A blog about great senior volunteers in Northern Virginia making a difference
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 wowed. The total time commitment is 5 hours, including a 1-hour training the morning of your scheduled volunteer day. You
Please save the date of Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019, as RSVP-Northern Virginia has another of its great Valentine’s Day celebrations in the works. More details coming later this week. Stay tuned…. In the meantime visit http://www.rsvpnova.org to catch up on some of our latest offerings. RSVP-Northern Virginia is a program of Volunteer Fairfax, Volunteer Arlington
Today the moving truck pulled up to the old bungalow on 10530 Page Avenue in the City of Fairfax, as the headquarters of RSVP-Northern Virginia along with the headquarters of RSVP’s host and one of its partner programs/sponsors, Volunteer Fairfax, were moved to new offices, further down the street at 10700 Page Avenue in the
RSVP-Northern Virginia is partnering with the University Mall Giant to present a free nutrition seminar for seniors, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019, at 10:30 a.m., in Fairfax. The University Mall Giant is located at 10653 Braddock Road, Fairfax, VA, 22032, at the intersection of Braddock and Ox roads, across from the main entrance to George
RSVP – Northern Virginia would like to thank all the volunteers who took part in our RSVP Monthly Group Service Project at Cornerstones in Reston last week! Our volunteers helped prepare donated gifts that were distributed the next day, part of Cornerstones’ annual “Gifts for Kids” Drive. In photo at top of post, from left,
Monday night RSVP staff and our volunteer engagement leaders gathered in Fairfax City to celebrate the great accomplishments achieved by our RSVP volunteer engagement team over the past year. Happy Holidays from RSVP Northern Virginia! RSVP engagement leaders fill many roles from managing volunteers at larger events to staffing outreach tables at fairs and festivals.
RSVP volunteer specialist Carly Hubicki has published the December 2018 RSVP NOVA monthly newsletter. You can read the entire e-news edition by clicking here. This newsletter has great info for current RSVP volunteers and for those considering making the fun leap into volunteering. To hear an abridged version of the newsletter on Soundcloud.com,
Are you or is someone you know nearing retirement and wondering “What am I going to do with the rest of my life?” Listen to RSVP-Northern Virginia‘s Carly Hubicki and RSVP volunteer engagement leader Ken Kozloff talk about how RSVP can help answer this big question during their appearance on Sunday’s iHeartMedia DC/Baltimore public affairs program.
We hope everyone had a great weekend. Happy December! This morning we would like to share a few minutes of RSVP volunteer specialist Carly Hubicki and RSVP’s Rob Paine talking about all the great events and opportunities RSVP has in store for current and future RSVP volunteers this month. You can listen to the audio
As part of Volunteer Arlington’s celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, RSVP Northern Virginia will hold free information sessions on senior volunteering at Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, Monday, Jan 21, 2019. The sessions will begin at 10 a.m. and run continuously until approximately noon with each session lasting about 45 minutes. The event
As we near the end of the month, we would like to take a final look at our successful November RSVP group service project and meet and greet at Frying Pan Farm, November 1, in Herndon. For information and to register for our next RSVP Monthly Group Service project taking place December 13, at Conerstones
