A blog about great senior volunteers in Northern Virginia making a difference
In case you were not up early Sunday morning listening to iHeart’s radio’s great line up of community programming, here is your chance to listen to a replay of the show that features Nick Garito, a gold medalist with the Northern Virginia Senior Olympics and RSVP’s and the NVSO’s Rob Paine being interviewed by Bernie
Want to see public health emergency response in action and help your community? Want to see public health emergency response in action and help your community? Volunteer to participate in Capital Fortitude, a full-scale emergency exercise designed to evaluate the National Capital Region’s ability to dispense medication quickly in response to an anthrax attack. To
In our newest RSVP podcast, RSVP-Northern Virginia volunteer Mike McLaughlin of Fairfax Station, VA., talks with Rob Paine of RSVP about how RSVP helped him make the transition from the corporate world to volunteering in retirement. Photos and story by Rob Paine, RSVP-Northern Virginia To listen to short RSVP podcast featuring Mike talking with Rob
If you are looking for an incredible source for information on aging in Fairfax County, you need not look much further than the Golden Gazette, produced monthly by the Fairfax County Division of Adult and Aging Services. Each month The Gazette is packed with interesting stories about inspiring seniors and features on different opportunities, (including
If you are looking for volunteer opportunities that are healthy, social and fun, please be sure to take part in our next free info session at the Dolley Madison Library, at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, June 11 in McLean. RSVP, the region’s largest volunteer group for those 55-years or better, provides personalized support to those seeking
If you are looking for volunteer opportunities that are healthy, social and fun, please be sure to take part in our next free info session at the Kings Park Community Library in Burke, at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, June 4. RSVP, the region’s largest volunteer group for those 55-years or better, provides personalized support to those
RSVP-Northern Virginia will be a holding a group service project at the beautiful Green Spring Gardens, Thursday, June 6, 2019, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. To register for this hands on event, please visit RSVP Green Spring Gardens Service Project . You can also register by calling RSVP at 703-403-5360. Green Spring Gardens, operated by
Story and Photos by Rob Paine, staff, RSVP-Northern Virginia When Beverly Ritz retired, she says, “I found I needed something, I need to do something.” Throughout her career, working most recently with Delta Airlines, the Arlington resident discovered she enjoyed working with seniors, but beyond work and raising a family, “there just did not seem
Welcome to our newest RSVP-Northern Virginia podcast featuring an interview with Kristen Suthers Rumrill, PhD, MPH, (shown in photo above) who is the project coordinator for the Mason Music and Memory Initiative at George Mason University in Fairfax. You can listen to the entire podcast by clicking here. The goal of the Mason Music & Memory
RSVP-Northern Virginia will be partnering with Food for Others for our March group service project. We are in need of volunteers to help with organizing their food warehouse and packing food boxes. Despite living in one of the most prosperous regions in the country, there is great need. According to Food For Others, every day
Yvonne Evans always knew she would do something after retiring from her career as a civil servant. “Something that matters,” she says. She did not want to start working again right away, so she searched the Internet for volunteer opportunities. “Something about RSVP resonated with me,” the Springfield resident says. “It was the 55 or
