...and to help our neighbor

Blue Ridge Hospice

Blue Ridge Hospice is a not-for-profit health care organization founded in 1981, providing physical, emotional, social and spiritual care for terminally ill patients and their families in the region of Virginia consisting of the city of Winchester and Frederick, Clarke, Warren, Shenandoah, Page, and Western Loudoun Counties. Volunteers perform critical roles in the Hospice's work.

UUCSV Contact: Oak Winters

CCAP

Congregational Community Action Project, is a non-profit agency dedicated to helping those who need assistance with rent and housing, utility payments, food, clothing, and more

UUCSV Contact: Miki Leeper

Equality Virginia is a statewide, non-partisan lobbying, education and support network for the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and straight allied (GLBT) communities in Virginia. Equality Virginia seeks equality for all Virginians by: (1) lobbying the General Assembly; (2) organizing communities; and (3) educating the public.

The Equality Virginia Valley Community Action Team epresents Equality Virginia's face and voice for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender equality in Northwestern Virginia.

UUCSV Contact: Corey and Karen McFarley

Friends of the North Fork Shenandoah River

Friends of the North Fork of the Shenandoah River was started in 1988 by concerned residents of the North Fork watershed. It was the first organization in the northern Shenandoah Valley formed to protect a specific river basin.

Since that time, Friends has monitored water conditions of the North Fork, spoken up as "the voice of the river" on policy decisions that impact the North Fork, educated thousands of residents of all ages, and organized activities from clean-ups and picnics to substantial riparian restoration providing long-term protection on tributaries of the North Fork. FNFSR is always in need of volunteers for a variety of tasks. (The North Fork, though mainly located in Shenandoah County, is the source of water for the City of Winchester.)

UUCSV Contact: Carol Stroebel

Latino Connection

The Latino Connection is an advocacy group working on issues in the Latino community in Winchester and Frederick County.The mission of the Latino Connection is to strengthen the community by:

• Embracing understanding of all cultures represented in the community and acknowledging the power of diversity in decision making
• Providing a forum which gathers and disseminates accurate meaningful information between the Spanish speaking and English speaking communities.

The Latino Connection meets at 2 pm on the third Tuesday of each month at 333 W. Cork St. in Winchester. All are welcome to attend; there are occasioanl volunteer activities.

UUCSV Contact: Katy Pitcock

Literacy Volunteers - Winchester Area: Literacy Volunteers - Winchester Area (LVWA) provides individualized services that assist the people of Winchester City, Frederick County and Clarke County in achieving their personal goals through literacy. The agency will equip adult students with the essential skills to navigate through a complex world of instructions and information while building literacy and computer proficiency. Their programs include Basic Adult Reading, English as a Second Language, Family Outreach and Computer Literacy.

Contacts: Rebecca Allen and David Wright

NSVIRC

The Northern Shenandoah Valley Immigrant Resource Center is an ecumenical organization of faith groups with these goals:

• to assist all recent immigrants to our community with information and access to survival resources, with a special concern for children, those living in poverty, and our neighbors with limited English proficiency
• to assist those immigrants who choose to make this community their home to become successful and empowered participants in the community in all ways
• to bring together people of diverse faiths in a common enterprise that will lead to greater understanding among all groups in our community
• to work cooperatively with and support other efforts in the community that have similar goals, including government and nonprofit agencies.

UUCSV Contact: Larry Yates, Member, Board of Directors

PFLAG

Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG) is a national non-profit organization with over 200,000 members and supporters and over 500 affiliates in the United States. PFLAG of Winchester and the Lower Shenandoah Valley provides area support, education and advocacy group for parents, families and friends of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. The group meets on the third Sunday of every month at 6 pm at UUCSV.

UUCSV Contact: Mary Dale Jackson, Board of Directors, Winchester PFLAG

Shenandoah Area Agency on Aging and the Winchester Senior Center: The Shenandoah Area Agency on Aging provides services that enhance the dignity and independence of older persons and promotes their continued contributions to the community. The Agency's in-home support saves Medicaid tax dollars by delaying or preventing institutionalization. SAAA is the only comprehensive regional provider of support services that enable older persons to continue living in their own homes. SAAA serves Clarke, Frederick, Warren, Shenandoah and Page Counties and Winchester City through senior centers and other programs.

Contact: Rebecca Allen

VOP

The Virginia Organizing Project (VOP) is a statewide grassroots organization dedicated to challenging injustice by empowering people in local communities to address issues that affect the quality of their lives. VOP especially encourages the participation of those who have traditionally had little or no voice in our society. By building relationships with individuals and groups throughout the state, VOP strives to get them to work together, democratically and non-violently, for change. The Northern Shenandoah Valley Chapter of VOP is working on issues of housing and biased policing, and is supporting the effort to name the old Warren County High School building after civil rights pioneer James Wilson Kilby.

UUCSV Contact: Larry Yates, VOP Shenandoah Valley Organizer