Madison House service opportunites are categorized by programs, run by students. To read more about each program, click on the program name to visit the program website.
Volunteers extend their services to the elderly by providing one-on-one companionship to senior citizens living in nursing homes, adult communities, and private residences.
- More Information on Adopt-a-Grandparent
This program collaborates with the Albemarle/Charlottesville SPCA, the Rivanna Trails Foundation and the Community Bikes Program. Volunteers serve as pet pals, work on local hiking trails and teaching children bike maintenance and safety.
- More Information on Animals & Environment
- Register as a Volunteer
The Athletics program enables students to coach teams through the Soccer Organization of Charlottesville/Albemarle (SOCA), the YMCA, McIntire Little League, First Tee of Charlottesville and the City of Charlottesville basketball program. Sports include soccer, basketball, lacrosse, golf, cheerleading, dance and gymnastics.
- More Information on Athletics
- Register as a Volunteer
U.Va. students are matched with at-risk youth between the ages of 6 and 12. School guidance counselors identify these children and make referrals to Madison House. Group activities and special outings help to provide strong, positive role modeling and enhance the one-on-one relationship. This program registers volunteers in the spring.
- More Information on Big Sibling
Bridging the Gap (BTG) is a service organization devoted to mentoring and tutoring refugee children resettled in the Charlottesville-Albemarle area.
- More Information on Bridging the Gap
Cavs in the Classroom volunteers serve in local classrooms as teacher's aids for kindergarten through 5th grade.
- More Information on Cavs in the Classroom
Volunteers serve as role models assisting with instructional and recreational activities for children who attend child care centers.
- More Information on Day Care
- Register as a Volunteer
Volunteers provide ESL tutoring to children and adults through Albemarle County Adult Education, Charlottesville High School and Charlottesville Adult Learning Center.
- More Information on ESL
Volunteers provide callers with a confidential, empathetic non-judgmental listener with whom to discuss issues such as stress management, sexuality, suicide, domestic violence and sexual assault. HELP Line requires 40 hours of mandatory training.
- More Information on HELP Line
This program matches impoverished families, referred by the Salvation Army, with community sponsors who provide the families with food and gift baskets.
- More Information on Holiday Sharing
Volunteers work with adults and children at a local homeless shelter and a drop-in center, and operate a food redistribution program called "Feed the Need."
- More Information on HAHAH
- Register as a Volunteer
Volunteers help rehabilitate homes for low-income families and renovate the buildings and grounds that serve the needs of local agencies.
- More Information on Housing Improvement
Volunteers assist staff, patients and families at the U.Va. Medical Center, Martha Jefferson Hospital and the Charlottesville Free Clinic.
- More Information on Medical Services
Volunteers travel to local migrant camps to organize recreational activities, teach or tutor adult migrant workers or children.
- More Information on Migrant Aid
Volunteers are trained in a specialized skill that is used in outreach to the community or fellow UVA students. Unlike the other programs of Madison House, where volunteers are matched to a specific person or site for their volunteering, Outreach Services volunteer reach a wider audience through their sessions and trainings. Click on an Outreach program for more information.
- American Red Cross
- CASH (Creating, Assets, Savings, and Hope)
- Legal Aid Justice Center
- Operation Semper Fi
- SISI (Student Interpreter Service Initiative)
Volunteers will spend time with youth in a variety of afterschool settings, such as the Boys and Girls Club, the Field School, Blue Ridge Commons, and the Hope Center.
- More Information on PLAY
- Register as a Volunteer
Volunteers work at several local agencies providing specialized rehabilitation and companionship services such as: Charlottesville Area Riding Therapy Program (CART), Therapeutic Adventures, Region Ten's Meadowcreek Center for mental retardation, Virginia Institute of Autism and The ARC of the Piedmont.
- More Information on Recreational Therapy
- Register as a Volunteer
Volunteers establish one-to-one relationships with children needing supplemental instruction in basic academic skills within the public schools, as well as at Teen Sight, a program of FOCUS Women's Resource Center.
- More Information on Tutoring
- Register as a Volunteer
Volunteers work with kids and teens one-on-one and in small groups in a variety of agencies and schools: Teens Give - Community Attention, Science Fair Mentoring, Abundant Life Ministries, Mission:Admission, Computers 4 Kids, I Have a Dream Foundation, and the Virginia Discovery Museum.
- More Information on Youth Mentoring
- Register as a Volunteer
Adopt-a-Grandparent
Volunteers extend their services to the elderly by providing one-on-one companionship to senior citizens living in nursing homes, adult communities, and private residences.
