Global Sustainability

Sign your group up to volunteer with Habitat for Humanity on November 14th raking lawns to raise money for affordable housing in Charlottesville! Sign up your club, sorority, fraternity, or other student organization to get service hours while having a blast raking lawns all around the Charlottesville area.

Rake-a-thon relies on hundreds of UVA volunteers to step up and help get 100 lawns raked on the morning of November 14th! Every neighbor whose lawn we rake makes a donation to Habitat, and helps us raise over $40,000 for affordable housing in Charlottesville.

UVA volunteers would support the Charlottesville Ten Miler on behalf of Barrett Early Learning Center across race week and race day (Saturday, March 27, 2027). Roles include pre-race packet pickup assistance (Tuesday–Friday before the race), early-morning race-day setup starting as early as 5:00 AM, staffing water/aid stations along the course, course marshaling and directing runners at key intersections, cheering and encouragement stations, finish-line support (medals, water, food distribution), and post-race cleanup and breakdown, which typically runs until around 12:00 PM.

Cville Litter Pickers is a community volunteer group that runs cleanups every Saturday, 2:00–4:00 PM, at sites across Charlottesville and Albemarle County — city streets, parking lots, culverts, parks, and trails. We work the places litter collects and stays: fence lines, curb edges, tree lines, and the wooded strips people walk past every day without seeing.

Bread Across Borders is an all-volunteers organization that started in 2020 during the lockdown with the delivery model - of distributing bread to different families. It has grown to include produce, eggs, meats, etc. We take the boxes directly to families and they take the food and distribute the items within their own communities.

Bread Across Borders is an all-volunteers organization that started in 2020 during the lockdown with the delivery model - of distributing bread to different families. It has grown to include produce, eggs, meats, etc. We take the boxes directly to families and they take the food and distribute the items within their own communities.

Bread Across Borders is an all-volunteers organization that started in 2020 during the lockdown with the delivery model - of distributing bread to different families. It has grown to include produce, eggs, meats, etc. We take the boxes directly to families and they take the food and distribute the items within their own communities.

Each year, PHAR, the Charlottesville Public Housing Association of Residents, hosts annual “Community Days” f

The Multilingual Outreach Volunteer Effort (MOVE) helps bridge language gaps in the Charlottesville community. Volunteers translate and interpret for local non-profits and UVA units, assisting those with limited English and digital resources. Join us to use your language skills for a great cause, helping others access critical information while supporting multilingualism at UVA. If you can speak or write in another language, we invite you to join MOVE!

Volunteer and change lives for the better!

When you volunteer with the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank, you join  a mission and a community of people who help provide food to hundreds of thousands of people each year. Volunteers prep and distribute food to neighbors facing food insecurity—providing nutritious food and hope.

One in every 9 people living in the Blue Ridge region experiences food insecurity. Here are a few examples of how volunteers contribute and make a difference.

As a Mentor with LearnServe International, you have the opportunity to make a lasting impact on the lives of student changemakers across the DMV area! Over the course of a 6-month school year, you will provide invaluable guidance, support, and mentorship to students by helping them develop entrepreneurial vision and leadership skills needed to tackle social challenges both locally and globally!

Opportunities: