Ensuring Virginia's sexual minority youth an equal opportunity for success since 1991.

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Rosmy Youth Mural Project

Come and be a part of ROSMY history! 
Sunday, Aug 1st from 12-5pm at ROSMY.
Free for all youth ages 14-20. Click for more information!

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ROSMY Internships

ROSMY Internship Opportunities
Our internships are rewarding and challenging.

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How can YOU help Virginia’s GLBTQ youth?

Sponsorship of a CRISIS package only $30

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Each CRISIS package contains a personalized letter, the CRISIS curriculum for fostering positive discussion about differences with youth, parents, and caregivers, 50 Youth Support Line Cards, and a companion copy of Mitchell Gold’s moving look at 40 real accounts of growing up gay in America, CRISIS. Call (804)644-4800 to be a sponsor.

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Giving to ROSMY

Please consider ROSMY when planning your annual giving.  Click below for more information about our participation in United Way, the Combined Federal Campaign Local and the Government & School Campaign.
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Supporters

ROSMY Giving Circle

July 1, 2009 – June 30, 2010

Thank you for helping our youth be themselves

Heroes: $10,000 or more

  • Community Foundation
  • The Estate of Dr. Waverly Cole         
  • Dr. John Cook           
  • Sam Cramer & Michael Vitale           
  • Donald Dale           
  • Mary Morton Parsons Foundation           
  • Sean Storey & Clay Dye

Champions:  $5,000 - $9,999.99           

  • Bama Works Fund of the Dave Matthews Band
  • Capital One           
  • Kip Kephart Foundation           
  • Memorial Foundation for Children           
  • Marcus & Carole Weinstein

Leaders:  $2,500 - $4,999.99           

  • Altria Group, Inc. Matching Gifts Program         
  • Stephen Anderson & Wes Clay           
  • BB&T Wealth Management           
  • Charlottesville Area Community Foundation
  • Dominion Resources Services, Inc.           
  • Thomas Guirkin & John Hanbury           
  • Joan Harrison & Melanie German           
  • John Marshall & Charles Dyson           
  • Stuart Medlin & Bevill Dean           
  • Pence Subaru           
  • Weinstein Management Co., Inc.           
  • Wellpoint Foundation Matching Gifts Program         

Advocates:  $1,000 - $2,499.99           

  • Dawn Adams & Maggie Constante           
  • Jill Ashley           
  • John Ashley           
  • Edward Barlow           
  • Van Baskins & Marc Purintun           
  • Donna Brodd           
  • Roy Burgess II           
  • Chris Clarke & Kathy Benham           
  • Paul Cline           
  • Marge Connelly & Julie Christopher           
  • John Dougherty           
  • Michael Francis           
  • Richard Godsey           
  • William Harrison, Jr.           
  • Suzanne Hogg           
  • Bart Lacks           
  • Steven Murden           
  • Pennies in Protest           
  • Karen Raschke & Don Creach           
  • Norman and Joyce Scher           
  • Walter Sheppe           
  • Theresa Swann           
  • The Home Depot Foundation           
  • Alicia Thompson & Brice Lambert           
  • George Tillman & Lloyd Bryant           
  • Union First Market Bank           
  • Clayton Vail & Patty McCormack            
  • Marciano Villamiel & Alan Rudnick           
  • Roberta Williamson           

Mentors:  $500 - $999.99           

  • Larry and Pamela Anderson           
  • John and Kaaron Austin           
  • Bank of America Matching Gifts Program       
  • Ellen Bass           
  • Carmax Foundation           
  • Thurman Cash, III           
  • Richard Caudell & Phillip Patrick           
  • Church of the Holy Comforter           
  • Malinda Collier           
  • Galaxy Diner           
  • Clyde C. Garbett           
  • Lisa Halberstadt & Jeffrey Lacker           
  • James Hartman, Jr.           
  • Hewlett-Packard Matching Gifts Program           
  • Josh Hildreth & Rick Robinson           
  • Mosaic           
  • Ellen Moseley & Deb Reese           
  • MSW Student Association           
  • Steven Pulley           
  • Patricia Sauls & Mark Mobley           
  • Pete Sharpe & Sam Khan           
  • Martha and David Shotwell           
  • Sojourners United Church of Christ           
  • St James' Church           
  • UVA, LGBT Resource Center           
  • Susan Way & Deborah Matthers           
  • David White           
  • Puif Yuen           

