COMMUNITY SERVICE

You Can Help Make Our Community Stronger

Studies show that volunteering helps us live longer and adds to the meaning and quality of our lives.

Volunteers of all ages are welcomed at the Jefferson Area Board of Aging (JABA). For information on volunteer opportunites at JABA visit
http://www.jabacares.org/page/full/volunteer-opportunities/

Give the Gift of Lifelong Learning to a New Generation

JABA FISH Program

If you like working with children, become a FISH (Friends In Schools Helping) volunteer and tutor reading or math, or help a new child adjust to school. Perhaps you speak Spanish or another language. Tutoring English as a Second Language is in high demand.

JABA FISH at Jackson-Via Elementary School

Do you have a special talent or skill you would like to contribute? Do you like working with older adults, youth, or contributing to meet our communities’ needs? JABA will find a volunteer opportunity for you in one of our many programs or at one of over 100 other nonprofit agencies in the City of Charlottesville and the counties of Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa and Nelson.

JABA sponsors the RSVP Program, which is America’s largest volunteer network for people 55 years of age and over.

Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) volunteers conduct safety patrols for local police departments, participate in environmental projects, tutor and mentor youth, respond to natural disasters, and provide other services through more than 1,500 groups across Virginia.

To learn more, visit www.nationalservice.gov or call 202-606-5000 or TTY 202-565-2799.

View Michelle Obama’s call to service at the new Serve.gov website.

United We Serve initially runs from June 22 through September 11, culminating in a National Day of Service and Remembrance on 9/11, but it will grow into a sustained, collaborative and focused effort to promote service as a way of life for all Americans.