ABOUT GO LOCAL FXBG

A Community-Powered Career Pathways and Nonprofit Capacity Hub for the Fredericksburg Region

Go Local FXBG is a Fredericksburg-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit building practical pathways to opportunity through youth career readiness, workforce development, nonprofit support, community events, mentorship, and local visibility platforms.

Serving: Fredericksburg • Stafford • Spotsylvania • King George • Caroline • Virginia’s Planning District 16

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Why We Exist

Talent exists. Motivation exists. Community need exists. The missing piece is a clear pathway.

Across the Fredericksburg region, young people want real experience, nonprofits need more capacity, and local businesses want meaningful ways to invest in the community. Go Local FXBG connects those pieces into one practical model.

We combine work-based learning, nonprofit visibility, community events, and local partnerships so people do not just hear about opportunity — they can actually step into it.

Youth Career Pathways in Fredericksburg Virginia

Youth Career Pathways

90-hour Work-Based Learning model, mentorship, and portfolio-building
Community Events Supporting Nonprofits in Fredericksburg Virginia

Events With a Purpose

Community trust-builders, nonprofit spotlights, and funding engines
Nonprofit Visibility Platforms in Fredericksburg Virginia

Visibility Platforms

Helping residents discover, trust, and support local change-makers

What We Do

Go Local FXBG is built around one connected model: pathways, capacity, and community.

  • Youth Career Pathways — structured work-based learning, mentorship, digital skills, portfolio development, and real-world projects.
  • Nonprofit Capacity Support — visibility, storytelling, project support, event promotion, and community partnership opportunities.
  • Community Events — Trivia for a Cause, Bingo for a Cause, nonprofit spotlights, sponsor engagement, and local fundraising support.
  • Local Business and Entrepreneurship Pathways — future programs that help underserved adults, entrepreneurs, and local organizations build practical systems and skills.

This keeps the mission focused: students gain experience, nonprofits gain capacity, businesses gain a meaningful way to support the region, and the community gains stronger local infrastructure.

Impact Snapshot: What We Track as We Scale

90 Hours

Target documented Work-Based Learning experience for student participants

Pilot

Spring/Summer pilot active now while building toward Fall 2026 expansion

Partners

School, nonprofit, business, mentor, and host-site relationships

Visibility

Community events, nonprofit spotlights, mailers, and local storytelling

For Students

Career clarity, confidence, project experience, and portfolio-ready work.

For Nonprofits

Visibility, event support, project help, and future talent connections.

For Sponsors

A clear way to fund local workforce development and student opportunity.

For the Region

A stronger pipeline connecting education, service, business, and community impact.

Our Nonprofits-First Model

We center nonprofits because they are closest to the needs, families, causes, and community work already happening on the ground.

When nonprofits have more visibility and support, the whole region gets stronger. Students get meaningful learning experiences. Sponsors see a clearer return on community investment. Residents discover organizations they can trust.

  • Students participate in supervised, project-based learning tied to real community needs.
  • Nonprofits receive visibility, event exposure, and structured support instead of random one-off help.
  • Business sponsors can support youth workforce development and local nonprofit capacity in one move.
  • Programs are designed around structure, accountability, and long-term sustainability.

How the Model Works

Step 1 • Connect

We connect students, nonprofits, mentors, sponsors, and host sites around clear community needs.

Step 2 • Build

Students build skills through projects, mentorship, events, outreach, digital media, systems, and nonprofit support.

Step 3 • Prove

We track participation, hours, partner engagement, deliverables, and outcomes so donors and sponsors can see what support makes possible.

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Flagship Program: Youth Internship & Career Pathways

Spring/Summer pilot active now • Fall 2026 expansion in progress

Our Youth Internship & Career Pathways Program is being built as a structured, school-aligned, 90-hour Work-Based Learning experience for high school and homeschool students across Fredericksburg, Stafford, Spotsylvania, and the surrounding region.

Students build

  • Career-ready digital portfolio work
  • Professional communication, resume, and reflection skills
  • Experience in marketing, media, outreach, systems, operations, and AI tools
  • Confidence, accountability, teamwork, and career clarity

Support funds

  • Mentorship and program coordination
  • Software, AI, marketing, training, and project tools
  • Workspace, outreach, student materials, and operations
  • Capacity to serve more students in future cohorts

Students & Families

Learn how the pilot and Fall 2026 expansion are being built.

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Mentors

Share your experience through workshops, Q&A, project review, or semester support.

Become a Mentor

Business Sponsors

Sponsor tools, training, student experience, cohort capacity, and program growth.

