The Story of LilyPads Housing In 2015, Charlottesville local, Jen Koym, gave birth to a little girl with a very rare and serious heart defect. Her daughter, Lily, needed open-heart surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital and their family was left scrambling to find housing while Lily was hospitalized far from...
Click here to donate to PACEM during October PACEM provides emergency shelter and services in partnership with faith organizations and the community to alleviate the challenges of homelessness. We have welcomed over 1,800 neighbors in need into our community shelter spaces (like the Summit House) since 2004, and helped nearly...
RISE will be a vehicle for giving voice to the voiceless, strength to the weak and support for the lost within the Black community. RISE will give hope back to the Black community. Read about Rise on their website “Change will not come if we wait for some other person...
City of Promise Creating Pathways from Cradle to Career Click here to Donate to City of Promise in August The goal of City of Promise is to make a positive impact on generational poverty and support a culture of achievement through child-centered, dual-generation initiatives in Charlottesville. City of Promise does...
The B.U.C.K. Squad provides an immediate response to the critical need of reducing gun violence in Charlottesville, keeping our city safe. We are the only gun violence prevention/de-escalation program of its kind in the city addressing conflict through violence interruption. Click here to donate in July The Buck Squad began...
Partner for Mental Health helps people experiencing mental illness and substance use disorder in the greater Charlottesville area live self-directed lives in their home communities. Click here to donate to the June collection for Partner for Mental Health We provide intensive, flexible, and comprehensive assistance to help people living with...
We extend our gratitude to all the organizations that participated in our Zoom ‘pitch night’ for the 24-25 Social Action Collection at UUCville on May 21st. Listening to the remarkable efforts you are making within our community was truly inspiring. With 19 outstanding organizations vying for just 10 slots, the...
The applications are in and we are excited! UUC’s monthly Social Action Collection is a vital source of funding for many worthy organizations in our community. But, unfortunately, we can’t fund them all. We need your help deciding which ones to feature in our upcoming fiscal year, July 2024- June...
The Food Pantry has 21 volunteers who distribute food received from the Food Bank each first Friday of the month. We also get donated fresh vegetables from Whole Foods and we purchase personal care products and cleaning supplies to distribute. We average about 57 customers each month.
Funding abortion is community care. Blue Ridge Abortion Fund (BRAF) has been providing financial support to people needing abortions for almost 34 years and we are still here providing financial and logistical (transportation, lodging, etc.) support to Virginians and those traveling to Virginia for an abortion. “We” means all...