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Project: Life’s Journey nonprofit helps those with financial and mental health challenges

This year, Benicia Hernandez added a nonprofit arm of her business, Project: Life’s Journey, to help even more people with financial and mental health challenges. Currently, the organization has a project to buy masks from local businesses and distribute them to the homeless in Norfolk and Portsmouth to lessen the spread of COVID-19. Benicia is also passionate about reducing the stigma that surrounds mental illness in the black community. Too often, African Americans expect people to handle depression or anxiety […]

By Life's Journey|2021-01-27T21:05:33-05:00June 24th, 2020|In the News|

Project: Life’s Journey helps food pantry stay afloat with physical fitness during Virtual 5K

When the food pantry at the Wesley Community Center struggled to keep up with the demand for operating its food pantry due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Benicia Hernandez and her team at non-profit Project: Life’s Journey took action to stock the shelves with food using physical fitness called the Virtual 5K “Race in Place” fundraiser. Read more about the community efforts by Project: Life’s Journey or watch the news coverage by News 3 – WTKR.

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By Life's Journey|2021-01-27T21:05:41-05:00May 16th, 2020|In the News|

Project: Life’s Journey to Host Virtual 5K “Race in Place” May 16 to Benefit Wesley Community Service Center

(Norfolk, Virginia, April 28, 2020) – To help replenish food pantry shelves at the Wesley Community Service Center in Portsmouth, a new Hampton Roads nonprofit, Project: Life’s Journey, will host a Virtual 5K “Race in Place,” May 16 at 9:00 a.m.

Benicia Hernandez Gill, a local business owner, mental health advocate and runner, launched the nonprofit this spring. She developed the idea for a virtual race as a way for local running and walking enthusiasts to stay active while social […]

By Life's Journey|2021-01-29T05:47:19-05:00April 28th, 2020|News to Share|

First Person interview with Benicia Hernandez

Benicia Hernandez wears a number of hats that keep her on the go. The licensed professional counselor, substance abuse treatment practitioner and certified life coach has owned and operated Life’s Journey, a mental health agency in Norfolk, since 2016. She also works one day a week as a counselor for NASA’s employee assistance program, a job she earned through years of experience with the military. Last year, Gill decided to […]

By Life's Journey|2021-01-27T21:05:48-05:00December 17th, 2019|In the News|

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Project: Life’s Journey nonprofit helps those with financial and mental health challenges

Project: Life’s Journey helps food pantry stay afloat with physical fitness during Virtual 5K

First Person interview with Benicia Hernandez

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