Volunteer Alexandria

Safe Journeys Intern/Volunteer Reports to: Refugee Health Liaison and Family Enrichment Specialist Location: Arlington, Virginia Summary The Safe Journeys Volunteer helps conduct research, assist with program activities, and conducts outreach to develop new relationships and increase local awareness of services. Key Responsibilities · Conduct outreach to build new relationships with local service providers and support services. · Promotes the project and culturally, linguistically informed care in the community through physical visits, emails, and phone contacts. · Research information and referral procedures to local resources such as support groups, legal services, etc. · Provide any reminders and culturally sensitive education. · May provide transportation assistance. · Assists with maintenance of files and report preparations. · Other tasks as assigned. Required Qualifications: · College degree or perusing a degree in social work, or related field · Previous experience working in multicultural contexts is desirable · Ability to work independently as well as in a team · Ability to work under pressure · Flexibility · Creativity and initiative to follow through on projects · Effective communication and writing skills · Proficiency in one or more language other than English is preferable · Having personal car or access to a car is a plus · Must successfully complete background check and training before beginning in role Learning Outcomes: · Increased intercultural communication competency · Exposure to basic non-profit operations and environment · Knowledge of marginalized populations - challenges and opportunities · Ability to provide sensitive and confidential services · Experience working with limited English proficiency populations · Knowledge of N. Virginia support service networks · Ability to navigate of social service systems · Basic ability to keep case notes, client reporting, and client files to federal and state funder standards Time Requirements: Interns - At least 2 full days/week required. Volunteers – half day or more per week requested. To Apply: Please submit a (1) cover letter and (2) resume to volunteer@ecdcus.org. Applications are considered on a first come, first served rolling basis.

Arlington, VA

4/26/19 9:00 AM +more

Do you want to make a difference in our community? Are you interested in learning new art, craft or business skills? Do you have a service learning requirement for your school or community group? UpCycle Creative Reuse Center is an Alexandria, Virginia based non-profit that connects creativity and conservation by providing a resource center for reuse materials and a creative making space for the community. At UpCycle, we rethink the traditional notion of waste by collecting cast-offs from our community to serve as creative materials. We are looking for a volunteer to help us sort donations from the community and restock our shop of recycled materials. No experience necessary; we'll provide instructions. If under 18; please email volunteers@upcyclecrc.org.

Alexandria, VA

4/26/19 12:00 PM +more

Do you want to make a difference in our community? Are you interested in learning new art, craft or business skills? Do you have a service learning requirement for your school or community group? UpCycle Creative Reuse Center is an Alexandria, Virginia based non-profit that connects creativity and conservation by providing a resource center for reuse materials and a creative making space for the community. At UpCycle, we rethink the traditional notion of waste by collecting cast-offs from our community to serve as creative materials. We are looking for a volunteer to help us sort donations from the community and restock our shop of recycled materials. No experience necessary; we'll provide instructions. If under 18 please email volunteers@upcyclecrc.org.

Alexandria, VA

4/26/19 3:00 PM +more

Momentum Collective Inc. is seeking talent volunteers interested in teaching coding to elementary and middle school aged youth at a recreation center in Alexandria VA. This opportunity is for 1 hour a week between the hours of 4:00 and 6;00 pm. VOlunteers will work with a group of no more than 10 students and will be provided with the resources needed to develop and implement a successful program. Volunteers must be comfortable working with a diverse population and demonstrate a great deal of patience and creativity.

