More Volunteer Opportunities
To see the volunteer work of some local teens and youth during the pandemic, please click:
Help Assemble Hero Boxes for Local Medical Personnel
Phone Volunteers
Needed: 1-2 volunteers to contact three local hospitals (below) to get a count of front line staff to determine how many boxes will be needed at each location.
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AssemblyVolunteers
We provide the supplies, you do the assembly! Volunteers pick up snack items from locations in Haymarket or Manassas and assemble them into provided boxes for front-line staff members at area hospitals. You then drop off at the same location unless you want to deliver to the hospitals
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Delivery Volunteers
Volunteers pick up completed boxes from locations in Haymarket or Manassas and deliver to local hospital(s):
Novant Health UVA Prince William Medical Center (Manassas)
Novant Health UVA Haymarket Medical Center (Haymarket)
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center (Woodbridge)
Please contact Kisha Sogunro at ksogunro@gmail.com or 703-895-1723
Make or Deliver Masks for First Responders and Medical Personnel: Fairfax Team (Non-sewing Volunteers also Needed)
Help sew, distribute materials, pick up completed masks, deliver to hospitals, research, or donate supplies.
Location Contact:
Marilyn Karp
703-2441903
Masks for Humanity
Guiding Eyes for the Blind- Prince William County, VA
Love animals? Would you be interested in helping to foster/train puppies for people with visual impairments? Guiding Eyes for the Blind provides expertly trained dogs for individuals with visual impairments at NO COST! Get more info at: www.guiding eyes.com
Volunteer with Days for Girls
Days for Girls is a non-profit, international organization that empowers girls and women worldwide with more dignity, health and safety through access to quality sustainable menstrual health management and education. Its vision is that every girl and woman will have access to feminine hygiene by 2022.
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Susan Pearce, the founder of the Northern Virginia Chapter, holds monthly service meetings in her home and at Vienna Presbyterian Church. You can become a volunteer here:
Create Cards for Kindness!
Want to put your creative and artistic skills to good use by helping others? Here is how:
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1. You send handmade cards (blank inside, no personal message) to Scrapbook.com
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2. They organize and distribute the cards to cancer foundations, shelters, hospitals, and other organizations
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3. The cards are used by nurses, doctors, staff, counselors, parents and volunteers who add handwritten messages of encouragement and love before giving them to children, patients, and others in need.
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Please click the link below to go to Scrapbook.com to learn how you can participate in the Kindness Initiative. They are partnered with the Ronald McDonald House charities; Operation Gratitude; Sunshine Acres Children's Home; and other great organizations.