Our Stories - Community Knights

YVC of Hampton Roads

https://youtu.be/H9WcJ2C438c 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

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...

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...

Giving Back with Bingo Fundraiser

Community Knights, Inc. in the news the week! "NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — A Peninsula organization is working to give back to the community one bingo game at a time. Community Knights, Inc. holds bingo in Newport News two days a week. The...

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...

Funding Therapeutic Support Through a Velvet-Eyed Horse

Community Knights is joining the ranks of fairy tale heroes by sponsoring a faithful horse, Macy. She is a 19-year-old Quarter horse that provides therapy services through Dream Catchers at the Cori Sikich Therapeutic Riding Center. Macy has been a crowd favorite at...

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.

Made For More hosts Youth Leadership Retreat

On January 27th through 29th, Made For More, Inc. hosted a Youth Leadership Retreat for 32 Newport News students at Watermarks Camp in Scottsville, Virginia. The theme for the Camp was “Answering the Call” and was designed to equip youth who have demonstrated...

Jackpot Bash Fundraiser

Join us for oysters, food, beer and networking.
March 16, 2017
5:30 – 8:00PM
Tradition Brewing Company

Phoebus Phantom Mentalist Competed in Rumble in the Roads

On Saturday, November 5, 2016, the Phoebus Robotics Team, the Phantom Mentalists, who have been partnered with Community Knights since the introduction of the GIFT program, competed at the 3rd annual Rumble in the Roads robotics tournament at Menchvhille High School. Over the past year, the Phantom 11-5-16-3Mentalists have earned numerous awards and have achieved their greatest success

Menchville Guitar Chamber Ensemble Plays for the Newport News State of the City Address

The Menchville guitar chamber ensemble is composed of 8 young people who range from grades 9 through 12. The group performed at the “State of the City” luncheon held in Newport News. They were able to play for numerous dignitaries such as the Newport News mayor, the...

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...

Phoebus High FIRST Team Kicks off the 2016 Build Season!

The students and mentors of Phoebus High School’s the Phantom Mentalists, Team 2028 in FIRST Robotics, are gearing up for the 2016 competition kickoff taking place tomorrow, January 9th. At the kickoff, this seasoned group of young engineers will discover the game that they will create a robot to compete in this season. In a build cycle that lasts a mere 6 weeks, the team must design, build, and test their robot.
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Smart-One, Inc

This Non-Profit works with children and adults who have disabilities and their families. They provide recreational activities and educational opportunities. One of their recent events was a indoor soccer parent vs. kids game to finish off their season. This is just one of the many programs we support with grants from the proceeds from our bingo games.
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