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| Gloucester Community Foundation | |||||||
| Habitat for Humanity of Gloucester-Mathews, Inc. | |
| P.O. Box 1880 Gloucester, VA 23061 |
Phone: 804-695-9655 Fax: 804-693-9750 |
| Email: hfhgm@hfhgm.hrcoxmail.com | Website: www.hfhgm.com |
| Executive Director: Frank R. Bryan | Gloucester Community Foundation |
| Officers: Pres. James W. Richards, Jr.; VP Kathy Phillips; Sec. Della Garrett; Treas. Steve Whiteway | |
| Mission: To eliminate poverty housing in Gloucester/Mathews by building decent, affordable houses with donations from the community, volunteer labor, and selling them with no interest mortgages to qualified low-income families living in substandard housing in Gloucester/Mathews. | |
| Volunteer Opportunities: Available in all phases of construction, on committees and office work – call Frank Bryan. | |
| Approximate Annual Budget: $133,000. | |
| Haiti Mission | |
| 6928 Cabin Lane Gloucester, VA 23061 |
Phone: 804-695-2803 Fax: 804-695-0463 |
| Email: amwhite1@earthlink.net | Website: www.thehaitimission.org |
| Director and Co-Founders: Bill and Alice White | |
| Mission: Since 1981 this outreach project of Providence U. Methodist Church (Charlotte, NC) has worked in partnership with L’Eglise Methodiste d’Haiti and Sante Publique d’Haiti to give medical care to the poor of rural northern Haiti, in a region where there was no care, in a country where there was no social security, no welfare system, no justice system, and very little hope. | |
| Volunteer Opportunities: 3-4 times each year teams of about 12 work at one of our clinics. MD's RN's and non-medical professionals are needed. | |
| Helping Other People's Enrichment, Inc. | |
| P.O. Box 752 Hayes, VA 23072 |
Phone: 804-684-2555 Fax: 804-642-6722 |
| Website: www.hope-tfc.org | |
| Executive Director: Kim Vlahos | |
| Mission: To provide a safe, nurturing, healthy experience in the community. | |
| Volunteer Opportunities: As foster parents with expenses reimbursed. | |
| Approximate Annual Budget: $2,000,000. | |
| Hunters For The Hungry | |
| P.O. Box 304 Big Island, VA 24526 |
Phone: 800-352-4868 |
| Email: hunt4hungry@cs.com | Website: www.h4hungry.org |
| Executive Director: Laura Newell-Furniss | |
| Officers: Pres. Debbie Horne Reynolds; VP Robbie Clark; Sec. Sean Horne | |
| Mission: To provide donated venison to those in need. Venison is low in fat and high in protein, exactly what is missing in the diets of those living in poverty. | |
| Volunteer Opportunities: Help with fundraising events and speak on our behalf to local groups. Hunters can donate harvested deer at participating processing locations. | |
| Approximate Annual Budget: $450,000. | |
| J. Edwin Treakle Foundation | |
| P.O. Box 1157 Gloucester, VA 23061 |
Phone: 804-693-0881 |
| Officers: Pres. & Foundation Manager John Warren Cooke; VP & Treas. Harry E. Dunn; Sec. Cynthia B. Horsley; Asst. Sec. Nancy C. Powell; Robert A. May | |
| Mission: Provides that the income and principal of the investment fund shall be used e1xclusively for charitable, religious, scientific, literacy, or educational purposes either directly or by contributions to organizations duly authorized to carry on these activities. | |
| Approximate Annual Budget: $400,000. | |
| Jacob's Ladder, Inc. | |
| P.O. Box 555 Urbanna, VA 23175 |
Phone: 804-758-0712 Fax: 804-758-0659 |
| Email: jladder555@oasisonline.com | Gloucester Community Foundation |
| Executive Director: W. Aubrey Hall | |
| Officers: Chmn. Mrs. Bruce Hemp; Sec./Treas. Mr. Roger Murch | |
| Mission: Created in 1991 specifically for gifted children who have an extraordinary ability to excel academically but come from situations that make it difficult for them to succeed or reach their full potential. A 5-year, year-round, highly structured academic and life-skill, mentoring and advocacy program, with a 4-6 week summer residential program. | |
| Volunteer Opportunities: Volunteers for the annual golf tournament fundraiser and as mentors to these at risk, intellectually gifted children. | |
| Approximate Annual Budget: $250,000. | |
| KING'S DAUGHTERS | |
| Mission: A philanthropic, educational, and Christian organization that raises funds for the Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters and other local charitable causes. | |
| Gloucester Community Foundation | Gloucester Community Foundation |
| North River Circle | Phone: 804-725-3024 |
| P.O. Box 38 Hallieford, VA 23068 |
Pres. Christie Jesse |
| Gloucester Community Foundation | Gloucester Community Foundation |
| Ware River Circle | Phone: 804-642-2991 |
| 3961 Borden Rd. Hayes, VA 23072 |
Pres. Martha Borden; VP Shannah Cooper; Cor. Sec. Bobby Ray; Rec. Sec. Betsy Phillips; Treas. Julie Stone |
