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...
March 26, 2017
Abundant Life volunteer Jonathan Showalter wins statewide mentor award!
On March 23, Virginia Mentoring Partnership (VMP) honored longtime Abundant Life volunteer and current STRIVE mentor Jonathan Showalter as one of two 2017 Outstanding Mentors! Jonathan received his award in a ceremony held at The Jefferson Hotel in Richmond in front of a packed audience that included his family and STRIVE Coordinator Dylan Rosenthal. VMP chose Jonathan from many nominees across...
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...