January 20, 2018
Scores attend 16th Annual Fifeville MLK Day Celebration
As the sun set on January 15, in what has become a beloved annual tradition in Fifeville, a crowd several hundred strong gathered in front of Buford Middle School to honor the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
November 9, 2017
5/8 Dodgeball: Rap, Videography and Brotherhood
Light House is a local non-profit that aims to equip Charlottesville’s young people with the skills and confidence to tell their stories and build community through filmmaking.
October 9, 2017
From Program Participant to Leader: Cardale’s Journey
Have you ever met someone who, despite being way younger than you, demonstrated the love of Christ in ways that amazed, humbled, and encouraged you? Cardale, an 11th grader in the STRIVE program, is one of those people for me.
August 9, 2017
Abundant Life Teen Turns Philanthropist/Activist in Homeland
For many high school students, summer means a chance to make a little money and/or hang out by the pool. But for rising CHS senior and STRIVE participant Redoane Kondo, it meant returning to his native Togo to visit family and make a difference there with the money he's saved from his part-time job. The following are his words from a recent Instagram post, reprinted with permission. Judging...
April 17, 2017
My Abundant Life Story: Amdane Sanda
Amdane Sanda is a junior at Charlottesville High School and in his second year of the STRIVE mentoring program. A native of Togo, West Africa, he started with Abundant Life in the Johnson Tutoring Program as a third grader in 2008. My clearest early memories of Abundant Life was first a tutor that I had, his name was David I believe, and from the first time we met he stuck with me for as long...
April 14, 2015
My first exposure to college life
My name is Elihud and I’m a 9th grader at Charlottesville High School. I’m in Abundant Life’s program for high school guys called STRIVE. During Spring Break this year, leaders Dylan and Richard took me and five other students on the STRIVE College Road Trip. The trip was awesome and interesting. In four days we visited cool and unique colleges. We experienced what college life is like by...