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RESOURCES

A list of resources and partners in which we/Mentors can explore with our mentees and youth clients.

Nearby Trails, Rivers, and Natural Areas:

Arts:

Organizations and Independents:

Animal Sanctuaries and Animal Related Places:

Health and Wellness

Nearby Trails, Rivers, and Natural Areas:

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  • Riverview Park Rock Circle: LNE is adopting this spot/location at Riverview Park: 1909 Chesapeake St. Charlottesville, VA. 22902. The spot includes huge sitting rocks and a welcome and information board. We will use this for various activities, including inviting other orgs and community members to  utilize the space and or be with us in the space. The space belongs to the city of Charlottesville and is open to anyone. We can also visit it at any time. 

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Arts:

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  • Foster Art: 1770 Timberwood Blvd Suite 106, Charlottesville, VA 22911. Foster Art offers teacher led and discovery based art exploration for preschoolers, teens and adults. Contact Molly Foster at fosterartforkids@gmail.com or (434) 310-0525. Another great art studio to take LNE Mentors and Mentee. 

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Organizations:

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  • The Scrappy Elephant: Address: 1745 Allied St Suite C, Charlottesville, VA 22903. Mentors can take mentees for their session, including group sessions by signing up to use the studio. We have a special code "LOVE" so that studio rental is just $5. Book HERE! If "LOVE" code does not work, we can use code "BBBS". 

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  • Cultivate Charlottesville: Cultivate Charlottesville engages with youth and community to build a healthy and just food system. We believe that working together to grow gardens, share food and power, and advocate for just systems – cultivates a healthy community for all. Food is a human right and we aim to create food equity – personally, in community, and across systems and structures. Together we are growing, sharing, and advocating for food equity: https://cultivatecharlottesville.org/

 

  • Discovery Museum: https://vadm.org/ -  a small, nonprofit children's museum for families with infants to kids age 8. VDM seeks to foster intellectual curiosity and development for all children in our community through hands-on educational, exploratory, and imaginative play across 6,000 square feet of exhibit space. 524 East Main Street, Charlottesville, VA 22902 (East End of the Downtown Mall just before the Pavillion). (434) 977-1025

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  • Neal Gropen, Founder of Gropen, Inc. Design Build - an independent constructioner, designer, and builder seeing projects from the beginning to fruition. Email: nhgropen@gmail.com. Phone: (434) 466-5607. Great opportunity to learn a new trade, and or earn income. Paying opportunities for applicable youth in LNE Mentoring Program. 

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  • Nealand Farm, Scottsville, Virginia. Local and Sustainable Produce. Food, Education, and Community. www.nealand.farm. Contact: isaac@nealand.farm. A great connection for our youth mentees and LNE Adventure Events to bring kids to experience.

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  • The Quarry Gardens at Schuyler: 1643 Salem Rd, Schuyler, VA 22969. Trails and bridges quide you around two abandoned, water-filled soapstone quarries, and through a conservation landscape that showcases the intersection of restoration ecology and cultural resource management. Contact Rachel Floyd at rachel.floyd75@gmail.com or Devin Floyd at devin.floyd@gmail.com, (434) 882-7772

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Animal Sanctuaries and Animal Related Places:

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  • Positive Paws K-9 Angels: nonprofit organization that offers specialized training for therapy dogs and has many established community partnerships for visits. Located: 2510 W Main Street, Waynesboro, VA 22980. EM: positivepawsk9@gmail.com PH: (540) 569-9211

 

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  • Blue Dog Farm is in Afton and is home to chickens, sheep, horses, lambs, and two large and friendly dogs. Lambs should be on the ground by April.

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  • Bottoms Up Farm (same owner as Blue Dog Farm) is in Nellysford. No one lives on this property. It is 20 acres of bottom land along a fork of the Rockfish River. There is a fire pit, bell tent, and river access. Contact Mary Beck, mpb2h123@gmail.com, (434) 981-7579

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  • Independent Resource: John and Maggie Murphy. Resolution Farms: 823 Old Turner Mountain Lane, C'ville 22901. LNE can take kids here for farming projects that include pulling weeds, planting, gardening, and more. Contact Email: resolutionfarms@gmail.com. Contact Phone: 434-242-1145 (John).

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Health and Wellness:

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  • Free Acupuncture Clinic: Every Tuesday 5:30 PM, The Blue Ridge Health District/VA Dept of Health administers at 1138 Rose Hill Drive, Door #3, Charlottesville, Virginia. 22903. Contact: Cali Gaston (434) 960-8464

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  • Brooks Family YMCA: LNE Mentors and Mentees gain free memberships and access to the YMCA. 151 McIntire Park Drive, Charlottesville, VA.

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Animal Sanctuaries and Animal Related Places:
Organizations
Arts
Nearby Trails, Rivers, and Natural Areas
Health and Wellness
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