Grantee Spotlights
Grantee Spotlight: Triangle Stepping Stones
By: WHF Staff Tucked off the intersection of Route 199 and Jamestown Road in Williamsburg, Triangle Stepping Stones offers a welcoming space for 12-Step recovery groups to gather. Nearly 25 meetings are hosted in their facility each week to address a range of recovery...
Grantee Spotlight: Williamsburg Faith in Action
By: WHF Staff For many older adults, staying independent and living in their own homes is a high priority, but without the support of nearby family or friends, aging in place can be challenging. In Greater Williamsburg, where one in five older adults lives alone,...
Grantee Spotlight: Williamsburg House of Mercy
By: WHF Staff After 41 years as a Sisters of Mercy school teacher, Sister Mary Berenice Eltz decided to shift her focus to serve people with low incomes and experiencing hardship. As a parish minister for the St. Olaf and St. Bede communities, she touched the lives of...
Grantee Spotlight: Colonial Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Youth Mentoring Program
By: WHF Staff When Robin Thrall decided to become a foster parent 15 years ago, she couldn’t have known how many lives, including her own, would be changed. A single mother with one biological daughter, Robin felt the desire to have more children. Learning she was...
Grantee Spotlight: SHIP (School Health Initiative Program)
By: WHF Staff If you walk into any classroom in Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools (WJCC Schools) and ask any student what SHIP is, you might hear a variety of adjectives, including “lowkey lit”1, “bussin’”2, or “fire.”3 What you probably won’t hear is “it...
Grantee Spotlight: Child Health Initiative Care Teams
Grantee Spotlight: Child Health Initiative Care Teams By: WHF Staff The City of Williamsburg’s and James City County’s Child Health Initiative Care Teams support local families as they work to improve their health and well-being. These initiatives pair each...
Grantee Spotlight: Gloucester Mathews Care Clinic
Grantee Spotlight: Gloucester Mathews Care Clinic By: WHF Staff At the heart of the Gloucester Mathews Care Clinic (GMCC) is a mission centered on compassion and community. This dedicated clinic stands as a resource for those who live in the counties of Gloucester,...
Grantee Spotlight: Olde Towne Medical and Dental Center
Grantee Spotlight: Olde Towne Medical and Dental Center By: WHF Staff Olde Towne Medical & Dental Center was founded in 1993 as a public-private partnership in response to a community needs assessment conducted by James City County and the Williamsburg Community...
Boost!ing the Mental Health Workforce
Boost!ing the Mental Health Workforce: Dr. Chelsea Washington’s Story By: WHF Staff Dr. Chelsea Washington has always been driven to give back to her community. Thanks to the Boost! program from the Virginia Health Care Foundation (VHCF), she is on her way to becoming...
Grantee Spotlight: Colonial Behavioral Health
Grantee Spotlight: Colonial Behavioral Health By: WHF Staff Founded in 1971, Colonial Behavioral Health (CBH) serves as the Community Services Board for the counties of James City and York and the cities of Williamsburg and Poquoson. As the region’s publicly funded...
Grantee Spotlight: Lackey Clinic
Grantee Spotlight: Lackey Clinic By: WHF Staff Lackey Clinic, located in Yorktown, Virginia, is a faith-based nonprofit providing free and charitable healthcare to uninsured adults in Virginia who are ineligible for Medicaid and cannot afford quality health...
Grantee Spotlight: Williamsburg Community Growers
Grantee Spotlight: Williamsburg Community Growers By: WHF Staff Williamsburg Community Growers (WCG) is more than a community garden; it also serves as an educational destination for local schools and contributes fresh, locally grown, organic produce for...
