January 29, 2021
Christ Church, Diane Myers among 2021 MLK Day award winners
Amid a pandemic that forced the 19th Annual Fifeville MLK Day Celebration online, Abundant Life presented its much-anticipated Community Awards to winners via Zoom. Abundant Life then shared the award presentations on social media throughout the day to celebrate the awardees: Chris Nocks, Christ Episcopal Church, Juan Aparicio Dominguez, and Diane Myers. Watch the videos below to understand our...
December 1, 2020
Honor the resilience of Prospect families this #GivingTuesday!
We've created a video for #GivingTuesday to honor the resilience of Prospect families during COVID-19. Now, we're inviting you to honor our neighbors' resilience with a generous gift! All donations made on December 1 will be matched up to $15,000 thanks to anonymous donors! Want to have your donation TRIPLED? Submit a gift through our Facebook fundraiser right at 8AM EST and Facebook will...
November 27, 2020
Partnership with Habitat fulfills Harmony Ridge vision
This Thanksgiving, ten families celebrated the holiday in their brand new home, thanks to a partnership between Abundant Life and Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville. On November 7, three years after its groundbreaking, Habitat dedicated ten new homes at Harmony Ridge (off of 5th Street SW) on land it acquired from Abundant Life. In 2004 and 2008, Abundant Life bought adjoining...
July 15, 2020
STRIVE celebrates 2 CHS, 3 college graduates!
On June 17, STRIVE students, mentors, and program staff gathered on Zoom to commemorate a year full of accomplishments. Attendees celebrated STRIVE's 15 mentoring pairs and honored its two Class of 2020 graduates, Cameron Jackson and R'Quis Jones. STRIVE also saluted its first three alumni to graduate college! STRIVE Class of 2013 alumnus Paul Fry III graduated from Radford University in...
July 1, 2020
Bible Club goes virtual during pandemic
On March 13, the United States declared COVID-19 a national emergency, effectively shutting down our after school programs. Affected programs included Bible Club, a fun, safe space for elementary kids to learn God’s word three times per week. Bible Club Co-Coordinators Rachel Gaffin and Jonathan Knabe sensed the importance of staying connected with their students and continuing to tell Bible...
June 20, 2020
Prospect neighbors share “Abundant Wisdom” during quarantine
Two months into the COVID-19 pandemic, we asked our neighbors - program participants, alumni, and parents - two questions: What have you learned in quarantine, and how do you stay positive in quarantine? We have compiled their self-recorded answers into a video that's by our neighbors, for our neighbors. We're calling it "Abundant Wisdom." Thank you to everyone who participated! Be sure to...