by Brandon Mercer | Mar 19, 2025 | blog, Featured, front gallery
Ruthie Abelson Olivas, one of GRIP’s newer board members, is a force in the community, a leader on the board of the Rosie the Riveter Trust and the League of Women Voters, active in the Rotary Club, and was named a 2024 Woman of the Year by Congressman John Garamendi....
by GRIP Cares | Dec 2, 2024 | Featured, front gallery, Front Page, News
It’s #GivingTuesday, December 2, 2024, when Americans focus not just on giving gifts, but on giving back, and GRIP is an ideal place to support this week. The Greater Richmond Interfaith Program and Souper Center (GRIP) works to serve the homelessness and hunger...
by Brandon Mercer | Nov 5, 2024 | front gallery, News, Uncategorized
The GRIP staff and community understand the importance of creating a real sense of “home” for the shelter’s families, with safe, welcoming spaces for residents of all ages to work, play, and rest. That’s why it’s critical that the team gather the resources to rehaul...
by Brandon Mercer | Aug 1, 2024 | blog, events, Featured, front gallery, News
The 38th annual Harmony Walk is October 5th, 2024 from 10am-1pm, and we’re expecting beautiful weather earlier in the season, and a huge turnout for this year’s more picnic-focused concept: A Harmony Walk In the Park. Instead of a run, the shorter event...
by Brandon Mercer | Dec 21, 2023 | Featured, blog, front gallery, Front Page
When people think of a “board of directors” they might imagine an illustrious cabal of gray-haired old men in three-piece suits, maybe seated in leather swivel chairs in a wood paneled office, aka “the Board Room,” making plans, the smell of...
by Brandon Mercer | Oct 31, 2022 | blog, events, Featured, front gallery, Front Page
Today may be Halloween, but the real fun was had Friday night as GRIP celebrated its annual Trunk or Treat tradition, with all the GRIP vehicles decked out in their ghouliest garb, trunks transformed into terrifying tarantulas, and, well, a pretty benign game of...