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Community Knights Story Spotlight: LINK of Hampton Roads
Elf Patrol Elevates the Community
Come check out our video about the great work Elf Patrol is doing!
Kappa Alpha Psi Travels to Virginia State University
Check out Kappa Alpha Psi's adventure at Virginia State University! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwtKR6nztnQ
YVC of Hampton Roads
Check out our video showcasing the Youth Volunteer Corps of Hampton Roads!
Phoebus’ Phenomenal Parade Performance
https://youtu.be/HF62hb1SiGs Come check out our new video about Phoebus High School's Band!
Bots Battle it Out in Hampton Roads
Runners for Life
Students Run the Streets is a free, after-school running club that works with middle and high school students. Through exercise, mentorship, and supplemental education they have been working to help every student achieve their personal best in all aspects of life....
Jones MMS Planetarium is Out of this World!
Check out how Jones MMS has updated their planetarium! https://youtu.be/zjBKt52Tvt4
Finding a Home on Stage
Aiming a Better Future
The Menchville High School archery team has been operating continuously since 2007 giving opportunities to a large number of young students to learn the correct and effective technique using the bow and arrow. This program does not discriminate admitting any type of...
The Tuff Enuff Challenge
On Saturday, October 20th, the Tuff Enuff Challenge was held for the third consecutive year at the Mariner’s Museum Park in Newport News, Virginia. But what is the Tuff Enuff Challenge? It is an encounter with challenging obstacles to test one’s physical abilities...
Catching Equine Dreams with Dream Catchers Therapeutic Riding
In a world where some children are born with disabilities that prevent them from experiencing certain parts of life, Dreamcatchers was born. This organization is located in Toano, VA on the Cori Sikich Therapeutic Riding Center, where disabled individuals are immersed...
Inspiring Young Minds at The Downtown Hampton Child Development Center
In a world ruled by good people, all children would have the same educational opportunities and resources they needed regardless of socio-economic status. At Community Knights, we share that message with our partnership with the Downtown Hampton Roads Child...
Players, Passes, and Parent Support Groups at Woodside High
The High School experience should never be confined to the walls of a classroom, but parents at Woodside High School are making sure that their children have an enriched educational life ahead of them. These parents call themselves the Woodside High Football Parent...
Finding Food Security In The Peninsula
Located on Aluminum Ave you'll find the Virginia Peninsula Food Bank. Their mission is to help alleviate hunger in and around the peninsula area, but Grants & Direct Marketing Manager, Craig Gallaer, will tell you it's not easily done without the many...
Making the Peninsula THRIVE
Sometimes people need a helping hand, and THRIVE Peninsula has been successfully extending their arms to the Hampton Roads area for over forty years! Their organization provides an array of educational and economic assistance to members of the community who are in...
Blowing Us Away At Yorktown Elementary
In Elementary school, we learn how to read, spell, write in cursive (which my younger friends have told me is not a thing anymore), etc. But at Yorktown Elementary, you also get the opportunity to learn how to track hurricanes! Ms. Kathy Lennartz leads the way in her...
The Voice of Phantoms: Phoebus HS Student Council Association
We all have that one teacher in high school who always pushed us to be our best, who has a special place in our hearts even many years later. For the students involved in Phoebus High School's Student Council Association, that teacher would be Ms. Coyners-Brinkley....
Life’s a Beach With The Mayor’s Book Club
Recently, our President and Trailblazer Jennifer Brown got the opportunity to volunteer her time at the Moton Early Childhood Center in Hampton. There, she read the book "Beachy and Me" by Bob Staake to multiple classes of early elementary schoolers. This is a special...
Denbigh High Hosts After Prom at Rebounderz
Every school has a Parent-Teacher Association. Many people have no idea what they do for their community or their kids other than send out the occasional newsletter home. Meet the Denbigh High School PTA/PTSA, consisting of a handful of parents who saw a need in their...
WHY VOLUNTEER?
1. GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH Okay, we know this sounds like we are making this one up, but in fact studies have shown that when you volunteer and put your energy into helping someone that your stress levels decrease, you get an increased sense of satisfaction, and your...
GIFT Grants from the Community Knights fund the Denbigh High School Math Department graphing calculators
The results from the Community Knights Gift Grant funding to Denbigh High School Math Department have been impactful, offering educational aids to students who otherwise would not have the tools to complete the mathematical coursework. Community Knights strive to...
Community Knights GIFT Grants Kickstarts Funding for the Renovation of Jones Magnet Middle School’s Planetarium
The results from the Community Knights GIFT Grant funding to the Jones Magnet Middle Planetarium has had a direct impact on its reopening by supporting the necessary renovations to have it back in working order. Community Knights strives to ensure GIFT grant awardees...
Community Knights GIFT Grants help make the Menchville Show Choir program accessible to all students
Community Knights strive to ensure GIFT grant awardees are innovating and growing their programs. Their primary goal in fundraising efforts and grant awards are based on community collaboration. The GIFT program has a few simple, yet strict, requirements: All grants...
September 2017 Grant Awards Announcement
Community Knights strive to ensure GIFT grant awardees are innovating and growing their programs. Their primary goal in fundraising efforts and grant awards are based on community collaboration. The GIFT program has a few simple, yet strict, requirements: All grants...
Community Knights GIFT Grants empowers Spratley 4th Graders to be Environmental Citizens
The results from the Community Knights grant funding to Spratley Gifted Center has been astounding; providing a learning experience that impacts lives and promotes ecological consciousness. Community Knights strive to ensure GIFT grant awardees are innovating...
Community Knights GIFT Grants Impact Phoebus High School Track Team
Phoebus High School Track Team is one of the original participants in Community Knights’ GIFT program. To date they have received $30,900 in grant funding over 4 years and 12 grants.
Jackpot Bash Fundraiser
Join us for oysters, food, beer and networking.
March 16, 2017
5:30 – 8:00PM
Tradition Brewing Company
Phoebus High School Culinary Arts Program Goes to the International Space Station!
The Phoebus High School Culinary Arts students are going out of this world as a dish they created as part of the HUNCH (High School Students with NASA to Create Hardware) Challenge in 2015 was headed for the International Space Station on April 8th. Their Jamaican...
Phoebus High School Girls Track Team Member is Named Daily Press All-Star
Amira Aduma, a stand out Phoebus High School Girls Track Team member, has been named the Daily Press female track all-star for the 2016 season. All of us at Community Knights are so proud of Ms. Aduma, who started off her indoor season with an injury, but came back...