Camp AmeriKids counselor

Session One: July 29 - Aug. 5
Session Two: Aug. 10 - 17

Camp AmeriKids, a summer camp for children living with the challenges of HIV/AIDS and sickle cell disease, is looking for caring, responsible, energetic and fun counselors for our 2013 season. A volunteer counselor team is responsible for the 24-hour supervision of a cabin and maintains a camper to counselor ratio of about 2 to1. Counselors spend each day of the one week camp session with their cabin group as they rotate through a schedule of activities and participate in new and exciting workshops provided by the program staff ...

Arts Mentors

Deadline to Apply: Fall 2013 (exact TBD)

Do you like working with kids and want to share your appreciation of the arts? Be an Arts Mentor for the 2013-14 academic year! The Arts Mentors program pairs 27 U.Va. students with 27 largely underserved third and fourth grade students from a local elementary school to develop mentoring relationships and provide both groups of students exposure to different styles of fine and performing arts available in the local area. The project is a joint effort among the Arts departments at U.Va., Student Affairs, Burnley-Moran Elementary School, and several local arts organizations. Contact Julie Caruccio (carrucio at virginia dot edu) for more information and to apply ...

HELP TO BUILD A HANDICAP RAMP

Are you or others in your organization handy? Help a member in the Charlottesville community by building a handicap ramp at their home. For more information, contact Dawn Starks Johnson at 434-996-6807 ...

Ongoing Child Care

Second Sat. and Third Thurs. of every month, 909 E. Market Street
Sat.: 10 to 11:30 a.m. | Thurs.: 6 to 7:30 p.m.

Communtiy Attention Foster Families provides support in many ways to area Foster Families. On the second Saturday and third Thursday of every month, we conduct support groups for the foster parents. We need volunteer help to provide child care. For more information, please visit the website or contact Marnie Allen ...

The Women's Initiative

The Women’s Initiative is a local nonprofit organization that provides mental health services to women in our community who have no insurance or are underinsured. We are looking for dedicated volunteers to commit to working one- to three-hour shifts weekly for at least one semester doing various administrative duties. We have several positions available and ask that you download their descriptions to see what interests you. Please contact the Clinical Coordinator, Jessica Blurton at 434-872-0047, extension 106 or by email at jblurton@thewomensinitiative.org when you are ready to begin! You can also check out our website to learn more about us at http://thewomensinitiative.org. Please click the positions to download the description for (1) Essential Front Desk Support, (2) Database Enterer Extraordinaire, and (3) Play Ground Facilitator ...

Nelson co. spca

Wednesdays and Saturdays, Charlottesville Pet Supplies Plus, Route 29

Nelson County SPCA is always in need of volunteers and foster parents for cats and dogs. Right now, we are seeking weekly volunteers for Wednesday and Saturday. We are blessed to have a satellite location in Charlottesville at Pet Supplies Plus, where we can house cats/kittens for adoption. This helps immensely because we are a rural shelter. Volunteers are assigned a specific day to come in and clean the enclosures and litter boxes and feed/water the cats/kittens. It takes about one hour. This opportunity is ongoing. Contact Melonie at 434-989-1948 ...