Our Charities

About 40 different Charity Logos that M4K Lynchburg Supports

Charity stories

Their words.
Our why.

Hear from a few of the 40+ Lynchburg charities M4K supports.

  • Play the Boys & Girls Club story

    Boys & Girls Club

    of Greater Lynchburg

  • Play the ParkView Mission story

    ParkView Mission

    Food for Thought program

  • Play the Beacon of Hope story

    Beacon of Hope

    Lynchburg

  • Play the Miriam's House story

    Miriam's House

    Ending family homelessness

  • Play the Virginia Institute of Autism story

    VIA

    Virginia Institute of Autism

  • Play the Jubilee story

    Jubilee

    Family Development Center

  • Play the craveABLEs story

    craveABLEs

     

CASA Central Virginia
CASA Central Virginia

CASA of Central Virginia trains community volunteers to advocate in court for children who have experienced abuse or neglect. Serving Lynchburg and the surrounding counties, their volunteers speak up for each child so kids can grow up in safe, permanent, loving homes.

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Big Brothers Big Sisters
Big Brothers Big Sisters

The mission of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Virginia is to provide children facing adversity with strong and enduring professionally supported one to one relationships that change their lives for the better, forever.

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Boys and Girls Club
Boys and Girls Club

Using evidenced based systems, the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lynchburg provides a positive, fun and stable environment for youth that produces winners, leaders and role models who make a lasting impact within our community.

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Park View Mission
Park View Mission

Park View Community Mission serves Lynchburg families with food, clothing, and support. Their Food for Thought program makes sure school-aged kids have food outside of school hours through weekend food bags, school pantries, and neighborhood food stations, all year long.

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Miller Home for Girls
Miller Home for Girls

Miller Home for Girls provides a safe, caring home in Lynchburg for girls ages 4 to 21 who cannot live with their families. Each girl gets a personalized, trauma-informed program with mental health support and independent living skills to prepare her for adulthood.

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Jubilee Family Development Center
Jubilee Family Development Center

Jubilee Family Development Center offers academic, athletic, and occupational programs that support personal, social, and spiritual growth and strengthen families. Kids can join their after school program, summer enrichment camp, sports programs, and the Leland Melvin STEM Center.

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Central Virginia United
Central Virginia United

Central Virginia United (CVU) is the region’s largest and longest-standing youth soccer organization, serving more than 400 players across Academy, Recreation, and Travel programs. For over 40 years, CVU has been a home for families who value character, community, and growth on and off the field. CVU builds skills, character, and connection through soccer — uniting players and families while building community on the field and in life.

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Elizabeth’s Early Learning Center
Elizabeth’s Early Learning Center

Elizabeth's Early Learning Center is a nationally accredited early childhood program in Lynchburg for children from 6 weeks to 5 years old. Built on high educational standards, the center offers scholarships so more young children get a strong start before kindergarten.

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New Vistas School
New Vistas School

New Vistas School is an independent nonprofit school in Lynchburg for students in grades 3 to 12 with learning, attention, and emotional challenges, including dyslexia and ADHD. Individualized instruction helps each student grow academically and personally.

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Miriam’s House
Miriam’s House

Miriam's House works to end homelessness in Lynchburg by pairing stable housing with intensive support services. They help families with children get back on their feet and stay housed. In 2025, 127 of the people they helped out of homelessness were children.

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Lynchburg Beacon of Hope
Lynchburg Beacon of Hope

Lynchburg Beacon of Hope exists to prepare every Lynchburg City School student for a postsecondary education. Whether it is two-year college, four-year college, or technical school, Beacon of Hope helps every student build a bridge to college.

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Interfaith Outreach Association
Interfaith Outreach Association

Interfaith Outreach Association helps neighbors in crisis across Lynchburg, Bedford, Amherst, Appomattox, and Campbell. They assess each family's needs and connect them to resources, with emergency assistance, homelessness prevention, furniture, and home repair programs.

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Camp Kum-Ba-Yah Nature Center
Camp Kum-Ba-Yah Nature Center

Camp Kum-Ba-Yah Nature Center has run outdoor day camp for Central Virginia kids since 1950. On 47 acres of preserved woods in Lynchburg, they offer summer camp with scholarships, school field trips, hiking trails, and family events all year.

