Registration now open for virtual fitness challenge for kids age 4-17 RICHMOND, VA – Sports Backers and Kids Run RVA today announced that the new ‘Kids Challenge: Virtual Edition’ will launch on October 5, with registration now open at www.sportsbackers.org. The program will encourage Richmond-area kids and their families to keep moving on their own on a daily basis throughout […]

By: Jacki Quinlan, Director of Community Outreach In March, when schools and the rest of the world as we knew it shut down, kids all around the Richmond region found themselves stuck at home trying to continue their school curriculum from their laptops and tablets.  Sports teams came to an abrupt end, run clubs weren’t able to meet, basketball nets […]

By: Chaz Coleman, Kids Run RVA Program Manager The fight for equity in America for Black people and people of color is an ongoing battle. Here in Richmond, Virginia, the former capital of the Confederacy during the Civil War, there are daily reminders about the struggle for equal rights, with references to the Confederate legacy found in monuments, school names, […]