Community e-Connections: Urgent Need for Volunteers, Opportunities for Youth, plus MANY Upcoming Events to Support Local Nonprofits!

Community e-Connections

October 4, 2022

To see how we are helping local nonprofits, click here for our

weekly Nonprofit e-Source!

WELCOME to our newest Nonprofit Member, Newport News Public Arts Foundation, dedicated to helping make Newport News an appealing place to live, work, visit and do business. To learn more, click here.

October Food Drive – LINK of Hampton Roads

Furniture and Home Goods – Home First Williamsburg

Items for PORT Winter Shelter – LINK of Hampton Roads

Wheelchair – LINK of Hampton Roads

URGENT Need for Volunteers on October 8 – Serve the City Peninsula

Volunteers Needed for Grove Trotter 10K Bridge Run – Grove Christian Outreach Center – October 15

Multiple Opportunities in October– Serve the City Peninsula

Grant Research/Grant Writing/Special Events – Gloucester Housing Partnership

Multiple Opportunities (Food Ministry, Greeters, Personal Shoppers, Birthday Ministry, Thanksgiving) – Grove Christian Outreach Center

Community Forum on Aging

Free Family Dinner

October 6, 11, 14

Motivational Interviewing

October 8

NAMI Walks

October 12

Hope Family Village Dinner

October 13

Free Mental Health First Aid - Adults

October 15

Grove Trotter 10K Bridge Run

2nd Annual STEM Exploration Event

Country for Kids

October 21, 22, 28, 29

Night of the Living Museum

October 23

Friends and Family Fall Festival

October 28

Read Between the Wines

October 29

Lupus & Fibromyalgia Summit and Health Fair

Youth Opportunities

Voices for Virginia’s Children is establishing a cohort of young changemakers (ages 15-25) for our new advocacy council, Virginia’s Youth in Action. Participants will be compensated $2000 & receive monthly training through May 2023. To learn more, click here. Deadline to apply is October 9.

The C. Waldo Scott Center for H.O.P.E. is offering a scholarship opportunity for youth and adult residents of the Southeast community of Newport News who are interested in pursuing vocational education. The deadline to apply is November 1. To learn more, click here.

Prudential Emerging Visionaries awards young people who create solutions to financial and societal challenges. Entries are being accepted from people ages 14 to 18. Awards range from $5,000 to $10,000. The final entry deadline is November 3. To learn more, click here.