Community Partnerships
Giving Back In Charlottesville.
W.E. Brown has been a participating partner in the Charlottesville community for over 100 years. In recent years, we joined forces with CBS19 to help non-profit organizations by bringing recognition to their tireless work in the community. Please scroll down to learn more about some of the amazing organizations we have supported!
The W.E. Give Back Program was designed to help non-profit organizations by bringing recognition to their tireless work in helping our neighbors. We’ll feature six organizations throughout the year, and we encourage everyone to get involved with our local non-profits and support their inspiring missions.
Camp Holiday Trails
Our Mission: Camp Holiday Trails creates a community that empowers children and teens with medical needs to thrive.
Camp Holiday Trails (CHT) is a year-round nonprofit camp in a natural setting at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Central VA. CHT was incorporated as a nonprofit in 1973 and, since that time, has provided over 10,000 kids with medical needs the opportunity to experience a positive camp experience. Our Campers, aged 7-17, are welcomed from throughout the United States, with the majority coming from the Mid-Atlantic region.
Learn more at campholidaytrails.org
Community Investment Collaborative
CIC’s mission is to strengthen our community and contribute to economic development by fueling the success of under-resourced entrepreneurs through education, mentoring, financing, and networking.
Community Investment CollaborativeLove in the Name of Christ
Love INC mobilizes The Church to transform lives and communities In the Name of Christ. Find out more at loveinccville.org
Love in the Name of ChristThe Bridge Line
The Bridge Line enriches the lives of adults with acquired brain injuries by fostering independence through individualized day and residential services. Find out more at thebridgeline.org
The Bridge LineMusic Resource Center
The Music Resource Center is a safe, diverse and creative community experience where teens build interpersonal and industry skills through the universal language of music. Find out more at musicresourcecenter.org
Music Resource CenterLoaves & Fishes Food Pantry
Loaves & Fishes provides groceries at no cost to low-income families within and around the Charlottesville community. Find out more at cvilleloavesandfishes.org
Loaves & Fishes Food PantryThe Arc of the Piedmont
The Arc of Piedmont’s mission is to ensure full community inclusion and participation of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities through the provision of services and advocacy. Find out more at arcpva.org
The Arc of the PiedmontWriter House
WriterHouse is a non-profit 501©3 corporation dedicated to the support of authors of all levels and genres. Their mission is to promote the creation and appreciation of literature and to encourage the development of writers of all levels by providing affordable, secure workspace and meeting space, high quality writing instruction, and literary events for the
Writer HouseLight House Studio
Light House Studio is a nonprofit youth filmmaking center offering year-round workshops in documentary, narrative, music video, and animation filmmaking techniques. They teach young people to direct, produce, and edit their own movies. Students work with professional-quality equipment and excellent mentors to produce award-winning films. Find out more at lighthousestudio.org
Light House StudioBuilding Goodness Foundation
Building Goodness Foundation (BGF) is a nonprofit construction organization. The organization connects skilled volunteers from the design and construction industries with high-impact nonprofit organizations in need of new or renovated space. Find out more at buildinggoodness.org
Building Goodness FoundationCamp Holiday Trails
Camp Holiday Trails is a caring community committed to empowering, encouraging and educating Campers with chronic illnesses, their families and healthcare professionals. Find out more at campholidaytrails.org
Camp Holiday TrailsGirls On The Run
Girls on the Run® is a 501©3 non-profit organization dedicated to inspiring girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running. Find out more at girlsontheruncenva.org
Girls On The RunHelp Portrait
Help Portrait is a movement of photographers who are using their time, equipment and expertise to give back this holiday season. Each December, photographers, hairstylists and makeup artists all around the world will find people in need, take their picture, print their picture and then deliver it—free of charge. Find out more at hpcville.com
Help PortraitParade Rest
ParadeRest Virginia is a civil-military outreach program that expresses gratitude to those who have bravely served in our armed forces. They offer tickets to entertainment and shows for soldiers and their families. Find out more at paraderestva.org
Parade RestMaDee Project
The MaDee Project is a 501©(3) non-profit organization that provides support to pediatric cancer patients and their families in Staunton, Waynesboro, Augusta County and counties that border Augusta. Find out more at themadeeproject.com
MaDee ProjectChild Health Partnership
The Child Health Partnership partners with families to create a nurturing home environment and promote the health and well-being of children in our community.
Child Health PartnershipBackpack Buddies
Backpack Buddies helps prepare underprivileged children for each upcoming school year by providing them with all of the necessary school supplies and backpacks at no cost. Over the past eight summers, they have filled over 2,100 backpacks with school supplies for children in need in Virginia. Find out more at backpackbuddiesva.com
Backpack BuddiesOakland School
Oakland School is a small co-ed boarding and day school that enables bright children who benefit from a small class size and individualized program to reach their academic and personal potential.
Oakland SchoolPiedmont CASA
Piedmont Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), Inc. provides trained volunteers and professional staff to advocate for the best interests of abused and neglected children and youth, promoting and supporting safe, permanent and nurturing homes for these victims in the child welfare system, the community, and before the courts of the 16th Judicial District of Virginia.
Piedmont CASAComputers4Kids
Computers 4 Kid’s mission is to empower youth (7-12th grade) from low-income families to be prepared with the 21st-century skills required to attend college, pursue meaningful careers, and ultimately, break the cycle of generational poverty. At C4K, all youth-driven STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) projects are grounded in 21st-century skills. Since C4K opened
Computers4KidsIshan Gala Foundation
We’re honored to partner with <a href=”https://ishangala.org/” target=”blank_”>The Ishan Gala Foundation</a> (IGF), a nonprofit that works to bring comfort to families battling cancer and improve their quality of life throughout the treatment process. After losing their son, Ishan, to neuroblastoma in 2008, Mayank and Sejal Gala founded the organization to spread compassion and support pediatric
Ishan Gala FoundationCaring for Creatures
Caring For Creatures is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit no-kill animal sanctuary established in 1987 dedicated to caring for homeless animals and enhancing the human-animal bond. Caring For Creatures provides animals with a safe and healthy environment, a lifetime home (if necessary), and promotes programs and policies that will help to stem the number of animals entering
Caring for CreaturesRed Shoe Cville
Founded in Charlottesville, VA in January 2012, Red Shoe Cville (RSC) is a group of local philanthropic community members who provide support to the RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE of CHARLOTTESVILLE (RMHC). Members of RSC volunteer at the House, raise funds for RMHC programs through events, and organize socials to share our mission in the community.
Red Shoe CvilleThe Reading Tub
The single most important determinant for becoming a successful reader is the amount of reading material at home. The Reading Tub is an all-volunteer nonprofit for family reading and literacy that started as a website to help people find that “just right” book for their children. Now, their broader approach to family literacy includes offering
The Reading TubAll Blessings Flow
All Blessings Flow is a local faith-based non-profit organization that was founded to improve the quality of life and dignity of individuals living with disabilities. Our primary mission is to collect, clean, refurbish and redistribute medical equipment free of charge to those in need in Charlottesville, Albemarle, and surrounding counties.
All Blessings FlowService Dogs of Virginia
Service Dogs of Virginia is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization that raises, trains, and places dogs to assist people with disabilities. Highly trained dogs perform a multitude of tasks that allow greater personal freedom and independence. We serve clients residing in the Commonwealth of Virginia and are based in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Service Dogs of Virginia