The Virginian Pilot, December 8th, 2002
When Dick Powell started the Judeo-Christian Outreach Center 17 years ago, it was a simple program among five Oceanfront churches to feed the hungry on Saturday afternoons.
He never dreamed that it would evolve into a shelter on Virginia Beach Boulevard for single, homeless men and women, a soup kitchen and an educational resource center.
This month, the center plans to open a new, free preschool to serve 24 four-year-olds, children of the indigent at the Oceanfront.
For the preschool, the center purchased and renovated a large house at 1900 Baltic Ave., Powell said. They hired two teache...
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