Visit givelocalpiedmont.org on Tuesday, May 9 and support any of these local organizations with just a few clicks. Early giving is open now.
These Rappahannock organizations are participating in Give Local Piedmont, a 24-hour online fundraising event benefiting the nonprofits who take care of our community on Tuesday, May 9. Go to givelocalpiedmont.org to donate and for more information. For an expanded guide including organizations in Culpeper and Fauquier, go to rappnews.com/givelocal23
Belle Meade Montessori
Belle Meade Montessori School provides an exceptional educational experience that includes individual responsibility, social and environmental consciousness through experiential learning.
Castleton Community Volunteer Fire Company
Castleton Community Volunteer Fire Company was established in 1956 as a Fire Company and later added EMS Transport capabilities and continues today as a Fire and Rescue Company. We are an all volunteer company and we invite you to join us.
Castleton Festival
Founded in 2009 by Maestro Lorin Maazel and
Dietlinde Turban Maazel, the Castleton Festival introduced classical music, theater and opera to the rolling hills of Rappahannock County. Castleton has been a vista-opener for over 3,000 young people through open dress rehearsals, master classes and through its Young Artists Training Seminar.
Child Care and Learning Center
CCLC is a 501c3 nonprofit offering child care, preschool, and afterschool programs for children ages 6 weeks to 12 years. We support affordable child care for all families and 60% of CCLC’s students receive full tuition assistance. CCLC has been in continuous operation since 1976 and is accredited through Virginia Quality and the National Association for the Education of Young Children. CCLC uses the evidence-based Creative Curriculum.
Family Futures
FamilyFutures, a Rappahannock 501(c)3 nonprofit, works to advance life skills through financial education and matching savings. Every public school kindergartner receives a personal savings account and opportunities to earn additional deposits while growing financial and life skills through graduation. All residents can access group or one-on-one financial education to plan for the future and manage life challenges.
Foothills Forum
Foothills Forum, a community news nonprofit, produces original, in-depth, and independent reporting on our county in conjunction with the Rappahannock News.
For the Cats’ Sake
For the Cats’ Sake is a non-profit organization dedicated to spaying and neutering stray, feral and domesticated cats, and finding homes for adoptable cats and kittens through our foster based rescue. Our goal is to stabilize and reduce the cat population, by providing low and nocost spay/neutering services, and running a TNR (trap, neuter & return) program to assist residents. We also provide food, shelter and medical assistance to community cats in need.
CASTLETON FESTIVAL
is a year-round multicultural resource enriching the Piedmont Region’s texture of music & theatrical-related events, offering free life-changing Residencies for Young Professional Artists as well as interactive Community Events and Performances ranging from Opera to Classical to Jazz to World Music, Theater, Dance, Mime, Summer Camps for Children and Yoga. Additional arts-driven Self-care Workshops are on the horizon. We are grateful for your support!
Visit givelocalpiedmont.org on Tuesday, May 9 and support any of these local organizations with just a few clicks. Early giving is open now.
Friends of the Rappahannock
Friends of the Rappahannock strives to be the voice and active force for a healthy and scenic Rappahannock River.
Generations Central Adult Day Center
A collaborative effort between Rappahannock Rapidan Community Services, Aging Together, Culpeper Baptist Church, Culpeper Baptist Child Development Center, George Mason University and many other community partners propelled us to the opening of Generations Central in March 2022. Our beautifully renovated space on the first floor of Culpeper Baptist Church hosts a vibrant activity program for the senior adults in our community.
Headwaters Foundation
Headwaters’ mission is to foster educational excellence in Rappahannock County, Virginia, for the benefit of our young people.
Hearthstone
Hearthstone School extends from Nursery/ Kindergarten through 12th grade and is inspired by Waldorf education. Through creating a
positive learning environment, Hearthstone promotes inner harmony and centeredness in a vastly changing world. Hearthstone's curriculum seeks to nurture and educate the whole child. Our teachers work respectfully and deliberately to awaken the imagination, open the heart, engage the hands, nurture the spirit, and stimulate the intellect of each child.
Hospice of the Piedmont
Our Mission: To positively transform the way people view and experience serious illness, dying, and grief. Hospice is a method of care that centers on comfort rather than cure. It's a philosophy that celebrates quality-rather than quantity-of-life for patients with serious illnesses.
John Jackson Piedmont Blues Festival
The John Jackson Piedmont Blues Festival is designed to pay tribute to Rappahannock native son, blues musician, John Jackson. John was a 1986 NEA National Heritage Fellow. A historic marker noting the location of Jackson's birthplace was erected by the state of Virginia in Woodville in 2005. This year's festival will be September 30 at Eldon's Clover Hill Farm.
