Nexstar Founder's Day of Caring | WAVY.com

WAVY-TV 10 and WVBT FOX-43 will join the rest of Nexstar Media Group's 200 stations on Friday, June 17 for the 26th Annual Day of Caring.

Established by Nexstar in 2016, “Founder's Day of Caring” enables employees to take paid time-off to do volunteer work at non-profit and public service organizations in the local communities served by Nexstar television stations.

This year WAVY-TV 10 will join with our partners to give the Ida Barbour Early Learning Center in Portsmouth a makeover.

Founded in 1910, The Ida Barbour Early Learning Center enhances quality of life for at-risk children and their families by providing care in a safe, nurturing, and highly enriching environment. The Center is licensed by the Virginia Department of Social Services to serve a capacity of 60 children in a safe, clean, and nurturing environment.

WAVY News 10 Anchor Marielena Balouris spruces up the exterior of the Ida Barbour Early Learning Center in Portsmouth. June 17, 2022
WAVY News 10 reporter Brett Hall volunteers on Nexstar’s Founder’s Day of Caring. June 17, 2022
Volunteers improve area of playground equipment at Ida Barbour Early Learning Center in Portsmouth. June 17, 2022
Thanks to generous donations, the Ida Barbour Early Learning Center received new playground equipment. June 17, 2022
Thanks to generous donations, the Ida Barbour Early Learning Center received new playground equipment. June 17, 2022
Thanks to generous donations, the Ida Barbour Early Learning Center received new playground equipment. June 17, 2022
Thanks to generous donations, the Ida Barbour Early Learning Center received new playground equipment. June 17, 2022
Heavy equipment was brought in to help spruce up the outside of the Ida Barbour Early Learning Center in Portsmouth, Va. on June 17, 2022
Volunteers from WAVY add new mulch and make other improvements to the Ida Barbour Early Learning Center in Portsmouth, Va. June 17, 2022
Volunteers from WAVY help make improvements to the Ida Barbour Early Learning Center in Portsmouth, Va. June 17, 2022
Thanks to generous donations, the Ida Barbour Early Learning Center received new playground equipment. June 17, 2022
Lots of gardening and other equipment was used to accomplish today’s projects.
The garden is growing at the Ida Barbour Early Learning Center in Portsmouth, Va. thanks to Nexstar’s Founder’s Day of Caring. June 17, 2022
Work underway as part of Nexstar’s Founder’s Day of Caring on June 17, 2022
WAVY employees volunteer their time as part of Nexstar’s Founder’s Day of Caring on June 17, 2022
One of the many plants added to the Ida Barbour garden on June 17, 2022.
It was our pleasure and great satisfaction to be a part of Friday’s project at Ida Barbour.
WAVY volunteers spent Friday, June 17, 2022 organizing and decluttering the interior of Ida Barbour Early Learning Center in Portsmouth, Va. as part of our Founder’s Day of Caring.
WAVY volunteers spent Friday, June 17, 2022 organizing and decluttering the interior of Ida Barbour Early Learning Center in Portsmouth, Va. as part of our Founder’s Day of Caring.
WAVY volunteers spent Friday, June 17, 2022 organizing and decluttering the interior of Ida Barbour Early Learning Center in Portsmouth, Va. as part of our Founder’s Day of Caring.
WAVY volunteers spent Friday, June 17, 2022 organizing and decluttering the interior of Ida Barbour Early Learning Center in Portsmouth, Va. as part of our Founder’s Day of Caring.
WAVY volunteers spent Friday, June 17, 2022 organizing and decluttering the interior of Ida Barbour Early Learning Center in Portsmouth, Va. as part of our Founder’s Day of Caring.
WAVY volunteers spent Friday, June 17, 2022 organizing and decluttering the interior of Ida Barbour Early Learning Center in Portsmouth, Va. as part of our Founder’s Day of Caring.
WAVY volunteers spent Friday, June 17, 2022 organizing and decluttering the interior of Ida Barbour Early Learning Center in Portsmouth, Va. as part of our Founder’s Day of Caring.
New garden built by volunteers at Ida Barbour Early Learning Center in Portsmouth on June 17, 2022
New donated playground equipment at Ida Barbour Early Learning Center in Portsmouth, Va.
Spruced up outside area at Ida Barbour. June 17, 2022
New garden built by volunteers at Ida Barbour Early Learning Center in Portsmouth on June 17, 2022
New donated playground equipment at Ida Barbour Early Learning Center in Portsmouth, Va.