Bob FM's Eric Worden races in the Step Up for The Up Center stair climbing competition.
Press Coverage and Information
Spotlight Books was featured on both WAVY-TV and WVEC-TV as part of their stories on the National Suit Drive.
Click here to view the Channel 13 story.
Click here to read the WAVY story.
Our Camp Horizon program for people with disabilitie was featured in The Virginian-Pilot. Click here to read the story.
The Up Center's Team Up program is featured nearly weekly on WAVY's Wednesday's Child. Click here to view some of the recent stories.
The Up Center's inaugural Step Up stair climbing event garnered much media attention including:
-10 articles online or in print in publications including:
- The Virginian-Pilot article on our boot camp with elite stair climbers
- Norfolk Compass article on firefighters taking the stairs in gear
- Health Journal (page 9 article) on the overall event
- The Flagship article on military members trying a 100 story climb
- Chesapeake Clipper article on a mentoring pair who are stepping up
-Numerous mentions on radio thanks to Eric Worden at BOB FM
-Stair climbing stories on at least 17 newscasts or television shows, including all four major local news channels, particularly WAVY TV. See one of the WAVY stories below:
-The Up Center's Vice President of Housing & Financial Counseling is frequently quoted in articles. Most recently in May 2010, he was quoted in an article in The Virginian-Pilot about foreclosures.
-A story on the role of military mentors in our Team Up program was included in all the regional military newspapers. Click here to read the article.
-The merging of Virginia Social Ventures into The Up Center was covered in Inside Business and also in The Virginian Pilot's Business section.
-The Up Center was listed as one of the region's Best Places to Work in Inside Business in 2009.
-The Up Center's role in Norfolk's Foreclosure Prevention Network was highlighted in an article in Hampton Roads section of The Virginian-Pilot in 2009.
-Agency volunteer Bill Howell was honored in a Thumbs Up article that appeared in the Chesapeake Clipper for his work in the agency's food pantry.
-Foster care and adoption success stories were featured in Mix Magazine and Tidewater Family magazine.
-WAVY TV helped The Up Center celebrate its 125th anniversary in October, 2008. Click the link below to see the story:
WAVY News Story (WMV format)
-The Up Center's Team Up Mentoring program was featured in a story on the front page of The Virginian-Pilot's Daily Break section. Click here to read the story.
