Give Southside VA Virtual ForumOctober 14, 2010

Why Give?Video Introduction

Darcy Oman,President & CEO,

The Community FoundationServing Richmond & Central Virginia

To view please cut/paste link:http://bit.ly/commfound

Scott Firestine,Director of the Appomattox Regional Library System

About the LibrarySeven branches and a bookmobile serving

Hopewell, Prince George and Dinwiddie

Local History Room – Ann K. and Preston H. Leake Local History and Genealogy Collection, located at the Hopewell Library. A major gift ensures the preservation and accessibility of local heritage and history resources.

Programs beyond Books and Computers

-Grant from Target made possible

Little Stars Big Horizons is a Program to build early literacyskills in babies.

Welcome baby packages willdistribute books, literacy info,and library card signup fornewborns in our local hospital

• Southside Community Partners– Nonprofit Resource

Center• Traditional and

Progressive tools for seeking funding

– Learning and Leadership• Nonprofit knowledge base

accelerator

– Connect Southside• Linking, Supporting, and

Networking

• The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation– Transformative grant that gave the library technology

and training to provide computer services to our communities.

Friends of the Library• ARLS has two Friends groups:

– Hopewell/Prince George– Dinwiddie

Volunteer support the library through

– Unpaid staff

– Financial support (example: Used Book Store)

– Advocacy

– Community Involvement

Barbara MaitExecutive Director, Rebuilding Together*Petersburg

www.rt-petersburg.org/

Civic organization started by a group of volunteers in Petersburg in 1994

Goal was to repair homes of elderly homeowners in the Olde Towne area

Now an affiliate of the national Rebuilding Together organization

Rebuilding Together is the nation’s leading nonprofit of 200 affiliates working to preserve affordable homeownership and revitalize communities.

Rebuilding Together*Petersburg believes in a

safe and healthy home for every person.

Allowing disabled and aging homeowners to remain in their homes as long as possible.

Providing our nation’s disabled veterans safe and accessible homes.

Revitalizing communities by providing free home modifications and repairs, making homes safer, more accessible, and more energy efficient.

Lois Moore Director, From the Heart

Projects

From the Heart is involved in numerous projects, from making chemo hats for local cancer centers, preemie baby hats for the tiniest of our recipients, sleeping bags and warm mitten sets for the homeless in the Richmond community.

www.fromtheheartstitchers.org

• Patterns

• Urgent Needs

• Group Meeting Listing

• Monthly Newsletter

• Links to great knitting/crocheting site

• Calendar

From the Heart recently celebrated it’s 5th Anniversary.

Every year, stitchers come together to learn, knit & crochet at an all-day

retreat.

People gather 4 times per month at the Hopewell Library and twice per month at the Dinwiddie Library to knit/crochet together.

This is the first major donation made by Southside From the Heart to John Randolph Medical Center.

From the Heart responds to real-time need for 100% cotton washcloths to help with Gulf oil clean-up

efforts.

We are always working on several projects such as this blanket & these scarves donated to a John

Randolph Medical Center breast cancer fundraiser. . .

. . .while always thinking about our next project, such as these stockings for children in need.

Sharon Juozapavicius Chief Executive Officer, Chesterfield-Colonial Heights

Alliance for Social Ministry

Generous Hearts & Caring Hands to those in Need

To provide food, financial assistance, and career clothing to area residents who have experienced or are

experiencing an emergency situation which threatens their survival needs.

Currently we assist clients in the following areas:

•Food Services

•15 Alliance Food Pantries

•520 families a month

Career Clothes Closet

Chesterfield-Colonial Heights DSS sought collaboration with area congregations to secure resources beyond those it was mandated to

provide

Additionally, our member

congregations desired a vehicle to help avoid

duplication of

services.

Need for united approach

Impact in the Community

CCHASM continues its mission of providing a hand up and not just a

hand out

Make a Difference in SouthsideMobilization to Action!

Jill Coleman, President of Programs,

The Cameron Foundation

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