| Gloucester Community Foundation | Gloucester Community Foundation |
| York River Circle | Phone: 804-642-2333 |
| 1755 Lillaston Lane Hayes, VA 23070 |
Pres. Jean Heywood; VP Ann Hutchinson; Sec. Doris Courtney; Treas. Ann Brooks |
| Laurel Shelter, Inc. | |
| P.O. Box 23 Gloucester, VA 23061 |
Phone: 804-694-5890 Fax: 804-694-5191 |
| Email: laurelshelterinc@verizon.net | |
| Executive Director: Cherie F. Stone | |
| Officers: Pres. Theodosia Palmer; VP Barbara Townsend; Sec. Jenny Graziano; Treas. Kenny Smith | |
| Mission: To empower victims of domestic violence and sexual assault by providing direct victim services and to prevent violence by increasing awareness of the impact these victimizations have on ALL members of the community. | |
| Volunteer Opportunities: Answering the Hot Line, interacting with clients, companion services, child care, and help in the Laurel Shelter Thrift shop in the Edgehill Shopping Center on Main Street. | |
| Approximate Annual Budget: $400,000. | |
| League of Women Voters of Virginia Middle Peninsula Members-At-Large Unit | |
| 7953 Mountain Laurel Trail Gloucester VA 23061 |
Phone: 804-694-3966 |
| Email: chuckkatieth@aol.com | |
| Officers: Chmn. Kathryne Thompson Co-Chmn. Michelle Girard; Sec. Jen Little; Treas. Melinda Maddox; Publicity Chmn. Nadine Tatum | |
| Mission: The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization, encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy. | |
| Volunteer Opportunities: Citizens at least 18 years of age who join the League shall be voting members of local, state and national leagues. Meetings are held 3rd Sunday of each month at 1:30PM alternating between Gloucester Public Library Main Branch and Mathews Colonial Courthouse. | |
| Approximate Annual Budget: $2,000. | |
| Leukemia & Lymphoma Society | |
| 2101 Executive Drive, Box 21 Hampton, VA 23666 |
Phone: 757-838-9351 Fax:757-827-7337 |
| Email: silverl@lls.org | Website: www.lls.org |
| Executive Director: Lou Markwith | Community Outreach Manager: Linda Fuller Silver, RN |
| Mission: To cure leukemia, lymphoma and Hodgin Disease; and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. | |
| Volunteer Opportunities: Advocacy with legislators, office/administrative work, staffing health fairs, special event committees and public education event committees. | |
| Lewis B. Puller Center - Division of the Arc of the Virginia Peninsula, Inc. | |
| P.O. Box 2076 6871 Main Street Gloucester, VA 23061 |
Phone: 804-693-3114 Fax: 804-693-0574 |
| Email: jallisone@arcvap.org | Website: www.arcvap.org |
| Executive Director: Kasia Grzelkowski | Site Manager: Jim Allison |
| Officers: Jean Moses, CPA, Chairman; Dr. Michael Canty, Vice Chairman; Sudhir C. Mehrota, Secretary; Wayne MacMasters, Treasurer | |
| Mission: To provide persons with mental retardation the opportunity to realize their goals regarding where and how they learn, live, work and play. We work to reduce and limit the consequences of mental retardation through education, advocacy and support of families and the community. | |
| Volunteer Opportunities: Assisting consumers in the workshops and helping in the Thrift Store, on community outings and at recreational activities. | |
| Approximate Annual Budget: $400,000. | |
| Literacy Volunteers of Gloucester | |
| P.O. Box 981 Gloucester, VA 23061 |
Phone: 804-693-1306 |
| Officers: Pres. Rhoda-Jo Stress; VP/Sec. Sandy Pollock; Treas. Dot Rogers | |
| Mission: To promote and foster increased literacy in Gloucester County through volunteer teaching of and aid to, the illiterate, semi-literate, and those for whom English is not their native language. Also, to encourage and aid individuals, groups or organizations desiring to increase literacy through voluntary programs. | |
| Volunteer Opportunities: Tutors for ABE, GED and ESL. Tutor training provided, | |
| Approximate Annual Budget: $15,000. | |
| Long Bridge Ordinary Foundation | |
| 5168 Weaver Lane Gloucester, VA 23061 |
Phone: 804-725-9079 |
| Officers: Pres. Wm. C. Weaver; VP David Teagle; Sec. Madelyn Weaver; Treas. Christine Wesson | |
| Mission: To preserve and maintain Long Bridge Ordinary, an 18th Century building included in the National Register of Historic Sites; preserve and improve its surroundings; foster the educational and historical appreciation of the site by opening it periodically to the public, and for other tours and use by other charitable organizations, especially schools; distribute information about the historical significance of the site, all for the general benefit of the community; and accept donations of money, real property or other property for above purposes. | |
| Approximate Annual Budget: $15,000. | |
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