Call to Action for 05/30/2025
Greetings, Prince William: You can help ensure fresh food is available to food-insecure families! The SERVE campus of Northern Virginia Family Service needs volunteers age 18+ on Monday, June 30, 9am-2pm to help staff take a complete inventory of food and supplies in their 8,000 square foot warehouse in Manassas. Volunteers must be at least 18 years old and should be prepared to do moderate lifting up to 35lbs. This is a great one-time opportunity which will help SERVE improve its food assistance program to the nearly 600 households who visit each month for help! Volunteers will also help identify urgent food needs for clients. Please email Navara Cannon at ncannon@nvfs.org for more information.
If you have that special volunteer/volunteer group whose support has been especially helpful to you, here's a wonderful opportunity to recognize their service! Nominations for the Governor's Volunteerism & Community Service Awards are now open until 5pm on June 23, 2025. Individual and group categories are available - it's a wonderful way to recognize and thank those special volunteers for all they do to support your agency! Please visit www.servevirginia.org/awards/governors-awards/ for more information. Questions? Please email sarah.lawson@dss.virginia.gov to learn more.
· The hard-working staff at BEACON is already looking ahead! Volunteer with BEACON's Summer Conversation Class and help adult immigrants improve their English skills online - no teaching experience or foreign language knowledge needed; they'll provide training. The summer session runs July 7-24 on Zoom, with both morning and evening options. They are also looking for volunteers for the fall semester starting August 18, with online and in-person roles available, including teaching, tutoring, and more. Please sign up for a volunteer information session to learn more using this link: https://forms.gle/sn6uVLG5upHrTfuH7 or contact Seth Mazzaro at smazzaro@osbva.org or 571-531-5838
· Brain Injury Services (BIS) has an ongoing need for volunteers to be PALS (Providing a Link for Survivors) for brain injury survivors in the local area. Once a month outings for things such as coffee, walks, chess, lunch, etc. can help clients get their life back on track following a traumatic brain injury! Please visit www.braininjurysvcs.org/volunteer/ for more information, email mthyen@braininjurysvcs.org or call 703.451.8881 ext. 232 to learn how you can help.
· "Bee" a "Honey" of a volunteer and support the Manassas Bee Festival, June 21 at Liberia House, 8601 Portner Avenue in Manassas! Volunteers are needed beginning at 6am to make this a successful event - shifts are available. Volunteers who sign up will also get a T-shirt. You'll "bee" happy as you help make this free event a day of fun! Please visit www.manassasbeefestival.com/volunteers/ to sign up, email ManassasBeeFestival@gmail.com with any questions.
· If you're looking for a Saturday volunteer opportunity, here's a great one for you! Manassas Farmer's Market is looking for volunteers age 16+ for their Saturday market, 9024 Prince William Street, Manassas 20110. Shifts are available 6am-10am and 10am-2pm. Volunteers will help with setting up and cleaning up of the market, counting visitors, taking photos and videos, distributing SNAP and MATCH tokens and answering general questions. The markets operate rain or shine through November 22, 2025. The whole family can help, and you'll have a great time meeting people, enjoying the fresh air and being around all that nutritious and tasty food! Please visit https://bit.ly/44Ka6x4 to sign up, email rhane@historicmanassasinc.org to learn more.
· Want to help the PWC Animal Shelter clear out invasive plants from their facility? Join in the next Not in my PWC Invasives Removal cleanup being held June 20 at 9am! The location is PWC Animal Services Center/Shelter, 14807 Bristow Road, Manassas 20112. Help remove invasives, mainly honeysuckle and English ivy. All ages are welcome, please bring your own tools, gloves, and water. It's family friendly and a wonderful way to keep the animal shelter facility clear of invasive plants! Please visit https://bit.ly/4lnDIGx to sign up, email dnelson0512@yahoo.com to learn more.
· Is your office/club/civic organization looking for a meaningful group volunteer opportunity? The SERVE campus of Northern Virginia Family Service may have just what you're looking for! Opportunities include providing a meal for 65 shelter guests, assisting with the upcoming Hunger Resource Center inventory June 30, providing and planting a garden for an early childhood program, and much more! Think how great you'll feel as you help feed the homeless, improve food assistance for 600 families or have children experience the joys of a garden! For more information, please send an email to ncannon@nvfs.org.
· Do you love guiding youth? Prince William County Office of Youth Services is seeking dedicated volunteers age 21+ for their Right Step to Opportunity program, a diversion initiative designed to help youthful offenders avoid the juvenile justice system and build a brighter future. Volunteer tasks include participating in Community Conference hearings with youth and their parent(s), helping determine appropriate sanctions and positive opportunities and support youth in making better choices. Volunteers must complete training sessions and commit to at least three hearings per year. Your guidance can make a difference and be the turning point in a young person's life! Please visit https://bit.ly/4kFt3pc and click on the Respond button to sign up, email youthservices@pwcgov.org for more information. This opportunity begins in July 2025.
· The fun folks at Rainbow Therapeutic Riding Center, 16198 Silver Lake Roadin Haymarket have started their Kayak Camps but volunteers age 18+ are needed to support the camps' remaining dates on June 14, July 12 and July 26! A maximum of 10 students ages 9-18 will attend each session and volunteers will receive the required training. You'll feel fabulous as you help special needs clients gain self-confidence, build self-esteem and allow this agency to meet their mission of "Changing Lives, One Hoofbeat at a Time!" Please email volunteercoordinator@rainbowriding.org for more information, visit www.rainbowriding.org to learn more.
· Help light up the sky! The Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton needs volunteers age 16+ for their Annual Fireworks event on Saturday, June 28. Shifts are available 1pm-11pm for tasks like running carnival games, guiding attendees, assisting with parking, setting up, tearing down, and supporting vendor booths. On site orientations for the event will be held Sunday, June 22 and Monday, June 23 - with a possible virtual orientation if needed. It sounds like a fun day in support of a memorable event! Please visit https://bit.ly/3StRxWy and click on the Respond button to sign up, email Volunteer@WorkhouseArts.org to learn more.
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.
