Local Projects

STEM RVA partnership with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Richmond (BGCMR)
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STEM RVA is very excited to partner with BGCMR to support the students through a variety of STEM related activities. We conducted a weeklong summer camp at BGCMR in June and interacted with over 50 students at the club.

We are also planning to conduct more such workshops and camps round the year and help the students gain skills in the following areas:

  1. Programming in Python
  2. Build and Program Robots
  3. Chess and developing analytical skills
  4. Math improvement classes

Books and Educational Supplies Drive for BCGMR

The Boys and Girls Clubs are in need of gently used books, educational toys and supplies for its club members.

We are currently collecting these items through our ongoing drives.

Please contact us via email if you like to donate new or gently used books, educational toys, puzzles, Lego building sets, chess sets, math practice books, board games, wooden building sets and used kindles or tablets.

Science Research Awareness

We reached out to Moody Middle School in the Fall of 2022 to talk to over 85 students about the importance of STEM and conducting research and offered research mentorships with high school students who are conducting research and homework help sessions to any students who were interested.

Spring Break Chess Workshop Richmond

STEM RVA conducted a 3-day chess workshop in April 2023 that was attended by over two dozen elementary and middle-school children.

Students were taught openings, tactics, learned from Grandmaster games, and played against each other and the Chess Coaches teaching the workshop. At the end, kids played in a tournament with three rounds of game and were given some individual feedback on their games.

The kids enjoyed learning and playing during the workshop and the coaches shared the STEM RVA mission and collected some charity donations for their cause of providing a quality education to children in Richmond and communities in Ethiopia and India.