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U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) today used a Senate floor speech to tell personal stories of Virginians impacted by federal employee furloughs and spending cuts mandated by the sequester.
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Celicity McLain is learning how to play the guitar by practicing on “Ode to Joy” at the Valley Music Academy through a program sponsored by the Waynesboro YMCA and the Waynesboro Rotary Club. The guitars are provided courtesy of the Fender Foundation, which has supplied instruments for children enrolled in the YMCA’s childcare program to use in classes at the Valley Music Academy in Waynesboro.
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The migration of women from the workforce into business ownership is one of the great economic realizations of the American Dream. The U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce has grown to more than 500,000 members. Most of our members are small business owners. And we aren’t opposing an increase in the minimum wage – we’re supporting it.
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Child Care Aware® of America Parent Leader Elly Lafkin met with the chairman of the Virginia Senate Education and Workforce Committee, Steve Martin, recently to discuss the lack of quality in child care programs around the state. Lafkin’s daughter died in a Shenandoah, Va., child care program in May 2012.
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With memories of long poll lines still fresh in the minds of many Virginia voters, House Republicans blocked an attempt to make voting more accessible by opposing legislation to extend polling hours from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Campaign Finance subcommittee Wednesday evening.
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During the second quarter, 2012, sixteen Augusta Health employees earned national certifications in their areas of expertise. These certifications require demonstration of extensive knowledge in a subject area, usually by examination
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The United Way of Greater Augusta impact funding to local program and services for 2012-2013 will be over $575,000 in direct dollar funding, the organization announced on Wednesday
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The Community Foundation of the Central Blue Ridge will announce $175,000 in competitive community grants
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Reignite your flame and fill your cup; this is the motto for this year’s Celebrating Teaching Conference held by Smart Beginnings Shenandoah Valley and RMH Childcare Connection. This day is one devoted to the professional development and education of childcare providers and pre-K teachers. The conference will be held in the CISAT Building on East…
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The Waynesboro Family YMCA is partnering with Virginia Premier Health Plan Inc. encouraging Medicaid recipients to adopt and maintain healthy living habits. A federal grant Program approved in the Affordable Care Act, under the Obama administration, promotes incentives for medicaid recipients who make an effort to control or lose weight, keep blood pressure and cholesterol…
