May 29, 2018
PB&J Fund hosts Johnson Tutoring students for fun, educational field trip
As the school year comes to an end, we have transitioned to group tutoring and special activities since our dear tutors have left us for the summer. This gave us the opportunity to partner with our fantastic friends at the PB&J Fund so that our students could experience making a healthy meal and learn valuable safety practices in the kitchen. For many of our students, this was their first...
May 25, 2018
Second new vehicle bought with matching funds
Thanks to your prayers and donations, and the generous matching gift of a local foundation, we have now replaced both 15-passenger vehicles that died last year. The second minibus arrived last week to complete our fleet makeover and return us to maximum transportation capacity. COO Anne Brown took the newest addition on its maiden voyage, taking participants in our Walker tutoring program on an...
May 21, 2018
You’re invited! Register now for Art of Building Community Night on June 23
Don’t forget to register by June 8 for our upcoming benefit dinner, “The Art of Building Community Night”! Come out for an opportunity to see original artwork by Abundant Life kids, hear testimonials from past program participants, and meet our new Executive Director, Nathan Walton. We’ll also have delicious food from Mission BBQ and live music from Chickenhead Blues Band! Dress is business...
May 8, 2018
STRIVE: Being the man for him that I’m not
My name is Shantisha but everyone calls me Tisha and I have a 15-year-old son named Cameron. We have lived in Charlottesville since he was born and moved to the Prospect area in 2006, approximately 12 years ago. From the moment Cameron was born I always did my best to raise him right, teach him manners and encourage him to have goals. I was a single parent, and still am, to him and at the time...
April 27, 2018
Introducing our new website and logo!
You may have peeped a new logo floating around lately, and we want to make it official - we have retired the ministry's first logo after 22 years. Over the past year, Abundant Life has engaged in a rebranding effort with our marketing consultant/partner Flourish Digital, who overhauled our website and created this beautiful logo for us: The logo was inspired by Psalm 1:1-3:...
April 24, 2018
Cville Gives awards $10K affordable housing grant to Abundant Life!
Philanthropic networking club Cville Gives announced its members selected Abundant Life to receive its $10,000 affordable housing grant last night at Cville Gives Grant Night as part of the 7th Annual Tom Tom Founders Festival. Abundant Life was chosen from an elite group of finalists that included Piedmont Housing Alliance, AHIP, The Haven, and International Neighbors. The $10,000 grant will...