This project is a great opportunity to tag along, raise emergency preparedness in the community by distributing emergency preparedness materials. Installation Date: Saturday, April 21, 2018, 8:30 am Staging Location: Cora Kelly (25 W Reed Ave). I will have the white training van. The facility opens at 9am but hopefully, someone will be there early to let us in. I'll be there at 8:30am. Installation Location: Lynhaven Gateway Neighborhood Box 20901 The neighborhood will be pre-canvas by ARC. Maps of the neighborhood divided into zones will be out soon. Lunch will be provided. Volunteers will ONLY distribute the materials. They will NOT install the fire alarms.

Alexandria, VA

4/21/18 8:30 AM

Hello, friends! We are looking for some AOTH fans & supporters to help with front of house for our exciting spring show, "Outside the Lines." Show runs April 12-28, 2018 at the Lab at Convergence, 1819 N. Quaker Ln., Alexandria. Come greet people tall and small, and guide them into our fun lobby and theatre! (Dress is casual attire - avoid graphic T-shirts, sneakers; nice jeans are okay!)

Alexandria, VA

4/21/18 9:00 AM +more

Volunteers are needed to do emergency preparedness outreach by distributing emergency preparedness materials and assist kids play a wheel of fortune game.

Alexandria, VA

4/21/18 9:30 AM

Join DC Paws Rescue, a new rescue organization, that helps dogs and cats from underfunded animal control facilities get vetted and come to the DC area to be adopted. We are in need of volunteers who can handle a dog or cat, at adoption events while they meet potential adopters. If interested please complete our volunteer form https://dcpawsrescue.org/volunteer/volunteer-form/ and our waiver Volunteer Waiver

Springfield, VA

4/22/18 12:00 PM +more

- assist facilitate and lead group activiteies. - setup & cleanup.

Springfield, VA

4/22/18 2:30 PM +more

This is a great opportunity for new disaster volunteers to learn more about emergency preparedness and how local and federal governments work together in a disaster.

Alexandria, VA

4/24/18 6:00 PM

A 2014 report from the Partnership for a Healthier Alexandria and the Childhood Obesity Action Network highlighted significant gaps in the services available to Alexandrians suffering from food hardship, which is irregular access to affordable and healthy meals. In response, community leaders, including Volunteer Alexandria, have pledged their support and leadership to fill those gaps through advocacy, financial resources and practical commitments of time, space and the volunteer labor necessary to progress toward a time when no one in our city goes hungry. Volunteer drivers are needed to pick up bread from Great Harvest Bread Company in Fairlington and deliver it to two locations within Alexandria every Wednesday. Volunteers must have a valid driver license and use their own vehicle. No mileage reimbursement provided. Volunteers must print out their pick up confirmation to show to the bakery staff.

Alexandria, VA

4/25/18 3:00 PM +more

Would you like to help raise emergency preparedness awareness in the community? This is a GREAT opportunity to do so! If interested, please sign up!

Alexandria, VA

4/26/18 8:30 AM

On the last Saturday of every month except November and December ALIVE! distributes groceries to low-income families at 3 locations in Alexandria. Volunteers are needed to pack groceries and help clients get to their cars and/or cards. Individuals, families, groups and companies are welcome to help. Distributions are in the morning running between 8am and noon. Check www.alive-inc.org for locations and additional details.

Alexandria, VA

4/28/18 8:00 AM +more

9am-Noon First Assembly of God 700 West Braddock Road Alexandria, VA 22302 SCAN of Northern Virginia will be facilitating a Community Action Poverty Simulation for our CASA volunteers. Space is still available so we invite other community professionals and community volunteers to join us for this meaningful morning the last Saturday of April. As a participant, you will assume the role of a low-income family member living on a limited budget. You may be a mom with two kids, or a dad who's just been laid off. You could be disabled, or a senior citizen on social security. Whatever your circumstances, your goal will be to keep a roof over your head and pay your bills during the course of four 15-minute "weeks." While trying to meet your basic needs, you will interact with human service agencies, schools, employers, pawn shops, payday lenders, and the health care system. According to the Children’s Defense Fund, “nearly 1 in 5 American children are living in poverty. Two-thirds live in working families.” Come join us to experience a glimpse of the realities they face every day. Participation is free but space is limited so please rsvp by April 20 at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/casa-poverty-simulation-can-you-walk-a-day-in-their-shoes-tickets-43661151680 Please sign up on Volunteer Alexandria's website as well as using the link above. Thank you!

