ABOUT US

The Lynchburg Area Center for Independent Living (LACIL) has been bringing smiles to people with disabilities throughout the region since 1998 serving over 7,000 people. LACIL serves persons with all types of disabilities.

As a consumer-directed and private nonprofit charitable organization, LACIL encourages and supports people with disabilities who desire to live happily within their community—empowering them with the services and tools for independence, including:

• Self-advocacy
• Educational training
• Building and maintaining healthy family environments
• Accessing functional needs
• Promoting accessibility and community awareness

More importantly, LACIL helps bring people together to make communities a better place to live, promoting self-advocacy

OUR SERVICE MAP

We service Appomattox, Amherst, Bedford and Campbell Counties; City of Lynchburg and Town of Bedford

LACIL’s Mission
To promote a philosophy of Independent living, including a philosophy of consumer control, peer support, self, help, self-determination, equal access, and individual and system advocacy, to maximize the leadership, empowerment, independence, and productivity of individuals with significant disabilities, into the mainstream of American society.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

• Fundraiser events; helping with set-up operations, marketing fundraiser to the public and participating with teaching crafts and activities