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Feed Our Families for the Holidays
Feed Our Families for the Holidays 2017 This year Build A Village was able to help feed two families for the holidays. It is our goal to do our part small or grand to serve people in our communities.
Back to School
Back to School Assistance 2017 Each year BAV is honored to be able to assist families by providing school supplies. This year we partnered with the Arnette House to provide school supplies for 20+ children. The Arnette House provides emergency shelter and counseling services to youth. If you would like to donate to Arnette house or towards any BAV efforts please see the link below. Link us on Facebook for updates on events and how you can be apart! https://www.facebook.com/BuildAVillageNonprofit/ Donate to Arnette House: https://arnettehouse.org/ Donate to Build A Village Nonprofit: http://bavinc.org/ Back to School Assistance 2015 Build A Village, Inc. is working with local nonprofits to provide low income families with school supplies. We were able to send two kids back to school fully loaded! Our next goal is to help at least two families this Thanksgiving and Christmas. Help us provide food and toys to family who may not be able to enjoy these upcoming holidays. Thank you again for all of your continued support for our communities!
Summer Assistance
It is always a joy and privilege to help families in need. This summer we were able to help a family of 6 take their children to a national bible quizzing competition. These children worked hard to learn 276 scriptures and it showed when they came in at the top out of their entire state. Check out their story below: “I wanted to write this thank you note to Build A Village. My daughter and her bible quizzing team worked really hard this year. They learned 276 scriptures from the book of ACTS, as well as made it to Nationals in Missouri!!! I was so excited and still am that they made it to Nationals. However I have a family of 6 and was very concerned about how to travel with my children and keep them fed while away in Missouri for a week. My hubby has to either stay and work or take time off and keep the two youngest children. So it would either be me and 4 children or me and 2. Prayerfully I will only have to take two, but that is still up in the air. What is not up in the air at this point ...
Christmas Assistance
BAV is honored yet again to have been able to help a struggling family of 4 to bring smiles to their children's faces on Christmas day! If you would like to participate in helping our communities, you can help by clicking the donate here button on our website! www.bavinc.org! [caption id="attachment_313" align="alignnone" width="197"] BAV was able to help a single mother of 3 bring smiles to her children's faces this Christmas![/caption]
Thanksgiving Assistance
BAV is honored to have been able to help two struggling families (one family of 5 and another family of 6) with groceries for Thanksgiving! We are preparing to do the same for Christmas! If you would like to help us bring the joy of Christmas to a family this year, you can help by clicking the donate here button on our website! www.bavinc.org!
Empowering Youth to Move Forward
Build A Village, Non-Profit, Inc is still working toward empowering youth to move forward in their personal lives. Our C.E.O. Lanette West-Johnson is thrilled to be attending the high school graduation of one of our mentees in June. This student is currently being mentored by our C.E.O. and plans on attending college in the Fall.
BAV sends a student to camp
BAV is at it again, touching the life of a person in our community by sending a young man to camp for a week this summer. See this student's story below. "Yes, well. My name is J.F.. The reason why I couldn't pay for camp myself is because well my dad is on disability and only gets a certain amount per month on the 3rd of every month and after we pay bills and get stuff for my house we have zero dollars left. We don't even have a car right now and on top of that my dad has CML Leukemia. I would really like to go to youth camp this coming Monday. If you could help me out, all I can say is thanks." For more information regarding the camp, please be sure to visit www.vdym.org. It is always a pleasure to touch a life.
Send a Kid to Youth Camp
This year, Build A Village is sponsoring a youth to go to youth camp. See this youth's touching story requesting assistance here: "Yes, well. My name is J.F.. The reason why I couldn't pay for camp myself is because well my dad is on disability and only gets a certain amount per month on the 3rd of every month and after we pay bills and get stuff for my house we have zero dollars let. We don't even have a car right now and on top of that my dad has CML Leukemia. I would really like to go to youth camp this coming Monday. If you could help me out, all I can say is thanks." The cost for registration is $170. Please help us to send this young man to youth camp by clicking the link on our main page to Donate!
“Women Embracing Each Other”, held on May 18, 2013 was a great success
BAV brought several beautiful ladies together as one uniform team. The companionship, friendship, love, agreement, relaxation and comfort with this group of women was built on trust, as they discussed their businesses, growth in their careers and new initiatives to move upward in their lives. The ladies all had enjoyable time at the meeting, laughing and embracing each other. We at BAV would like to thank each and every lady for attending the event; we appreciate your support and look forward to you attending other meetings in the future. BAV realize many other women were not able to attend the event due to other obligations, you were all missed. We look forward to having our next event soon. BAV wants to give a big thank you to our “CHEF” that prepared the food. What a great meal! We look forward to you and your team preparing more meals for our upcoming events. In addition, BAV would like to thank our two “SPEAKERS” that gave the ladies some meaningful information to use in their personal and professional aspects of their lives. ...
BAV Hosts “Women Embracing Each Other” May 18, 2013
Build A Village's C.E.O. Ms. Dorthienyer West Johnson will be hosting "Women Embracing Each Other" on May 18, 2013 in Silver Springs Maryland. This meeting will bring together the minds of small business owners in the Maryland area. This will be a time of fun, fellowship and networking. If you are a woman owned small business and are interested in attending, please contact us at 240-776-2228 or by emailing info@bavinc.org.