Alexandria, VA

4/26/19 4:00 PM +more

Alexandria Earth Day is an annual event to teach one another how to better protect our planet for the preservation of the habitat of humans and wildlife too. We want encourage and teach how to live sustainably and responsibly, and have fun doing it. Our goal is for everyone to go home inspired to continue thinking and doing for the sake of a better future and a better Earth. Alexandria Earth Day cannot take place without the help of volunteers. This year's even takes place on Saturday, April 27, 2019, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Lenny Harris Memorial Fields at Braddock Park, 1005 Mt. Vernon Ave. Help is needed with: event set up, bike valet set-up, bike valet clean up, meet & greet, resource recovery, Earth Day traffic flow, survey collection, and break down. Additional activities may be added. For a full list of Alexandria’s Earth Day volunteer opportunities and shift times, please visit Earth Day Volunteers page. Click below to express interest in volunteering. All volunteers are thanked for their time with an official 2019 Alexandria Earth Day T-shirt. Volunteer Opportunities EARTH DAY SET UP VOLUNTEERS: Arrange tables and chairs for exhibitors and vendors based on Event Coordinator directions. Distribute information to exhibitors. Assist in showing exhibitors their assigned tables/location. Assist exhibitors with unloading their vehicles and bringing exhibit materials to their assigned location. Includes some medium weight lifting of tables/chairs and boxed items. BIKE VALET ATTENDANTS: Assist Earth Day attendees find parking for their bikes. Watch over the bikes in the “bike coral.” Set-up: Responsible for setting up racks and signs for the Bike Valet. Clean-up: Remove racks for the valet and pick up signs. TRAFFIC FLOW ATTENDANTS: Direct traffic to approved parking areas. GREETERS: The Volunteer Greeter is responsible for providing exemplary customer service to all that enter and attend the event. Attendees should be welcomed, offered program literature, maps, site-specific information, and helped to find their way around. Excellent communication skills are needed when responding to vendor and event attendees' questions. RESOURCE RECOVERY VOLUNTEERS: Help us meet our goal to make this Earth Day event a “zero waste” event. Educate and direct event participants and exhibitors in the appropriate way to sort their garbage. Volunteers will be trained on what goes into the compost, recycle, and trash bins. This is a learning opportunity for all who attend and volunteer at the event! In addition, the earliest shift will help set up the bins and assist exhibitors sort their garbage. At the end of the event, volunteers assist exhibitors and help measure our overall impact of our efforts – that is, measure what percentage of our waste was diverted from trash to recycling and composting facilities. While we aim for recovering 100% of the waste for composting or recycling, waste reduction is a challenging goal! That’s why we need your help! Volunteers may also assist with pulling full bags and transporting them to the appropriate truck for recovery. Some heavy lifting may be involved (but you can opt out and leave this duty for those who can! We appreciate all help) ATTENDEE-SURVEY COLLECTION VOLUNTEERS: Interact with participants/attendees of Earth Day, requesting they fill out a survey to capture attendee feedback about the event. EVENT BREAK-DOWN VOLUNTEERS: Disassemble tables and chairs for pick-up. Assist exhibitors with breakdown of their displays and loading their vehicles. Collect and pack Earth Day signage. This position may require heavy lifting.

Alexandria, VA

4/27/19 7:00 AM

At the Old Town Farmers Market, we rely on volunteers to maintain the thriving and demanding needs of the Market. We appreciate our volunteers and are always looking for new market enthusiasts. Sign up to volunteer this Saturday and support our local farmers and customers! Volunteers are need for the following positions– Information Booth 8:00 am – 10:00 am Information Booth 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Ways you can be involved – -Market Information Booth -Guide shoppers approaching information tent to restrooms -Assist shoppers with markets questions in regards to the SNAP Program -Assist SNAP coordinator in managing SNAP program including accounting duties and explaining how the tokens work to customers -Volunteer will work as a liaison between SNAP coordinator and vendors

Alexandria, VA

4/27/19 8:00 AM +more

Join Volunteer Alexandria as we participate with this years Alexandria YMCA Healthy Kids Day! We will be distributing information on Emergency preparedness and ways family can make preparing fun for everyone! Please join us and help spread the word about Emergency preparedness.

Alexandria, VA

4/27/19 9:45 AM

Volunteers will help set up, monitor and clean up Tinker Time on Wednesdays from 3-5p and Saturdays from 10-1p. Tinker Time is when visitors explore our unique collection of materials in a studio space and create their own thing. There will be wire, glue, tape - you name it - to hold your work together, and we'll have a nice selection of mark making supplies available as well. Our Tinker Time is for all ages and an adult must accompany children ages 12 and younger.

Alexandria, VA

4/27/19 10:00 AM +more

Thank you for your interest in volunteering at New Hope Housing! Please join us for an hour long orientation to learn more about our volunteer program. At the orientation, you will learn the various types of volunteer opportunities, requirements for volunteering, and have the opportunity to fill out required paperwork. Volunteer opportunities with New Hope Housing include meal preparers, children's activities, assisting residents with job applications and skills, maintenance, group activities, and more! We have opportunities for families, teens, adults, and seniors, as well as opportunities during the day, evenings, and weekends. Specific schedules depend on volunteer opportunity. To sign up for the orientation, please sign up here: http://bit.ly/NHHVolOrientation. If you have any questions, please contact Sami Smyth at 703-799-2293 x 11 or ssmyth@newhopehousing.org!

Alexandria, VA

4/27/19 10:00 AM

A Materials Organizer will focus on one of our departments per visit to tidy and organize it, and assist in pre-sorting items by department during donation hours. Our inventory is always changing, so we need people who can group items by feature and make them "shopable". ​Departments include: containers fabric and notions craft supplies office supplies paper paints, pens and other mark making supplies and much, much more!

