Call to Action - March 24, 2023
Greetings, Prince William - The dedicated staff at Grace United Methodist Church needs volunteers to be Teachers and Helpers for their next session of English as a Second Language (ESL), April 4 thru June 8. Classes will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7pm-9pm at the church located at 9750 Wellington Road, Manassas 20110. You'll feel wonderful as you help learners improve their English reading, writing and speaking skills! Please email esl@umcgrace.org to learn how you can make a difference.
- If you love animals and running, we have a terrific opportunity for you! The wonderful people at Advocates for Abused and Abandoned Pets need an experienced volunteer age 18+ to help with coordinating, managing, and executing walk/run fundraisers. The goal is to host a 5K race in Prince William during the early fall. It's not too early to begin planning, and you'll feel great as you promote a healthy event which will help homeless and abused animals! Please email a3pdirector@gmail.com to learn more.
- Brain Injury Services is looking for a PALS volunteer (Providing a Link for Survivors) to be a friend to a young woman living in Arlington, recovering from a brain injury. This would be a once a month commitment to accompany the client on outings. Please email mthyen@braininjursyvcs.org or call 451.8881, ext.232 for more information.
- You can help our senior citizens! Prince William Area Agency on Aging is looking for Home Delivered Meals Drivers age 18+ to deliver noontime meals to homebound seniors Monday-Friday, 10am-12pm. Routes take about 1.5 hours to complete, schedules are flexible. The program operates out of the two senior centers located in Manassas and Woodbridge. Volunteers must have dependable transportation, a valid driver's license, safe driving record and proof of insurance. Volunteers must also pass a criminal background check, paid by PWC. You'll get the warm fuzzies as you deliver both a smile to seniors' faces and a hot, nutritious meal! Please contact Tracy at 703.792.4583 or visit http://bit.ly/3IPKVfJ for more information.
- Are you a people person? The staff at Capital Caring Health need a virtual volunteer to help with volunteer recruitment for their various programs. This virtual opportunity is about 10 hours a month and involves social media, marketing and outreach support. This is an excellent remote opportunity; you'll gain nonprofit management and communication experience! Please email dioanid@capitalcaring.org to learn more.
- If you love admin work, the folks at CFH (formerly Catholics for Housing) want to meet you! They need a volunteer bilingual Office Assistant who can keep the day-to-day office operations going and assist callers and clients. Duties include answer phones, help visitors, help with the website and program applications. Flexible schedule, 2-3 days a week, 4-6 hours each shift. Bilingual skills in Spanish required. You'll feel great as you help this agency make affordable housing possible for their clients! Please email george@cfhva.org for more information.
- *Virtual Opportunity* Historic Dumfries is seeking an experienced volunteer to help with submitting grants to make The Lee Lansing Research Library more accessible, and to help promote the upcoming 250th commemoration of local history and Revolutionary War history. Your help would directly impact Historic Dumfries as your advice will help the Executive Director prepare to submit two very impactful grants for this small community! Please email info@historicdumfriesva.org for more information.
- Attention Feline Fans! Last Chance Animal Rescue needs cat-loving volunteers to help with cat and kitten care and adoptions in the Manassas PetSmart, 10834 Sudley Manor Drive. Volunteers age 14+ welcome, volunteers between ages 14-17 must volunteer with a responsible adult. Duties include loving on the kitties, playing with and socializing them, feeding, and light cleaning including litter box scooping. Volunteers would also help with greeting potential adopters, introducing them to the kitty guests, and processing adoptions. Training and orientation is provided. Be prepared to commit to one or more shifts (AM or PM) per week; hours are available weekdays and weekends. You'll purr with delight knowing that you're helping to care for cats from high kill shelters and place them in loving homes! Please visit http://bit.ly/3JxbyH0 to fill out and sign a Volunteer Agreement, please email volunteer@lastchanceanimalrescue.org to learn more.
- Attention Plant Lovers and Gardeners! Leopold's Preserve, 16290 Thoroughfare Road in Broad Run is offering a series of family-friendly trainings for volunteers to be certified in invasive vine removal on their facility. Once certified, volunteers can come to the Preserve any time, on their own schedule, and independently work to remove invasive vines. Training is required to learn more about invasive vine identification and removal techniques. Trainings for 2023 will be offered on April 22, August 12 and October 14, 1:30pm-3:30pm each date. It's family-friendly and you'll enjoy being outdoors in this beautiful facility and helping the staff as you clear out vines which could strangle trees and plants! Please visit http://bit.ly/3J9YUNR for more information on this opportunity, visit leopoldspreserve.com/calendar to sign up.
- Leopold's Preserve also needs bird-loving volunteers to help monitor bluebird, purple martin or wood duck boxes. Monitors regularly check the boxes to support data collection - how many birds use their nest boxes and how many babies are born. They have lots of boxes and can't monitor all of them without your help! Please email info@whfarmfoundation.org to learn more.
- Pink Space Theory has all sorts of volunteer opportunities open for talented individuals! Newsletter Content Contributor, STEM Lesson Creator, Grant Writer and STEM Speaker are just a few of the opportunities available to get young minds excited about learning! Please email volunteermanager@pinkspacetheory.org for more information.
- Is your office or club looking for a group project? SERVE's Family Shelter has a need for small groups of 5-7 volunteers to provide, prepare and deliver nutritious meals for about 60 guests in their shelter, to include Easter Sunday and Memorial Day! Volunteers have the option to prepare the meal offsite and do a drive-by drop-off delivery of the meal to the shelter or to prepare and serve onsite in the shelter kitchen. It's a great way to give back and provide a home-cooked nutritious meal for those coping with homelessness! Please email jrmartinez@nvfs.org or call 571.748.2674 for more information and a list of meal openings in 2023.
If you are looking for other opportunities, please don't forget to call our wonderful team at Volunteer Prince William at 703.369.5292. You can also visit our website at www.volunteerprincewilliam.org. Thanks so much for all you do in our community.
