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The Toolbox receives a multi-year funding commitment from Virginia Credit Union to expand youth development training opportunities

The $60,000 sponsorship will allow The Toolbox to expand development opportunities for youth programs and further emphasize important conversations surrounding youth development.

Two Lobs & Lessons program counselors began their journeys as participants

As children, Cameron Mattex and Mitsuko Cedras enrolled in programs offered by the VCU Mary and Frances Youth Center. Now they work as counselors for the same programs they attended. In 2015, Cameron Mattex and Mitsuko Cedras attended Discovery, a summer camp led by the Mary and Frances Youth Center for rising sixth- to eighth-graders. […]

VCU Mary and Frances Youth Center’s Lobs & Lessons program inducted into the Richmond Tennis Association Hall of Fame

Lobs & Lessons is a youth enrichment program that strengthens life skills, promotes academics and creates a path to higher education through the sport of tennis.