A Message from the Office of Community Programs

Rebuilding Together with Christmas in April and VCU are joining with other Richmond organizations to help change the lives and living conditions of more than 50 people by repairing and rehabilitating their homes. This nationwide event is held annually the last Saturday of April, allowing over 1,000 volunteers to make major and minor repairs to qualified homes in order to make them warm, safe and dry.

VCU alumna stocks care in local cupboards

What items are necessary to begin your day or to clean your home? Many people don’t think twice about spending a few extra dollars on popular brand-named shampoos or scented floor cleaners.
But those less fortunate don’t have that option. Even those on food stamps sometimes do without because food stamps do not cover most cleaning and personal care items.

News Briefs

Elizabeth Smart returns to family Elizabeth Smart, who was kidnapped at knifepoint from her bedroom June 5, 2002, was returned to her family Wednesday. Police officers found her walking in a suburb of Salt Lake City with Brian David Mitchell, 49, a religious fanatic, and his wife Wanda Ilene Barzee, 59.