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Lynchburg Grows
Lynchburg Grows

Lynchburg Grows is a seven-acre urban farm that gets fresh, local produce to Lynchburg families through its CSA and FreshRx veggie prescription program. They also offer meaningful jobs for people with disabilities, cooking classes, and Camp Grows for kids.

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VIA Centers for Neurodevelopment
VIA Centers for Neurodevelopment

VIA Centers for Neurodevelopment serves people with autism and their families across Virginia, including a center in the Lynchburg area. They offer a special education day school, pediatric ABA therapy, and adult services built on evidence-based care.

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craveABLEs
craveABLEs

craveABLEs is a Lynchburg ice cream shop and mobile ice cream truck that provides supported employment for people with intellectual disabilities. Their team builds real job skills while changing how the community sees what people of all abilities can do.

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KidFit
KidFit

KidFit Ministries is a faith-based nonprofit in Lynchburg that offers mentoring and athletic training to kids of all backgrounds. Their speed, agility, and strength groups help children grow socially and athletically, and they partner with the Jubilee Center on camps.

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Lynchburg Police Foundation
Lynchburg Police Foundation

The Lynchburg Police Foundation supports the officers who serve Lynchburg, their families, and the neighborhoods they protect. They fund officer recognition, training, and equipment, along with community programs that bring officers and neighbors together to build trust.

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Iron Lives
Iron Lives

IRON Lives has run positive youth development programs in Central Virginia since 2009. Through mentoring, community service, character-centered athletics, and social activities, they help K-12 students in Lynchburg, Amherst, and Bedford build life skills and leadership.

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Academy Center of the Arts
Academy Center of the Arts

The Academy Center of the Arts is Greater Lynchburg's home for performances, galleries, and art classes on Main Street. For kids, they offer Academy Youth Theatre, summer camps, school field trips, and hands-on clay classes.

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Downtown Lynchburg Association
Downtown Lynchburg Association

The Downtown Lynchburg Association works to keep downtown Lynchburg vibrant and welcoming. They support local businesses, help new ones get started, and plan community events and placemaking projects that make downtown a place for families to gather.

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Isaiah 117 House
Isaiah 117 House

Isaiah 117 House gives children entering foster care a safe, loving home to wait in while a placement is found, instead of waiting in an office. The Lynchburg house, the first in Virginia, serves Lynchburg and the surrounding counties.

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FCA
FCA

Greater Lynchburg FCA works to lead every coach and athlete into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ. They run Huddles for high school and college athletes, sports camps with scholarships available, and support for local coaches.

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FIVE18 Family Services
FIVE18 Family Services

FIVE18 Family Services, formerly Patrick Henry Family Services, works so that children in the Lynchburg area are safe and families are restored. They offer family care, counseling at little or no cost, and summer camps for youth, and they partner with local churches to meet community needs.

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Lynchburg Public Library
Lynchburg Public Library

Lynchburg Public Library gives kids and teens free access to books, programs, and learning resources. While the main library is renovated, Youth Services is at the Miller Center Library Hubs, with family storytimes and a new bookmobile, Books on the Move, visiting spots around the city.

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HumanKind
HumanKind

HumanKind is a Lynchburg nonprofit that has served Virginia families since 1903. Their programs include Early Head Start childcare, Healthy Families home visits for parents of young children, and treatment foster care, all aimed at helping kids grow up in stable homes.

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Impact Living Services
Impact Living Services

Impact Living Services works with children, teens, and families across Virginia, including Lynchburg. They provide treatment foster care, support for kids living with relatives, counseling in local schools and the community, and independent living help for young people aging out of foster care.

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Kids Haven
Kids Haven

Kids' Haven is a center for grieving children in Lynchburg. They offer free grief support to kids and families who have lost a loved one, through family group nights, support groups in local schools, and a summer camp for kids ages 5 to 15.

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Lynchburg Little League
Lynchburg Little League

Lynchburg Little League offers organized baseball for kids in Lynchburg, Bedford County, and Campbell County. Spring and fall programs cover t-ball, coach pitch, and kid pitch, with most games played at Miller Park in the heart of the city.

