69 local Walmart Volunteers showed their community spirit and great work ethics on April 17th.  They spent 5 hours on two clean-up/spruce-up projects at Pocahontas State Park and Powhatan State Park.  They cleared over 5 acres, spread nearly 40 yards of mulch, and placed a ton of straw over 2,500lbs of new grass seed.  On behalf [...]

2013 GRANT SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN! KVB is proud to bring back our very successful and highly anticipated “30 Grants in 30 Days” program.  We would like to thank our generous sponsor for 2013; Lowe’s Home Improvement.  Without them, these grants would not be possible! The 2013 “30 Grants in 30 Days” program  is once again [...]

Are you ready for Eart h Day?  Our home base is in Richmond, and there are two great events right across the river from each other.  There are other Earth Day festivities just outside of town, and we’ve heard of celebrations in Northern Virginia, Tidewater, the Shenandoah Valley, the Mountains… It would seem that Virginia is excited about [...]

We’re like many of you and gearing up for Earth Day.  What started as an environmental movement has become an organized day of celebration and awareness of all that is great and good about our Earth.  Did you ever wonder how it all got started? Water. Our environmental movement isn’t really a new idea.  It’s been [...]

KVB TURNS 60!  How did we get here…

There are a number of signature events that we really like to get behind.  We are proud to help many each year with our 30 Grants in Thirty Days program .  We got to spearhead an initiative last year at the Richmond Folk Festival that turned it into a green bonanza, with recycling, cigarette litter prevention and thousands [...]

You’ve no doubt heard the stories of debris from the Japanese Tsunami washing up on the shores of the United States.  It’s kind of a fascinating study of ocean currents.  Small bits of plastic and wood are mixing with larger bits and pieces and ending up on the coastline from Alaska to California.  A soccer ball [...]