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Supported Charities

Angels of Assisi

Angels of Assisi seeks to change the traditional definition of an animal shelter by offering services and programs to benefit the community, the people that live there, and the pets they love. The organization operates the largest private animal shelter in the Roanoke Valley, as well as a low-cost Community Pet Clinic and farm animal sanctuary. Through the Community Pet Clinic and Adoption Center, Angels of Assisi is able to provide resources to pet owners to keep their pets happy and healthy. The adoption center puts emphasis on these services to help people be able to keep their pets over turning them into a shelter. Angels of Assisi strives to be a resource to the community and also offers services to area and rural shelters to help end the euthanasia of healthy, adoptable pets.

Angels of Assisi

Boys & Girls Club of SW Virginia

Overview: To enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.

Boys & Girls Club

Center in the Square

Center in the Square is a unique home for regional arts & cultural organizations, creating and driving opportunities that enhance education, economic development and quality of life.

To be an active participant in economic development, both locally and regionally, by helping assure the financial health of vital elements of western and central Virginia’s cultural quality of life.

Center in the Square is owned and operated by the Western Virginia Foundation for the Arts and Sciences, a 501(c)3 independent, private non-profit organization. We provide a free home, utilities, security, and custodial services to our resident organization funded through a combination of grants, corporate donations, and individual support. In addition to providing this support for resident organizations, WVFAS also provides similar support to off-site cultural organizations housed at independent locations: the O. Winston Link Museum, Opera Roanoke, Roanoke Ballet Theatre and the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra.

Center in the Square

Community Christmas Store

The CCS mission is to assist families in need in a dignified manner during the holiday season. The CCS goal is for recipient families to select their Christmas items according to the individual needs and preferences of each family member.

100% Volunteer! Remarkably, the CCS is operated solely by volunteers. There are no paid employees or staff. Approximately 90% of all funds donated to the CCS go directly to the families served. These families are residents of Roanoke County, the Town of Vinton, the City of Salem, or Craig County.

RV Christmas Store

Feeding America SW Virginia

Overview: Feeding America Southwest Virginia was founded in 1981 and proudly commemorates 36 years of fighting hunger and changing lives through community partnerships.

The Food Bank is an affiliate member of Feeding America and for the last three decades the Food Bank’s ultimate mission has remained the same: eliminating hunger in the region.

The primary function of the Food Bank is to secure large quantities of food for the hungry. Over $27 million worth of food and grocery related products are channeled through a network of 354 partner feeding programs in our 26-county, 9 city region that provide food or meals to those in need.

FASWVA

Renovation Alliance

Overview: Renovation Alliance brings volunteers and communities together to improve the homes and lives of low-income homeowners. We provide critical home repairs for homeowners in need in the Roanoke Valley, ensuring they can live independently in safe and healthy homes. Since operations began in 1999, Renovation Alliance has served more than 600 homeowners and their families. With a focus on making homes warm, safe, dry, accessible, energy efficient, and healthy, Renovation Alliance completes renovation work including re-roofing, weatherizing, plumbing and electrical repairs, and accessible home modifications. Our organization focuses on providing these critical repairs to low-income homeowners in need with a special focus on homeowners over the age of 65, living with a disability, have children living in the home, and homeowners who are active or retired members of the armed services. Renovation Alliance has been preserving and revitalizing homes and communities in the Roanoke Valley since 1999. Our programs provide opportunities for community involvement through sponsorships and volunteer work.

Renovation Alliance

Rescue Mission

From job loss to domestic violence, to physical and mental health challenges and more; homelessness is a symptom of varying conditions. Besides providing food and shelter, through services such as employment training, drug and alcohol recovery, and intensive case management, the Rescue Mission tackles the root causes of homelessness in order to equip and empower people to live independently and intentionally.

Rescue Mission

SPCA

Since 1916, the Roanoke Valley SPCA has made the welfare of homeless and unwanted animals a priority and in 1958 the RVSPCA became a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

We provide a safe and loving home for animals for as long as they need it.  Only those animals suffering from conditions that are beyond help are ever euthanized.

RVSPCA
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