Kid Pan Alley
Kid Pan Alley’s mission is to inspire creativity, build confidence, and foster community among children of all ages through the group songwriting process. Founded in 1999, Kid Pan Alley has written over 2,800 songs with over 80,000 children in schools across the country, from Virginia to Hawaii.
Living Sky Foundation
Living Sky Foundation is committed to building a culturally diverse foundation to improve the quality of rural existence through social change and public outreach, as well as support continuous learning and youth leadership. A focus on self-expression, healing arts, mindfulness, and positive values are emphasized through creative and cultural enrichment programs available to participants regardless of age, or status levels.
Rapp at Home: The Power of Aging
Helping seniors to be independent; healthy in body and mind; live inspired, engaged lives; encourage others, and stay connected in our rural community.
RappCats
RappCats is a private, non-profit organization that rescues, cares for, and finds loving homes for abandoned, abused, neglected, injured, and homeless cats and kittens throughout Rappahannock County. RappCats is not affiliated with the County government and relies entirely on the generosity of people like you to support our operations.
Rapp Center for Education
Rapp Center for Education is a non-profit organization committed to workforce training in Rappahannock County, Virginia. We currently offer entry-level classes and certification in Clinical Medical Assistant, Phlebotomy, X-Ray Tech, Meat Processing and more. Your contribution helps us help our community by training the workforce of tomorrow. Thank you for your support!
Rapp Nature Camp
Our mission is to allow individuals, especially children, to discover for themselves the wonder and beauty of the natural world, and to understand what it means to be a part of a community of living things.
Rappahannock Animal Welfare League
Our mission is to rescue unwanted, abandoned or neglected dogs in Rappahannock County, to relieve suffering, and to help each animal become healthy, rehabilitated, and happily rehomed through our energetic adoption program.
Rappahannock Association for Arts and Community
RAAC is a nonprofit organization deeply rooted in Rappahannock County. Since our beginning in 1982, our all-volunteer organization has focused exclusively on enhancing the lives of community residents through exposure to the arts and active participation in art programs. We believe strongly that a community infused with the arts is a stronger, livelier, more creative one that is better prepared for the future.
Rappahannock Benevolent Fund
The Rappahannock Benevolent Fund (RBF) provides emergency and self- sufficiency assistance with compassion and confidentiality to Rappahannock residents.
Rappahannock County Farm Tour
The mission of the Rappahannock County Farm Tour is to present an unforgettable, educational and enriching experience of Rappahannock County's (Agri)Culture.
Rappahannock County Friends of the Library
The Rappahannock County Friends of the Library is a tax-exempt, not-for-profit organization, that provides funds to the library for programs, furniture, Internet access, computers, and other technology.
Rappahannock County High School Band Boosters
Promote, further and advance the development of instrumental music, encourage participation and stimulate interest among the students in the school system of Rappahannock County, specifically Rappahannock County High School (RCHS) and its feeder schools.
Rappahannock County Park Foundation
Established in 2020, we are a small group of community volunteers whose mission is
Milestones in our first 9 years of Give
320 Total organizations have participated 56 Have participated all nine years 20 Earned >$100k over nine years
107 Organizations participated in 2014, raising $675,000
198 Participated in 2022, a GLP record, raising over $1 million
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to support the Rappahannock County Recreational Facility Authority with fundraising, volunteers, and other support. We envision the Rappahannock County Park as a quiet place in the county where families can come together to play, walk, and enjoy nature.
Rappahannock County Soccer Association
Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection
Dedicated to Preserving the Natural Resources and Rural Character of Rappahannock County, Virginia, the Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection promotes education for environmental citizenship, advocates for good community planning and defends the quality of Rappahannock County's environment.
Sperryville Volunteer Fire Department
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Rappahannock County Soccer Association provides a healthy and safe environment for Rappahannock children to exercise and develop team-building skills while learning the great game of soccer. Rappahannock County Soccer Association is managed entirely by volunteers. We offer two seasons per year (~5 months of soccer in total) and maintain a recreational soccer league that includes games against surrounding counties. We don't receive any financial support from Rappahannock County and rely solely on donations and player registration fees to cover basic costs.
Scrabble School Preservation Foundation
The Sperryville Volunteer Fire Department was founded in 1947 to serve and protect our local community. As a gateway to Shenandoah National Park, we face the risk of brush and forest fires, as well as fighting house fires and launching rescue operations for auto, farm accidents, and natural disasters. As a 100% volunteer organization, we depend on the generous support of individuals like you, and the broader community of Rappahannock County and beyond.
