Good morning -The Rainbow Therapeutic Riding Program is looking for volunteers for their summer camps beginning in June through mid-August.
Jobs include assisting with crafts, activities, side walking or leading the horses. It’s a wonderful opportunity to build skills, team building and leadership for teens. Classic Camp June 27th-31st and July 25th-29th is half day camp for students with special needs. Frontier Camp is July 11-15th for rising 5th-9th graders and Girl-Power Camp is August 8th-12th for girls rising 5th-9th graders. Please call Scottie at (703) 754-6159 to learn more.
· Keep Prince William Beautiful needs volunteers in Manassas on Saturday March 19th, 10am-2:30pm and on Saturday April 1st on route 1 in Woodbridge from 9am-12 noon. Please call Claudia at (571) 285-3772 for the specifics.
· Trust Annual Park Clean-up Day at Bristoe Station Battlefield. The event is Saturday April 2nd 8am-12 noon. Come maintain, restore and preserve this little jewel. Duties include litter pick up, trail maintenance, cleaning the cemetery throughout the 140 acre park. Wear sturdy work shoes, bring gloves and don’t forget the sunscreen. Tools and snacks provided, please no pets. Meet at the parking lot off of Iron Brigade Unit Ave. Call Bill at (703) 366-3049 with any questions.
· Catholic Charities -Hogar Immigrant Services has an urgent need for ESOL teachers for the classes in Manassas. You don’t need teaching experience or speak another language to make a huge difference in the life of another. Please call Cynthia at (571) 208-1572 ext. 103 to join this great team.
· Brain Injury Services is looking for PALS volunteers to visit folks for friendly conversation as well as summer interns. Contact Michelle for more information: mthyen@braininjurysvcs.org or 703-451-8881 X232.
· Leesylvania State Park is looking for volunteers to stuff Easter Eggs on Saturday March 19th from 11am-2pm and the following Saturday from 10am-1pm to hide all the 3,000+ eggs for the Annual Easter Egg Hunt. Super fun! Come as you are or call Sarah at (703) 583-6904 for more info.
· Project Mend a House is looking for volunteers for their Spring into Health fair for set-up on April 1st 4pm-8pm and on April 9th from 10am to 2pm. They are also seeking support in providing a new roof for a local Vietnam veteran. You can give as little as $5 and every cent will go to this project! Click this link for details: https://de.gofund.me/7znxxbp8
· Volunteer Prince William is pleased to schedule our next Volunteer Management Training Series beginning September 14th through October 19th. Come broaden and tune your skill set with these once week trainings over 5 weeks. Please call Shelley for more info at (703) 369-5292 ext. 0
· If you are looking for other opportunities, please don’t forget to call my wonderful team at Volunteer Prince William. Mary can help you with the Retired and Senior Volunteer (RSVP) opportunities at (703) 369-5292 ext. 1, Shelley can help with any individual or group project and send you weekly updates if you’d like. Shelley is at (703) 369-5292 ext. 0, and Bonnie can help you with opportunities available in Disaster Preparedness at (703) 369-5292 ext. 3. Please visit our newly re-vamped website at www.volunteerprincewilliam.org. Thanks so much for all you do in our community.
Call to Action is a column written by Volunteer Prince William Director Mary Foley.
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