OPPORTUNITIES
Healthcare
Ronald McDonald House: create toiletry, snack, and toy bags for critically ill children and their families
Children's Hospital of Richmond: submit words of encouragement for healthcare workers
Education
Love of Learning: host a book drive for low income children
Create little libraries or pantries in the Richmond community
Homelessness
Environment
James River Park System: Join a river clean-up group or organize your own
Volunteer at one of Richmond's Legacy Farms
Atlantic Outreach Group: assemble family dinner kits, emergency hygiene bags, emergency meal bags, or donate items from their wishlist to help vulnerable communities
Contact Monica Kelley at
CARITAS: assemble dining room tables for families moving into their first home
Contact
Habitat for Humanity: create house-warming cards or art projects
Adults with Disabilities
The Virginia Home: write notes, send pictures of artwork you create, email videos greeting the residents, paint canvasses or signs for the residents, create a sensory board, send a birthday celebration box, decorate and send small potted plants, or paint a rock pet
Contact
Heart Havens: play virtual puzzles and games with the residents
Foster Care System
UMFS: make cards for children in foster care
Contact Lisa Nicoll at
Worthdays: supply a "birthday party in a box" for children in foster care
by filling out this form
Distribute food at local schools and community sites through Richmond Public Schools (age 18+)
Donate food to Ram Pantry by dropping it off at the Pace Center (M-Th: 9am-4pm)
Donate food to other Food Banks - find your local food bank
Atlantic Outreach Group: help organize their food pantry (age 18+)
Contact Monica Kelley at
Food Insecurity
International Poverty
History
Valentine Museum: explore their virtual tours, activity worksheets, online exhibitions, and podcast or send in submissions from children about how their lives have been impacted by the pandemic