Needs From: United Way of Greater Charlottesville

Gift a student an hour of your time each week by working with children who need extra support, emotionally or academically, and enjoy the benefits of intergenerational relationships. 

Apply now for the upcoming academic year: FISH is currently accepting applicants for 2025-2026 mentoring. Training sessions will be held in September 2025.

FISH (Friends in Schools Helping) volunteer mentors work under the supervision of a teacher in a classroom setting to provide individualized attention to students, either one-on-one or in small groups, or virtually with a student with the support of the parent. Volunteers help students improve motivation, self-confidence, and socialization while assisting with academic subjects. After new mentor training (one 3-hour session) in September, JABA places volunteers based on school or family needs, volunteer interests, and location preferences. Volunteer Mentors commit to 1-2 hours per week during the school year.

In-person placements include public schools in Greene, Nelson, Louisa and Fluvanna counties and will be done primarily during school hours. Online options will be through Zoom or Google Meet, one on one. Online mentoring can be done in the evening or on weekends.

Students benefit from individualized attention and support, and mentors benefit from interactions with young people. Mentors invariably report that their lives are enriched by their students and the relationships they build. 

Highest need is for in-school, weekday mentors. Limited virtual mentoring opportunities are available. 

JABA's FISH Program has supported District 10 in VA for over 20 years.

Bilingual volunteers are strongly encouraged to apply. There is a need for mentors who speak multiple languages to help English Learner students.

To learn more about FISH or to submit an application, visit https://www.jabacares.org/fish

For more information, contact the Volunteer Services Coordinator at volunteer@jabacares.org

Training is in-person or virtual and will be held in September. All prospective volunteers must go through an application process including interview, reference, and background check to ensure the safety of our students. FISH Mentors are encouraged to attend occasional in-service trainings and events and are asked to commit to at least one hour per week for the academic year. 

SNAP Benefits Education & Outreach Volunteer (Locations across Blue Ridge Area Region and Virtual)

You will help inform and connect guests to government assistance for food, so they can benefit from improved access, quantity, convenience, and choice of food. Training will be provided.

This role requires a commitment of at least 3-5 hours per week. Work schedule flexibility is available; location assignments are based on volunteer availability and willingness to travel locally. Work can be completed virtually from home.

Learn more about this opportunity on our website: Specialized Volunteer Opportunities - The Blue Ridge Area Food Bank.

We provide a primary level adult education course taught entirely in Spanish. We are looking for individuals interested in being instructors for the course. If you speak Spanish, have a desire to connect with the local immigrant community, and want to help first-hand in increasing people's job opportunities and quality of life, this volunteer opportunity is for you!

Through our C'ville Builds program, Building Goodness Foundation is able to serve 40 local partners in the Charlottesville and surrounding areas each year. That includes helping other non-profits, low-income homeowners, and small businesses with their construction needs! Through our connections with designers, builders, and suppliers, we are able to complete essential repairs and renovations that keep homeowners in their homes, increase nonprofits' capacities to serve, and keep small businesses' doors open. 

All of our local projects start with an initial site visit that is conducted with a BGF staff member and a skilled volunteer - which could be you! At the initial visit, we meet with the partner or homeowner to assess their needs and look over the site or building. We are seeking skilled builders who have an eye for detecting issues and finding solutions as we rely on our volunteers to help us determine project priorities and needs. Builders that can assess all aspects of a building are preferred, but builders with a specific specialty are welcome too!

Site visits usually take place within Charlottesville and the surrounding counties. They typically last half an hour to an hour. 

Please reach out to volunteer@buildinggoodness.org or call 434-973-0993 if you are interested in helping out!

Photo editors review photos and edit / cull a reasonable number of good photos and post them to an on-line site for the event contact to approve. Photo editors are trained and supervised by the Photography Interns. Please fill out our Volunteer Application, or contact our volunteer coordinator at music-volunteer-coordinator@virginia.edu with your portfolio or any questions.  Editors can work in the office in Old Cabell Hall, or at home.  We prefer volunteers with knowledge of music and photo composition

Photo volunteers take photographs of concerts, events, lectures, faculty, students, visiting scholars and artists. They then cull their photographs to a reasonable number of good photos and post them to an on-line site for the event contact to approve. Photo volunteers are trained and supervised by the Photography Interns. Please fill out our Volunteer Application, or contact our volunteer coordinator at music-volunteer-coordinator@virginia.edu with your portfolio or any questions.

This person or persons will help the EFVA two afternoons a week to answer questions from clients, prepare educational materials and come up with good fundraising ideas. 

Volunteers will help with calling on local businesses seeking sponsors for our new Disability Resources United online guide.  Sponsorship will help ABF to raise funding for our organization. We also need continued help with brainstorming new fundraising ideas throughout the year.  At least a third of our donations should be from our fundraising efforts and each year we need assistance with finding new avenues to pursue to achieve this goal.  We hope you will join our ABF family if you believe you have the skills to help us with our fundraising needs.

A community member with strong communication, sales, and diplomatic skills to represent the fire company at local civic and Albemarle County events to share the unique needs of the Stony Point community in general, and the fire company in particular.  Duties include attending and participating in the occasional Albemarle County meeting, civic meetings, and network with local churches and neighborhood groups to discuss various fire company services and needs. 

As the operational members are usually focused with more important tasks during events and gatherings, we often don’t have the ability to capture media of what we are doing.

This position would be ideal for a person with a moderate background in professional photography.

This is a community member with strong communication and organizational skills to assist the fire company with organizing office files, correspondence, and station records. Approximately four hours a week.  Day/times are flexible..

This is a charismatic person with good communication and organizational skills to help our membership and recruitment committees with outreach and onboarding of potential members.

The Stony Point Volunteer Fire Company is actively seeking volunteer firefighters, EMTs and driver pump operators. To volunteer in our community, you don’t need any prior experience or training. All of the training and certifications will be provided to you free of charge by the department. If you have been curious about becoming a volunteer firefighter, EMT or driver pump operator in our community, please contact membership@spvfc.org, and our membership committee will guide you through the process step-by-step.

Our Virtual Impact Program connects volunteers from across the globe with students throughout Latin America, who attend our after-school Virtual English Academy on a full scholarship. Together, volunteers and students bridge cultures digitally and inspire and empower each other to reach their potential.

while making a lifetime impact on young students throughout Latin America. You’ll provide students with quality English instruction and inspire them to create opportunities for their futures. Join us and make learning fun!

You can join the Virginia Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) to volunteer to assist BRHD with COVID-19 vaccination efforts. Volunteer roles include RNs, nurse assistants, traffic control, and more. Apply to volunteer here.

We need bright people who enjoy speaking with small groups about business topics. We train and provide the content. These days we are conducting these workshops and discussion forums virtually via zoom. Time commitment is about 2 to 4 hours per month.