Sponsor the Program

Support the Current Program: Youth Internship & Career Pathways

Help us grow the Spring/Summer pilot into a stronger Fall 2026 student career pathway across Fredericksburg, Stafford, Spotsylvania, and the surrounding region. Individuals can donate through Zeffy. Businesses and organizations can sponsor the current program through our sponsorship page.

Individual Donations • Fund a Future

Help a Local Student Build Real Career Skills

Your donation helps fund training tools, mentorship, software access, project resources, supervised learning time, and real-world career pathway experiences for local students.

Business Sponsorship • Current Program

Want Your Business Attached to Real Local Impact?

Businesses, builders, contractors, real estate teams, tech companies, healthcare practices, professional services, and community-minded organizations can sponsor the Youth Internship & Career Pathways Program.

Sponsorship helps fund cohort capacity, student experience, tools, training, mentorship, program operations, and long-term workforce development across the Fredericksburg region.

  • Talent Pipeline Builder
  • Cohort Capacity Sponsor
  • Student Experience Sponsor
  • Emerging Talent Contributor
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Current Program Supporters

Your business can be part of the next sponsor group helping local students build confidence, skills, and real-world experience.

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Events With a Purpose

Community-based funding engines and nonprofit visibility platforms.

Go Local FXBG hosts Trivia for a Cause, Bingo for a Cause, nonprofit spotlights, and community events that raise awareness, bring people together, and create repeatable support for local nonprofits.

Why it matters

  • Most events directly benefit partner nonprofits.
  • One designated event per month may support Go Local FXBG programs.
  • Sponsors get a public-facing way to support real community work.
  • Events create awareness, connection, and local trust.
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Amplifying Local Change-Makers

Visibility platforms that strengthen community trust.

Our nonprofit spotlights, digital storytelling, co-op mailer, local guides, and event promotion platforms help residents discover the organizations, people, and businesses creating real impact in the region.

  • Nonprofit spotlights and digital storytelling
  • Regional community promotion platforms
  • Event marketing, sponsor visibility, and partner amplification
  • Student learning opportunities in content, outreach, design, CRM, and marketing

Programs Growing From the Internship Pilot

We are building long-term infrastructure, not one-off projects. As outcomes and capacity grow, Go Local FXBG will continue developing additional programs that strengthen workforce and entrepreneurship pathways.

Community Entrepreneurship Accelerator

A developing pathway for underserved adults, returning citizens, veterans, women starting over, aspiring entrepreneurs, and adults seeking practical routes into business, digital media, marketing, and economic opportunity.

Local Business Accelerator

Support for local organizations and small businesses — beginning with nonprofits first — focused on sustainable growth, marketing, digital presence, community connections, and operational systems.

Meet the Founder

Marcus Toler — Founder & Executive Director

Go Local FXBG was founded by Marcus Toler, a longtime entrepreneur, marketer, and community builder based in Fredericksburg.

After years of working with local businesses, nonprofits, events, and community initiatives, Marcus kept seeing the same gap: people had potential, but many lacked the structure, access, and consistent support needed to turn that potential into opportunity.

Go Local FXBG was created to build those pathways by organizing partnerships, building programs with structure, and creating repeatable engines that support both individuals and the nonprofits serving them.

Systems over short-term wins Measurable outcomes Local leadership
Marcus Toler Founder and Executive Director of Go Local FXBG
Marcus Toler
Founder & Executive Director

Our Commitment to Accountability

Go Local FXBG is being built to be fundable, partner-ready, transparent, and useful to the community.

  • Clear roles and structure for students, mentors, host nonprofits, and sponsors
  • Practical implementation and supervision
  • Tracked outputs including hours, participation, partner engagement, and project deliverables
  • Responsible stewardship so donors and sponsors can understand what their support makes possible

Build Something Lasting With Us

Whether you are a student, parent, nonprofit, school partner, mentor, donor, sponsor, business owner, or community leader, there is a place for you in this work.

Sponsor Student Opportunity

Fund the Youth Internship & Career Pathways Program with clear levels and community visibility.

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Donate Through Zeffy

Support tools, mentorship, training, and project resources for local students.

Donate to Fund a Future

Partner With Us

Nonprofits, schools, mentors, sponsors, and collaborators can start the conversation here.

Contact Go Local FXBG

Copyright 2026. All rights reserved. Go Local FXBG is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that operates programs in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania County, Stafford County, King George County, and Caroline County in Virginia's Planning District 16. Donations are tax-deductible.