Sentara Cares
Community Partnerships
Joining Forces to Improve Health
Meet our village
Improving community health is a team sport. We are blessed to have hundreds of local partners working alongside us to address the most pressing health challenges here at home, so that all our neighbors have the opportunity to live healthy, fulfilling lives.
In 2023, it was our honor to award more than $1 million in grant funding through Sentara Cares and the Martha Jefferson Hospital Foundation to these worthy partners. We invite you to follow the links below for short video clips highlighting their work--and the impact of your support--in our community.
Birth Sisters of Charlottesville
While all women face challenges in childbirth, we know that these risks are especially severe for Black mothers. Maternal mortality is three to four times higher for Black women than…
The Journey Home
To help families in crisis find a safe harbor, Sentara Cares grant funding supports The Journey Home in Louisa County. The home helps families by providing food, shelter, spiritual and…
Wintergreen Fire and Rescue
Supported by a Sentara Cares grant, Wintergreen Fire and Rescue in Nelson County is launching the first community paramedicine program in the Blue Ridge Health District. The program promises to…
Habitat for Humanity of Charlottesville
Recognizing that safe, decent, affordable housing is fundamental to a healthy life, Sentara Health proudly partners with Habitat for Humanity of Charlottesville to provide housing for more than 200 families…
Market Central
Access to fresh, healthy food is fundamental to a healthy life. Yet thousands of children and families in our region live in poverty and lack regular access to nourishing, fresh…
JABA
The Jefferson Area Board on Aging helps seniors in our community live a better life. Recognizing that access to prescriptions and affordable care is fundamental to healthy aging, Sentara Cares…
Central Virginia Farm Workers Initiative
To reach the migrant farm worker community with vital preventive health screenings and access to care, in 2023 Sentara Cares partnered with the Central Virginia Farm Workers Initiative. Grant funding…
Child Health Partnership
What happens in the first five years of a child’s life sets the course for what’s to come. That’s why Sentara Cares grant funding makes possible child and family health…
Bennett’s Village
All children deserve the opportunity to play and have fun. Sentara Cares grant funding is lowering barriers to play by helping Bennett’s Village create a multi-generational, all-abilities playground at Pen…
For More Information:
Contact TWC Chair Beth Solak at twcchair@gmail.com to find out more and get involved.