In the New River Valley, a four county region in southwest Virginia, a multi-sector team has formed around interests of increased food access, improved healthy food choices, and exploring collective infrastructure models that could improve the food available and distributed [...]
“No one would contest the fact that society’s first and best way to foster literacy, humanism, and a successful future lies within the opportunities provided for our very youngest citizens.” Ann Goette, Giles Early Education Project There is ample research [...]
The Community Foundation of the New River Valley held its 4th Annual GiveBigNRV Online Giving Day on Wednesday, April 26th. Over 100 NRV nonprofit organizations participated in the giving day event and competed for $14,000 in additional grants from [...]
A Few Words from Jessica Sun, 2016 Virginia Tech Faculty Women’s Club Scholarship Recipient “My parents are both immigrants from China, and had to work hard to provide for my siblings and me – my dad as a carpet salesman, [...]
The Donald L. and Lois H. Stafford create an endowment for the Humane Society of Pulaski County. Donald and Lois Stafford grew up in Giles County and moved to Fairlawn in Pulaski County soon after they were married. There they [...]
The Community Foundation of the New River Valley (CFNRV) was honored this week as one of only ten nationwide recipients of the 2016 HUD Secretary’s Award for Public Philanthropic-Partnerships. Cosponsored by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) [...]
