Third Cycle (October 2023)
Augusta County
Health Equipment Loan Program: to purchase a dump trailer to transport abandoned and discarded equipment.
Staunton Augusta Church Relief Association: to provide emergency financial assistance to residents in need of help with utilities, evictions, medications and food.
Frederick County/Winchester
Shenandoah Valley Scholars Latino Initiative: to support Latino/a/x high school students with college access through rigorous academic challenge, leadership development, scholarships, and supportive mentorships
Faithworks: to supplement the Pay It Forward program, which will ensure at least 13 additional households will have basic needs expenses covered
League of Women Voters: to support the development of a website as a communication tool to increase voter registration.
Highland County
Highland Historical Society: to purchase archival containers for its collections and support funding part-time high school help through the local youth employment program.
The Highland Center: to host a free community appreciation dinner for those involved with the Highland Maple Festival.
Page County
Page Free Clinic: to help offset costs to provide free prescriptions for patients.
Hawksbill Greenway Foundation: toward fees for the final design of a trail extension, known as the Redwell-Isabella Furnace Historic Park and Trail.
Shenandoah County
Strasburg Community Library: to improve the safety of visitors by purchasing and installing railing in the center of the exterior concrete stairs.
Second Cycle (June 2023)
Augusta County
Mental Health of America: to bolster its I.C. Hope program, which reaches youth in the area to support them in their mental health journey and identify coping skills.
Renewing Homes of Greater Augusta: for critical home repairs to make a client’s home safe, warm, dry, and accessible.
Valley Career and Technical Center: to purchase an ultrasound machine for livestock; specifically, for sheep, cattle and goats.
Frederick County/Winchester
Council on Alcoholism, Lord Fairfax Community: financial aid for one person to receive 90 days of services as they recover from addiction to drugs and alcohol.
Family Promise of Northern Shenandoah Valley: to provide transportation assistance to families in its mission to end the cycle of homelessness.
Girls on the Run: to register 15 girls into its program, which inspires them to be joyful, healthy, and confident using fun, experience-based curricula that creatively integrates running.
Wheels for Wellness: to provide free, door-to-door transportation to medical appointments and treatment for those in the region with no other means of transportation.
Highland County
Highland County Humane Society: to assist local residents with veterinary care at local veterinary practices, and provide dog and cat food for its pet food pantry program.
Highland Children’s House: to support working families by providing quality, licensed, year-round, 5-day-a-week educational childcare for the Highland County area.
Page County
Page One: for financial assistance for emergency utility payments, rental or mortgage payments to avoid homelessness, funds for winter fuel and wood, and gas cards for individuals going through cancer or dialysis treatments.
Rockingham County
Blue Ridge Free Clinic: for translation services to its growing number of patients who are non-native English speakers.
People Helping People: financial assistance for clients to avoid disconnection of basic utilities such as electric, water and heating oils.
Shenandoah County
Family Promise of Shenandoah County: to assist up to 12 local families with minor children in paying for utility assistance, to avoid electric service disconnection and then eviction that could result in homelessness.
Shenandoah Alliance for Shelter: to aid 12 households per year with about $200 per month in housing stability assistance.
First Cycle (February 2023)
Augusta County
Community Foundation of the Blue Ridge: Toward the MaDee Project, to assist families of children diagnosed and in treatment for forms of adolescent cancer.
Friends of the Middle River: To help for the annual trash cleanup of the river and its tributaries.
Highland County
Dare to Dream Therapeutic Horsemanship Center: To cover expenses for feed, hay, veterinary treatment and more for one therapy horse for one year.
Page County
Page Alliance for Community Action: For free swim lessons for underserved youth in the county.
Rockingham County
Elkton Area United Services: For aid toward the emergency assistance program, which helps clients with housing, electric, fuel, heat, water and medical needs.
Pilot Club of Harrisonburg: For the purchase of riding helmets and robotic animals for facilities caring for residents with dementia and traumatic brain illnesses.
Silk Moth Stage: Funding toward its 2023 season, where performances occur in an audience-connected, imagination-driven, place-grounded style.
Shenandoah County
Ferst Readers: To add about 41 children to its program that supplies free books to children every month.
Warren County
Shenandoah Area Agency on Aging: Funding support for its Meals on Wheels program.
Winchester/Frederick County
Congregational Community Action Project: For financial assistance with utility bills for 12 households.
Love to NIC: To cover expenses for meals, shoes, gloves, hats, thermals and coats of the city's homeless population.
Winchester Area Temporary Thermal Shelter: For rent toward its warming center.