ToastRVA will donate 10% of all food orders (including take-out) to WBCH. Monday, May 13, 5pm – 11pm Have you been to Toast and love it? Have you not been ...
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Byrd House Bash – April 27, 2013
Please join us as we celebrate the 90th anniversary of William Byrd ...
Grace Arents Library & Education Center
The WBCH building was built by philanthropist Grace Arents to house Richmond’s ...
Byrd House Market, Grace Arents Community Garden, Byrd House Farmlet
WBCH continues to transform lives and build self-sufficiency through innovative initiatives like ...
Children’s Services – Early Childhood Education
Early Childhood Education The Early Childhood Education Program, designed for children 3 ...
Children’s Services – After School
School Age/After-School Program The School-Age Program, state licensed and nationally accredited by ...
Family Support & Emergency Services
Financial assistance for housing stability as funds are available: rent, utilities. Food ...
Latest News
OPEN POSITION – Director of Children’s Services
TITLE: DIRECTOR OF CHILDREN’S SERVICES ROLE: The role of the Director of Children’s Services is to ensure the administration and operation of both the Early Childhood and After School Programs in a manner that will promote the best possible experience for each child enrolled in our programs; providing information and serving as a resource [...]
University of Richmond EarthLodge volunteers in Community Garden
Big thanks go out to our University of Richmond EarthLodge friends who volunteered in the Grace Arents Community Garden on Saturday. The weather was beautiful – sunny and in the 50′s. No sign of he snow that was to hit the next day. We weeded the planting area by the fruit path, turned compost and [...]
Get Your Tickets for the 2013 BYRD HOUSE BASH!
Please join us as we celebrate the 90th anniversary of William Byrd Community House with a night of good old southern hospitality, featuring a silent and live auction, live music, tastings from local restaurants, beer from Hardywood Park Craft Brewery, wine from Barboursville Vineyards and more! Saturday, April 27, 2013 7:30pm – 10:30pm Historic Tredegar 500 [...]
Collegiate Freshman Service Week
It’s February and that means Collegiate Freshman Service Week. This year we had 4 fantastic volunteers, Emily, Megan, Nicky and Nash. These 4 hardworking students helped out in every program area of the agency. A couple of hours each morning were spent in the preschool classroom with our Head Start program participants. Even teenagers have [...]
Hand knit scarves warm inside and out
Our friend, Annie Ranson, a Richmond high school student, hand knit over 20 scarves, delivered them in person and distributed them to our ECE program participants. A special delivery indeed and just in time for Richmond’s cold, wet, late February weather. Annie’s mom, Debby, taught her how to knit and came with her for the [...]
William Byrd meets Shakespeare
In September, our friends at the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at University of Richmond asked William Byrd to participate in a collaborative project for the Leadership on Stage and Screen course. Without hesitation we said YES. In this collaboration, Jepson students worked with 4 of our After School program participants: Alexandria Gardner, Michael Harvey, [...]
Capital One volunteers decorate WBCH for the holidays
Our friends at Capital One made the holidays very happy here at William Byrd. Leslie Kadel and her team – Cara, Tracy, Holly, Heather, Donna, Chantel and Cassy – brought a new wreath and garland for our front desk area and new ornaments for our lobby tree. They also provided a new tree and decorations [...]
William Byrd Community House 90th Anniversary
Story of the founding of William Byrd Community House In 1900, Sadie Cabaniss, Nursing School Superintendent at Old Dominion Hospital in Richmond, organized a nurses settlement house. The seven members of the nursing class of 1900 were among the first workers at the house. In 1901, the General Assembly of Virginia approved an act to [...]
VCU Unicef Chapter explores Mali with preschoolers
Starting in September 2012, the VCU chapter of UNICEF began engaging with preschool children at William Byrd Community House to teach them about global issues in different countries. Last semester, the children were learning about Mali through art projects and presentations from the chapter. Each week the children learned a vocabulary word native to Mali. [...]
Keiter volunteers choose William Byrd for day of service
On Friday, November 30, volunteers from Keiter spent the day at William Byrd assisting with several critical projects. A very motivated cleaning crew tackled the After School program area in basement. No dust bunnies were safe from their reach. Errant glitter proved a challenge but the team persevered. Meanwhile, an equally hard-working outdoor group was [...]
