Month: December 2014

The Bama Works Fund of Dave Matthews Band in the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation announced the recipients of the most recent grant cycle. Building Bridges Charlottesville is honored to be a recipient in this cycle. These funds will go towards renovating a kitchen in one of our homes to comply with ADA guidelines.

The Bama Works Fund of Dave Matthews Band in the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation (CACF) supports charitable programs locally in the Charlottesville area, nationally and internationally. Program interests include, but are not limited to: disadvantaged youth, needs of the disabled, protection of the environment, and the arts and humanities. Dave Matthews Band and its members have made an impact with their music and by improving the lives of thousands of people. In the most recent grant cycle, fifty-four organizations received $354,300 in grant awards. The fund has made over 800 grants totaling more than $15 million since its inception. More information is available here

We’ve joined CauseNetwork! And, you are invited to the celebration.

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Thank you for joining and for all of your support!

“Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.” ~Washington Irving

The Bridgers took a trip over the river and through the woods to Waynesboro last weekend and picked out the MOST BEAUTIFUL Christmas tree!
Thank you so much to Garman Christmas Tree Farm for generously donating the tree to us. We appreciate it! When the Bridgers returned home with their freshly cut tree, they had a decorating party and trimmed it so nicely. Great job everyone! It looks wonderful.

This holiday season, give the gift so precious that the value cannot be measured… Become a volunteer at Building Bridges Charlottesville!

Be a Friend! Make somebody smile – Spend time with a new friend! Provide assistance and friendship to members within our program by reading, playing board games, having a coffee with them and more!

Become a Guest Chef!
If you love to cook come join us! We promise an evening full of fun and friendship. Our Guest Chef for a Dinner Program is a volunteer opportunity that all residents of Building Bridges love. Come to one of our homes and show off your cooking skills. We have had guest chefs come from as near as Charlottesville and as far as Germany! A Guest Chef enriches our evening with great fun and excellent food.
We’d love to have you!

Interested in volunteering?
Contact Amber Rexrode at [email protected] for more information!
Happy Holidays!

Pull out your tackiest winter wardrobe and get ready to rock a holiday season favorite at our Tactfully Tacky Sweater Holiday Party!

When: Saturday, December 13th
Time: 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Where: 901 Belmont Ave, Charlottesville, VA 22902
RSVP: [email protected]

We will have plenty of food, and you are also welcome to bring a side dish.
We look forward seeing you there in your tacky holiday wear!

One Tacky! One Ruffled! One Loud and Gaudy!
Come Sequined! Come Glittered! Come Fringed and Shoddy!

Please join us at our Annual Holiday Party – ‘Tis the Season to be Tacky!
Pull out your tackiest winter wardrobe and get ready to rock a holiday season favorite at our Tactfully Tacky Sweater Holiday Party!

There will be a door prize for the “most festive” outfit!
When: Saturday, December 13th
Time: 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Where: 901 Belmont Ave, Charlottesville, VA 22902
RSVP: [email protected]

We will have plenty of food, and you are also welcome to bring a side dish.
We look forward seeing you there in your tacky holiday wear!

At The Paramount Theater’s Third Annual Alternative Gift Fair, nonprofits will be set up around the theater to share information about their projects and mission with community members. Community members, or “shoppers”, in return can decide which nonprofit that would like to support with contributions that can be made in honor of friends and family, in lieu of a traditional holiday gift.

How the Alternative Gift Fair works: Shoppers at The Paramount’s Alternative Gift Fair will enter the Fair at no charge. Upon entering, shoppers will be given a “shopping list” with all of the nonprofits who are represented at the fair. They can stroll among the “booths” and talk to area nonprofits who will have information to share about their mission and current projects. As shoppers browse, they can match what charities they might support with the interests of the people on their gift list. Once complete, shoppers can check-out and pay for all gifts at once, eliminating any pressure to give to particular causes or groups at the individual booths. In fact, The Paramount’s anonymous checkout eliminates multiple transactions. Charities will not know who their donors are until they receive a check from The Paramount with all of their donations and a donor list after the event. A donor may also choose to remain completely anonymous.Shoppers may pay by cash, check, or credit card, and one hundred percent of all donations go to the designated charities. Once a gift is given, the shopper will be provided with a card to share with their gift recipient. The Fair will feature refreshments for the shoppers and nonprofits. As a gift to the nonprofit community, The Paramount absorbs all overhead costs, with the help of its generous community sponsors Virginia National Bank and Wendy and Jack Brown.