December 8, 2017
2017 Year in Review – Rejoice with Us!!
Notable Numbers: 90 students in our K-12 programs 93% of 12th graders involved 4 years or more graduated from high school! 180 volunteer tutors, camp/VBS counselors, event helpers, and clerical assistants 2 FIDA participants became home owners for the first time! 21 FIDA participants completed the Financial literacy class; 14 did mentoring 3 FIDA/Cville Works Initiative participants obtained...
November 9, 2017
5/8 Dodgeball: Rap, Videography and Brotherhood
Light House is a local non-profit that aims to equip Charlottesville’s young people with the skills and confidence to tell their stories and build community through filmmaking.
October 9, 2017
From Program Participant to Leader: Cardale’s Journey
Have you ever met someone who, despite being way younger than you, demonstrated the love of Christ in ways that amazed, humbled, and encouraged you? Cardale, an 11th grader in the STRIVE program, is one of those people for me.
August 17, 2017
Shining Light in the Darkness: A Response to August 12
Dear Abundant Life Family and Friends, We are sure you have seen or heard horrifying accounts of this past weekend’s hate-inspired demonstrations in our city by neo-Nazis, white nationalists, and the Ku Klux Klan. Our friends and neighbors are still reporting harassment by those who have lingered or make their home here. These actions have hit very close to home for us, and not just...
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...