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Local Charitable Organizations Highlight - August 2023

Intellectual Disabilities Agency (IDA) of the NRV

IDA was founded in 1965 with a mission to provide social, education, and recreation activities for persons with intellectual disabilities in the New River Valley that includes Montgomery, Floyd, Pulaski, and Giles counties as well as Radford City. IDA also advocates and educates the public about Intellectual and developmental disabilities and informs families about local services available to them.

Activities include craft and cooking classes, dance classes and stretch exercise classes, Bingo, Fishing Rodeo, Summer picnics, and a favorite of all, holiday dances. Most of the activities are held at the Christiansburg and Blacksburg Recreation Centers and provide opportunities for clients to achieve a more balanced life, increase self-esteem and confidence, and practice social skills. In addition, families and caregivers may have an opportunity for respite and to interact with each other.

IDA is community-based and solely funded by the United Way, Individual and Community donations along with 2 major fundraisers each year: a silent auction and a golf tournament. For more information please visit IDA’s website at www.idanrv.org.

Inmate Family Assistance of the NRV

Inmate Family Assistance of the NRV (IFA of the NRV) helps families of inmates stay in touch with their incarcerated loved ones by helping to fund their loved ones' inmate accounts. There are many families who cannot afford the expensive costs for telephone charges which would enable them to stay in touch. In addition, inmates need to buy hygiene items and extra food and many families can't afford these costs either. Because maintaining contact with your incarcerated loved one is so important for both the inmate and the family, we decided we could do something to help. We currently work with families with inmates at the Montgomery County jail who need help funding their telephone/commissary accounts. For each month that the jail confirms an inmate is eligible per their indigent guidelines, we will put $40 on their account so that they can contact family and buy necessary hygiene items. Getting a call from an incarcerated loved one gives the family the peace of mind they need and gives the inmate the support they need. In addition to our core purpose of keeping families in touch with their incarcerated loved ones, we have recently partnered with Mountain View Humane to help families with incarcerated loved ones with fees for their pets.

InStill Mindfulness

InStill Mindfulness is now located in Pulaski at 246 N. Washington Avenue, Suite E. InStill Mindfulness provides free and reasonably priced mindfulness-related classes and activities throughout the NRV, through in-person and online workshops and community gatherings known as InSpire Gatherings. More information can be found at instillmindfulness.com or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/InStillMindfulness.