would like to thank Wachovia for giving us the opportunity to participate in this program. Kathryn Fessler, who is the Director of Community Affairs, has worked very hard to get this established for us and we appreciate her hard work.
Operation HomeShare is an initiative to facilitate charitable donations of large household items by associates [...]

Ukrop’s Golden Gift Program

The Golden Gift Program at Ukrop’s is going on now until March 29th. If you have a UVC card, every time you make a purchase between now and March 29, you will receive 1 point for every $1 spent. At the end of the program period, a Golden Gift Certificate will be mailed to you [...]