Regional fundraising event coming up

This June, thousands of people are expected to participate in the New River Valley’s (NRV) annual GiveLocalNRV Giving Day. Hosted by the Community Foundation of the New River Valley (CFNRV), this year’s 24-hour fundraising event will kick off at noon on Wednesday, June 26 and end at noon on Thursday, June 27. 

Participating community organizations that serve the NRV signed up in the spring for this event. This allows them to use the GiveLocalNRV website (www.givelocalnrv.org) for free to raise funds and awareness for their missions. Early giving for this event opened on June 1, enabling participants to fundraise most of June in the lead up to the 24-hour event.

“This year, we have a record 130 organizations participating in the giving day. The list is made up of 501(c)3 nonprofits and units of government (such as animal shelters), all of whom are making an impact on our community in different ways”, said Lindsey Gleason, the CFNRV’s assistant director. “Whatever you are interested in – the environment, education, animals, arts and culture, health, issues related to poverty, and more – we have participants working in these areas.”

Organizations in six localities across the NRV are participating, including Floyd, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski, Radford and Wythe. An additional 13 organizations headquartered outside of our region who provide services in the NRV, are participating.

Fueling the excitement of the day are the $20,000 in grants and prizes provided by the CFNRV and corporate sponsors. The event’s lead sponsor is National Bank of Blacksburg. Our other generous sponsors are Atlantic Union Bank, First Bank & Trust, Carilion New River Valley Medical Center, Carter Bank & Trust, Olio Financial Planning, Automation Creations, Inc., Legacy Builders NRV, Inc., LewisGale Hospital Montgomery, and Brown Insurance.

Participants include: Artemis Artists and Writers, Blue Mountain School, Blue Ridge Green Burial, Floyd Center for the Arts, Floyd County Historical Society, Floyd County Humane Society, Floyd County Library Building Fund, Floyd Friends of Asylum Seekers, Forgotten Farms, Friends of Roberson Mill, Handmade Music School, June Bug Center, New River Valley Montessori Corporation, Old Church Gallery, Partnership for Floyd, Plenty!, Safe Surfin’ Foundation, Spikenard Farm Honeybee Sanctuary, Springhouse, SustainFloyd Foundation and Young Life Floyd County, all based in Floyd County; Giles Animal Rescue, Giles Community Garden, Giles County Animal Shelter, Giles County Christian Service Mission, Giles Health and Family Center, Hope House and Pearisburg Junior Woman’s Club, all based in Giles County; Agape Center NRV, Alta Mons, Arc of New River Valley, Blacksburg Community Band, Blacksburg Master Chorale, Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation, Blacksburg New School, Blacksburg Refugee Partnership, Blacksburg Volunteer Rescue Squad, Boys & Girls Clubs of Southwest Virginia, Catholic Campus Ministry at Virginia Tech, Children’s Advocacy Center of the New River Valley, Christiansburg Community Center, Christiansburg Institute, Community Foundation of the New River Valley, Cub Scout Pack 145, Dayspring Cornerstone Scholarship Fund, DePaul Community Resources, Downtown Christiansburg, Friends of the Blacksburg Farmers Market, Friends of the Huckleberry, Habitat for Humanity of the New River Valley, Hacksburg, Havenwood Equestrian Center, Historic Smithfield, Humane Society of Montgomery County, Imagination Library of Montgomery County, VA, Inmate Family Assistance of the NRV, Literacy NRV, Live Work Eat Grow, Loco Arts, Lyric Council, Mayapple School, Micah’s Backpack, Montgomery County Christmas Store, Montgomery County Emergency Assistance Program, Montgomery County Educational Foundation, Montgomery County Friends of Animal Care & Control, Montgomery Museum of Art & History, Mountain View Humane, New River Family Shelter, New River Land Trust, New River Robotics Association, New River Valley Leading Lights, New River Valley TimeBank, New River Valley Youth Cycling Alliance, NRV Academy of Dance, NRV CARES, Renaissance Music Academy of Virginia, Salvation Army of the NRV, Seek Education Explore Discover Seeds, St. John Neumann Academy, Summer Musical Enterprise, Sustainable Blacksburg, United Way of Southwest Virginia, Volunteer Montgomery, VT Autism Clinic & Center for Autism Research, Wonder Universe, A Children’s Museum, YMCA at Virginia Tech, all based in Montgomery County; Beans and Rice, Calfee Community & Cultural Center, City of Refuge Pulaski, Emergency Needs Task Force of Pulaski County, Fine Arts Center for the New River Valley, Free Clinic of Pulaski County, Friends of Claytor Lake, Friends of Peak Creek, InStill Mindfulness, Jordan’s Chapel – Feed My Lambs Program, New River Conservancy, New River Historical/Wilderness Road Regional, New River Valley Agency on Aging, Pulaski Community Youth Center, Pulaski County Public Schools Education Foundation, Pulaski Daily Bread and YMCA of Pulaski County, all based in Pulaski County; Glencoe Mansion Museum & Gallery, New River Community Action, New River Mount Rogers Workforce Development Foundation, Radford Band Boosters, Radford-Fairlawn Daily Bread, Vittles for Vets and Women’s Resource Center of the New River Valley, all based in Radford; Brock Hughes Free Clinic, Family Resource Center, Mountain Community Action Program, Presbyterian Children’s Home of the Highlands, Rural Retreat Depot Foundation and Wythe County Historical Society, all based in Wythe County; and Bland Ministry Center and Dental Clinic, Blue Ridge Mountains Council, BSA, Brain Injury Solutions, Cardinal News, Carilion Clinic Hospice – New River Valley, Feeding Southwest Virginia, Free Clinic of the New River Valley, Girl Scouts of Virginia Skyline Council, New River Community College Educational Foundation, Roanoke Higher Education Center Foundation, Science Museum of Western Virginia, Southwest Virginia Wildlife Center and Virginia Hunters Who Care, all based in outside of the New River Valley but serving the region.