Upcoming volunteer opportunities include coordinating a volunteer program for Brain Injury Services, receptionists for the Manassas Senior Center, working with back-to-school giveaways and greeters at the Manassas Visitor Center.

Staunton River State Park, in Scottsburg, has been named an International Dark Sky Park by the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA), becoming the first park in Virginia and only the 25th park in the world with the designation.

Habitat for Humanity is looking for someone to prepare or donate lunch for volunteers working on a construction project scheduled for Friday, July 17 and SERVE has an immediate need for adult volunteers at several fun-paced positions during traditional business hours.

Long before Steve Walts was superintendent of Prince William County Schools, he played a key role as the drum major of the Argonne Rebels Drum & Bugle Corps that brought home two national championships to Great Bend, Kansas.

Lovers of Bluegrass and classic Country music can attend festivals like the Richmond Folk Festival or the Galax Old Fiddlers' Convention, the largest and oldest in the world. These festivals offer travelers an opportunity to experience authentic toe-tappin', porch-stompin' music right here in the Commonwealth. And fans of more modern music can attend events like Lockn' and Bristol Rhythm and Roots to see the big names they know and love.

Greater Manassas Children’s Choir, a new opportunity for singers in rising grades 2-8, will begin rehearsals in September. Sponsored by the Manassas Chorale, singers will be divided into younger and older groups and will rehearse from mid-September through mid-May. Concerts will be given in December and May.

What was it like to be a kid in 18th century Colonial Virginia?...to have heard Patrick Henry’s famous “Give Me Liberty” speech? Find out at a special history camp developed for children ages 7-10.

As stream monitors, residents will be able to send more county stream data to the Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEQ) under the Save our Streams (SOS) citizen science monitoring program.

Gainesville Plumbing is hosting a food drive now through Aug. 31 to support the Haymarket Regional Food Pantry (HRFP). Donations may be dropped off in the company's lobby at 7679 Limestone Dr., #140, Gainesville, VA 20155 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday-Friday or handed to a company service technician during service calls.

Volunteers are especially needed on Saturday, July 11 to help with The BARN yard sale in Bristow, the Woodbridge Food Truck Festival at the PW Fairgrounds in Manassas and to take volunteer tutor training with Literacy Volunteers of America in Woodbridge.