- More Information on Adopt-a-Grandparent
Animals & Environment
This program collaborates with the Albemarle/Charlottesville SPCA, the Rivanna Trails Foundation and the Community Bikes Program. Volunteers serve as pet pals, work on local hiking trails and teaching children bike maintenance and safety.
- More Information on Animals & Environment
- Register as a Volunteer
Athletics
The Athletics program enables students to coach teams through the Soccer Organization of Charlottesville/Albemarle (SOCA), the YMCA, McIntire Little League, First Tee of Charlottesville and the City of Charlottesville basketball program. Sports include soccer, basketball, lacrosse, golf, cheerleading, dance and gymnastics.
- More Information on Athletics
- Register as a Volunteer
Big Sibling
U.Va. students are matched with at-risk youth between the ages of 6 and 12. School guidance counselors identify these children and make referrals to Madison House. Group activities and special outings help to provide strong, positive role modeling and enhance the one-on-one relationship. This program registers volunteers in the spring.
- More Information on Big Sibling
Bridging the Gap
Bridging the Gap (BTG) is a service organization devoted to mentoring and tutoring refugee children resettled in the Charlottesville-Albemarle area.
- More Information on Bridging the Gap
Cavs in the Classroom
Cavs in the Classroom volunteers serve in local classrooms as teacher's aids for kindergarten through 5th grade.
- More Information on Cavs in the Classroom
Day Care
Volunteers serve as role models assisting with instructional and recreational activities for children who attend child care centers.
- More Information on Day Care
- Register as a Volunteer
ESL - English as a Second Language
Volunteers provide ESL tutoring to children and adults through Albemarle County Adult Education, Charlottesville High School and Charlottesville Adult Learning Center.
- More Information on ESL
HELP Line
Volunteers provide callers with a confidential, empathetic non-judgmental listener with whom to discuss issues such as stress management, sexuality, suicide, domestic violence and sexual assault. HELP Line requires 40 hours of mandatory training.
- More Information on HELP Line
Holiday Sharing
This program matches impoverished families, referred by the Salvation Army, with community sponsors who provide the families with food and gift baskets.
- More Information on Holiday Sharing
Hoos Against Hunger & Homelessness
Volunteers work with adults and children at a local homeless shelter and a drop-in center, and operate a food redistribution program called "Feed the Need."
- More Information on HAHAH
- Register as a Volunteer
Housing Improvement Program
Volunteers help rehabilitate homes for low-income families and renovate the buildings and grounds that serve the needs of local agencies.
- More Information on Housing Improvement
Medical Services
Volunteers assist staff, patients and families at the U.Va. Medical Center, Martha Jefferson Hospital and the Charlottesville Free Clinic.
- More Information on Medical Services
Migrant Aid
Volunteers travel to local migrant camps to organize recreational activities, teach or tutor adult migrant workers or children.
- More Information on Migrant Aid
Outreach Services
Volunteers are trained in a specialized skill that is used in outreach to the community or fellow UVA students. Unlike the other programs of Madison House, where volunteers are matched to a specific person or site for their volunteering, Outreach Services volunteer reach a wider audience through their sessions and trainings. Click on an Outreach program for more information.
- American Red Cross
- CASH (Creating, Assets, Savings, and Hope)
- Legal Aid Justice Center
- Operation Semper Fi
- SISI (Student Interpreter Service Initiative)
PLAY: After School Activities
Volunteers will spend time with youth in a variety of afterschool settings, such as the Boys and Girls Club, the Field School, Blue Ridge Commons, and the Hope Center.
- More Information on PLAY
- Register as a Volunteer
Recreational Therapy
Volunteers work at several local agencies providing specialized rehabilitation and companionship services such as: Charlottesville Area Riding Therapy Program (CART), Therapeutic Adventures, Region Ten's Meadowcreek Center for mental retardation, Virginia Institute of Autism and The ARC of the Piedmont.
- More Information on Recreational Therapy
- Register as a Volunteer
Tutoring
Volunteers establish one-to-one relationships with children needing supplemental instruction in basic academic skills within the public schools, as well as at Teen Sight, a program of FOCUS Women's Resource Center.
- More Information on Tutoring
- Register as a Volunteer
Youth Mentoring
Volunteers work with kids and teens one-on-one and in small groups in a variety of agencies and schools: Teens Give - Community Attention, Science Fair Mentoring, Abundant Life Ministries, Mission:Admission, Computers 4 Kids, I Have a Dream Foundation, and the Virginia Discovery Museum.
- More Information on Youth Mentoring
- Register as a Volunteer
