Volunteers are needed in our community this week–Nov. 4, 2013

Good morning Prince William – ACTS Food pantry in Dumfries needs volunteer drivers on Saturday and Sunday mornings to pick-up food donations from area grocery stores.  It’s a quick 3 hour shift from 9am-noon to give families needed food from extra supplies.  Please call Robin at (703) 441-8606 ext. 213 to learn more.

ACTS Senior Link program needs volunteers to provide supportive calls to isolated or disabled senior citizens.  Training is November 9th and 16th from 10am to 4pm Please call 703-221-1145 to register or for more information.

Can’t decide what to do with those formal dresses you have accumulated from past holiday parties?  Our friends at BARN are in need of two dresses, size 12 for next Saturday’s Festival of Trees.  Please contact Heather at 571-428-2572 and make someone happy.

Contact Coleen at RSVP .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) if you can drive a cancer patient from Manassas Park to Gainesville for radiation treatments.  The treatments are daily for the next 33 days at 10:15am and a ride home is needed as well.  Please consider signing-up for a few days and Coleen will work her magic to get it all scheduled.

Bookworm Central is sponsoring two schools for National Young Readers Day on Tuesday, November 12th - Bristow Run Elementary School and Tyler Elementary School.  They need community helpers to read for 15 – 20 minute blocks. Please contact Jenne at: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) if you are interested.

BEACON Adult Literacy needs volunteers to teach ESL classes in the Manassas area during the week.  Don’t worry – they will give you all the skills and hints to be successful. The next training begins November 16th.  Please call Caroline at (703) 368-7491 to learn more.

Literacy Volunteers of America is gearing up for their next tutor training on November 23rd.  No experience necessary!  Please visit their website: lvapw.org to learn more.

Keep Prince William Beautiful is sponsoring a park and creek clean-up on Saturday, November 16th.  The event is at Veterans Park, 14300 Featherstone Rd., Woodbridge from 9am to noon. Participants receive a long-sleeved KPWB T-shirt!  Call Anna at 571-285-3772.

The Brain Injury Services needs a special volunteer for a client who loves to walk on nature trails in the Springfield area.  Just visit them 2 times a month to enjoy the outdoors with them.  Please email Michelle at: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) to learn more.

The Prince William Area Agency on Aging needs a volunteer for the Adult Day Care Center in Woodbridge.  You will answer phones, direct messages, receive participants and visitors, pick-up and drop off mail, make copies, etc.  Hours are 10am to 6pm Monday through Friday.  A yearly TB test is required (have initial chest x-ray if results exhibit a false positive, followed by yearly screening done by a medical person) Call Melodee for more details: 703-792-4583.

The Salvation Army is looking for volunteers to ring the bell at various stores throughout the community. Come as a single volunteer for a 2 hour shift or bring your friends and colleagues to adopt a day a particular store.  The Red Kettle program runs from November 9th – December 24th and is very important to their work.  Please call Catie at (571) 580-8995 to learn more.

·      Last but certainly not least! Volunteer Prince William is hosting Volunteer Management Training series in January and February.  Come hone your skills as a professional volunteer manager in this 6 week program.  We will meet every Thursday beginning January 9th from 9am-11am in Dale City.  Topics covered include: understanding volunteering, planning your program, recruiting and placing volunteers, training and orienting volunteers, supervising volunteers to maximize their experience and evaluating your program.  This training program is free and promises to be worth your time and talent investment.  Please visit our website to register for the training series at:volunteerprincewilliam.org

·      If you are looking for other opportunities, please call my wonderful team at Volunteer Prince William.  Coleen can help you with the Retired and Senior Volunteer (RSVP) opportunities at (703) 369-5292 ext. 207, 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. 201, and Bonnie can help you with opportunities available in Disaster Preparedness at (703) 369-5292 ext. 202.  Please visit our newly re-vamped website at http://www.volunteerprincewilliam.org  Than.ks so much for all you do in our community.