A blog about great senior volunteers in Northern Virginia making a difference
RSVP-Northern Virginia would like to extend its deepest condolences to the family and friends of James MacKenzie,Jr., who passed away July 5, 2019, at the age of 65. Several staff members from RSVP as well as many of our volunteers had the incredible good fortune and pleasure to work with Jim who was chair of
RSVP-Northern Virginia and The Northern Virginia Senior Olympics are again partnering to offer Northern Virginia seniors an outstanding opportunity to make new friends and stay both mentally and physically active while inspiring others to lead a healthy lifestyle. RSVP volunteer and NVSO gold medal diver Carol Mackela is featured in a new Fairfax County Channel
Volunteer sign up has begun for the Northern Virginia Senior Olympics and RSVP’s Rob Paine and NVSO multi-gold medal winner and bocce player Nick Garito of Fairfax will be on several local iHeart Radio stations on Sunday, July 7, to talk about the games and why you should get involved not only as a competitor
RSVP-Northern Virginia and the Northern Virginia Senior Olympics will hold a joint volunteer info session, Tuesday, Jan. 29, at 10 a.m., at the Oak Marr RECenter in Oakton, to recruit volunteers for the 2019 senior games planning committee. To sign up for the Jan. 29th orientation, email RSVP Volunteer Specialist Carly Hubicki at chubicki@volunteerfairfax.org or
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
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
With only six weeks before the NVSO’s Aug. 24 registration deadline, RSVP-Northern Virginia program manager Janet Davison, right, Northern Virginia Senior Olympics vice chair Andre Francis, center and Volunteer Fairfax chief operating officer Emily Swenson, left, took to the airwaves of iHeartMedia DC/Baltimore on Sunday, July 15, to spread the word on opportunities available to both
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 be holding a free Bocce Picnic and Play event, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Green Acres Center in the City of Fairfax. RSVP, the region’s largest volunteer group for those 55-years-young and better, serves more than 30 of the top nonprofits and government agencies
