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Michael Walker and his exuberant, high-flying daughter, Sage, 6, share the stage Sunday at the eighth annual
Date With Dad Dinner and Dance at the Trinity Family Life Center on North Side. The event, organized locally by CAMP DIVA, was part of Date With Dad Weekend 2015, which is intended to draw dads and daughters closer together.
The unifying event was part of the Date With Dad Weekend 2015, held March 20 through 22 at various Richmond locations. Other father-daughter events were held at the Downtown YMCA on Friday, a 5K race and block party at Armstrong High School on Saturday, and a father-daughter dance
for inmates at the Richmond Justice Center on Saturday. The weekend of activities is to strengthen the bonds between fathers and their daughters, according to the two organizing groups, Richmond-based CAMP DIVA, which is a part of the national organization Girls for a Change. Several celebrities appeared in Richmond for the events, including actor Chad L. Coleman of the hit AMC television show “The Walking Dead.” On March 17, Mayor Dwight C. Jones officially commended the girls for belonging to CAMP DIVA.
Robert W. Brown Jr. shares a treasured moment Sunday with his daughters, Kendell, 2, and Morgan, 4, at the Trinity Family Life Center on North Side.
Cori Bernal, left, and Ginette Perea dance the flamenco to the music of Spanish guitar maestro Michael “Miguelito” Perez. They were among the crowd-pleasing artists who performed at the VCU Flamenco Festival V last Saturday. Location: The Singleton Center for the Performing Arts on the campus of Virginia Commonwealth University.
Mothers from the Richmond Chapter of Jack and Jill of America gather at Lucille Brown Middle School, where they conducted a career readiness program recently for young girls in a special mentoring program. The volunteers also provide tutoring and lessons in etiquette, dress and hair care to the group. Their efforts are supported by a grant from the National Jack and Jill Foundation. The Richmond Free Press donated newspapers and tickets for the students to attend the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus at the Richmond Coliseum.
This barrier now detours traffic from Fairmount Avenue, one block from the avenue’s intersection with 25th Street, Nine Mile Road and S Street. There, heavy equipment is digging up asphalt to create a new roundabout that will replace traffic lights at the busy intersection. Simons Contracting was awarded a $784,500 contract for the work that will disrupt traffic for three months. Total project cost: $1.2 million.