Programs

Virginia Western Educational Foundation

Virginia Western Scholarship for Sole Caregivers

Help us support single mothers in the Roanoke Valley. This scholarship seeks to assist single care givers who wish to improve their life through learning and skill building. Help us empower the valley’s single parents.

VT Fralin Biomedical

Fralin Biomedical Research Institute

Fralin Biomedical Research Institute is home to some of the brightest minds in cancer research in the world today. Help us support the cutting edge research endeavors under way in our own neighborhood. With your help, the cure for a cancer could be right next door.

Va Tech First to Attend College Scholarship

This scholarship is aimed at changing the trajectory of Virginia families who have not had access to higher education. Assistance will be awarded to financially disadvantaged students who would be the first of their family to attend college.

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Roanoke Baby Book

Roanoke Baby

The Life Ring Foundation has sponsored the Roanoke Baby book since 2014 to be given complimentary to every baby born at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital. In support of literacy education and in partnership with Roanoke Public Libraries, “Roanoke Baby” is now bilingual and has distributed over 23, 282 copies (~2,400 copies per year!).