9/11 Day of Service Mini Grants Awarded Across Virginia

September 9, 2024

We are thrilled to announce 12 organizations across Virginia that have been selected to receive 9/11 Day of Service Mini Grants from the Virginia Service Foundation. The Foundation’s biannual National Days of Service Mini Grants support service projects that engage individual and group volunteers in opportunities to serve others in honor of 9/11 Day of Remembrance in September and Martin Luther King Jr. Day in January.

These selected organizations will receive mini grants to support their communities:

Franklin County Master Gardener Association (Rocky Mount) will repair and refresh the Giving Garden, where fresh produce is grown to donate to a local nonprofit.
GoochlandCares (Goochland) will engage AARP seniors in creating dental hygiene kits for those in need as well as sorting items for the GoochlandCares Clothes Closet.
Health Brigade (Richmond) will prepare hygiene kits for distribution through their Comprehensive Harm Reduction program for clients in need across the Richmond area.
Huddle Up Moms (Roanoke) will sort and pack donations of diapers and essential baby items locally, where the nearest diaper bank is two hours away.
Kids Give Back (Annandale) will host a booth at the Northern Virginia Family Festival for kids to decorate pillowcases and write letters for care packages for overseas military.
King of Kings Lutheran Church Dulles South (Fairfax) will make Backpack Buddy meal kits for students, on behalf of the Dulles South Food Pantry.
Literacy Volunteers Winchester (Winchester) will host laundromat reading circles, supporting community engagement and literacy for local Spanish-speaking families.
Shenandoah University Center for Civic Engagement (Winchester) will create ready-to-go meals for students who use the on-campus food pantry.
SOAR365 (Richmond) will enhance the accessibility of Park365, an outdoor space designed for all abilities with the support of volunteers.
Start 1 Spark (Henrico) will partner with the residents of Lakewood Retirement Community at their facility to assemble Fuel for Fun snack kits for partner schools.
Virginia Living Museum (Newport News) will revamp their Dinosaur Discovery Trail, ensuring guests of all abilities can engage with this space safely.
White Hall Ruritan Club (White Hall) will build an outdoor storage shed to help them better serve their community and improve accessibility.