COAR UMW Community Outreach and Resources. We're here to connect Mary Washington students with each other and the greater Fredericksburg community through service.

COAR is your link to getting involved with lots of great volunteer opportunities throughout the school year. Our student lead programs cover a wide variety of social interests, from tutoring children, to environmental awareness, combating hunger, and serving the homeless. Throughout the school year, COAR also organizes several events on and off campus to create an opportunity for students to help

better the community. Some of these events include Into the Streets, Pumpkin Palooza (an on-campus trick-or-treat for area kids), a Gift Box Drive for Head Start, a Variety show and silent auction to raise money for Alternative Breaks, Spring Forward Festival (an Easter egg hunt and crafts for area children), and Pay it Forward Week. Each event is fun and unique for students and the general public. All events require help from our COAR Events Crew, the UMW campus community, and the general public to make each successful!

04/02/2026
Thank you, thank you, thank you! 🫰 To our donors, we are so appreciative of your contributions, no matter how big or sma...
03/26/2026

Thank you, thank you, thank you! 🫰 To our donors, we are so appreciative of your contributions, no matter how big or small! Your support allows us to continue providing volunteer services to Mary Wash students, and help instill positive change in our Fredericksburg community. 🦅🫶

So again, thank you for supporting COAR and our mission! 💙🤍

Happy Mary Wash Day! 🥳💙🤍 Please consider helping us by donating to our organization! With your support, we can continue ...
03/25/2026

Happy Mary Wash Day! 🥳💙🤍 Please consider helping us by donating to our organization! With your support, we can continue to support the Fredericksburg community through volunteer service. If you’re interested in donating, here is the link: https://givingday.umw.edu/giving-day/111546/donate?dept=117843

Thank you!

Happy MaryWash Day! 🥳💙🤍 Please consider helping us by donating to our organization! With your support, we can continue t...
03/25/2026

Happy MaryWash Day! 🥳💙🤍 Please consider helping us by donating to our organization! With your support, we can continue to support the Fredricksburg community through volunteer service.

If you’re interested in donating, the link to our donation page is in our bio under: ‘Donate to COAR for Mary Wash Day!’. 🦅

We wanted to thank the UMW community for helping fill over 300 gift boxes this year! All boxes are delivered to the loca...
12/09/2025

We wanted to thank the UMW community for helping fill over 300 gift boxes this year! All boxes are delivered to the local Head Start programs in Fredericksburg City and Spotsylvania County. This process couldn’t happen without you, our wonderful community members. Each box is checked out by a UMW student, faculty or staff member, and filled with toys, hats, books and more. COAR students then package the boxes for pick up (this year Ms. Walker and her family picked up the boxes) and then visit the local Head Start/Preschool Programs to hand out the boxes (we may have sung Jingle Bells a few times). Thank you to everyone who supported this community project!

If you still have not returned your box, please be sure to stop by the CCE (UC, Suite 320) and drop them off before the ...
12/03/2025

If you still have not returned your box, please be sure to stop by the CCE (UC, Suite 320) and drop them off before the end of the week! We will be delivering the boxes to children apart of the Head Start program next Monday! 🎁

Boxes from students are due NEXT Tuesday, November 25th! Please drop them off before 5PM, and ensure that all required i...
11/21/2025

Boxes from students are due NEXT Tuesday, November 25th! Please drop them off before 5PM, and ensure that all required items fit inside the box (with the lid fully closed)!

Thank you to everyone—students and staff/faculty—who helped our project by checking out a box! You are directly impacting low-income families in Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania county by providing their children with essentials and toys for the holiday season. ❤️🎄

Come join EAA this Saturday, November 22nd, from 3:30-4:30PM! This is EAA’s LAST event of the semester, so sign up if yo...
11/20/2025

Come join EAA this Saturday, November 22nd, from 3:30-4:30PM! This is EAA’s LAST event of the semester, so sign up if you are interested! Volunteers will be picking up trash along the canal path, so dress accordingly!

Sign ups are available in the link in our bio! Look for ‘Environmental Action Awareness (EAA) Signups!’. If you are interested in keeping up with EAA into the spring semester, consider joining their Groupme: https://groupme.com/join_group/110758735/fPdeGlzy

Come join Charter Senior Living today, November 17th, from 1-2PM! Volunteers will meet at the Bell Tower at 12:45, leavi...
11/17/2025

Come join Charter Senior Living today, November 17th, from 1-2PM! Volunteers will meet at the Bell Tower at 12:45, leaving no later than 12:50. A therapy dog may attend and ride in this vehicle. If you plan on driving yourself, please notify Chloe ([email protected]) by emailing her about your attendance.

We’ll be tabling Monday through Friday next week to help fill our newly-wrapped boxes for the Head Start Program! Our go...
11/14/2025

We’ll be tabling Monday through Friday next week to help fill our newly-wrapped boxes for the Head Start Program! Our goal is to fill all 325 boxes, which will help support low-income families by providing their children with essentials and gifts for the holiday season. 🌲🎁

Other ways of supporting this initiative include our Amazon Wishlist (to help fill boxes) and our MaryWash Foundation page. Both links are included in the link.tree in our bio, so please consider supporting! ❤️

Come join EAA this Saturday at 3:00PM where volunteers will be picking up trash along the canal pathway! It is recommend...
11/13/2025

Come join EAA this Saturday at 3:00PM where volunteers will be picking up trash along the canal pathway! It is recommended you wear clothing you don’t mind getting dirty in! Otherwise, bags, gloves, and trash-grabbers will be provided by COAR!

Interested in signing up and earning some volunteer hours? Check out the link-tree in our bio and look for ‘Environmental Action Awareness (EAA) Signup!’. 🌲 Volunteers will meet in the CRUC Lobby around 3:55PM, and be led from here by the council leader to the canal path.

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Fredericksburg, VA
22401

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

(540) 654-1802

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