February 18, 2019
Introducing Abundant Madness!
Join Abundant Life for a March Madness first day watch party featuring all 16 games, food, drinks, and 20 raffle drawings! Experience all the action surrounded by fans as excited as you are while using your basketball knowledge (or just straight luck) to pick game winners and earn prizes. All proceeds support the Abundant Life Fellows program. [one_half] Thursday, March 21st Noon-Midnight...
February 11, 2019
Abundant Life presents “Living a Life of Presence” workshop
Please join us for "Living a Life of Presence," a free interactive workshop where we will discuss how to maximize impact and minimize harm in community development. Featured speakers include Executive Director Rev. Dr. Nathan Walton, Director of Leadership Richard Feero, and Board Member and former Fifeville Neighborhood Association president Carmelita Wood. Living a Life of Presence: Social...
February 4, 2019
Celebrate Black History Month with us
For the first time this year, we are celebrating Black History Month with quotes, profiles, and stories of notable people and events that have contributed to our community, nation, and world. Follow us on our social media channels - Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube - to learn about and be inspired by lesser known but no less important local heroes and significant events in the pursuit...
January 27, 2019
Frigid temps don’t derail 17th Annual Fifeville MLK Day Celebration
Despite temperatures in the 20s, dozens of Prospect neighbors and friends gathered at Buford Middle School on January 21, 2019 for the 17th Annual Fifeville Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration. In an enduring tradition dating back to 2003, participants young and old peacefully marched with candles through the Prospect neighborhood in a display of unity. Once back in the warm environs of the...
January 20, 2019
Mentor Spotlight: Jerry Maynard, Jr.
In honor of National Mentoring Month, we asked STRIVE mentor Jerry Maynard, Jr. to reflect on his 3+ years working with 12th grader Cardale Emmery. STRIVE matches high school boys with Christian adult male mentors for all four years of high school and the first year post high school. Over those 5 years they build a relationship, create and work towards goals, and learn about God’s love...
January 13, 2019
Royal Girls spread “Prospectivity” through film
For two months, in partnership with Light House Studio, eleven young ladies from Abundant Life's female empowerment group Royal Girls worked on creating a film that highlighted the positive aspects of living in Greenstone on 5th apartments. Upset that there were so many negative connotations about their place of residence within the Charlottesville area, they sought to bring attention to the...