Author: The BridgeLine

We are very excited to finally pick up our signature event:
A Comedy Night.
At Building Bridges, we believe that laughter helps healing, recharges our batteries and brings a lightness to our lives.
90 minutes of clean entertainment featuring nationally touring comedians Mark Matusof and Mike Easmeil.
This is a family friendly event. For detailed info,please see the flyer below and our events section.
We are looking forward seeing you, your family and friends there.

We are excited to let you know that Alex and Ani Charlottesville will host another fundraising event for us. Please join us this Wednesday, September 24th from 6pm-8pm and support Building Bridges Charlottesville!
The beautiful jewelery is great for gifts or to treat yourself and very affordable. Enjoy some lite bites, (+) Energy Punch, and check out all of the wonderful bangles, earrings and necklaces! 15% of sales will go directly to the services we provide to our residents.
We hope to see you there!

We have been so lucky: We had received a grant through Bama Works Fund of The Dave Matthews Band to replace very old windows in our Lexington home. With a great offer from Pella Windows and the amazing help of Building Goodness Foundation we finally could finish the project. Building Goodness Foundation organized 15 volunteers who worked here for several weekends. Click here for our FB site where we posted some photos of the work.

Thanks so much to BGF and all volunteers for an amazing job!

Many people buy online and you might be one of them. A new way to give to our organization without you having to pay a penny is when you shop online. Amazon generously gives 0.5% of the purchase to us, if you let them know that you want to give to Building a Bridge (yes, they still use our old name).
Thanks in advance to all of you and happy shopping!

Building A Bridge

Our 3rd Annual Midsummer Nights Dream Party was a great success, and we thank all our guests for joining us on that lovely day and for all the generous contributions.

Perfect weather, delicious food, great music with ACME Swing Mnfg. Co., and of course our favorite motivational speaker and comedian Brett Leake ensured a fun and joyful evening.
The most touching moment of the evening was the unveiling of the memorial plaque in honor of Fred Drake. Fred was a wonderful and committed member of our Board, and instrumental in our fundraising efforts, i.e. grant writing and creating new connections for us in the community. He sadly passed away 2 years ago and has remained since then in our hearts and minds. One of Fred’s passions was gardening, and that inspired us to create The Drake Friendship Garden at the Belmont home. While we opened the garden at our Midsummer Night’s Dream event, his wife Diana unveiled the plaque that leaves him forever alive.

Please join us for a wonderful evening of camaraderie, great food, live music, and tons of fun.
Click here to go to our FB site for photos from last year’s event.
Click here for more info.
Please RSVP! We are looking forward seeing you there.

What an amazing day! We are so lucky and grateful to live in this wonderful Charlottesville community. People are generous and thoughtful far beyond our expectations.

THANK YOU to everyone who supported us today in Give4Good!

We made a grand total of $4,785.

We can offer a scholarship to one person and start another one.

THANK YOU to all our donors and their generosity.