Freedom House earned $10,000 from the Caring House Project Foundation by hosting the national Survival to Thrival Tour last Sunday.
Frank McKinney, who created the foundation, had promised $25 to Freedom House for each guest who attended his motivational talk. When close to 400 homeless people and volunteer supporters showed up at the Conrad Center Soup Kitchen, he wrote a $10,000 check.
McKinney also gave his Marriott Hotel room to a homeless man for the night while he stayed at the homeless shelter. Changing places shows how close most of us are to both scenarios, either to losing what we have or to taking the first step necessary "for getting back on our feet and thriving in this great country," he said in an announcement of the donation.
McKinney, a luxury housing developer in Florida, plans to visit 16 shelters and soup kitchens on the East Coast this year as part of a focus on hunger and homelessness in the United States. His foundation previously has been involved in rebuilding Haiti.
Heart Walk raises a record $989,000
The Richmond Heart Walk last fall raised a record-breaking $989,000 for cardiovascular research and educational programs — exceeding the previous year's total by $178,000.
The top individual fundraisers were Jerry Grossman, $11,134; Ralph Costen, $8,480; Richie Whitt, $3,750; Bob Lauranzon, $2,275; and Francine Crutchfield, $2,000.
New Outlook Pioneers donate books for children
The Virginia Council of the New Outlook Pioneers, a unit of the Telephone Pioneers of America, distributed new storybooks to 1,836 kindergarten and first-grade students in the Head Start programs in Richmond and five surrounding counties (Charles City, Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico and New Kent) at a cost of $1,459. This was the 18th year for the donations.
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