Community Organizations

Businesses of Rappahannock:

Businesses of Rappahannock is a membership-based nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting local businesses through promotion, advocacy, and education. Our goal is to provide the network necessary for maintaining an economically viable community for all those who wish to live and work in Rappahannock County. We are also the publicfacing organization that welcomes thousands of visitors each year to our bucolic villages! For more information please visit us at www. ExploreRappahannock.com or call 540-227-4845.

Foothills Forum: A nonprofit, nonpartisan group that provides research and reporting about Rappahannock County matters. Issues and trends surfaced in a 2015 survey conducted by the UVA Center for Survey Research. Recent reporting projects, pursued in partnership with Rappahannock Media (publisher of the Rappahannock News), have looked at broadband/cell coverage, land use and rural health care. For more information, visit foothillsforum. org or call 540-675-1207.

For the Cats’ Sake is a nonprofit organization dedicated to spaying and neutering stray, feral and domestic cats, and thereby reducing the incidence of unwanted litters in Rappahannock and surrounding counties. We seek to stabilize feral cat colonies and reduce the homeless stray cat population, while also providing cats with healthier and happier lives. Visit forthecatssake.org for more information.

Living Sky Foundation is an educational organization in support of the arts in that it educates, motivates and inspires individuals to achieve optimum well-being and a purposeful existence through a conscious reconnect with nature. Their services include curriculum development, community support, artist services, music and art enrichment programs and environmental stewardship. For program, member or volunteer information visit livingsky.org, email lsf@livingsky.org or call 540-987-9288.

Rappahannock Aging

Together: Part of a regional partnership taking action to improve quality of life for older adults and their families. Meetings are 1 p.m. on the fourth Thursday of each month at the Rappahannock County Library. Call 540-829-6405 or visit agingtogether.org

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Call Rapp at Home! We help seniors connect with their community and live as they choose, by providing:

Transportation to medical appointments & events

Prescription and grocery pick-up

In-home services

Social and stimulating activities

Exercise and fitness classes

And more

Are you age 50 and live in the Rappahannock area?

Photo by Carl Zitzmann

As a non-profit organization, we welcome all seniors over age 50 who live in Rappahannock County and nearby areas.

JOIN VOLUNTEER SUPPORT COLLABORATE 540-937-HOME (4663) www.rappathome.org

Rappahannock Animal

Welfare League: RAWL rescues homeless dogs and helps pets find and stay in loving homes. RAWL’s shelter at 160 Weaver Rd., Amissville, also offers spay and neuter programs and rabies clinics. Contact manager Patti Want (inforawldogs@gmail.com) at 540937-3336 or 540-937-3283, or visit rawldogs.org

Rapp at Home serves the health, safety, and social needs of Rappahannock residents aged 50 and older. We help seniors connect with the community and live as they choose by providing services such as: rides to medical appointments and events, prescription and grocery pick-up, in-home services, stimulating activities and fitness classes, get-togethers, and more. Call us at (540) 937-4663 or visit www. rappathome.org to see what we can do for you or for the senior in your life.

Rappahannock County Democratic Committee:

Rappahannock County Democratic Committee: Meets every second Saturday of the month via Zoom at 10am for one hour. For details and a link, see RappDems.org, contact Chair@RappDems.org, or find us on Facebook.

Rappahannock County

Republican Committee: Contact chair Terry Dixon at terry.dixon@ gmail.com or visit rapprepublicans. com

The Rappahannock Food

Pantry: The Pantry, at 11763 Lee Hwy, Sperryville, is a volunteer nonprofit organization that assists all Rappahannock residents who need food. Its Plant a Row Program also encourages Rappahannock gardeners to plant a little extra for the Pantry. Call the Food Pantry at 540-675-1177 or visit rappahannockpantry.org for more information, to donate or volunteer. (540) 675-1177

Rappahannock Historical

Society: Nonprofit committed to gathering, preserving and disseminating information about the history of Rappahannock County. Volunteer staff members assist with genealogical, property and other types of historical research for a fee. The society’s museum (328 Gay St., Washington) is open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday or by appointment, and the society has a growing collection of books on Rappahannock’s history for sale. Contact the society at 540-6751163 or rapphistsoc@comcast.net, or visit rappahannockhistsoc.org

Rappahannock Lions Club:

Provides voluntary services throughout the community. The club meets at the Sperryville fire hall at 7 p.m. every second and fourth Thursday. Contact president Garry Giebel at cherriesontop132@gmail. com or membership chair Richard Antony at rantony@ieee.org or rappahannocklions.org

RappCats is a nonprofit organization that helps stray, abused, abandoned and unwanted cats in the county, and operates the county’s only state-approved cat shelter, which is in Flint Hill. For more information or to adopt, contact RappCats at 540-987-6050 or rappcats@rappcats.org or visit rappcats.org

Rappnet.org: A self-moderated email list by and for residents of Rappahannock County. Discussion is freewheeling and encompasses all subjects. Contact Eric Tollefson at erict@rappnet.org or visit rappnet. org

Rappahannock-Rapidan

Medical Reserve Corps: The corps serves Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison, Orange and Rappahannock counties by establishing local teams of public health volunteers to strengthen the public health infrastructure and improve emergency preparedness and response. Contact Kathy Hatter at the Culpeper County Health Department (540-829-7350), email: rrmrc@vdh.virginia.gov or visit www.vdh.virginia.gov/rrmrc/ about

Rappahannock Senior Citizen

Center: Open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday-Thursday at the Scrabble School, serving a hot lunch at noon and open to all county seniors aged 60 and up, with daily activities and trips. Monthly email calendar upon request. Contact manager Darcy Canton at 540-987-3638 or isingpraises@ hotmail.com

Scouting: Cub Scout Pack

123/Boy Scout Troop 36 are based at Trinity Episcopal Church, Washington. Contact Cubmaster/ Scoutmaster Michael Del Grosso at 540-220-5495 or mjdelg2020@ comcast.net. For Girl Scouts in Rappahannock, contact Amo Merritt, service unit manager, at 540-987-8431, or visit gsvsc.org

Scrabble School Preservation

Foundation: Supports the preservation of Scrabble School (111 Scrabble Rd., Castleton), one of four Rosenwald Schools in Rappahannock County for African-American children during segregation. An exhibit, website and school outreach program focus on the school's history and the experiences of its students. Contact Nan Butler Roberts at 540-2221457 or contact@scrabbleschool. org, or visit scrabbleschool.org

Washington Ladies Auxiliary

raises funds for Washington Volunteer Fire and Rescue, and is best known for its Thrift Shop, next door to the fire station at 10 Firehouse Ln.e, open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Call 540683-6499 for more information.

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Woodville Community

Organization: Contact Jeff Light at 540-987-9523 or pastorjeffreylight@gmail.com