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Volunteering with the Sexual Assault Resource Agency

Volunteers play a vital role in SARA�™s mission to educate our community and assist and empower people who have experienced sexual violence. Our volunteer opportunities include hotline volunteers, outreach volunteers, and special interest volunteers.

July is National Make a Difference for Children Month

One way to help support kids and their caregivers is to use the Strengthening Families framework, which includes five protective factors to promote healthy child development and reduce child abuse and neglect. We��"�ll explore each of the five factors and how you can utilize them.

June is Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month

The Alzheimer's Association provides a variety or outlets for individuals, friends, families, companies, and more to get involved in the fight to end Alzheimer's and all other forms of dementia.

Celebrate Older Americans Month

Volunteering is one of the many paths that seniors will often choose to strengthen their communities and themselves, and with volunteerism comes a multitude of options. Each older adult has a unique set of skills, abilities, and aptitudes. There are volunteer opportunities to match each of these. A blessing of working with older adults is they often know themselves and their interests very clearly. If people take the time to listen, seniors will tell them how to shape a place into a community.

Are You JABA's Next Puzzle Piece?

The scope of JABA�™s mission is so broad that they have an extensive list of programs and resources. This also means there is a constant need for volunteers and a wide variety of opportunities.

C4K: Sparking Students' Passions

Camp Holiday Trails: A Chance to Thrive

Since 1973, Camp Holiday Trails has welcomed children with diverse medical diagnoses into a setting where they are able to engage in a camp experience filled with fun activities, opportunities to build friendships, and an avenue for campers to be their best selves. But none of this would be possible without the year-round support of volunteers that help establish the sense of community at Camp Holiday Trails in a variety of ways.

Literacy Volunteers: Bringing Together a Community

Whether a native-born Virginian who never had the right circumstances to learn to read or a refugee encountering English as an entirely new language, the need for literacy education is prevalent.

How to Volunteer for the Walk to End Alzheimer's

Seasonal Opportunities: Access Holiday Flyer Here

Volunteer Trainings All Week

Volunteer Response to Covid-19

Individuals, families, organizations, and companies are already feeling the effect of Covid-19. From organizations that regularly count on UVA students to fill volunteer spots to other organizations that need to create programs in response to school and job disruptions, there are ways you can help our community through this time.