Alexandria, VA

4/27/19 10:00 AM +more

AFSS needs volunteers to help staff our table during Earth Day Alexandria on Saturday, April 27th. Two hour shifts from 10 am to noon and then noon to 2 pm. Volunteers will help disseminate information about street safety practices for pedestrians, show people how to use AFSS' "Near Miss" app on our web site and engage the public on how to make our roads safer for all vulnerable road users. Earth Day will be at the Lenny Harris Memorial Fields at Braddock Park

Alexandria, VA

4/27/19 10:00 AM

Do you want to make a difference in our community? Are you interested in learning new art, craft or business skills? Do you have a service learning requirement for your school or community group? UpCycle Creative Reuse Center is an Alexandria, Virginia based non-profit that connects creativity and conservation by providing a resource center for reuse materials and a creative making space for the community. At UpCycle, we rethink the traditional notion of waste by collecting cast-offs from our community to serve as creative materials. We are looking for a volunteer to help us sort donations from the community and restock our shop of recycled materials. No experience necessary; we'll provide instructions. If under 18 please email volunteers@upcyclecrc.org.

Alexandria, VA

4/27/19 1:00 PM +more

Looking for a fun volunteer opportunity? Sign-up to help run the National Harbor, MD race! We need friendly folks to help with registration, monitoring the course, handing out water and snacks, and cleaning up after the race. The time commitment is generally 7:00am-11:00am on race day. After the rough start to 2019 for hundreds of thousands of federal employees and their families, showing your support for feds by volunteering to help run this year's race is more important than ever. Proceeds from the event support FEEA's work responding to disasters affecting our federal family, like floods, fires, serious medical situations, and shutdowns. It’s easy to volunteer, sign up below and volunteer and help make race day a success!

Oxon Hill, MD

4/28/19 7:00 AM

Creekside Community Center Time: 4:00pm – 6:00pm Dates: Mondays, April 8, April 22, April 29, May 6, May 13, May 20, June 3, June 10 Join the Inova Healthy Plate Club at Creekside Community Center this spring! For eight weeks, 4th and 5th grade students will learn about healthy eating through games, activities and cooking. Volunteers will help students cook recipes like kale chips, breakfast burritos, egg muffins, and cauliflower nugget. Activities include measuring the sugar in soda and sports drinks, making a MyPlate craft, and planting basil to take home. The Healthy Plate Club will be held at Creekside Community Center on these Mondays: April 8, April 22, April 29, May 6, May 13, May 20, June 3 and June 10. To comply with community center policies, volunteers will do a background check at no cost to you. Volunteers are asked to commit to three or more classes at this school. Sign up using the link below, questions contact Carol.Black@inova.org.

Alexandria, VA

4/29/19 4:00 PM +more

Momentum Collective Inc. is seeking volunteers passionate about teaching dramatic arts to elementary and middle school aged youth at a designated recreation center in the city of Alexandria. This opportunity is for 1 hour a week between the hours of 4:00 and 6:00 pm working with a group of approximately 8 to 15 youth. The focus is on balancing theory and practice along with providing youth the opportunity to grow as performers as they become involved in a variety of dramatic presentations throughout the city of Alexandria.

Alexandria, VA

4/29/19 4:00 PM +more

Momentum Collective Inc. is seeking dance instructors to work with elementary through middle school aged youth at an Alexandria recreation center. Volunteers must be comfortable working with a diverse population and available for at least 1 hour a week between 4:00 and 6:00 pm. All dance forms welcomed but particular interest in teaching hip hop, steppin',and/or tap to youth. Volunteers must be able to choreograph routines for program participants and work to prepare them for performances.

Alexandria, VA

4/29/19 4:00 PM +more

Momentum Collective Inc. is seeking volunteers interested in teaching creative writing to elementary and middle school aged youth at a recreation center in Alexandria VA. This opportunity is for a minimum of 1 hour a week between 4:00 and 6:00 pm teaching poetry and/or short story writing. We have a curriculum but welcome additional resources.

Alexandria, VA

4/29/19 4:00 PM +more

Do you want to make a difference in our community? Are you interested in learning new art, craft or business skills? Do you have a service learning requirement for your school or community group? UpCycle Creative Reuse Center is an Alexandria, Virginia based non-profit that connects creativity and conservation by providing a resource center for reuse materials and a creative making space for the community. At UpCycle, we rethink the traditional notion of waste by collecting cast-offs from our community to serve as creative materials. We are looking for a volunteer to help us sort donations from the community and restock our shop of recycled materials. No experience necessary; we'll provide instructions. If under 18 please email volunteers@upcyclecrc.org.

Alexandria, VA

4/30/19 10:00 AM +more