Madison House strives to make a difference in the community, but on a snowy January 28, we were the ones that experienced a helping hand. A $25,000 grant from the Dominion Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Dominion, enabled us to install new energy efficient windows in the building.
“Our building is a very important space for our student leaders and their programs,” said Elizabeth Bass, Executive Director for Madison House. “We are very grateful for this gift and the opportunity to improve our building’s sustainability.”
The windows were installed Friday by energy specialists, volunteers from Dominion and a team of Madison House students.
Check out some of the photos from the project:
The window installation project is one in a series of efforts to improve the sustainability of Madison House. Recently, we moved to online volunteer registration for the more than 3,000 students that register to volunteer each year, considerably reducing the amount of paper used.
Plans are also being made to reinsulate the building and install efficient photocell lights.
Wear your Madison House T-Shirt tomorrow, April 21st, for a chance to win some FREE Chick-fil-a!
On April 7th – with the help of some enthusiastic student leaders – we ran around grounds giving out Chick-fil-a coupons to U.Va. students who were wearing a Madison House T-Shirt.
Here are some of the volunteers and student leaders we spotted last time.
Our goal is to raise awareness by encouraging volunteers to wear their t-shirts on Grounds and to recognize some of them for their thorough commitment to community service!
Upon arriving at the elementary school yesterday afternoon, I signed into the Madison House binder in the front office like I always do, and on the counter found goodie bags that our program director left for all of the volunteers.
It was a small token of appreciation that was a huge reminder… our work is not a simple individual effort, but rather a part of a large-scale movement by which students support the Charlottesville community.
Interactions with student leaders like program directors assure me that we are working together toward a more cohesive neighborhood and a better world. If at any moment I wonder if my one hour a week does anything, I can realize that in this year alone, there were actually 3,533 Madison House volunteers.
A spread that appeared in the Cavalier Daily yesterday really impressed me. Just look at the list of students and staff that work with Madison House!