Volunteer Opportunities in Alexandria

From working with children to acting as a tour guide, there are many fantastic ways to get involved in Alexandria this fall. Take Action in your community and sign up for one of these many great volunteer opportunities published in The Washington Post. Interested in further volunteer opportunities? Check out Volunteer Alexandria. 

Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) seeks volunteers for a children's program (0-12 years) while parents participate in a parenting class, Sept. 12-Nov. 14. Must pass a background check. Contact [email protected] or 703-820-9001. 

Volunteer Alexandria: Call the numbers below or contact Volunteer Alexandria at 703-836-2176, [email protected] or www.volunteeralexandria.org for information. Alexandria Department of

Community and Human Services seeks volunteers to help with Holiday Sharing Registration from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 12, 19 and 26; noon to 4 p.m. Oct. 13 and 20. Training provided. Must be 17. Bilingual Spanish-speakers encouraged.Contact: [email protected] or 703-746-5663.

Alexandria Sheriff’s Office offers volunteer opportunities.Contact: [email protected] or 703-746-5079.

Alexandria Visitors Center at Ramsay House needs tour volunteers. Contact: [email protected] or 703-746-3313.

Center for Alexandria’s Children needs play group facilitators.Contact: www.alexandriava.gov/volunteer. [email protected] or 703-746-6018.

Community Lodgings needs property maintenance assistants, summer camp interns and budget mentors for homeless families. Contact: 703-739-5856.

Computer Core seeks career development coaches. Contact: [email protected] or 703-931-7346, Ext. 104.

Empowered Women International (EWI) needs entrepreneur mentors and financial advisers. Contact: ewint.org/contribute/volunteer.[email protected] or 571-312-4781.

Gadsby’s Tavern Museum needs tour guides. Contact: 703-746-4242.

K.I. Services seeks a receptionist. Contact: [email protected] or 703-823-4401.

Lee-Fendall House Museum offers volunteer opportunities.Contact: [email protected] or 703-548-1789.

The Lyceum needs visitor services and museum shop volunteers. Contact: 703-746-4994.

National Organization for Victim Assistance needs advocate certification volunteers. Conact: [email protected] or 703-535-6683.

Ten Thousand Villages offers volunteer opportunities. Orientation is from 6-7 p.m. Sept. 22. Fair-trade rug event volunteers are also needed. Contact: 301-520-5886.

Wright To Read needs literacy tutors/mentors for elementary students. Must attend orientation and training sessions and pass a criminal background screening.Contact: www.wrighttoread.org or [email protected].

American Heart Association has volunteer opportunities for the 2013 Greater Washington Heart Walk on Nov. 9. Must be 16. To register: www.greaterwashingtonheartwalk.org Contact: [email protected] or 703-248-1784.

Opera NOVA seeks a schools coordinator for children’s opera, a publicist, a historian/archivist, grant writers, fundraiser, a financial and budget records assistant, and an administrative assistant. Contact: [email protected].

Rock Recovery’s Community Empowerment Team needs volunteers for the Grub for Good Fun Run event Nov. 23 To apply, visit https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHRQREgtTF9LNnpSSE5peGdCUVBpd0E6MQ and submit a résumé to[email protected].

Orginal listing compiled by Ria Manglapus and published on The Washington Post, August 29, 2013. 

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