In Pursuit of Community Excellence
A Guide to Giving on the Virginia Peninsula

In our continuing effort to promote community excellence, and to help connect generous donors with those local charitable organizations they wish to support, we are providing the following links as a complimentary community service.

By clicking on any organization's name below, a new window will open and display the Web site of the organization you have selected. If you wish to e-mail the Contact Person, please click on that person's name and your e-mail program should open a new e-mail for you with the correct addressee already inserted.

Please note: Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this information
through the cooperation of the agencies and individuals listed below.

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We are committed to maintaining current, up-to-date information as it becomes available to us.

For your convenience, the participating organizations
have been grouped into four categories:

Arts & Museums
Community Services
Education
Human Services

 

ARTS & MUSEUMS

Endview Plantation
Contact Person:  Jim Hippensteed

Hampton History Museum Association Inc.
Contact Person:  Jim Holloman, Administrator

Hampton University Museum and Archives
Contact Person: Vernon Courtney, Director

Lee Hall Depot
Contact Person:  Mary Kayaselcuk

Lee Hall Mansion
Contact Person:  Julie Clevenger

Mariners' Museum
Contact Person:  Valerie Hardy, Vice President for Development

Newsome House Museum & Cultural Center Foundation, Inc.
Contact Person:  Donna Davis, Historic Site Curator

Peninsula Fine Arts Center
Contact Person:  Luci Cochran, Executive Director

Virginia Air & Space Center
Contact Person:  Kim Hinson, Deputy Director

Virginia Living Museum
Contact Person:  Carolyn Cuthrell, Development Director

Virginia Symphony
Contact Person:  Kaitlin Padden, Assistant Director of Development

War Memorial Museum of Virginia Foundation, Inc.
(aka Virginia War Museum)
Contact Person:  Julie Clevenger

Watermen's Museum
Contact Person:  John Hanna, President & Acting Executive Director

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COMMUNITY SERVICES

Alternatives, Inc.
Contact Person:  Kathryn Johnson, Executive Director

Alzheimer's Association
Contact Person:  Gino Colombara, Ed.M., Executive Director

American Red Cross - Hampton Roads
Contact Person:  Heather Livingston, Chief Executive Officer

American Red Cross - York/Poquoson Chapter
Contact Person: Carol Scott, Executive Director

The Arc of the Virginia Peninsula, Inc.
Contact Person:  Sarah Sager,
Director of Marketing & Development

Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Virginia Peninsula
Web Site Link Coming Soon
Contact Person: Elizabeth Chisolm or Clover Jones

Boys & Girls Clubs of the Virginia Peninsula
Contact Person:  Steven S. Kast, CEO

Catholic Charities of Eastern Virginia (Hampton Roads)
Contact Person:  Mary Martha Stewart, Associate Director

CHROME (aka Cooperating Hampton Roads
Organizations for Minorities in Engineering)
Contact Person:  Theodosa Wyatt, Program Director

Colonial Virginia Council, Inc., Boy Scouts of America
Contact Person:  Dick Collins, Scout Executive

Edmarc Hospice for Children
Contact Person:  Debbie Stitzer-Brame, Executive Director

Hampton Family YMCA
Contact Person:  Angie Miller, Branch Executive Director

Hampton-Newport News Community Services Board
Contact Person:  Charles Hall

Hampton Roads Youth Foundation
Contact Person:  Vernon Lee, Jr. or Carl Francis, Jr.

Inflammatory Skin Disease Institute (ISDI)
Contact Person:  LaDonna Williams, Executive Director

Junior Achievement of Greater Hampton Roads, Inc.
Contact Person:  Shannon Kane, President

Mothers Against Drunk Driving (aka M.A.D.D.) Peninsula Chapter
Contact Person:  Chris R. Konschak, Executive Director

Newport News Green Foundation
Contact Person:  Executive Director

Peninsula Agency on Aging, Inc. (aka PAA)
Contact Person:  William S. Massey, CEO

Peninsula Habitat for Humanity, Inc.
Contact Person:  Janet Green, Executive Director

Peninsula Pastoral Counseling Center, Inc.
Contact Person:  Pastor Carl Jensen

The Salvation Army, Peninsula Corps
Contact Person: Major Harvey Johnson

SMART-One, Inc.
Contact Person: Virginia Silva

Special Olympics Virginia (Hampton Roads, Area 22)
Contact Person:  Debbie Apperson, Director of Special Events

United Way of the Virginia Peninsula
Contact Person:  Patti J. Mantey, VP of Marketing & Communications

Virginia Breast Cancer Foundation
(Peninsula and Hampton Roads Chapters)
Contact Person:  Shirley Belkowitz, Executive Director

Young Life of the Virginia Peninsula
Contact Person:  Joe Marks, Area Director

Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) VA Peninsula
Contact Person: Marian Carrington, Executive Director

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EDUCATION

AAUW (American Association of University Women)
Newport News Branch
Contact Person:  Dana J. Dunham, Branch President

An Achievable Dream
Contact Person: Katherine S. Edwards, Director of Development

Christopher Newport University
Contact Person:  Lucy Latchum,
Director of Planned Giving and Scholarships

Downtown Hampton Child Development Center
Contact Person:  Jaynelle Oehler, Executive Director

Hampton Roads Academy
Contact Person:  Audrey B. Smith, Director of Development

Hampton University Child Development Center
Contact Person:  Janice Cawthorn, Director

Peninsula Catholic High School
Contact Person:  Francine Gagne, President

Preschool Partners of the Virginia Peninsula
Contact Person:  Ivy Mitchell, Co-Chair, Board of Directors

Peninsula Reads
Contact Person:  Meghan Foster , Executive Director

St. Mary Star of the Sea School
Contact Person:  Betty Gooch, Development Director

Thomas Nelson Community College Educational Foundation
Contact Person:  Vivienne Moore, Interim Director of Development

Warwick River Christian School
Contact Person:  Vonda Bryant, Development Director

York Foundation for Public Education, Inc.
Contact Person:  Peg Myatt, Foundation Liaison

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HUMAN SERVICES

Avalon - A Center for Women and Children
Contact Person:  Robin Bledsoe, Executive Director

Center for Child & Family Services, Inc.
Contact Person:  Beth Degen,
Development & Public Relations Coordinator

The Children's Village of Hampton Roads
Contact Person:  Jayne Di Vincenzo, Director

Foodbank of the Virginia Peninsula, Inc.
Contact Person:  Loretta Jones, Development Director

LINK of Hampton Roads, Inc.
Contact Person:  Lynne Finding, Executive Director

Newport News CASA - Court Appointed Special Advocates
Contact Person:  Patti Sue O'Neal, Executive Director

Olivet Medical Ministry - Lackey Free Family Medical Clinic
Contact Person:  Kay Bradley, Executive Director

Patient Advocate Foundation, Inc. (aka PAF)
Contact Person:  Alan Richardson,
Executive VP, Resource Development

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