Michele E. Benson, chief development officer with the Virginia Peninsula Foodbank, has attained her Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) certification. CFRE International is an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to setting standards in philanthropy through a [Read More…]
As a young Boy Scout I loved my subscription to Boy’s Life magazine. Here, I would read the adventures of scouts from across the nation as they climbed mountain trails, canoed down wilderness streams and [Read More…]
The employees at Commonwealth Epoxy Coatings don’t have normal nine to five schedules. When everyone else goes to bed, or goes on Christmas vacation, that’s when they come in, working quickly and efficiently to protect [Read More…]
In a small office in downtown Newport News, three passionate women work to protect the many children in the city who are abused or neglected. Their mission is to make sure children are not forgotten [Read More…]
Author Marcel Proust said the real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but having new eyes. When traveling, it can sometimes be challenging to find comfortable, reasonably priced accommodations for overnight stays. [Read More…]
Interacting with customers and helping them find exactly the bottle they’re looking for is ABC Store Manager Corrie Kimball’s favorite part of the job. Kimball’s store on Pilot House Drive is one of the larger [Read More…]
Long before starting a business together, Jen Mills and Megan Waters, owners of Newport News’ AR Workshop, were typical sisters. Waters recalls that they weren’t always the dynamic duo that they are today. “She’s four [Read More…]
John Jessup could have been an elementary school teacher, but he changed career paths when he realized that he could make a much bigger impact on children by reaching them before they transitioned into elementary [Read More…]
Human trafficking is an increasing concern in the United States, deserving the attention of every citizen. In 2016, Virginia ranked in the top third of human trafficking of all 50 states and the District of [Read More…]
We all have songs that obsess us, tunes that we just can’t get out of our minds. For most, it’s a passing thing, for some it’s maddening. For me, one of those haunting songs was [Read More…]
“When I first passed the bar in 1996, I never imagined I would be where I am now,” says Polly Chong, attorney and counselor at law, certified mediator and the sole attorney in her law [Read More…]
Afew years ago a local physical therapist and I developed and patented a low-back strengthening machine—The Back Unit. We developed it because we each were familiar with the research that clearly proved that with low [Read More…]
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