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Shenandoah Valley Conservancy is a nonprofit land trust that works to advance conservation priorities in the Shenandoah Valley by strategically protecting farms, forests, and waterways. 

With both a nationally recognized art collection and 12 acres of gardens and grounds, the Hermitage Museum & Gardens is one of Norfolk’s last public

Tidewater Arts Outreach aims to leverage the creative arts experience to defeat loneliness and isolation for older and isolated adults in the greater Hampton Roads

The Charlottesville-Albemarle SPCA is creating communities where animals thrive through outreach, advocacy, and comprehensive animal services.

Serving the Charlottesville area since 1914, the CASPCA helps find homes for stray and surrendered animals, assists with pet retention, and provides compassionate clinical care through spay/neuter and vaccination services.

Hear from Director of Veterinary Services, Emily Beichel, below and learn more at caspca.org. 

Friends Of The Blue Ridge is making blue ridge communities better through celebrating cultural heritage, natural beauty, and our way of life. Eight volunteer chapters across North Carolina and Virginia identify projects such as trail maintenance, playground installation and improvement, and bike rack installation. They also joined together recently for a concert series in Roanoke, raising funds to repair damage done by Hurricane Helene.

In response to Black business owners unable to access lending capital to survive the impact of COVID-19, Bridging Virginia’s current board chair raised $100,000 to help a credit union provide loans to 5 Black business owners in Richmond.

Now serving the entire state, Bridging Virginia’s loan clients are made up of 85% people of color, and 90% women of color. These loans give small businesses resources without credit card interest rates or payday loans—providing risk-tolerant capital at affordable rates.

As a special education teacher, Taylor Perkins saw the struggles her students faced in the workforce after graduation, and wanted an environment that could showcase those special abilities in the community.

Now executive director and founder of CraveABLEs, Taylor’s staff serves Lynchburg and the surrounding counties, and focuses on hiring people with various abilities. The 30 employees include able staff and support staff, who run the ice cream storefront, food truck, event room, and host field trips.

Founded in 2008 and located in Afton, Hope’s Legacy Equine Rescue serves the entire state of Virginia, providing services for the rescue, rehabilitation, and adoption of all breeds of equines. 

Hope’s Legacy has been on a campaign of growing and expanding, recently completing their intake barn for equines with medical needs. Hear from Director of Development, Laura Purvis, below and find opportunities get involved at hopeslegacy.com.

Founded in 1933, and donated to by Walter P. Chrysler in 1971, the Chrysler Museum has fifty galleries, a growing collection of more than 35,000 objects, an interactive space for families, and the only glass studio of its kind in the Mid-Atlantic region. Admission is free and open to the public 6 days a week.

Serving Norfolk and the entire Hampton Roads, the museum features European paintings, decorative arts, sculpture, antiquities, and an extensive glass collection. 

Humble Hustle is a nonprofit in Roanoke that empowers, exposes, and educates over 500 Black youth participants in Roanoke through their programs.

ForKids serves 14 cities and counties over the Hampton Roads region to provide mental health counseling, educational resources, help with building generational wealth and finding employment—all conducted through a trauma-informed care lens. They also prioritize physical health with an on-site dental clinic.

The 400 calls they receive in one day to their regional housing crisis hotline help to meet various needs, including utility assistance, children’s clothing, and more.

Listen to our interview with Will White, shelter program manager, below, and learn more at forkids.org.