For decades - now 80 years - Kingswood Community Center has positively impacted lives in Riverside and all of Wilmington. Now, just one block from where Kingswood stands today, construction of a new, 80,000-square-foot facility has begun. This spectacular new building will serve three-fold the number of Wilmingtonians Kingswood serves today, with state-of-the-art programs and amenities. Most importantly, it sends a message to all - loud and clear - that Riverside is coming up, Riverside is a community worth major investment, and Riverside is a community where families come to thrive!

We are thrilled. But more importantly, residents – past and present - tell us THEY are thrilled:

“When the full story of Kingswood is told, there will be full credit to the people here, for their help to others, their acceptance of fellow men without racial bias… I’ve done so many things on this ground and it just feels like I’ve come home.” ~Theressa “Tessie” Webster Holmes

“This brings so much joy for me – for someone who said I will never come back, to now moving back and telling everybody you got to come because we’re going to do some beautiful things for people.” ~ Markevis Gideon

“As I stand here on this land of love, hope, and happiness… now let it do what it do!”  ~Nettie “Ms. Cookie” McCray

“For kids that grow up in this community and the opportunities they had from just this building, let alone the new building, I know it’s going to do wonders for the future.”  ~Deonta Martin

This community drives everything we do at Kingswood. Be a part of it! Make a contribution today!