VEFC’s mission is helping children and youth in crisis. VEFC recruits, trains and supports volunteers who provide short-term shelter care and mentoring to abused, neglected, runaway, homeless, and at-risk children and youth in Virginia.

Description:
Can you set another place at your dinner table? Do you have a safe bed for a child to sleep? Room in your heart for a child with nowhere to go? Volunteer Emergency Families for Children (VEFC) is in need of people willing to open their homes to local children in crisis. VEFC recruits and trains volunteers to provide short term (1-21 days) safe shelter in their homes to children who have been abused, neglected etc. Volunteers can choose the age, gender and length of each stay.

Each local VEFC program also has a group of dedicated volunteers who work with VEFC staff to maximize the effectiveness of their local VEFC program. The Community Councils meet 8-10 times each year and assist with such projects as volunteer recruitment, community awareness, local program fund-raising projects, and family appreciation and recognition.

Contact people:

Pat Spory, NRV Program Coordinator, (phone), (email) Kym Ludwig, Director Of Programs, (phone), (email) Karen Martinez, Director, (phone), (email)

Office fax number: (804) 379-7933

Address:

2003 Birch Leaf Lane Blacksburg, VA 24060 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.vefc.org

Directions:

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