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Champions of Success
Champions of Success St. Elizabeth School Honors COO, Kenyetta McCurdy-Byrd ENTER TO LEARN… LEAVE TO SERVE… Kenyetta McCurdy Byrd has taken these words to heart from her graduation night in June 1990 to her current position as Chief Operating Officer of Reach...
Volunteers pass out 250 turkeys to Wilmington neighborhoods ‘devastated’ by Hurricane Ida
Volunteers pass out 250 turkeys to Wilmington neighborhoods 'devastated' by Hurricane Ida Hannah Edelman I Friday, November 19, 2021 I Delaware News JournalAlmost three months after remants of Hurricane Ida flooded Wilmington’s Riverside and 11th Street Bridge...
Today’s Awesome
Today's Awesome - Community Leaders Bring Turkeys, Hope to Wilmington Ahead of Thanksgiving By DJ McAneny I Published November 19, 2021 I WDEL.com Delaware leaders and community organizers were out in force at Wilmington's Kingswood Community Center Friday helping...
Reaching For the Future
A RIVERSIDE NONPROFIT IS HELPING TO BREAK THE CYCLE OF POVERTY BY CREATING TOOLS FOR PROSPERITY IN ONE OF WILMINGTON’SSTRUGGLING NEIGHBORHOODS. BY LAURA KURZ, DELAWARE TODAY Logan Herring, founder of REACH Riverside/WRK Group, is on a mission to blur the racial divide...
Hurricane Ida Relief Fund – Community Announcement
As many of you know, the Riverside and 11th Street Bridge neighborhoods are still experiencing the fallout and challenges left in Hurricane Ida’s wake. Many of our neighbors remain displaced due to the damage their homes sustained. Others have been able to return to...
ChristianaCare Virtual Health
ChristianaCare Virtual Health at Kingswood Community Center It’s easy. It’s available anywhere or at the Kingswood Community Center. We make doing what’s best for you and your family’s health: Super convenient Easy to reach Custom to you Fully coordinated We help you...
There’s Plenty in the House for Everyone
There's Plenty in the House for EveryoneThe WRK Group (The Warehouse, REACH Riverside, and Kingswood Community Center) believe it is a basic human right to have regular access to nutritious food items. Unfortunately, we also know that our community is located in an...
Get Your GED Today!
Get Your GED Today! What is a GED? The GED is a high school equivalency diploma, so you can use it to apply to college or for a job resume, just like you would with a high school diploma. More than 98 percent of schools in the United States accept the GED, including...
Community Job Fair
Community Job FairLooking for a new employment opportunity?Interested in construction?Want to make a positive impact in theRiverside neighborhood?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Z7B4z8oQY0Then stop by the Kingswood Community Center Job Fair on April 7, 2021 from...
Weatherize Your Home!
Weatherize Your Home!Too often, our neighbors are faced with the decision to heat or eat.Should I pay to heat my home this month or do I pay for my family to eat? This dilemma is only heightened during winter months as a larger percentage of household incomes are...
REACH Riverside Welcomes New Board Member
REACH Riverside Welcomes New Board Member, Daniel Shoy, Jr.Wednesday, February 3, 2021 – REACH Riverside (REACH), a member of the WRK Group (The Warehouse, REACH, and the Kingswood Community Center) announces the appointment of a new member to its Board of Directors...
Logan Herring is one of Delaware Online’s, Most Influential Delawareans!
We are so proud of our very own, Logan Herring, CEO of REACH Riverside, Kingswood Community Center and The Teen Warehouse, for making the list as one of Most Influential Delawareans by Delaware Online.
Urban Garden Initiative finds fertile ground in effort to attack food deserts
Millennial Summit leaves Chase Center for 3-day virtual conference
It’s Time To Find Examples of ‘Purposeful Bias’ and Eliminate Them (DBT)
VOICES: Logan Herring seeks ways to “help the community”
Joe Biden meets with community leaders in Wilmington, DE: ABC News
Conversations from Quarantine – Teleduction
Chromebook giveaway aims to bridge digital divide for kids in Wilmington
Coping with COVID-19: Supporting Our Teens
The Riverside Relief Fund is launched. Here’s how to get involved.
REACHing out to help Wilmington cope with COVID-19 crisis.
A Place To Call Their Own
Wilmington’s Youth contributes to Teen Warehouse by painting a mural
The Warehouse prepares to open its doors to Wilmington teens
Dozens of students paint new mural honoring MLK in Wilmington
Volunteers Hit the Streets for for MLK Community Cleanup
Dozens of students paint new mural honoring MLK in Wilmington
March for unity, community service and clean-up projects highlight MLK Day in Wilmington
Mayor Purzycki Commemorates Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service with Series of Events in Wilmington
CSC Donates $100K to REACH Riverside
Rethinking detention: Howard High tests new, more engaging approach to student discipline
“The Warehouse” Receives Grant
The Warehouse receives $10,000 from NCC Cares!
The Warehouse gets New Castle County grant to help with programs for teens
The Warehouse receives $10,000 from NCC Cares and County Executive Matt Meyer!
REACH Riverside Launches “The Warehouse” to Revolutionize Teen Engagement in Wilmington
A 2017 recipient of The Pete duPont Freedom Foundation Reinventing Delaware recognition, The Warehouse will develop a teen-led co-working and service delivery space in the former Prestige Academy building on Thatcher Street, at the southern end of the Riverside community.
With $1 Million Gift to Riverside Area Revitalization, Christiana Care Makes an Impact on Community Health
As Wilmington’s Riverside community embarks on an extraordinary revitalization effort, Christiana Care Health System is making an impact on health with a $1 million gift to REACH Riverside Development Corporation that will support community health and youth development programs.
Wilmington residents starting to decide if they want to move back into a reimagined Riverside
Various residents talk with nonprofit employees involved in the Riverside redevelopment, getting a glimpse at what the neighborhood could look like after visiting Obery Court in Annapolis.
Revitalization efforts underway in Northeast Wilmington & the Riverside neighborhood!
A message from Charlie, Logan & the entire REACH Riverside Team about what the coming months will bring.
Wilmington’s Riverside Neighborhood is Named as the 19th Purpose Built Community in the U.S.
The goal of this community-based effort is neighborhood revitalization in order to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty by creating pathways out of poverty.
SPECIAL EDITION: Lunch & Learn
Lunch & Learn: Episode 1
Featuring Rita Landgraf, Director of Partnership for Healthy Communities at University of Delaware and Michelle Pope Director of Community Engagement at Nemours Children's Health.
Lunch & Learn: Episode 2
Featuring Melody Phillips, Director of Operatons at The Warehouse and Khi'Aire Martin and Nysir Wright, teen employees at The Warehouse.
Lunch & Learn: Episode 3
Featuring James "Ray" Rhodes, Executive Director at Christina Cultural Arts Center, Markevis Gideon, Founder of NERDiT NOW, and Jaki Bland, Riverside Resident.
Lunch & Learn: Episode 4
Featuring Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester, Wilmington City Council President Hanifa Shabazz and District 1 Councilwoman Zanthia Oliver.
