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Grantee Spotlight: Bacon Street Helps Build Resilience and Stronger Families
Grantee Spotlight: Bacon Street Helps Build Resilience and Stronger Families By: WHF Staff Bacon Street Youth and Family Services, founded in 1971 as the Drug Action Center, has been a trusted resource for substance use prevention and treatment for youth and their...
Grantee Spotlight – The Arc of Greater Williamsburg Improves Quality of Life
Grantee Spotlight - The Arc of Greater Williamsburg Improves Quality of Life By: WHF Staff The Arc of Greater Williamsburg has served adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in our community since 1976. When young adults with disabilities age...
Grantee Spotlight: Helping Young Hearts Heal at Comfort Zone Camp
Grantee Spotlight: Helping Young Hearts Heal at Comfort Zone Camp By: WHF Staff Comfort Zone Camp (CZC) is a place of healing for children, teens, and young adults who have lost a parent, sibling, or primary caregiver. This bereavement organization offers free...
Grantee Spotlight: Grove Christian Outreach Center
Grantee Spotlight: Grove Christian Outreach Center By: WHF Staff Imagine living in a community where a number of your neighbors struggle to meet their family’s basic needs. This is a reality for many who live in the Grove area of southern James City County. Grove fits...
Williamsburg Health Foundation Awards $3.9 Million to Local Organizations
Williamsburg Health Foundation Awards $3.9 Million to Local Organizations By WHF Staff WILLIAMSBURG, VA – July 1, 2024: The Williamsburg Health Foundation (WHF) is pleased to announce that the Board of Trustees approved grant funding in June totaling $3.9 million to...
Free outdoor fitness area coming to Warhill Sports Complex in James City County- from Virginia Gazette
Grantee Spotlight: Virginia Peninsula Foodbank
Grantee Spotlight: Virginia Peninsula Foodbank By: WHF Staff As inflation and food costs have increased in recent years, more community members are struggling to provide healthy food for their families. According to the Virginia Peninsula Foodbank (VPF), nearly nine...
Grantee Spotlight: Older Adults and Social Isolation
Grantee Spotlight: Older Adults and Social Isolation By Williamsburg Health Foundation In May 2023, the U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, issued an advisory addressing the profound health impacts of social isolation and loneliness. This report underscored...
Grantee Spotlight: Enhancing Mobility with F.R.E.E.
Grantee Spotlight: Enhancing Mobility with F.R.E.E. By WHF Staff As the weather warms and flowers bloom, Williamsburg area residents look forward to putting their coats away and heading outside to enjoy the beauty spring brings. However, for individuals experiencing...
A Full Plate: Reflecting on the Community’s Role in Nourishing Our Neighbors
By: Deb Fisher Growing up in a family that watched every penny, my mother's arrival with bags full of groceries from one of our local churches was always a reason for celebration for my five siblings and me. I remember our excitement while helping our mother put the...
Williamsburg Health Foundation Welcomes New Board Members
Williamsburg Health Foundation Welcomes New Board Members By WHF Staff The Williamsburg Health Foundation is pleased to announce the addition of two esteemed professionals, Rhiannon Hartman and Lawrence B. Pulley, to its Board of Trustees. Rhiannon Hartman brings a...
Williamsburg Health Foundation Awards Nearly $1.1 Million to Local Organizations
WILLIAMSBURG, VA – The Williamsburg Health Foundation (WHF) is pleased to announce that the Board of Trustees has approved funding totaling $1,099,300 to organizations providing health-related services to those living in Greater Williamsburg. These grants represent...