Coach Bennett and businesses raising awareness, donations for childhood literacy
Coach Bennett and businesses raising awareness, donations for childhood literacy By Patrick Huddleston | February 8, 2021 at 4:07 PM EST - Updated February 8 at 7:00 PM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Sunday, February 7, marked the start of a weeklong #Fight4Literacy initiative. Local businesses and restaurants are joining University of Virginia Basketball Coach Tony Bennett and the Cavaliers in the fight for literacy.
The partnership with Coaching for Literacy promotes childhood reading and awareness of local literacy work.
Bennett and the coaching staff will be wearing Green4Literacy lapel pins and wristbands in support of the initiative in Charlottesville during the game against University of North Carolina Saturday, Feb. 13.
Piedmont Family YMCA receives funding for 43 new students at virtual learning center
Piedmont Family YMCA receives funding for 43 new students at virtual learning center By Andrew Webb | January 26, 2021 at 4:36 PM EST - Updated January 26 at 6:26 PM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - The Piedmont Family YMCA is looking for 43 students between pre-kindergarten and 12-years-old to join its virtual learning centers.
Thanks to a partnership with the United Way of Greater Charlottesville, the YMCA received Ready Regions Funding for over $300,000.
Since the fall, the YMCA has been hosting virtual learning centers at three different locations, including the Brooks Family YMCA, the Jefferson School, and Walker Upper Elementary School.
United Way and the B.F Yancey School Community Center partner for Day of Service
United Way and the B.F Yancey School Community Center partner for Day of Service By Patrick Huddleston | January 18, 2021 at 4:57 PM EST - Updated January 18 at 6:03 PM
ALBEMARLE COUNTY, Va. (WVIR) -The United Way of Greater Charlottesville and the B.F Yancey School Community Center partnered up this year for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service.
The United Way has worked with the staff at the community center to establish a way for new volunteers to engage with the Yancey Food Pantry.
FROM STAFF REPORTS
For the second-straight year, an anonymous donor has fueled the Santa Fund for Schoolkids with a large donation to bring the home-grown charity closer to goal and its mission of helping Central Virginia children all year long.
The donor gave the fund $75,000 this year, helping the charity along its way to its $175,000 goal. The donation is the largest ever received by the charity. Last year a $50,000 helped push the fund toward the same goal.
âThis was a huge surprise and we are thrilled, as we know the significant difference this gift will make for local economically disadvantaged children,â said Ravi Respeto, president and CEO of the United Way of Greater Charlottesville, which administers the fund. âIt is from the same anonymous donor from last year who has increased their gift this year.â