It Takes A Community

Lyn-CAG is a nonprofit community-action agency serving the City of Lynchburg and the counties of Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford and Campbell.

Their mission is to, “provide programs and services that enable low-income individuals and families [to] realize a better quality of life.”

This food resource provides supplemental groceries and personal care items to individuals in the community who are in need. This service is available twice a week, on Thursdays and Saturdays from 9:30am-2pm.

This resource provides hot meals to anyone in need without any kind of application required. Meals are available daily from 10:15am-12:20pm, even on weekends and holidays.

This resource provides care groups, which are 13 week studies through a low-cost ($15) curriculum on a particular topic: divorce, grief, parenting, caring for loved ones with chronic illness, and living with multiple sclerosis. These groups meet on Monday nights from 6-8pm. This resource also provides support groups, which are free weekly meetings where the following topics are discussed: codependency, sexual abuse, infidelity, broken father relationships, and marriage after a time of worship and prayer. These meetings take place on Monday nights from 6-8pm. Lastly, this resource provides year-round recovery groups which take place on Monday nights from 6-8pm, free of cost. The following topics are discussed at recovery groups: chemical dependency, pornography, and depression/anxiety.

This resource provides families with at-home, personalized psychoeducation and support based on their specific familial needs. The mission of this program is meant to equip parents with parenting skills, relationship coaching, and social support networks which will enable them to be the best parents for their children. This resource is provided as early as pregnancy and can last as long as until the child’s 5th birthday. For information about eligibility, email info@humankind.org or call 434-384-3131 to share the family’s case information to a placement coordinator. 

This resource provides individuals with a variety of resources, such as food resources, financial support, and mentoring. Individuals who join the Agape program receive weekly mentoring on Tuesdays from 10am-2pm in addition to the third Saturday of each month from 10am-2pm for at least 3 months. This mentorship is meant to meet the spiritual and social needs of individuals in tandem with other programs seeking to meet the physical needs of individuals.  In order to receive these services, individuals must go to the Agape center and fill out an application in person.