Programs
"Tackling everyday life"
Stuff the Bus
An annual program held in September whereby disadvantaged children are provided bookbags and school supplies for the upcoming school season.
Digital Divide Initiative
Through a collaborative arrangement with Voice To The World, the Foundation is providing computer technology and literacy training in a series of after school programs designed to reach underserved and at risk youth.
The Foundation awards four scholarships each year:
James Farrior Scholarship – awarded to an outstanding male athlete based on merit, overcoming adversity, combined with outstanding community service
Mary Catherine Farrior Memorial Scholarship – awarded to an outstanding female athlete with the same attributes as the James Farrior scholarship
Frankie Thomas Memorial Scholarship – awarded to an outstanding football player
Chris White Memorial Scholarship – awarded to an outstanding basketball player either male or female
An ongoing effort to increase bone marrow registrants within the Commonwealth of Virginia by 5,100 registrants. This drive is administered through collaboration with the National Bone Marrow registry at most, if not all James Farrior Foundation events.
