Stories
Be their champion.
Our goal is to support high-risk children and families so that their stories are filled with successes. We need your help to expand our reach. Start the movement and help us prepare Virginia’s youth to become engaged citizens. Be a champion for strong families and communities.
Goals
Be the difference.
The Be A Champion Campaign will be the first comprehensive renovation of our historic Richmond campus in over 60 years. With your help, we can provide more educational spaces and treatment resources to create bright futures for at-risk children and families statewide. For the most up-to-date construction details, visit our master plan page.
Your investment in the Be a Champion Campaign will result in the growth and functionality of the UMFS campus, and will support programs that empower children and families to overcome extraordinary obstacles.
In Phase 1, we partnered with Spy Rock Real Estate for a 99-year land lease. Spy Rock is building a mixed-use development at the front of the UMFS Richmond campus, along Broad Street. Funds received from this partnership will support a portion of our campaign goals.
During Phase 2, we will construct a new residential treatment facility for the Child & Family Healing Center program so that youth who reside in treatment will have improved living accommodations. The new facility will be an upgrade from the post-World War II cottages that currently exist and is designed with future mental health treatment models in mind.
In the final phase of the campaign, we will expand our Charterhouse School to accommodate more students and to provide resources for students with autism and developmental delays.
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Brand new meetings spaces for group therapy, family therapy, staff and community partner training, and mentor visits.
50
Youth ages 11 – 18 will be served at any given time at the new Child & Family Healing Center. This is a 25% capacity upgrade.
174
Number of students served by Charterhouse School in 2019
13,620
Number of lives impacted by UMFS services in 2019
190
Number of communities served by UMFS in Virginia in 2019
Progress
Become part of the movement.
Be an investor in stronger families and communities. Join us in reaching our $8 million fundraising goal which will help us empower more families to succeed.
$5.21
amount raised to date
Be A Champion Goal: $8M
$1M
will name the historic UMFS circle which has existed for 120 years and provides green space for residents, staff and visiting families
$500K
will pay for construction and landscaping of outdoor courtyards and indoor gardens in the new Child & Family Healing Center
$250K
will sponsor the entire therapists and staff wing of the new Child & Family Healing Center
$100K
will fully furnish and appoint ten bedrooms and bathrooms for children who will call the new space their temporary home
News
Be in the know.
Stay up-to-date with the latest Be a Champion Campaign news. We’ll feature major campaign milestones, donor profiles, and stories about children and families who are being empowered by your gifts to the campaign.