Author: daniela

It has been a while since we have posted any news. However, many changes have happened over the last months. Sarah had to leave us in August and we wish her well. Just recently, at the end of August, Timo Giersch has joined Building a Bridge. He just finished High School in Germany. His parents are good friends of our resident counselors Daniela and Guido Kramp. Inspired by their change of life, he decided to spend a year with us before he will start college. He certainly will receive a great deal of new experiences while he lives and works as a volunteer in the Lexington House with Mary, Dave and David.

Just last week, Timo enjoyed together with Dave his first UVA football game against Richmond. They had a great time.
Welcome Timo!

Exciting news for all of us:
As of the beginning of June, our friend Mary is a member of Building a Bridge. Since more than a year, she visited us on Wednesdays to join the art therapy where she showed her amazing artistic talent. Everyone enjoyed Mary so much that we could hardly wait for her to be a part of our community. After waiting patiently, she could finally join and just moved into the Lexington house to share her life with David, David, and Sarah, and of course the rest of us.
We welcome you Mary!

The three friends from the Belmont house, Joan, Kevin, and Scott, and Sarah had a wonderful week of vacation up in Martha’s Vineyard. They were invited by Karen, Scott’s sister, and her husband Mike who spend several months in that area. All of them agreed that they had a great time on the beach, lots of fun and adventures. Boston was also included in the trip. Please go to our photo gallery and see some of the photos Joan had taken.

Wonderful news: Daniela and Guido Kramp just joined Building a Bridge as new staff members. They arrived only a few weeks ago, freshly imported from Hamburg, Germany. Not only did they come with lots of energy, motivation and good sense of humor but also with their two children Jeremy and Justin.

While they still fight bureaucracy and wait for the container with all their household goods, they already started to take charge of many tasks and care for the Belmont house.

We are all very excited to have them with us and cordially welcome them. Please check our staff site for more info.

Last Saturday, we all spent a wonderful afternoon at the reception of our Art Show; it was a great success. Many of our friends and families came to visit and joined us to see the work of the artists of Building a Bridge. Old friends who have not seen each other in a long time could catch up again, thoughts about the art work was shared, food was enjoyed, and many photos were taken. Please visit our photo gallery and see some shots taken that afternoon.

We thank everyone who visited and contributed to make this afternoon very special to all of us.
We would like to take this opportunity to announce our next Art show in February 2009 at the McGuffy Art Center here in Charlottesville. Until then, please contact us if you wish to meet the artists personally.

After our residents participated in the VSA Annual Art Exhibit in the beginning of 2008 (see our photo gallery), the artists of Building a Bridge will exhibit at C-ville Coffee during the month of April. We all are very excited about the upcoming show and invite you to join us for the reception on April 5th between 2-4pm. C-ville Coffee is located in Charlottesville, 1301 Harris Street. We are looking forward seeing you again or for the first time.