Building the Future of our Youth with CHoR in 2024
Capital Square’s philanthropic partnership with the Children’s Hospital of Richmond (CHoR) at VCU is a cherished component of our “Capital Square Cares” community impact strategy, and in 2024, our work with CHoR continued to grow.
A trio of year-end events further enabled us to amplify these efforts focused on building the future of our youth.
The First Annual CHoR Thanksgiving Parade
As the season of thanks started, our team participated in the first ever Children’s Hospital Thanksgiving Parade, hosted in partnership with the child life team and Children’s Hospital Foundation. This special opportunity provided a holiday experience for the children missing their traditions at home, and our team was proud to inspire smiles and laughter as we introduced floors and floors of patients in the hospital to our festive Tom Turkey float.
The 2024 Radiothon
For the third year in a row, Capital Square team members were on the phones and on the radio during the 36 Hours for Kids Radiothon for the Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU. Through the hard work of countless volunteers, staff, local radio talent and the community-at-large, CHOR exceeded their fundraising goal, raising a total of $156,380.00. Our hope is that our continued partnership in this annual effort has a lasting impact that advances pediatric care for not only patients in central Virginia but also patients from around the country who visit this award-winning pediatric hospital.
Capital Square’s Annual CHoR Toy Drive
In 2023, Capital Square collected over 150 toys for the patients of the Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU who needed to spend their holiday season away from home. In 2024, this number rose to 194 donated toys. Every child deserves a special surprise in the holiday season, and we were once again honored to help this cause.
In late 2024, at a company gathering, Capital Square’s founder and co-CEO, Louis Rogers, joked that sometimes Capital Square seems like a philanthropic organization that also happens to be a vertically integrated real estate company. He noted our donations of eclipse glasses to children in Latin America and over 200 books to the Children’s Museum of Richmond’s book bank, our “LemonAid” stands across the state of Virginia, the statewide diaper drive for Little Hands Virginia and so much more. Our team certainly had a drive for impact creation in 2024.
Still, amidst our daily work building legacies for investors, transforming Capital Square’s place in the U.S. real estate industry, we continue to rally our team to be the change needed in the communities where we work, live, build and invest.
Our economic impact in cities like Richmond, Raleigh, Charleston and Knoxville can be profound. The opportunity to enhance young lives, building the future of our youth, is equally so.
This is how we raise capital, buildings and expectations.
