A blog about great senior volunteers in Northern Virginia making a difference
RSVP-Northern Virginia is proud to introduce its new volunteer specialist, Shannon White of Alexandria. “We are excited to have Shannon on our team,” said RSVP Program Manager Brandi Morris. “She not only has a wealth of experience in volunteer recruitment and management, she also has a deep understanding of the community’s needs and the critical
By Rob Paine, RSVP Marketing and Outreach Specialist Welcome to September (a few days early)!We hope you had a great summer! RSVP-Northern Virginia has put together list of volunteer opportunities for September and a little beyond provided by our partners and friends. Most are one time events that we hope you will find convenient, fun and great opportunities
RSVP-Northern Virginia is offering a free seminar titled “The Art of Volunteering in Retirement,” Wednesday, Oct. 23, at 10:30 a.m., at the Capital Caring Halquist Center in Arlington. The one-hour event is free and open to the public. You can register online now at https://conta.cc/2lYw7VG RSVP, the region’s largest volunteer network for those 55-years-old or
October is in the air at RSVP-Northern Virginia and that means Volunteer Fairfax’s VolunteerFest is just around the corner. This year, RSVP is hosting not just one, but two VolunteerFest projects with two of our fantastic partners United Community and CRi. Both will be hosting separate VolunteerFest projects on Saturday, Oct. 26. If you are
Thank you to everyone who attended yesterday’s very successful Venture into Volunteering Fair at the Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly. Story and photos by Rob Paine, RSVP-Northern Virginia. The RSVP-Northern Virginia team enjoyed meeting everyone who visited our booth and chatted with RSVP and other Volunteer Fairfax staff including Volunteer Fairfax Chief Executive Steve Mutty,
RSVP-Northern Virginia is offering a free seminar titled “The Art of Volunteering in Retirement,” Thursday, Oct. 17, at 1:30 p.m., at the City of Fairfax Regional Library in Fairfax. The one-hour event is free and open to the public. You can sign up now by clicking Oct 17 RSVP Seminar. RSVP, the region’s largest
RSVP-Northern Virginia is offering a free seminar titled “The Art of Volunteering in Retirement,” Wednesday, Oct. 23, at 10:30 a.m., at the Capital Caring Halquist Center in Arlington. The one-hour event is free and open to the public. You can register online now at https://conta.cc/2lYw7VG RSVP, the region’s largest volunteer network for those 55-years-old or
RSVP partner The American Red Cross is seeking volunteer screening team members at its Fairfax office. The next introductory screeners meeting will take place October 3, 2019, from 10 a.m, – 1 p.m. at the. American Red Cross- National Capital Region , 8550 Arlington Blvd., Fairfax, VA 22031 New screening team members should schedule at least two additional days a
The Mid-Atlantic Open Pickleball Tournament taking place Oct. 5-6, 2019, at the Thomas Jefferson Community Center in Arlington is seeking volunteers. This event is largest sanctioned pickleball tournament in the Washington D.C. Area with over 300 players, ages 12 to 80, competing, according to the event’s organizer, Helen White of Arlington. This is the fourth
The Northern Virginia Senior Olympics kicked off its annual two weeks of competition this past weekend with the great support of RSVP volunteers. It is just the beginning of a busy four weeks full of great RSVP volunteer opportunities. Thank you everyone for helping! The games continue thru Sept 28 and we still have some
The 2019 Northern Virginia Senior Olympics kicked off in grand style, Saturday, Sept. 14, in Arlington . RSVP-Northern Virginia and The Northern Virginia Senior Olympics would like to thank all of the volunteers who started arriving a little after dawn Saturday to make the NVSO’s opening day a great success. To see more of
