Programs

HELP Line (295-TALK) is an anonymous, confidential telephone service serving the residents of Charlottesville, Albemarle County and the University of Virginia. We are a student-run, student-operated program, staffed entirely of volunteers, affiliated with Madison House.

The Center for Engineering Diversity provides tutoring for the local high schools in science, math and pre-engineering classes.

This program matches impoverished families, referred by the Salvation Army, with community sponsors who provide the families with food and gift baskets.

Madison House volunteers work throughout the school year with local, non-profit agencies in the Charlottesville area that serve low income families and people with housing needs.

offered in conjunction with the Just Children Program of the Legal Aid Justice Center, students represent low-income children statewide who have problems with the education, foster care and juvenile justice systems.

In this semester-long clinic offered in conjunction with the Legal Aid Justice Center, students are assigned several clients and handle at least one complex case involving extensive client interviewing, factual investigation and legal briefs.

Initiative reCOVER focuses on the research, design development, and fabrication of transitional disaster relief shelters.

UVa law students volunteer for a number of public service-oriented activities that are organized by student-run organizations.

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Resource Center at the University of Virginia supports lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning students, faculty, staff, and alumni.

Student volunteers serve as youth coaches, assistant coaches, and role models in various children's athletic clubs.