Category: Get Involved – Volunteer

  • Planning Chair to Step Down at the End of June | BECOME INVOLVED IN YOUR COMMUNITY

    An opportunity to learn more about our unique community! Posted Date: 5/31/2011 Jason Pearson, Chair of the City’s Planning Commission, will be stepping down at the end of next month opening up another vacancy on that board. City residents with appropriate experience are encouraged to apply. Deadline to apply: July 1st, 2011 Meetings: 2nd Tuesday…

  • Celebrate Charlottesville’s 250 Years | New website open for your suggestions!

    The celebrate250 website is waiting for your feedback! We all know that Charlottesville is such a unique city!  It has a vibrancy and diversity not usually found in small towns, and now the city  is preparing to celebrate the 250 years since its founding in 1762. Everyone is invited to share in the planning.  Volunteer…

  • Please vote for JABA!

    Here is an opportunity (easy, free!) to help JABA. JABA is one of the finalists for the Eisner Prize for Intergenerational Excellence. The prize committee is now deciding on five finalists (who will each get $5,000) has added a popular vote to this leg of the application. So, pleeeeeeeaaaaase – go to this link http://www.eisnerfoundation.org/eisnerprize/…

  • … and thank you, JABA!

    A wonderful event! Thanks so much to JABA for giving all of us the opportunity to give back to our community and to feel appreciated. Thank You, Volunteers Posted on April 15, 2011 By guest blogger, Becky Calvert, Volunteer Support Specialist We here in Volunteer Services like to say that Volunteers are the heart of…

  • Senior Corps Program Vital in Central Virginia for the Volunteers!

    Community service through JABA’s RSVP program is so important, not only for the people served, but for the volunteers themselves. Moving to a new community for retirement means leaving behind your network of coworkers and friends who would help with the transition from working to volunteering. Shortly after moving to Charlottesville, I discovered JABA through…

  • Why doesn’t Charlottesville have a botanical garden?

    Charlottesville needs a botanical garden!  Because we seem to be such a progressive, green community,  I would have expected one to have been established a long time ago.  Better late than never, and now we have the perfect opportunity to get started! Visit the McIntire Botanical Garden Blog for more information and to view the…