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Red Truck Ministry
Red Truck Ministry

Red Truck Ministry brings free groceries and encouragement to families in Lynchburg and Amherst neighborhoods without easy access to fresh food. Their weekly distributions at churches and apartment communities help parents keep food on the table for their kids, serving more than 14,000 people in 2024.

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Urban Mountain Adventures
Urban Mountain Adventures

Urban Mountain Adventures is an outdoor ministry in Lynchburg that has served urban and at-risk youth since 2008. They take kids whitewater rafting, rock climbing, and rappelling, and offer mentoring whether a young person comes on one trip or keeps coming back.

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Shineforth (formerly UMFS)
Shineforth (formerly UMFS)

Shineforth, formerly UMFS, has stood up for Virginia children since 1900. Their Lynchburg office provides treatment foster care, adoption, and prevention services, and keeps supporting families after an adoption is final.

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Neighbors Helping Neighbors Amherst
Neighbors Helping Neighbors Amherst

Neighbors Helping Neighbors of Amherst County helps local families facing food insecurity. Their free Food Store lets people shop for what they need by appointment, and they connect neighbors with local resources that help them become more self-sufficient.

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One Community One Voice
One Community One Voice

One Community One Voice is a Lynchburg partnership that brings churches, local organizations, businesses, police, and residents together to reduce poverty and crime. Their B.I.K.E. program rewards elementary students who excel in school with bikes.

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Challenged Sports Exchange
Challenged Sports Exchange

Challenged Sports Exchange runs adaptive sports teams in Lynchburg for people of all abilities. For more than 30 years they have offered baseball, bowling, fishing, and other activities year round so athletes with challenges can stay active and have fun.

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Christmas Store
Christmas Store

The LYH Christmas Store lets Lynchburg parents shop for their kids' Christmas gifts at 80 to 90 percent below retail. Parents pick out the gifts themselves, and proceeds go back to the host neighborhood center to fund programs all year.

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Vector Space
Vector Space

Vector Space is a nonprofit community makerspace in Lynchburg with shared tools, workspace, and classes. They also run camps and hands-on STEM events, plus youth projects like a summer mentoring program where local kids planned a better outdoor play space.

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GREAT Program, 24th District Court Service Unit
GREAT Program, 24th District Court Service Unit

G.R.E.A.T. (Gang Resistance Education and Training) is a Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice program for youth ages 14 to 18. Teens meet weekly for 16 weeks to build skills in goal setting, conflict resolution, and decision making, and to stay out of gangs.

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Make a Wish Greater VA
Make a Wish Greater VA

Make-A-Wish Greater Virginia grants wishes for children with critical illnesses. Volunteers, donors, and referral partners help the chapter plan each wish, whether it's a trip, a special experience, or a chance to live out a dream job for a day.

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Centra Foundation (Pediatric Care Fund)
Centra Foundation (Pediatric Care Fund)

Centra Foundation raises money to support patient care and community health at Centra hospitals across Central Virginia. Gifts to its Pediatric Care Fund go toward care for children and their families close to home in Lynchburg.

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Children's Trust Children's Advocacy Center
Children's Trust Children's Advocacy Center

The Children's Advocacy Center, a program of Children's Trust, gives children who may have experienced abuse a safe, child-friendly place to share their story with a trained interviewer. Its Bedford office in Forest serves Lynchburg, Bedford, Amherst, Appomattox, and Campbell, and connects families with advocates and therapy.

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Our charity partners

Who we
support.

What we raise goes to kids right here at home. Here's what every M4K Lynchburg charity partner has in common.

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    Lynchburg-area kids

    They serve children in the City of Lynchburg and the surrounding counties.

    LynchburgBedfordAmherstCampbellAppomattox
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    Ages 0–18

    They serve kids at every stage, from birth through age 18.

    Babies & toddlersPreschoolElementaryMiddle schoolHigh school
  • 03

    Money goes to kids

    If an organization doesn't serve kids 100% of the time, our money goes to its kid-focused programs and services.

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