Help us help those who are suffering from mental health challenges in the Roanoke Valley
The Mission of Family Service of Roanoke Valley is to transform lives by healing trauma and restoring hope for families and individuals of all ages through mental health counseling, case management and life skills education. The organization began in 1901. As the pandemic continues, FSRV is helping new clients learn how to cope with the trauma and stress in addition to those that originally seeked our services. FSRV does so much fundraising because many clients are either under-insured or have no insurance at all.
Family Service of Roanoke Valley is asking us to rally our friends, family, and networks to support their work. By making a donation to our duo, you will help support more Family Service Counseling, Youth Development, Guardianship, and Personal Affairs Management services for the Roanoke Valley. This funding will go towards restoring health and hope in our community.
Please consider supporting our Celebrity Champion Duo and giving to Family Service of Roanoke Valley!
(Please note that donations are non-refundable).
Reverend Joe Cobb is ordained as a clergy in Metropolitan Community Churches in 2006, serving as Pastor of the MCC of Winston-Salem from 2007-2008 and as Pastor of MCC of the Blue Ridge, Roanoke, from 2009-2017. Prior to this, Rev. Joe served as a United Methodist Clergy in Texas, England, and Kansas, from 1985-2001. In addition, Joe has served as Executive Director of the Interfaith Hospitality Network in Roanoke, Virginia, guiding a network of thirty congregations in providing sustainable services for homeless families seeking to secure permanent housing, and serves on the Community and Diversity Advisory Council for the Virginia Tech/Carilion School of Medicine. He brings years of experience in non-profit and faith-based board governance. He was a founding member of the Non-profit Center in Roanoke, Virginia, and prior to this served on the boards of the Mental Health Association of Forsyth County in Winston-Salem, NC, the Conflict Resolution Center in Roanoke, VA, and Family Promise (formerly Interfaith Hospitality Network) in Roanoke. Joe served as PTA President for Highland Park Elementary School where his children attend school, and now works as their Community Outreach Coordinator. He also serves on the Virginia Tech/Carilion School of Medicine Community and Diversity Advisory Board, the Carilion Bioethics Committee, the Healthy Roanoke Valley Steering Committee and the Roanoke Valley Unites Steering Committee. He is a member of City Council for the City of Roanoke.
Michelle Davis is the current CEO of the Boys & Girls Club of SWVA and was elected as a city council member from 2016 through 2020. She was the youngest city council member and as the only millennial on the council she used her time there to support young professionals and families, working towards making Roanoke a city that people would move to and enjoy.
She graduated from the University of Michigan and moved around to several large cities before settling in Roanoke to start a business. Although the move was meant to be temporary, she loved the way that small business owners could have a larger voice and easier access to local government here than they could in larger cities and decided to stay.
