Our Stories - Community Knights

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 organizations...

8 Cool Facts About Volunteerism

The dictionary definition of volunteering is simple; "to help". Here at Community Knights, we believe in the power of a community. Through the donation of time, efforts, funds, and support, passionate individuals with a desire to improve their environment have...

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...

Jackpot Bash 2018 Save the Date!

It's time to grow Community Knights with our annual Jackpot Bash! Monday, October 1, 2018 5:30 - 8:00pm @ The Grey Goose 118 Old Hampton Ln Hampton, VA 23669 This event is a fundraiser for Community Knights to raise awareness about our program and to fund further out...