Public Health

We are looking for dog lovers to help support our guide dog puppies during their puppy training period (puppies range from 2 months to 16 months old). Our main needs are sitters (short term care providers for various pups) and raisers (main caretaker/trainer/socializer for one pup for your preferred time period ranging from 2-14 months) but we also need volunteers to be "class helpers", socialize pups on campus, help with social media, organize tabling opportunities, and more. No dog experience required!

Buzz By Belmont 5K Fun Run and Fitness event is Summit Elementary's (formerly Clark Elementary) Fall fundraising event. The Buzz By Belmont has been part of the school and community culture for over 20 years. Come volunteer for a couple of hours on Saturday, October 12th, 2024, and enjoy a fall morning in the Belmont neighborhood while supporting Charlottesville City Schools as we raise money for teacher appreciation gifts and our annual multi-cultural Soul Feast school-wide dinner event!

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!

On Saturday, August 3, 2024, the Annual Westhaven Community Day will be held on Hardy Drive in Charlottesville.

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.

Come out and Step UP for Down Syndrome! We need volunteers for the Virginia Down Syndrome Association's annual fundraiser in Charlottesville.

The event will be held on April 21st from 1-4pm at Piedmont YMCA. This is a family festival with food, music, face painting, inflatables, silent auction, community resource fair, and more! It will be a great afternoon of fun and celebrating all individuals with Down Syndrome!

Become a puppy sitter or raiser for a guide dog puppy in training!

Guiding Eyes for the Blind, a 501(c)3 non-profit, has puppies seeking volunteer puppy raisers or sitters. With your help, we can place exceptional guide dogs with people experiencing vision loss.