Riverwood Events and Catering

08/05/2025

06/16/2025

Shout out to my dad [Rachael’s dad Karl] for being the community dad when needed!

As Callie put it “text our dad Happy Fathers Day for me!”

Karl has accepted not just Callie, but many of my 5 siblings friends as bonus kids. Offering fatherly love, support, advice and most needed… those dad hugs.

While Callie and I rarely get to work the same events as Riverwood grows, Father’s Day was hard to find work for. We worked seamlessly side by side as we catered a beautiful elopement ceremony and cocktail reception at Avonlea Farms!

Sorry dad, officially you’re the now.

06/08/2025

One of the highest compliments is when a family member brings you on for their wedding!!

Wonderful to see so many familiar faces today!

And was told to pencil in sibling #3 😉

03/18/2025

Thank you Moody Middle School, for having us at career day! We enjoyed answering questions and sharing our experience with Moody's awesome students!✨

02/12/2025

Please know that our office and warehouse is CLOSED today due to power outages.
Remote correspondence is unavailable due to power outages as well.

01/07/2025

I know many of the roads are clear and people are getting stir crazy!

If you are coming by to drop off dresses, outfits, accessories or decor for Night to Shine RVA .... PLEASE BE CAUTIOUS!!

Our back patch has been shoveled and salted but it is in the shade and icy! Please use extreme caution walking back there!

01/01/2025

🥳10 AMAZING YEARS!!🥳

Thank you to all of our amazing clients and friends and vendors who have supported us along this ride so far!!

⭐️We are offering 10% off in celebration!⭐️

For the rest of January

10% off ALL rentals! Linens, napkins, plates, glasses, tables, heaters, and more!

10% off the first 10 catering clients booked!

10% off the first 10 coordination clients booked!

Thank you for 10 amazing years! We can't wait to see what the next bring!

These discounts are for new contracts only. Does not include delivery or labor fees. Cannot be combined with any other discount.

Shout out to Pearl's Bake Shoppe for the delicious gluten-free treats!

12/23/2024

24 hour donation site is officially up and running for Night to Shine RVA !! An event so close to our hearts and we are so excited to be a part of it this year again!!

Behind our offices/warehouse at
8420 Meadowbridge Rd
Suite G
Mechanicsville VA 23116

○Hangers are available if you need some!
○GREEN Basket for non clothes donations
○GREY basket for dresses/clothing items that need to be cleaned. (We will clean as many as we can!)

We are collecting dresses, fancy outfits, nice tops and bottoms, shoes, jewelry, accessories for a fabulous night out. Our guests age range from 14-80+! All styles from young to mature welcome!

These items will be used for Night To Shine in February 2025!

Guests will be allowed to go shopping for their dream outfit Jan 15th & 16th! (At a different location)

Most needed sizes are 14 and up!

We thank you for anything you can share! Even if its just this post!

If you are unfamiliar with Night To Shine, it is an amazing prom night for persons with special and extra needs where they are shown they are loved and appreciated and shown just how amazing they truly are! Just the way they are! Check their page for volunteer opportunities to get involved!



Additionally we have an Amazon wish list going for decor needs if you are so able to help! https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/TFGIE02RAY17?ref_=wl_share

We are also in need of backdrop stands, backdrops, draping, balloon pumps, anything decor wise in jewel tones you have and would love to see given new life! Anything our team can't use we will share with the other locations so nothing goes to waste! These items can be dropped in this donation spot as well!

12/08/2024

Update for all our clients who have been praying for our sweet boy. Rachael here.

Matt underwent surgery to have a feeding tube placed on Tuesday before Thanksgiving. He is now home and doing really well with it all! He has even started walking short distances again but will continue to use his wheelchair as needed. He is on the road to getting back to his mischievous, sweet, technology obsessed self!

No contracted clients were affected. The rest of the Riverwood team stepped up immensely so. Most notably Callie!

We absolutely appreciate the patience of our future clients and understanding in our extreme delays in communication during the last few weeks. It has been a trying time, and we have been stretched very thin as we wrap up our busiest time of the year.

11/13/2024

We could use some extra prayers over here at Riverwood. One of our is dealing with some scary medical stuff. It's been building over the last few weeks and came to a head yesterday where he was admitted to the hospital. We don't know exactly how long he will be here or what the cause of these issues is. They have been running a battery of tests and getting lots of imaging.

Matt has had lots of scary neuro related episodes over the years, and this is the worst he has been since his 2nd brain surgery.

All active clients for this weekend won't be impacted by anything other than some delayed responses. We have an amazing village of people helping us and Matt.

Please send some good vibes and prayers for answers for our sweet boy.

10/20/2024

We get asked about this often! Any of these locations are great to drop off dresses!

Riverwood will also accept dress donations on site Tuesdays and Thursdays 10am-2pm.

An after hours dress donation will be set up after Thanksgiving!

09/10/2024

This event was quite the undertaking! But with an army of volunteers and some amazing vendors, sponsors and support, it was a resounding success!

Oh how I enjoyed transforming this space and seeing the guests and Dowda crew reactions to seeing the entire space finished!