Missions

Combating homelessness and providing for housing needs

1. Change the World RVA – provides support to local students who are homeless

2. Joy House – provides transition services and housing for persons leaving CARITAS

3. CARITAS- provides food and shelter to local persons who are homeless

4. Habitat for Humanity – Provides new and renovated homes to families with lower incomes at an affordable cost

Providing food and clothing for those in need

1. Belmont Community Resource Service – provides food and clothing to families in need

2. Sherbourne Food Pantry – provides food to families in need

3. Centenary Lunch Program – provides a free lunch to local citizens in need

4. Shalom Farms – grows crops to supply the food banks and other outlets for persons who are food and nutrition challenged

 

Supporting friends with developmental disabilities

1. Heart Havens – provides homes and community living for adults with intellectual and other developmental disabilities

 

Support for education in our local and international communities

1. Chalkley Connection – provide support in many ways to the students, faculty and staff at Chalkley Elementary.

2. Abukloi School – located in South Sudan, Abukloi provides secondary education and meals to over 600 students with the goal of strengthening and securing their nation’s future

 

End of Year charitable giving

1. Gifts of Hope – An opportunity for our members to offer financial gifts to local charities on behalf of loved ones

2. Salvation Army Angel Tree – An opportunity for our members to purchase requested Christmas gifts for local children from families with limited resources