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Business & Government Local charity builds community with – and for – veterans By Mike Mather, [email protected] November 10, 2026 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Veterans Collaborative, a Charlottesville-based charity founded by the wife of a soldier, matches the needs of veterans and active-duty military families to a range of local resources. The organization is participating in UVA’s “Give Where You Live” charitable campaign to support local nonprofits. (Contributed photos) Trending Discovery & Innovation Decades of work lead to a new Parkinson’s treatment University News UVA Health acquires State Farm site on Pantops Student Experience Love and basketball: A UVA romance comes full circle Following her U.S. Army husband meant Natalie Worthan moved 13 times in 22 years, including across the country and across an ocean.Each time, she would fling herself into her new community to see what it had to offer and – just as important – what she could offer the community.

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