Alexandria, VA

4/28/18 9:00 AM

Ready! Set! Be Prepared! Sign up if interested to educate youth in preparing for all-hazard emergencies and catastrophic events in the community. This year's celebration will be held at Lenny Harris Memorial Fields at Braddock Park, 1005 Mt. Vernon Ave., on Saturday, April 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Alexandria, VA

4/28/18 10:00 AM

Volunteers are needed to teach pet owners how to prepare their pets for emergencies by distributing emergency preparedness materials for pets. The event kicks off in the parking lot of Wholistic Hound Academy on Roth St with the block party route heading along 2 blocks of Colvin St

Alexandria, VA

4/29/18 10:30 AM

VTV is the non-profit created by families and survivors of the tragedy at Virginia Tech where, on April 16, 2007, a lone gunman killed 32 students and faculty, injured 24, and traumatized many, many more. In a PARKnership with the City and a team of Virginia Tech Landscape Architecture program students, who are baaed in Old Town, we are planting a memorial tree grove in Chinquapin Park at 1pm on Sunday, April 29. It will honor the victims and the survivors. The event will begin with comments from Mayor Allison Silberberg, VT Assoc. Prof. Nate Heavers, VTV President Joe Samaha and VA State Delegate Chris Hurst, who lost his girlfriend to a gunman while she was reporting live on air for a Roanoke news station, will speak. Also killed was the cameraman, Adam Ward. The planting will be followed by a fundraiser at 3 pm at Taverna Cretekou, located at 818 King Street. Del. Hurst will join us at the fundraiser as well. VTV's advocacy agenda is to strengthen the background check system, with a particular focus on getting names into the system. Details can be found at www.Campaign32.org. More information about VTV can be found at www.vtvfamilyfoundation.org. The VTV memorial tree grove planting event starts at 1 pm on Sunday, April 29, and will be in the upper rear portion of Chinquapin Park on King Street. Volunteers are needed to arrive at Noon and help with guiding people to the location within the property and helping with various tasks as they emerge, such as guiding people where to stand and helping coordinate with the people who show up and wish to help put trees in the ground. We also need people to staff a table and hold clipboards so people can register with their names and emails when they arrive. It would be helpful to have volunteers walk around and help if there are questions. A maximum of five volunteers are accepted in advance of the event!

Alexandria, VA

4/29/18 12:00 PM

We are looking to launch a weekly kids read aloud program on Monday evenings at our Arlington Mill Residences. Volunteers would be asked to serve a minimum of 1 evening per month. You will be volunteering as a team to read out loud and host an activity for a large and active group of children ages 4-12. Volunteers are welcome to, but not required to sign up for more than one evening per month! The Monday evening read aloud will be held from 6PM-7PM and volunteer shift would be from 5:30-7:30 to allow for set up and clean up.

Arlington, VA

5/1/18 5:30 PM +more

Interested in sharing why volunteering is great for our health and well being? Volunteers will share information about Volunteer Alexandria, opportunities available, as well as raise awareness about being being preppared for an emergency by handing out materials in Del Ray.

Alexandria, VA

5/3/18 6:00 PM +more

We are celebrating the 11th Anniversary of Spring for Alexandria’s Community Service Day for employees of City government, businesses and nonprofits. This year’s events will take place on May 11th. The Community Service Day is a city-wide event with hundreds of volunteers to support nonprofit organizations and City agencies. Businesses, associations and individuals form a team, raise funds to win prizes, and volunteer on Friday, May 11 from 12:30-4:30 p.m. Visit http://www.givegab.com/campaigns/VolAlex2018CSD to register. Volunteers are needed to sort and organize the tools for all the team involved with the Community Service Day. Team Leaders will come on this day to pick-up the necessary tools to complete their projects.

Alexandria, VA

5/4/18 12:00 PM +more

We need helping hands for our Early Childhood Multicultural Festival! We are seeking 10-15 volunteers for setup, cleanup, face painting, hosting (greeters), assisting with arts and crafts, serving food, and assisting with a fashion show. Sign up to join us!

Alexandria, VA

5/4/18 3:30 PM

THE MEADE CHURCH FEEDING PROGRAM The Meade Memorial Episcopal Church has been working diligently for over ten years to meet the physical and spiritual needs of the Alexandria, Virginia, underprivileged community through two hunger relief programs; the daily Bag Lunch Program and the Winter Saturday Hot Meal Program, October through March, that provides daily bag lunch meals that fill the nourishing gaps that are so common for the poor, unemployed, and underprivileged. We are hoping to beautify and enhance not only the spirits and souls of our guest but to offer a warming to the hearts by giving our church building a burst of color variety and warmth to our gorgeous garden, upon first stepping on our church grounds. And then there will be the beauty of a stunningly painted lobby, outer and pastoral office. Finally, when they sit to partake of a meal, the vibrant freshly painted Parish Hall, will speak to their spirit.

Alexandria, VA

5/5/18 7:00 AM