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In a virtual awards ceremony held on Saturday, WHRO Public Media brought home five Emmy Awards for their exceptional work.

Each year, children in our community attend their first day of school without basic educational tools. You can help!

Our judges have read all the entries from our annual writers contest and chosen winners in each grade level. Our awards show will look a little different this year, but we hope you will join us to celebrate these young writers. 

Join WHRO for a virtual screening of PBS's Blood Sugar Rising about an epidemic that touches many of our community. Following the screening, we'll have a conversation with local experts about important topics around diabetes. 

WHRO is holding a book drive throughout the month of May to collect new books for our First Books initiative. You can drop off new books for grades pre-K through fifth at our offices.

Hampton Roads is home to over 217,000 veterans and each year 13,000 military personnel leave their respective branches of service and make the transition to civilian life. Though those numbers seem big, today, less than 1% of Americans have served, which is significantly down from 17% who served in World War II, and fewer and fewer civilians personally know someone in the military.

As Hurricane Florence moves toward the East Coast, now is the time to prepare. Here is information to help you.

We have several new binge-worthy shows available on WHRO Passport. Frankie Drake Mysteries, a new Passport exclusive, begins this month. Plus, enjoy the return of Polkdark and The Durrells in Corfu. Now you can binge the entire season as soon as the show premieres!