Virginia Beach business owner's Adopt-A-Student program delivers supplies and...
The faces of 241 Hampton Roads homeless children lit up last year after the Adopt-A-Student program provided each with a new backpack filled to the brim with school supplies. By Virginia...
View ArticleChrysler's new leader Erik Neil hopes to broaden the appeal of the art museum
Erik H. Neil has been named the president and director of Norfolk's Chrysler Museum of Art. He will start in October. Erik H. Neil has been named the president and director of Norfolk's Chrysler Museum...
View ArticleDominion Power honors employee for her volunteer work
Elsie Harris, left, volunteers at St. Mary's Home in Norfolk, where her granddaughter, Paige Beavers, right, works. They are shown here with Payten at St. Mary's. Elsie Harris, an electrical systems...
View ArticleHIDDEN TREASURE Nonprofit finds worth in old electronics and workers like...
Michael Bridges, left, and John Talbott separate electronic equipment into parts at VersAbility's Electronic Recycling program. To some, these computers are junk. And to some, Michael, who has autism,...
View ArticleAccess to partner with TCC to train 170 counselors
Bonnie B. Sutton, the president of Norfolk-based Access College Foundation, traveled to Washington earlier this month to meet with 400 college presidents and other education leaders and to be...
View ArticleA sneak peek at the eye-opening Slover Library
It cost $65 million to build. It will cost nothing to access. And it's almost time for the public to check it out. By Butch Maierbutch.maier@insidebiz.comIt cost $65 million to build. It will cost...
View ArticleChrysler's new leader Erik Neil hopes to broaden the appeal of the art museum
Erik H. Neil has been named the president and director of Norfolk's Chrysler Museum of Art. He will start in October. Erik H. Neil has been named the president and director of Norfolk's Chrysler Museum...
View ArticleDominion Power honors employee for her volunteer work
Elsie Harris, left, volunteers at St. Mary's Home in Norfolk, where her granddaughter, Paige Beavers, right, works. They are shown here with Payten at St. Mary's. Elsie Harris, an electrical systems...
View ArticleSalon in Cambodia helps victims start over with help from local volunteers
When Dalbe Markman, owner of AOC Salon in Ghent, and salon education director Sarah Mitchell arrived in Cambodia, the streets reeked of trash. With sanitation workers on strike, the visitors held...
View ArticleBusinesses invited to turn orange for hunger relief
September is Hunger Action Month, and many local businesses are turning orange in support. This year, the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore will encourage businesses to promote...
View ArticleBlu Skyy's the limit
In August, each employee at the residential real estate company was given $10 by CEO Frank Tommaso, holding check, and told to give it away.By Virginia Lascara virginia.lascara@insidebiz.comGood deeds...
View ArticleEdgar Cayce's message of hope, health and healing lives after him
Kevin Todeschi is the A.R.E.'s executive director and CEO. Virginia Beach natives and visitors alike may notice the $7.5 million renovations to the Edgar Cayce Association for Research and...
View ArticleNEW LEADER, NEW MISSION, NEW VISION A talk with Bryan Stephens of the Hampton...
The Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce has found its voice in Bryan Stephens. It's been nine months since the former U.S. Army officer turned business executive became president and CEO of the...
View ArticleYoung offenders Face Forward instead of looking back
The Up Center Books warehouse receives boxes of books each week from donors across Hampton Roads. The books vary from encyclopedias to textbooks to children’s books and novels. By Virginia...
View ArticleJane Batten, Norfolk Southern to receive Darden awards
The Civic Leadership Institute announced Jane Batten will receive the Darden Award for Regional Leadership and Norfolk Southern will be awarded the Corporate Darden Award for Regional Leadership. By...
View ArticleNorfolk Southern wins Darden Award for regional leadership
Norfolk Southern's history of corporate philanthropy and the scope of its community engagement made the railroad company the logical choice for the 2014 Corporate Darden Award for Regional Leadership....
View ArticleJane Batten awarded Darden regional leadership honor
Jane Batten believes that if you want to change the world, you start with a child at the earliest point of education. By Virginia Lascaravirginia.lascara@insidebiz.comJane Batten believes that if you...
View ArticleMillennials: the selfie generation is selfless too
It's the season of giving. But, for those who make charity their way of life in Hampton Roads, giving is as much seasonal, as it is generational. By Reynolds...
View ArticleHIDDEN TREASURE Nonprofit finds worth in old electronics and workers like...
Michael Bridges, left, and John Talbott separate electronic equipment into parts at VersAbility's Electronic Recycling program. To some, these computers are junk. And to some, Michael, who has autism,...
View ArticleAccess to partner with TCC to train 170 counselors
Bonnie B. Sutton, the president of Norfolk-based Access College Foundation, traveled to Washington earlier this month to meet with 400 college presidents and other education leaders and to be...
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