Youth Board News
Apr 8, 2021 - Area students are invited to apply to join the Harvest Youth Board, a high-impact organization focused on issues that affect young people in Martinsville-Henry County. -
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Oct 9, 2020 - Martinsville, Va. — The Henry-Martinsville Department of Social Services (DSS) is enhancing its foster care program with the installation of a new playground and visitation area for families. -
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Dec 23, 2019 - The Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), Patrick Henry Lodge No. 73, received a $3,500 grant from the Harvest Youth Board to serve 68 children in the Cops and Kids program this year. -
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Nov 11, 2019 - The Harvest Youth Board is seeking diners, drivers and other volunteers for its fourth annual Thanksgiving Eve dinner. -
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Oct 28, 2019 - The Harvest Youth Board helped bring the Speediatrics Fun Day Festival to the Martinsville Speedway for the first time with a $5,000 grant. -
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Sep 24, 2019 - QuickStart Tennis of Central Virginia, Inc. (QCV) is has completed its tenth year of serving the Central Virginia community. -
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Jun 18, 2019 - Smart Beginnings Martinsville Henry received a $2,500 grant from the Harvest Youth Board to support the Dolly Parton Imagination Library in Martinsville-Henry County, which serves approximately 1,700 children. -
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Nov 7, 2018 - The Harvest Youth Board will help the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), Patrick Henry Lodge #73, surpass its goal of serving more children in the Santa, Cops and Kids program this year with a $7,500 grant award. -
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Nov 1, 2018 - The Harvest Foundation and Harvest Youth Board will partner on a project led by Grace Network of Martinsville & Henry County, Feeding Hope in MHC, to reduce food waste and further assist local families who are food insecure. -
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May 12, 2018 - The Harvest Youth Board will support college guides at Martinsville, Bassett and Magna Vista high schools with a $5,000 grant to help more students plan their futures after high school, whether they are joining the workforce, attending college or enrollin -
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Mar 29, 2018 - The Harvest Youth Board will help more than 250 area children receive free books with a $7,000 grant to United Way of Henry County and Martinsville and Smart Beginnings Martinsville Henry supporting the Dolly Parton Imagination Library. -
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Dec 12, 2017 - The Harvest Youth Board will help make Christmas brighter this year through a $5,000 grant to Charity League of Martinsville & Henry County for its Brighter Christmas program. -
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Nov 28, 2017 - The Harvest Youth Board served traditional Thanksgiving dinners, with extra helpings of good will, community spirit and youthful energy, to thousands of area residents on Nov. 22. -
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Oct 25, 2017 - The voice of youth is important to the future of a community. For that reason, empowering young people now will make them better leaders in the future. -
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Oct 5, 2017 - The Thanksgiving Eve dinner sponsored by The Harvest Youth Board has been named for the late Dr. W. Dan Prince III. -
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Sep 18, 2017 - The Harvest Foundation’s Youth Board has been invited to make a presentation about its formation, mission and accomplishments at the national annual convention of the Grantmakers for Education organization. -
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Aug 12, 2017 - Seven new members have joined the Youth Board of The Harvest Foundation with goals that include helping the community and growing their own leadership skills. -
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Aug 11, 2017 - Departing members of the Youth Board of The Harvest Foundation were celebrated Thursday for their impact on the community and its youth, their strong work ethic and the unique traits each brought to the board. -
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Aug 3, 2017 - The Harvest Youth Board is helping area students get ready for the new school year with a $5,000 grant to The Community Fellowship for its Back2School 2017 event. -
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Mar 9, 2017 - Interest in serving on the Harvest Youth Board is far exceeding organizers’ expectations. An informational meeting on Monday, March 6 attracted more than 50 students and their parents, nearly double the 30 people that the Harvest Youth Board had anticipat -
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Feb 23, 2017 - Aviana Turner stepped on a circle in the Mount Olivet Elementary School gym and picked up a child-sized tennis racket, one of the first times she had ever held a racket. -
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Feb 15, 2017 - Harvest Youth Board members are hosting an information session at New College Institute on March 6 and 16, 2017 to share more about their program with prospective members. -
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Feb 1, 2017 - Charlottesville, Virginia (2/1/2017) – QuickStart Tennis of Central Virginia, Inc. (QCV) is pleased to report four additional schools have been equipped as part of QCV’s Jump Start QuickStart Tennis Initiative in southside Virginia. -
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Dec 14, 2016 - Just weeks after serving 1,704 dinners to area residents on Thanksgiving Eve, the Harvest Youth Board is looking at how it can make next year’s dinner even bigger and better. -
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Nov 25, 2016 - More than 1,700 area residents enjoyed an early Thanksgiving dinner — turkey, ham and all the fixings — courtesy of The Harvest Youth Board. -
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Nov 17, 2016 - The Nov. 23 Thanksgiving Eve dinner is more than a meal. It is evidence of the commitment by former and current Harvest Youth Board members to serving the local community. -
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Nov 14, 2016 - In the spirit of the season, The Harvest Foundation Youth Board is inviting area residents to dinner on Thanksgiving Eve. -
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Oct 24, 2016 - QuickStart Tennis of Central Virginia recently received a grant of $4,140 from the Harvest Youth Board to introduce “kid-sized” tennis into physical education classes (PE) in Martinsville and Henry County. -
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Sep 16, 2016 - Five new members have been named to the Youth Board of The Harvest Foundation. Sean Arroyo, Sophia Esdaile, Devin Page, Laura Painter and Julian Vaughn will fill the seats of board members whose terms expired July 31. -
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Sep 16, 2016 - With its first, largely organizational year behind it, the Harvest Foundation Youth Board is ready to start working to make a difference in the community. That is the consensus of Youth Board officers who lead the board for 2016-2017. -
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Aug 19, 2016 - The Smith River Sports Complex (SRSC) plans to broaden the age appeal of the children’s playground by enhancing it with a $2,500 grant from the Harvest Youth Board. -
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May 20, 2016 - The Martinsville-Henry County YMCA received a $2,500 grant from the Harvest Youth Board to help fund swimming lessons for approximately 750 first grade students in the area. -
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Feb 4, 2016 - Applications are now open for students in Martinsville and Henry County to apply to serve on the Harvest Foundation Youth Board. -
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Feb 2, 2016 - Harvest Youth Board members have a voice in the future of Virginia's economy! -
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Dec 8, 2015 - Members of the Harvest Foundation Youth Board are giving back to the community with a donation to help a local Christmas tradition continue its mission. -
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Oct 20, 2015 - The Harvest Foundation Youth Board is giving young people a voice in the community they did not have before, according to the board's chairman. -
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Jun 26, 2015 - Thirteen area teenagers have been named to the new Harvest Foundation Youth Board, which will develop projects and initiatives that are important to young people of Henry County and Martinsville. -
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