A blog about great senior volunteers in Northern Virginia making a difference
Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing (APAH) provides affordable housing and resident services to about 1360 household living in 14 properties located throughout Arlington County. APAH is conducting a resident customer satisfaction survey regarding the provision of maintenance, leasing, and resident services at its properties. The plan is to survey all leaseholders over a four year
School is back in session in Northern Virginia and our friends at Junior Achievement Finance Park need your help! Junior Achievement, an organization dedicated to inspiring and preparing young people to succeed in a global economy, needs more volunteers at Finance Park, conveniently located in Central Fairfax. If you have not been to Finance Park, prepared to be
RSVP Northern Virginia is planning something big for Nov. 1 at Frying Pan Park in Herndon. If you are 55 or better and want to be part of the largest senior volunteer group around in time for this fun event, please sign up for our next orientation near Herndon taking place in Reston, Sept.20. You
The deadline for online registration for the 2018 Northern Virginia Senior Olympics has been extended to midnight, Sept. 3. What games are you going to sign up for? Remember you must be 50 to play! If volunteering is your game, please contact Carly at RSVP Northern Virginia at chubicki@Volunteerfairfax.org 30 venues, more than 60
Each fall our volunteers are inspired by the folks who take part in the Northern Virginia Senior Olympics. This year will be no different. Multi-gold medal winner Joyce Tobias is in training for the 2018 NVSO that takes place September 15-26. Registration for the ’18 games ends Aug. 24 at http://www.nvso.us Joyce and her story
There is still time to sign up for RSVP Northern Virginia’s first ever Bocce Play and Picnic, being held this Thursday, Aug. 2, at 11 a.m., at the Green Acres Center in Fairfax City. This event is being held in conjunction with the Northern Virginia Senior Olympics. You can register for this free event and
Your RSVP Northern Virginia team visited Capitol Hill, Monday, July 16, 2018, to attend a reception hosted by Senior Corps which included RSVP managers and support staff from across the country. Shown in the photo above are, from left, RSVP Northern Virginia program manager Janet Davison and RSVP NOVA volunteer specialist Carly Hubicki. The event
Arlington Cares, celebration of volunteerism, held by Volunteer Arlington, is scheduled to take place a week from today, Tuesday, July 24, 2018, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association,4301 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington At this free event, Volunteer Arlington will recognize its 2018 award winners as well as community volunteers
If you just can’t wait until Sunday morning to hear Janet and Emily and Andre on iHeart radio talk about volunteering and competing at the upcoming Northern Virginia Senior Olympics, take a listen today to RSVP-Northern Virginia volunteer specialist Carly Hubicki’s appearance with NVSO gold medalist and RSVP volunteer Carol Mackela (center) one of the
RSVP Northern Virginia will hold a free seminar on senior volunteerism, Tuesday, July 31, at 10:30 a.m., at the Kingstowne Library in the Alexandria Area of Fairfax County. The one-hour event is free and open to the public. RSVP is the region’s largest volunteer network for people 55-years-old and better and provides individualized support to
Have you read the July 2018 edition of the Fairfax County Golden Gazette? You can download a PDF copy by going to http://www.rsvpnova.org and click on the “In the News” tab where you will see a link for the Golden Gazette download. The Gazette is one of the best sources for senior news in Fairfax
