Pouches’ Community Corner: Virginia Breast Cancer Foundation
Written by Chris Jones Since 1991, the Virginia Breast Cancer Foundation (VBCF) has been helping women from all walks of life across [...]
Pouches’ Community Corner: Fredericksburg SPCA
By Lenora Kruk-Mullanaphy It’s easy to find a new best friend to foster or adopt by checking out the available cats [...]
Pouches’ Community Corner: DREAMS4U
Helping Financially Challenged Students Get to College By Lenora Kruk-Mullanaphy Students in Louisa, Orange and Spotsylvania counties with dreams of attending college [...]
Rappahannock United Way: The ALICE Program
By Lenora Kruk-Mullanaphy With a mission to improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of the community, the Rappahannock United Way (RUW) [...]
Empowerhouse
By Lenora Kruk-Mullanaphy Domestic violence victims have a place to turn for help—a port in the storm—at Empowerhouse of Fredericksburg. The nonprofit [...]
Downtown Greens
By Lenora Kruk-Mullanaphy When gardening behind her Charles Street home in Fredericksburg, Laura Shepherd* found children in the neighborhood enjoyed helping. She [...]
Healthy Kids Running Series
By Lenora Kruk-Mullanaphy The Healthy Kids Running Series (HKRS) focuses on motivating kids to lead healthy, active lifestyles through the world of [...]
Fredericksburg Food Co-op
By Lenora Kruk-Mullanaphy Cooperatively-owned grocery stores are located across the country. While some consist of thousands of members and have been in [...]
Mary’s Shelter
By Chris Jones Since its humble beginnings in a two-bedroom apartment in 2006, Mary’s Shelter has helped expectant mothers—and their children—to get [...]
Hope House
The U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness estimates that one-third of homeless people are families with children. Of this number, 59 percent are [...]
