Southern Virginia Community Challenge
$35,000
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Southern Virginia
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15 Ideas
Supported by Microsoft
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The Southern Virginia Community Challenge is now closed for applications. Our $35,000 challenge is dedicated to helping you build thriving and sustainable communities across Southern Virginia.
How it works
- Select an idea listed below and register to get your project page
- Use your project page to complete the 30 Day Challenge
- Submit a photo and your action plan
- Once you're active let us know what impact you are having in your community
Who can apply
- You want to start a ChangeX idea to improve your local community
- You're passionate about building a thriving community where you live in Mecklenburg, Halifax, Charlotte, Lunenberg, and Brunswick Counties in Southern Virginia
- You are an individual, an existing local group or a community organization
What you get
- Seed funding to start your selected idea
- Free starter resource pack, mentorship and technology tools to get started
- Additional impact funding, once you report back on the social impact of your active project
Explore & Pick an Idea to Start
Explore and select an idea that you want to start in your community
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Open Orchard
Organize an Open Orchard to bring people together, provide free fruit to local residents and green our urban environments.
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Girls Who Code
Start a Girls Who Code Club in your community and get girls excited about coding and computer science.
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Cycling Without Age
Start a Cycling Without Age chapter in your community and give more people the opportunity to feel the wind in their hair.
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Bee Friendly Farming
Promote pollinator health on your farm and receive recognition and consumer support for it.
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Pollinator Partnership
Invite pollinators to your neighborhood by planting a pollinator friendly habitat in your garden, farm, school, park or just about anywhere!
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FIRST LEGO League - Discover US
Lead a hands-on STEM programme in your school or community for 4-6 year olds
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Community Composting
Divert your community's food waste from landfill, reducing harmful greenhouse gas emissions
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Hour of Code
Organize an Hour of Code™ and join a global movement introducing tens of millions of students worldwide to computer science.
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FIRST LEGO League - Challenge US
Lead a hands-on STEM program in your school or community for 9-14 year olds
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River Cleanup
A community based initiative aiming to clean and maintain local rivers
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FIRST LEGO League - Explore US
Lead a hands-on STEM program in your school or community for 6–10 year olds
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Grow Remote
Help to increase employment opportunities in regional areas by connecting companies, remote workers and local communities.
Why are people starting these ideas?
The Southern Virginia Community Challenge is an opportunity for communities to come together to create thriving communities across Southern Virginia. We’re excited to support local action across Southern Virginia and to see the collective impact we can have in building healthier, more sustainable communities.
- Holly Beale (Microsoft Datacenter Community Development Team)
