photo submission contest: the faces of U.Va. public service

Deadline: May 9

Submit your best snapshot of University students engaged in service in the community and beyond! Prizes include a $25 gift card to Para Coffee, an honorary position on the Learning in Action website, and a spot on the wall of the Programs and Councils Center (the PAC)!

29th Annual Walk for Kids 5K

May 4, 9:30 a.m.
Registration: 8:30 a.m.

The 2013 Walk for Kids supports the Battle Building at U.Va. Children's Hospital. When completed in 2014, the Battle Building will offer children in our community outstanding outpatient and rehabilitative healthcare in a warm and family-friendly setting ...

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Great Strides Walk

May 4, check in begins at 9:30 a.m. at Lee Park

Walk Today. Add Tomorrows. The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is hosting the 24th Annual Great Strides Walk. Check in will begin at 9:30 a.m., and the walk will begin at 10 a.m. Registration for the event is open. You may register online at www.cff.org/great_strides. Prior to walk day, people in the community form walk teams and raise funds and awareness for cystic fibrosis. Walk day is a family-oriented celebration culminating their efforts. The day includes a healthy three-mile walk, Kids' Corner activities, food, and festivities that participants look forward to year after year. The Great Strides Walk Program is the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's most efficient and effective national fundraising program. For more information, please contact Courtney Rosenthal at crosenthal@cff.org or visit www.cff.org/great_strides ...

Walkathon for environmental illness

May 4, 10 a.m., Charlottesville Farmers Market, Downtown

We will have a table set up at the Charlottesville Farmers Market from 7 a.m. to 12 noon, selling T-shirts and handing out literature about environmental illness. The Walk will leave at 10 a.m. to City Hall around the Freedom of Speech Wall and back.Please arrive early for check in. The Walkathon registration is $25 and proceeds benefit the Jennifer Parker Foundation, Inc. For more information on the Walkathon and the Jennifer Parker Foundation, Inc., please see the website ...

3rd Annual H.Y.P.E. "Spring Fling" Community Day

May 4, 2 to 6 p.m., South 1st Street Housing Site

Data shows that in the South 1st Street neighborhood, more than half of the residents are below the poverty line. Thus, we want to give back by having an event in which we provide free food, drinks, health screenings, job training information, and games for the children. At our last event in this location in 2012, we fed an estimated 300 people and had a great time. Volunteers are needed to help with food, drinks and games ...

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