UVA Employee Volunteer Resources Hub

Items Needed Now: Donate and shop online for area non-profits in need

Charlottesville City Schools (CCS) is asking for help in providing school supplies for their students. Here are ways that you, your workplace, friends, or congregation can help:

• Host a school supply drive. CCS is asking that all items be purchased from their Amazon Wishlist to ensure consistency in their giveaways.
• Host a supply drive to support a school. Download this list (Item #2) of needed school-wide items.  
• Host a backpack drive. Purchase from the school division’s Amazon Wishlist, or community members can purchase their own backpacks to donate.
• Lastly, volunteers are needed to help stuff backpacks for CCS students! If interested, please sign up.

Questions? Please contact Dr. Denise Johnson, CCS’s Supervisor for Equity and Inclusion, 434.245.2593.

Non-Profits Founded or Led by Black, Indigenous, and People of Color

Visit the American Red Cross Find-a-Drive website to learn about upcoming blood drives in your area.

This annual campaign lets UVA employees donate to local and national nonprofits directly from their paychecks. The automatic payroll deduction option makes it convenient.

The COVID-19 pandemic created and widened disparities across industry sectors, race, region, and income levels. While the University of Virginia was able to move employees off Grounds and continue to serve its students, the education sector suffered in Virginia, particularly in K-12 programs that were not equipped to provide remote education to all students. The learning gaps created by this are still felt today in some schools.

UVA's Police Department launched a tutoring program to reduce this gap. Learn more about their program, and all faculty, staff, and student are invited to join them!

UPD Tutoring Program

In connection with this program, the University has not endorsed or approved volunteer opportunities or organizations. The participating organizations are independent and are not part of or affiliated with the University. Accordingly, the University does not control, supervise, or direct their activities or personnel and the University is not responsible for their operations, facilities, or property. The University therefore does not warrant or make any promises or representations regarding the conditions, safety, security, personnel, or characteristics of any organization or the location, facilities, or property in which you may be performing volunteer services.  You must exercise your own judgment when evaluating a prospective organization and volunteer opportunity.  The University is not responsible for resolving any problem or dispute of any nature between you and the organization for which you may choose to provide volunteer services.

The University also is not liable for the independent organization’s contracts, torts, acts or omissions, or those of any person associated with or acting on behalf of the organization or any person being served by the organization.  Importantly, when you are performing volunteer services you are not within the course and scope of your University employment and you are not covered by the University’s or Commonwealth of Virginia’s insurance or risk management plans.

Performing volunteer activities in the midst of a global pandemic subjects you to risks associated with the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, and numerous associated serious diseases, medical conditions, and complications up to and including death.  You understand and voluntarily assume all risks associated with providing volunteer services in these conditions, and you agree to waive, release, hold harmless, and not to sue the University, its employees and agents, for any and all loss, liability, damage, claim, expense, cost, injury, or death caused by or associated in any way with your performance of volunteer services.