Founded in 1981, the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank is the largest organization alleviating hunger in western and central Virginia. Headquartered in Verona, VA, we serve neighbors in need in 25 counties and nine cities through distribution centers in Charlottesville, Lynchburg, Winchester and Verona. We distribute nearly 22 million pounds of food annually to 109,500 people each month through a network of more than 400 community partners – food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, schools, churches and other non-profit groups. We are a member of Feeding America, a national food bank association that supports 202 food banks across the United States. For more information, visit www.brafb.org. Together, we can solve hunger.

valley program for aging services is a health, wellness and fitness company based out of United States.

At People Places, we connect kids to families and a safe place they can call home. We pride ourselves on the support we offer our foster kids and foster parents on their journeys. We also have a K-8 Special Education day school called Pygmalion. As the industry leader in treatment foster care, we draw on 40 years of local practice and our own family of professional counselors and social workers, special education teachers, and managers to nurture families across Virginia and the country. Our strength lies in the relationships we build between parents, staff members, and the children we support.

Piedmont Housing Alliance creates housing opportunities and builds community through education, lending and development. Our goal is to ensure that everyone in our community can have a place to call home. Founded in 1983, Piedmont Housing has helped more than 800 families become homeowners through financial counseling, education and down payment assistance. We have deployed more than $7 million in down payment assistance to home buyers, developed 64 single family homes and created and now own and/or manage 395 rental homes. We are a US Treasury certified Community Development Financial Institution, a US Dept of Housing & Urban Development approved Housing Counseling Agency, and state-certified Community Housing Development Organization.

Senior Centers, Inc. is a nonprofit organization whose purpose is to serve older members of the community by providing programs and services which enhance their dignity, support their independence, and encourage their involvement in the community.

Central WV Community Action, Inc. provides pathways to economic independence for all families by leading community initiatives that address the root causes of poverty. Program focus areas include early childhood development (Head Start), community transportation, financial literacy and emergency services (rent, utilities, and work supports), housing (home heating repairs/replacement, and more.

Seniors First, the Shenandoah Area Agency on Aging Inc. is a non-profit organization serving seniors in the Counties of Clarke, Frederick, Shenandoah, Page, Warren and the City of Winchester.

Child Health Partnership partners with families to promote the healthy development of babies and children.

Air Serv is a not-for-profit humanitarian aviation company, meeting the logistical and transportation needs of humanitarian aid providers all over the world.

Fauquier Community Child Care is an education management company based out of Rr 2, Marshall, Virginia, United States.

Monticello Area Community Action Agency (MACAA) has been serving families in the Charlottesville, Virginia area since 1965. Our service area includes the City of Charlottesville, and the counties of Albemarle, Fluvanna, Louisa and Nelson. As one of more than one thousand Community Action Agencies nationwide, our mission is to improve the lives of low-income individuals by helping them become self-reliant. We partner with individuals and families living below 125% of the Federal poverty to promote economic empowerment, equitable access to healthcare and nutritional supports, and the education and development of the whole family.

Licensed by the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health Services Inc., New Horizons Professional ABA Services Inc.(NHABA) primary mission is to provide Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy services to children with developmental disabilities to include Autism Spectrum and Intellectual Disorders through the age of twenty-one. NHABA serves children and their families in the Northern Shenandoah Valley and throughout Northern Virginia. Its mission is to improve these individual’s adaptive, social, behavioral, and communicative functioning to improve the functioning of the family unit. Once this begins to occur the family can enjoy the community and what it has to offer without any barriers created by their children’s disabilities.