2009 Virginia Youth Philanthropy Award Winners!!!

2010 Beneficiaries Print E-mail
  • Coal Pit Learning Center- provides free pre-school programs for low income 3-5 year olds who otherwise would not receive the benefits of a pre-school experience.  The primary population is low-income families in Lakeside and Glen Allen.

  • ASK - support children and teen cancer survivors through educational support services (tutoring, workshops for parents, coping strategies, survivor retreats).

  • Leukemia and Lymphoma Society - is the world’s largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research and providing education and patient services. It is the mission of LLS to cure leukemia, Hodgkin’s disease, and myeloma, and to improve the quality of life for our patients and their families.

  • ACCA Shriners - A fraternity here in Richmond that supports “Shriner Hospital for Children”. To provide care for pediatric orthopedic and burn problems. (cerebral palsy, spinal cord injuries, scoliosis, spina bifida….)

  • Help Claire Help Kids - to provide hospitalized and other bed-ridden chronically ill children access to age-appropriate toys and comfort items, and to ensure that their care environment is as child-friendly as possible.

  • Easter Seals UCP Virginia - provides exceptional services to ensure that all people with disabilities or special needs and their families have equal opportunities to live, learn, work, and play in their communities.

  • Camp Baker - provides services across the life-span including 6 week long camps for individuals ages 6 through adulthood. Most campers have severe intellectual disabilities with additional medical, physical, and behavior management problems.

  • Fan Free Clinic - provides medical treatment, health education, social services and advocacy for those in the Richmond area with limited access to care – placing special emphasis on welcoming the least served. Services include HIV testing, prison intervention programs, and food pantries for individuals and families whose lives have been impacted by HIV and AIDS.

  • Richmond Outreach Center - our mission is to sustain permanent, positive change in low-income, urban youth and adults by making significant, long-term investments in these individuals through our outreach programs and services.

  • Embrace Richmond - we serve formerly homeless people to help them not to become homeless again. We believe that by loving our neighbors we can make lasting change in the local community, the city of Richmond, and the world.

  • Full Circle Grief Center - provide children and their families with creative ways to express their grief and remember their loved ones (counseling, remembrance programs, and educational services).