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Rappahannock Culpeper Baseball
The Babe Ruth Baseball/Softball program (Rappahannock, Culpeper Baseball), using regulation competitive baseball and softball rules, teaches skills, mental and physical development, a respect for the rules of the game, and basic ideals of sportsmanship and fair play. In all aspects, Babe Ruth League, Inc. is committed to providing our participants the very best educational, sports experience possible. It is our fundamental belief that every child with a desire to play baseball or softball be afforded that opportunity.
Rappahannock Food Pantry
The goal of the Rappahannock Pantry, Inc, is to assist low-income individuals by: providing a range of food and other services; by creating educational and other opportunities; and by educating the public on issues of poverty.
Rappahannock Garden Club
Founded in 1949, the Rappahannock County Garden Club continues to bring together those interested in learning about horticulture, beautifying our communities and providing scholarships for continuing education.
The mission of the Scrabble School Preservation Foundation is to preserve Scrabble School and to share its legacy through educational programs.
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Serendipity Equine Inc
Serendipity Equine’s mission is to encourage and enable physical, social, emotional and behavioral health and growth, utilizing horses as therapeutic partners. At Serendipity, horses and humans work together to improve the quality of life for individuals, families and groups, as well as horses, by emphasizing strengths, dignity and respect.
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Shenandoah National Park Trust
Sperryville Volunteer Rescue Squad
The mission of the Sperryville Volunteer Rescue Squad is to provide high quality emergency pre-hospital care to people in Sperryville and surrounding communities. Care of our patients is our first priority. We treat all our patients with the utmost respect.
The Old Dominion Pony Club
The Old Dominion Hounds Pony Club (ODHPC) is a chapter of the United States Pony Clubs, based in Rappahannock County in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. ODHPC, like the US Pony Club, is a youth organization for promoting sportsmanship, stewardship and leadership through horsemanship. The ODHPC program develops character, leadership, confidence, and a sense of community in youth through a program that teaches the care of horses and ponies, riding and mounted sports.
Totality Martial Arts
Totality Martial Arts is a 501c3 Non-Profit Organization dedicated to providing health & wellness programs for our community through martial arts, yoga and fitness. Our classes are designed to bring the best of traditional martial arts and modern combat sports to you in a safe, fun and effective way.
Wakefield Country Day School
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Rappahannock Historical Society
The Society is committed to collecting, preserving, interpreting, and disseminating the unique history and heritage of Rappahannock. Co., promoting knowledge of the past for a better understanding of the future.
Rappahannock Lions Club Foundation
For over 60 years, the Lions Club has been the preeminent community service organization in Rappahannock County, funding a wide array of projects and services.
As the official philanthropic partner of Shenandoah National Park, the Trust provides strategic investments in programs and initiatives that help protect, enhance, and preserve the resources of Shenandoah National Park for all to enjoy- for this and future generations.
Sperryville Community Alliance
The Sperryville Community Alliance was established on April 9, 2019, to support the well-being of Sperryville and its residents. Our mission is to promote activities that enhance the safety, inclusiveness, and vitality of the community. We actioned this mission by focusing on (1) sponsoring community events to bring people together, (2) promoting community safety and traffic calming, (3) improving local amenities, and (4) honoring Sperryville’s history.
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To develop each student’s character and intellect to the student’s fullest potential, encouraging scholarship, diligence, and self-discipline as well as respect for and service to others within a curriculum that emphasizes learning in the classical tradition.
Washington
Fire and Rescue
Washington Volunteer Fire and Rescue has been proudly serving the community since 1939. WVFR is proud to be one of the few remaining all-volunteer fire and rescue companies in the area. We have grown significantly since our founding, adding apparatus as we grew to meet the needs of the community. Today we provide fire suppression, Emergency Medical Services, and countless hours of community service and support
Serving Rappahannock, Culpeper, Fauquier & Madison Counties
The Northern Piedmont Community Foundation (NPCF) began in December 2000 when nine concerned citizens from Virginia’s Piedmont region were searching for solutions to the charitable needs in Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison, and Rappahannock counties.
With modest beginnings, our funds have grown to over $39 million in support of local charities, scholarships and community needs in our northern piedmont region.
LOG ON & GIVE LOCAL ON MAY 9
Give Local Piedmont inspires community members to give BIG to the nonprofit organizations that are making our region stronger. Every dollar donated is increased with additional "bonus" dollars provided by the PATH Foundation, as well as sponsor-driven prizes. Starting APRIL 25th, donors may begin preevent donations. We encourage you to give on the day of the event, MAY 9th, as well, so your donations will qualify for all prizes!