           
Friends:  $250 - $499.99           

  • Debra Aaron & Bonnie King           
  • Kelly Adams           
  • Louis Briel           
  • Carter Bryan           
  • Joseph and Vanessa Chase           
  • Deborah Cohn & Charlotte Patterson           
  • Mark and Cynthia Condyles           
  • Donnie Conner & Eric Smith           
  • Julie Crowder           
  • Mark Falls           
  • John Fisher & Bret Sawyer           
  • Bob Frey & Bill Pisa           
  • Aaron Gilchrist, Jr.           
  • Christopher Gongaware           
  • James Heilman           
  • Jim Hill & Doug Kleffner           
  • Michael Jones & Shawn McNulty           
  • Cynthia Kella           
  • Christopher Lumpkin           
  • Maggie L. Walker Governor's School           
  • Tom Maroney & Michael Holland           
  • Marty Martin & Marc Lotano           
  • Mary Baldwin College           
  • Curtis Maynard           
  • Martin McDay           
  • TD McLean & Rob Banton           
  • Microsoft Matching Gifts Program           
  • Brent Morris & Jim Klaus           
  • Judy Pahren           
  • Partnership for Nonprofit Excellence           
  • Andres Piretti           
  • Judd Proctor & Brian Burns           
  • Richmond Gay Community Fnd, Inc.           
  • Daniel and Peggy Siegel           
  • Jackson Slipek           
  • John-Lawrence Smith & Tully Wellborn           
  • Edward Street & Robert Lett           
  • Technology Assurance Group           
  • The Owen Family Foundation           
  • David vanBlaricom & Bill Thomas           
  • Graham and Lyndele von Schill           
  • Don Warren           
  • Word Marketing & Income Development Solutions         
  • Rose Pui Fong Yuen           
  • Richard Zorn           

           
LEGACY SOCIETY           

We would like to thank the following for remembering ROSMY in their estate planning:           

  • Dr. John Cook           
  • Dale Jackson           
  • Guy Kinman           


Our Wish List

We are looking for more gender identity/expression and transgender literature for our library-if you have some that can be donated please let us know!

We'd love to have the following DVDs in our library.  If you'd like to donate one or more DVDs to us, please send them to:

ROSMY
c/o Grayson Mitchell
2311 Westwood Ave
Richmond, VA 23230
804-644-4800

  • 'Normal'
  • 'Gender Rebel' Documentary
  • 'Out in the Silence' Documentary
  • 'Camp Out' Documentary
  • 'Jesus Camp'

If you'd prefer to make a donation toward the purchase of one or more DVDs, please donate through our account with Network for Good - and include "DVD Donation" in the note.

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THANK YOU!

Become a trained ROSMY facilitator!

Work directly with GLBTQ youth ages 14-20 in a support group setting. You must be 23 years old or over to become a facilitator. An application and background check are required. Please e-mail Youth Programs Director and Volunteer Manager Grayson Mitchell at youthprograms@rosmy.org to sign-up for training. This is a unique and great experience to work with youth who struggle with sexual orientation and gender identity. We look forward to seeing you there!

Dates are as follows:

*YOU MUST ATTEND BOTH PORTIONS OF THE TRAINING FOR YOUR CERTIFICATION TO DEEM YOU A FACILITATOR

*Dinner will be provided on Friday; you will have 1 hour to get lunch on Saturday.

ROSMY Charlottesville

Next Charlottesville Training-Friday, September 17, 2010 [6-9pm], and Saturday, September 18, 2010 [10am-4pm]

LOCATION: ASG Building*, 963 2nd Street SE,Charlottesville, VA 22902 *Please visit the ASG website for directions—map quest/Google maps/etc do not take you to the correct location: ASG directions

(ROSMY CHARLOTTESVILLE support groups meet every Monday evening from 6:30-8:30pm and there are monthly volunteer meetings).

ROSMY Richmond

Next Richmond Training-Friday, October 15, 2010 [6-9pm], and Saturday, October 16, 2010 [10am-4pm]

LOCATION: ROSMY BUILDING-2311 Westwood Avenue - Richmond, Virginia 23230

(ROSMY RICHMOND support groups meet every Tuesday evening from 6:30-8:30pm and there are monthly volunteer meetings).