NEWPORT NEWS-Lowe’s has announced that THRIVE Peninsula’s future headquarters is one of 100 community projects to be completed this year as part of Lowe’s Hometowns, the company’s largest-ever community impact program. Launched in 2022, Lowe’s Hometowns is a five-year,...
NEWPORT NEWS – Nonprofit organizations have long struggled with staffing, and the pandemic didn’t help.
According to PB Mares, a CPA and consulting firm, the nonprofit sector lost 13.2 percent of its workforce in the first three months of the...
NEWPORT NEWS—On Wednesday, June 28, volunteers from Dominion Energy brought trucks, tools, equipment, materials, and volunteers to create a new “enrichment” area for the temporary residents of the Peninsula SPCA.
This marks the second partnership between Dominion Energy and the...
NEWPORT NEWS—The Peninsula SPCA will celebrate 85 years of helping people and pets in Hampton Roads by hosting a special Open House Birthday Party on Saturday, July 15 from noon to 3pm. The event will be held at the...
NEWPORT NEWS-Sister Cities Newport News (SCNN) held its 13th Annual International Breakfast from 8am to 9am on Friday, June 16, at the David Student Ballroom at Christopher Newport University. This year’s breakfast was open to the public to witness...
MIDDLESEX – Teta Kain’s appreciation of the wonders and beauty of Dragon Run began with her first trip on the Middle Peninsula watershed more than 30 years ago. She has since led more than 1,000 kayak trips down the...
WILLIAMSBURG—Three years ago, local psychiatrist Dr. Rick Campana started the Senior Dog Sanctuary of Virginia and set it up as a nonprofit to help save dogs from high-kill shelters. A high kill shelter is one that frequently euthanizes good...
NEWPORT NEWS—To sustain that their culture is grounded in their commitment to prioritize the care and wellbeing of their associates, customers, and communities, Ferguson is once again offering impact grants this year. Over the past two years, Ferguson has...
GLOUCESTER – When they return to class in the fall, nearly a dozen educators from the Middle Peninsula will have great stories to tell about their summer school experience.
Thanks to a $16,264 grant from Dominion Energy, the Friends of...
YORK-Senator Monty Mason helped facilitate a donation of 1,000 infant and toddler clothing items for families in need during a formal event held at the United Way of the Virginia Peninsula (UWVP) in York County on Friday, May 26....
To mark the 125th anniversary of The Salvation Army of the Virginia Peninsula, roughly 200 people will gather at the Historic Post Office in Hampton from 8am to 10am on Friday, September 22, for a banquet to celebrate the...
Tammy Guido’s life was changed forever on October 26, 2019 when her son, Joseph Conner Williams “Gweedo” Guido, was one of three teens killed in a car crash coming home from the Tabb High School Homecoming Dance. Since the...
HAMPTON – When Ryan Banas was earning his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering at Case Western Reserve University, the required curriculum didn’t include history, archeology, or marine science classes.
However, all would have been helpful in his current job as...
NEWPORT NEWS-The Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce, in collaboration with Christopher Newport University, is hosting an upcoming discussion on key issues impacting the region’s economic development.
The event, titled “Rising Tide” and scheduled for Tuesday, July 18, will offer the...
WILLIAMSBURG-Eve Otmar, Colonial Williamsburg Master Gardener, has been tinkering in the dirt since she was a child.
“I’ve been gardening my whole life,” she said. “I started gardening with my dad at home when I was a kid.”
For years, Otmar...
