2011 Recipients

- Frannie Noble (P2S08) - Frannie's grant went towards her work at Flying Kites Global to help create and maintain sustainable practices for orphanages in Kenya.

- Gabe Ofiesh (CUS08, NC2SD09, P2S10) - Gabe was awarded funding to volunteer full time and produce a qualitative study of a recently formed homeless and transitional housing facility called The Haven at First and Market in Charlottesville, VA.

2010 Recipients

- Nadia Alley (CR09, CWM10) - Nadia used funds to help develop and fund a community enhancement project involving young individuals from low socio-economic backgrounds who receive special education services due to learning and/or emotional disabilities.  The goal of the project is to teach the youth that they have the ability, initelligence, and opportunity to give back in spite of their circumstances.

- Colette Beyer (CUS05, CR09) - Colette was awarded funds to help create a 5 day cycling trip to raise funds and awareness for veterans homelessness as well as veterans in need of adaptive housing following catastrophic service-related injuries.

- Jodi Dubyoski (B2SB09) - Jodi used the funds to help create and partially fund the position of Community Outreach Coordinator for an organization called Community Rebuilds, which is a nonprofit with a threefold mission: to assist low income families in building energy efficient housing; provide education on sustainability; and to improve the housing conditions of the workforce through an affordable program.

- Brian Garland (CUS09) - Brian was awarded funds to help in the creation of a non-profit called Athletes for Affordable  Housing, an organization which raises funds for a variety of housing and homlesness programs through fundraising teams that participate in endurance sporting events.

2009 Recipients

- Dan Oates (NUS06, NC2SD08, CWM08/09) - Dan will be doing first hand research and volunteering with different social service organizations to evaluate their effectiveness in providing services aimed towards homelessness and transistional housing.

- Laura Sienas (CUS08) - Laura will be continuing in her work with Nazareth Farm, an organization that transforms lives through service learning experiences.