CHS’s own waiting teen, Mark, takes front page and center stage in this article about adoption from foster care, as part of National Adoption Month. Click here to read the story in Urban Views Weekly.
One of our CHS families shared their inspirational story for a Father’s Day article in the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Read it by clicking on the link below. http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/local/a-family-since-oct-celebrates-father-s-day/article_c5d1ac8e-52e4-5883-8150-7e00bcf54c87.html
One of our amazing CHS families was featured in a Father’s Day spotlight by Richmond’s CBS6 TV. Watch their inspirational story by clicking on the link below. http://wtvr.com/2013/06/16/retired-chesterfield-father-adopts-5-children/
Children’s Home Society of Virginia, Coordinators2, and Virginia One Church One Child recently joined forces to form the Adoption Alliance to bring critical post-adoption respite services to families in need, and hoped to receive funding for the project through Richmond’s Impact 100. Each year, Richmond-area women collectively give a transformational gift of $100,000 to a […]
We at Children’s Home Society of Virginia (CHS) applaud the Commonwealth’s newly announced “Campaign for 1,000” initiative to match more of Virginia’s foster children with adoptive parents. It has always been our priority at CHS to find Virginia’s children safe, permanent homes, and we’re proud to be among those private agencies who work with the […]
CHS is thrilled to be a finalist in Impact 100’s Big Give, which will award a transformational $100,000 grant to a local non-profit on Tuesday, May 7! CHS joined with Coordinators2inc. and Virginia One Church One Child to form the Adoption Alliance — this Alliance would be the grant recipient. If we are selected as […]
CHS is thrilled to have the support of several generous sponsors, who have helped make our CHS Family 5K Run & Walk fundraising event possible. They include: Gold: Thompson McMullan Protiviti Silver: RCM&D Janney Montgomery Scott Bronze: New York Life If you are interested in learning more about sponsorship, please contact CHS Development Coordinator Kemper Thornton […]
Children’s Home Society, a 113-year old nonprofit group that places children with permanent families, has retained Burford Advertising as their agency of record. Burford created “The Wait Is Unbearable” print, web and TV ads. The TV ads will feature teens that are waiting to be adopted and local corporate sponsors who are donating money to […]
Sometimes, Richmond advertising veteran Doug Burford gets emotionally involved in his company’s projects. The pro bono campaign developed by his outfit, Burford Advertising Inc., for Children’s Home Society of Virginia is one of those projects. The campaign involves radio spots and a series of videos that showcase older children who want to be adopted — […]
CHS’s television campaign featuring teens waiting for adoption is supported by sponsorship from Estes Express Lines, and was created with Richmond agency veteran and children’s advocate Doug Burford of Burford Advertising.