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Help Empower All Lives: Shineforth Campaign HEAL Collaborating with Community to Help Families
Many will remember 2020 as a particularly difficult year, and a year in which some families experienced major disruptions to their day-to-day. The...
How Jadie Reached Her Full Potential
There’s a charisma about Jadie that’s evident from the moment you meet her. Her infectious laugh, kind smile, and gentle demeanor take center stage....
Celebrating Nancy Toscano, Ph.D., LCSW, the Next Shineforth President & CEO
Nancy Toscano is a solutions-finder, a thought leader, and a visionary. She’s devoted the last 25 years not only to helping children, teens, and...
Celebrating Greg Peters, LCSW, the Outgoing Shineforth President & CEO
It’s difficult to define the impact and significance of Greg Peters’ 40-years of service to children, teens, and families. If given just a word, it...
Shineforth President & CEO Greg Peters to Retire; COO Nancy Toscano Named Successor
Dear Unwavering Champions in the Shineforth Community: Passion Unleashes Greatness is just one of our five core values at Shineforth, but it’s one...
The Case for Kinship Care
Every child has the right to grow up in a loving, safe and nurturing home environment with their parents, relatives or those with whom they have a...
Generation to Generation: A Legacy Born at the Orphanage
Annie Mae Abernathy lived a life of generosity. She was committed to serving others and had an inherent desire to open her heart and home to...
Shineforth Community Based Service Workers like Kyna “Extremely Willing” to Help During Health Crisis
Sometimes a mediator; sometimes a surrogate; always an unwavering champion for children, teens, and families. Family Support Specialists (FSS) help...
Shineforth Next Steps Toward Social Equity
What is Kinship Care? Shineforth VP of Programs Adalay Wilson Explains
The following is an interview with Adalay Wilson, Vice President of Programs at Shineforth. She’s been with the agency since 1989. Through the...
Celebrating the Shineforth Scholarship Recipients
Each year at the Shineforth Scholarship Reception, it’s our distinct honor to celebrate the young adults who are following their dreams of higher...
“Not as Fortunate in Other Parts of the World.” Through Collaboration, Shineforth Youth Counselor Brings Clean Water to Native Liberia
Georgia Thompson-Bates is an overnight youth counselor at the Shineforth Child & Family Healing Center in Richmond. A native of West Africa,...