Category: Get Involved – Volunteer

  • Vinegar Hill Cafe Opening Soon at JSCC!

    Can’t wait to visit. See you there! In the heart of downtown Charlottesville the JSCC has been renovated to house many different tenants including JABA’s Mary Williams Community Center and Vinegar Hill Cafe (run by JABA.) JABA has played a major part in the planning for the Center. Mary Williams Community Center is now open…

  • JABA Soup for Seniors Food Drive | January 2 to January 21

    In recognition of the Martin Luther King Day of Service, JABA is holding “Soup for Seniors”, a canned food drive benefiting local, low-income older adults. This marks the fourth time the nonprofit agency has hosted the drive. “Hunger never takes a holiday,” says JABA’s Volunteer Service Coordinator Robi Keys. “And, winter weather can make getting…

  • Vinegar Hill Café in Jefferson School City Center

    Vinegar Hill Café volunteer opportunities Programming (planning and organizing musical, artistic and other community events in the café) Daily café activities (food preparation, cashier work, menu planning, cleaning, and greeting customers) Opening preparations (arranging furniture, hanging art, setting up kitchen). For more information on volunteer opportunities at Vinegar Hill Café please contact Judy Berger at jberger@jabacares.org.

  • Free Live FISH Webinar – Empowering Volunteers to Lead

    Learn more about JABA’s FISH, my favorite volunteer activity in Charlottesville. Register today for a free live webinar to hear about JABA’s award-winning Friends in Schools Helping (FISH) program. The FISH program engages community volunteers in our local schools to tutor and mentor at-risk students and help address school needs. Led by a team of…

  • Charlottesville Tomorrow Time Capsule Photography Project – History in the Making!

    Just imagine the excitement as Charlottesville folks gather in 2062 for the opening of the Time Capsule that will be buried in 2012.  Don’t you want to be a part of it? Charlottesville Tomorrow invites you to be a part of history by submitting 1 or 2 photographs to the Charlottesville Tomorrow Time Capsule Photography…

  • Lots of folks will be cozy this winter thanks to NGA!

    On October 8, 2012, NGA volunteers sorted clothing items, including hundreds of coats and a table full of absolutely adorable items of baby clothing and layette sets for newborn infants. School personnel and social workers picked up the items at a coffee on October 9. NGA is grateful to Park Street Baptist Church for the…