VNG Donates $100,000 to Support Educational Equity for Virginia Beach Students

For more than 30 years, An Achievable Dream (AAD) has helped develop its students into independent, productive citizens through a social, academic, and moral education. AAD serves 2,200 students in three localities, and partners with public school districts, including Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS). AAD began its partnership with VBCPS in 2013 to provide children with a well-rounded educational experience that includes classroom teaching in addition to fostering interpersonal character- and relationship-building life skills.

An Achievable Dream believes that all children, regardless of their socioeconomic background can learn and succeed and has made a difference in the lives of countless local students and families. Through our long-standing partnership with AAD, Virginia Natural Gas has modeled citizenship by supporting the organization’s science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) activities as well as its diversity, equity and inclusion efforts by providing monetary donations and volunteers. Our support has helped students like Josiah (pictured), a 10th grader, build an extended family through AAD that has changed his life and expanded his horizons.

Recently, VNG expanded on our support of AAD by awarding the organization a $100,000 grant to further support the organization’s STEM-related resources and activities for students. The grant will also dedicate the Citizenship Classroom at Seatack Elementary, An Achievable Dream Academy, to continue fostering citizenship throughout the school and serve as a visual reminder of VNG’s commitment to AAD’s students.

Virginia Natural Gas plans to donate an additional $50,000 to AAD in 2023 to further support An Achievable Dream’s initiatives to garner citizenship and educational equity for Virginia Beach students. Follow our social media platforms to get the latest updates on this partnership.