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Any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any human being,
let me do it now.
Let me not defer it or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.
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Life :: Volunteering :: Family and Parenting
Richmond Virginia (VA) Family and Parenting
Here is a comprehensive list
of Family and Parenting volunteer opportunities.
| Name | Description |
| Charity Family Life | Charity Family Life is a non-profit organization that provides youth and family programs in Richmond, Virginia. We are a family of individuals committed to seeing change within the community - one family at a time. |
| ChildSavers of Richmond | At the core of Memorial Child Guidance Clinic's mission is a fundamental commitment to the mental well being of children and the positive bond between adult and child. We support this with adult education and training and clinical treatment services that offer reassurance, healing, and the knowledge necessary to achieve normal life and development. |
| Commonwealth Catholic Charities | Provides value-based human services to individuals, children and families, especially the most vulnerable: neglected and abused children, frail elderly and handicapped of all ages. Services include counseling, pregnancy and adoption services, in-home care for the elderly and disabled, case management for HIV/AIDS, home-based services to troubled families, foster care, independent living services for youth, and support services to the deaf and hard of hearing (TDD 285-1630). |
| Commonwealth Parenting | Our mission is to help parents and families of metropolitan Richmond and surrounding communities develop effective parenting capabilities through education, support and skill development. |
| The East District Family Resource Center | The East District Family Resource Center is a community-wide collaborative effort of East District residents, the City of Richmond, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Memorial Child Guidance Clinic and other service providers and community organizations designed to improve the lives of children and families in Richmond's East District. |
| East End Partnership with Families | The East End Partnership for Families project is a collaboration where Institute staff work to build leadership capacity among partner organizations and residents in the East End section of Richmond. |
| Family Lifeline | Reaches out into the community and helps families build strength from within. Programs include Communiy Services, Youth Services, and Family Home Care. Additional offices in Chesterfield and Petersburg. |
| First Things First of Greater Richmond | FTF is a not-for-profit organization “dedicated to strengthening families through education, collaboration and mobilization.” |
| A Fresh Start For Single Mothers And Their Children Community Outreach Mission Project | A Fresh Start For Single Mothers And Their Children Community Outreach Mission Project is a unique faith-based eight+ week program designed to provide an environment of positive support for single mothers and their children in which they will find encouragement, education, inspiration, growth, hope for daily living and the future. (also see B.E.T.H.E.L. Ministries) |
| Goochland Fellowship & Family Services | Empowers individuals and families dealing with issues such as illiteracy and lack of transportation. Services include a home visiting program for parent and young children, adult basic education programs, parenting classes, transportation to medical appointments, car giveaways to adults needing transportation to work, telephone reassurance for shut-ins, clothes closet and food bank, for emergency appeals, college scholarships, and volunteer opportunities for individuals with court-appointed community service hours to complete. |
| Hanover Adult Center | Provides a success oriented environment that enables adults to achieve and maintain self-respect during a time in their lives when they are dependent on others for care. Provides respite from the care giving cycle for both the family members and participants. Enables families to remain intact by providing supervision and care to individuals with health related needs. Adult Day Health Care provides socialization and supervision to adults of all ages with functional limitations. Services include leisure involvement, health management, medication management, meals and supervision. |
| Hanover County Community Services Board | Offers a wide variety of Clinical, Rehabilitative, Preventative, and Community Educational Services tailored to meet the needs of individuals, families, and the Hanover Community. |
| Jackson-Feild Homes | Jackson-Feild Homes is a non-profit 501 (c)(3) charitable organization dedicated to providing gender specific programs and services for adolescent females ages 13 up to 21 who are “at risk” for mental health problems, delinquent behaviors and/or failure to complete their basic education. |
| Jewish Family Services | JFS is a forward-thinking health and social service agency dedicated to helping people achieve their full potential, regardless of age, race, religion or circumstances. Programs include Home Health Care, Counseling, Care Management, Wee Care, Adoption, Services for the Developmentally Disabled and Intern Training Program. |
| Jordan's Quest, Inc. | Jordan's Quest is a for profit corporation dedicated to educating parents of children 0-18 years of age, on ways to bond and discipline their children without the fear of lowering their child's self-esteem. |
| Lutheran Family Services | At Lutheran Family Services of Virginia, we believe in families. That’s why we help create families with adoption and foster care services. We preserve families with counseling and training. We support families by educating students with special needs in unique learning environments. We do all these things and more for people of all faiths because we believe in service, and most of all we believe in families. Find out more about how Lutheran Family Services of Virginia serves families. |
| New Life For Youth | New Life For Youth was founded in 1971 by Victor & Carmen Torres. From the beginning, our mission has been to provide youth, adults, and families with an effective and comprehensive Christian faith-based solution to life-controlling drug and alcohol problems in order to become productive members of society. |
| Partnership for Families, Northside, Inc. | The Partnership for Families Northside is a pioneering group of established organizations that helps families prepare their children from birth to five years to enter school healthy and ready to learn. The Robins Foundation is supporting the Partnership during its first years. |
| Powhatan-Goochland Community Action Agency (P-GCAA) | For nearly 35 years, the Powhatan-Goochland Community Action Agency (P-GCAA) has provided an array of needed services to low-income families in both Powhatan and Goochland Counties. |
| Richmond Mommies | As part of The Mommies Network, RichmondMommies.com is a free community for moms in Richmond and surrounding areas. We realize that all moms need local support -- and who can't use another friend? RichmondMommies.com offers a simple way to connect with local moms for friendship, support and fun. |
| Sacred Heart Center | Sacred Heart Center is a non-profit community center serving its surrounding neighborhoods of South Richmond, one of the poorest and most violent sections in the city of Richmond. Our mission is to be a source of hope and strength for children and families. |
| United Methodist Family Services | The seeds of our success were planted more than a century ago. The goal of UMFS has always been ambitious – to provide a broad spectrum of human services to enable children and families to realize their hopes for the future. Touch a life, create a future is a principle that guides our every action – and it comes as much from our hearts as it does our expertise. |
| United Methodist Urban Ministries | UMUMR’s mission, to connect people and organizations so that they may work together to form strong communities, is carried out by focusing on four primary program areas: feeding, education through mentoring, affordable housing, and jobs/job skill development. |
| Urban League of Greater Richmond | To assist African-Americans as well as other underserved citizens in the achievement of social and economic equality through advocacy, collaboration, direct services and research |