Nearing the End…

As my time with Embrace draws to a close, I am happy to report this experience has taught me a lot, and I have enjoyed being here.
I have learned many things ranging from parallel parking, to how to relate to clients, to where the MCV Emergency Department is [to the left once you come out [...]

National Night Out in Hillside!

We had a blast at National Night Out in Hillside Court last night! Lots of people showed up for food, fun, and to learn about comunity organizations. The police came out and although the kids were hesitant to talk to them at first, they soon were asking a million questions and peeking into the squad [...]

Tuesdays at Embrace

You are probably wondering what exactly goes on at our offices every day, so we would like to fill you in on just one of the many things we do! Every Tuesday for about an hour and a half or so, we go to Hillside and play games with the kids in the neighborhood, just [...]

Photos from Horseback Riding

Outside of Fox Horn Stables
On Friday, July 31, we were invited to bring a few of our friends from Hillside to Fox Horn Stables to ride horses. We were able to bring four of our youth from Hillside Court, and the daughter of one of our Americorps members along on our adventure. None of us [...]

The Hillside Court Tenant Council Needs Cleaning Supplies!

Every year on Hillside’s Community Day, the Tenant Council does a raffle which is free for the residents to enter. If they are selected, the children receive a bookbag full of school supplies and the adults receive laundry baskets full of cleaning supplies. We would like to help out by providing some of these things [...]

Looking for Information About the Chair Affair?

The 2nd Annual CARITAS Furniture Bank Chair Affair will be held on November 14, 2009 at Charles Luck Studio at 7 p.m. For more information, you can visit www.caritasworks.org and also, start keeping your eyes peeled for www.CaritasChairAffair.org which should be up with all the information you need soon!

Photos from the cook out!

On Saturday the 18th, Eikon came to the 3rd Ave. house to finish up the painting and for a cook out! They did a wonderful job adding the finishing touches to the work the Impact Richmond group had done. The cookout launched our new partnership with one of Eikon’s missional communities. The community Flicker of [...]

Youth Invasion Update

We would like to begin introducing you to some of the wonderful people we have met in getting to know the community. This month we would like you to meet Yasia Clinton. Yasia is 15 years old and lives in Hillside Court. She says that she often does not have things [...]

Thank you to Impact Richmond!

And an extra special thank you to Mike Powers who coordinated all of these wonderful youth to paint the Embrace House on 3rd Avenue! They worked really hard scraping and painting  all of last week to beautify the house, in which one of our Americorps members, Charles Fitzgerald, lives. It is now a pretty light [...]

The Adventures of Koni and Lindsey-Part 3!

So, for the last week and a half we were Wendy-less. She went on a much deserved vacation and Tiffany, Sylvia, Koni, and I were left to hold down the fort. Our Wendy-free time actually started off really well with a trip to Maymont for some of our Hillside friends. We didn’t really know how [...]