Serve Virginia

Ryan Bocompani is a well-recognized leader and advocate for service at Christopher Newport University (CNU). He has held numerous service positions at CNU, including President of the school's chapter of Where is The Line, where he works with fellow students and faculty to promote awareness of interrelational and interpersonal violence on college campuses. Learn more about how Ryan’s volunteer efforts have left a lasting impact on the university in his Story of Service: https://buff.ly/4fUPzJ7 #FeelGoodFriday #VolunteerVA #StudentVolunteers

Are you an AmeriCorps alum? Join the Virginia AmeriCorps Alumni Network today! Serve Virginia is committed to connecting AmeriCorps alumni with other leaders and peers across the state to enrich the service and volunteer sector. Get involved at https://buff.ly/4ckUDoH #AmeriCorpsAlumni #VirginiaAmeriCorps #NationalServiceinVirginia

Congrats to Joy Parker, CVA and Kimberly Luckabaugh on being reappointed to the Governor's Board on Service & Volunteerism by Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin. It's been a pleasure to serve alongside each of them and I look forward to their leadership in advancing our #Volunteerism efforts across the Commonwealth! Serve Virginia https://lnkd.in/eSMXUFMu

Wonderful new additions to the Serve Virginia team! Congrats to Mark Creason & Aaron McClung 👍

See you at the Virginia Faith-Based Symposium on Wednesday in Waynesboro! Hosted by the Virginia Emergency Management Association’s Faith-Based Caucus, in partnership with the First Baptist Church, this event will focus on partnering for community resilience. Throughout the day, you can expect to hear from several experts in the field on topics such as House of Worship Security Assessments, the role of the Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) and the Voluntary Agency Liaison (VAL), Virginia Organizations Active in Disasters (VOAD), Community Engagement, a case study of a House of Worship response to a disaster, and much more. Hope to see you there! More details: https://buff.ly/3YN8ZK4 #FaithBased #CommunityResilience #WaynesboroVA

Are you affiliated with a program, group, or organization that addresses community needs through volunteer support? We want to hear from you about the specific needs and focus areas that you address in your work. Volunteers are critical to meeting Virginia's most pressing needs. Through the Virginia Community Engagement Index (VCEI), we learned that Virginians identified education, health and well-being, and housing as the top needs in their communities. Now, we're curious to learn more about organizations across the Commonwealth that are engaging volunteers in addressing these and other community needs. By collecting information about the specific needs that organizations and groups address locally, Serve Virginia hopes that we can provide focused resources in the coming year while also helping connect like-minded organizations in Virginia. Take the Volunteer Program Focus Areas Survey: https://buff.ly/3AnQNMX Learn more about the VCEI: https://buff.ly/3ZDkkL1 #VaVolunteers #VirginiaVolunteers #VirginiaCommunities

Don't miss your chance to design an AmeriCorps program that engages members in meaningful direct service activities to meet critical community needs! Beginning September 3, a new AmeriCorps Request for Applications (RFA) for the 2024-2025 AmeriCorps Program Year will be available in Virginia, with planning grant awards ranging from $75,000 to $240,000. Want to learn more? Join us for a free webinar about how AmeriCorps can help support your mission on Tuesday, August 20, from 2:30pm-3:30 PM ET. Register here: https://buff.ly/3A8icCu #AmeriCorps30 #NationalServiceInVirginia #AmeriCorpsWorks #AmeriCorpsRFA Virginia Service Foundation

As a Summer 2024 Serve Virginia Honor Roll honoree, Dee Dee Schrader was inspired by her grandmother to start A Bright Spot, Inc., which sends free cards of care to seniors, military personnel far from home, children in foster placement, refugee children, children in the hospital, and anyone else needing a lift. “For one moment of the day, they can forget everything and stop, pause, and know they are loved and that they do matter,” says Dee Dee. Since Dee Dee started the effort in 2021, A Bright Spot has brightened the lives of over 31,000 people in 48 states, with the support of 613 individual volunteers and 30 group volunteers. Learn more and get inspired by Dee Dee's Story of Service: https://buff.ly/3yBV3ry #VaVolunteers #VirginiaVolunteers #ServeVirginia #StoriesOfService #ABrightSpot

📣 AmeriCorps recently released a new funding opportunity for agencies, institutions, and organizations interested in AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP programming to increase the impact of volunteers ages 55 and older who provide volunteer service in response to local community needs. AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP volunteers tutor children, help prepare simple taxes, assist victims of natural disasters, provide nutrition/food support, facilitate opioid and substance abuse education workshops, and serve in their communities in many other ways. While serving, AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP volunteers improve their own lives by staying active and civically engaged. Eligible applicants include public agencies, government entities within states or territories (e.g., cities, counties), institutes of higher education, Indian tribes, and private and non-profit organizations, both secular and faith-based. Deadline to apply: September 18 at 5pm ET Learn more at https://buff.ly/46Hj1OG #AmeriCorps30 #AmeriCorpsSeniors #AmeriCorpsSeniorsRSVP #FundingOpportunity #NationalServiceInVirginia

The Central Fairfax Chamber of Commerce offers so many great resources and opportunities for local businesses and nonprofits. This is one that I'm super excited about. DON"T MISS IT! Sign up to hear my former colleagues, Susan Sanow, CVA and Andrew Daniels talk about how any business can harness their CSR initiatives in ways that best benefit the nonprofit community and fulfills the desires of their employees to give back. Volunteer Fairfax is the expert on this subject. So if your business is small, medium or large, no matter where you are located, this is the webinar for you! And it's FREE, only one hour, too!! So you don't have a good reason not to sign up. Use the link below and sign up now. Serve Virginia Points of Light