William Byrd Community House will hold its annual CARNIVAL on Thursday, August 20, 2009 from 4:00- 7:00 pm. Traditionally for WBCH program participants and their families, this year’s event is open to the public. Come and visit the information and enrollment booths for our Early Childhood Education (ages 3-5), AfterSchool (ages 5-12), and Career Readiness programs (ages 14-24), as well as our Library & Byrd House Market and Family Support & Emergency Services programs.

The annual CARNIVAL co-sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Richmond and Capital One will feature games, arts and craft activities, moon bounces, slides, food and drink.

Founded in 1923, William Byrd Community House provides a full range of prevention-oriented, community-based programs to empower the individual, strengthen the family, and enhance neighborhoods. William Byrd Community House gives the working poor access to services for their most pressing needs such as viable housing, health care, employment and education. The goal of the agency is to work with community partners to find the appropriate pathway to success for those who walk through the door looking for help.

For more information contact Jessica Turner, Development Associate at 643-2717 or jturner@wbch.org.

September 12 may be the opening date for Center Stage, but it is also the date of the Benny’s Reunion. Kozmicsdogz has the details.

Benny’s was a club on Main Street across from Monroe Park where in the 80s every band in Richmond played and is now a part of the collective unconsciousness of those old enough to remember and even those who only remember through a haze of smoke and beer.

The club is gone but Benny Waldbauer the owner and general manger is not. This September 12th at the Playing Field at 7801 W. Broad you can see some of the bands from the past at the Benny-Fit For Hospice.

The lineup so far includes: Beex, Dirty Secrets, Diversions, The Big Good Guys, the Ortotonics, and White Cross.

Also see previous post by clicking here.