WELCOME to the DC Young Professionals (DCYP) Kiwanis club! The members of DCYP Kiwanis club are young professionals and recent college graduates committed to changing the world through service within our local community. Each month, DCYP hosts a variety of events that include 2-3 community service projects, a just-for-fun social activity, a happy hour meet and greet, as well as other special events throughout the year. Through this unique combination of service and social events, DCYP provides o …

This Meetup Group is reserved for RAINN volunteers who staff the National Sexual Assault Online Hotline and live near New York City. RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) is the nation's largest anti-sexual violence organization and was named one of "America's 100 Best Charities" by Worth magazine. Need Help? If you came across this group because you want help, please visit RAINN's website www.rainn.org for online support or contact 1.800.656.HOPE for phone support/counseling. Want to …

Welcome! This group is for anyone interested in exploring Vietnamese culture and making new friends. While many of our events will have a focus on Vietnamese culture, we will also explore other Asian cultures and have a variety of social and volunteer activities within the Vietnamese community. The main components of this group are: 1. Cultural Exploration 2. Social/Fun events 3. Event Volunteering 4. Community Service Please see the "About" tab at the top of this page for more informat …

The Reston Young Professionals are a group of professionals between the ages of 21-40 that work to give back to the Reston community through a variety of social and volunteer activities.  Our goal is to help our community and have fun while we’re at it!  While not solely affiliated with any one organization, many of our volunteer opportunities are related to the current priorities and needs of Reston Interfaith, Reston Association, Reston Challenge  and other local groups supporting the communit …

We are a singles group (age 40 and up) focused on combining social and volunteer activities that will take place mainly in Northern Virginia. We’ll plan our events around a volunteer activity, but will have a get-together before or after the volunteering, so members can get to know each other. We’d like to spread the joy, so will be volunteering at a variety of different venues: helping at some local thrift stores, food banks, church-based activities, but also cleaning up the parks and perhaps t …

You may have heard that we are planning our 2nd USA Science & Engineering Festival for April 28-29th, 2012! We plan to expand our festival activities to include a Book Fair, Career Pavilion, and even more great exhibits and performers! We are starting work on our school outreach activities such as the Kavli Video competition and songwriting competition now! If you are interested in being part of our Volunteer Outreach Team for the 2nd Festival, then please check out our Volunteer Information Ses …

This group is a place for the AmeriCorps VISTA Community to come together IRL (in real life) to engage in conversation, share best practices, share stories of service, ask questions, work together and help each other find answers. AmeriCorps VISTA is the national service program designed specifically to help alleviate poverty. Founded as Volunteers in Service to America in 1965, VISTA has been working to address poverty in America for more than 40 years. AmeriCorps VISTA is the national service …

For more than 36 years, Volunteer Fairfax has been the heart of volunteering in Fairfax County. With a personal touch, the Center matches the skills and interests of volunteers and donors to the needs of local nonprofit organizations, helping to build a better community through service. Through a variety of programs and services, Volunteer Fairfax strengthens the capacity of its nonprofit members and offers meaningful volunteer opportunities for local citizens. For more information and to start …

Whenever Lions get together, problems get smaller and communities get better.   That's because we help where help is needed-in our own communities and around the world-with unmatched intergrity and energy. The Lions of Northern Virginia is a group of men and women, varying in age from the early twenties to the late eighties, who volunteer their time to humanitarian causes in Northern Virginia and the world community. We conduct service projects and raise funds to help those in need. In keeping w …

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The name, HavServe, comes from the understanding that if you have, you serve. If you have time, you serve. If you have compassion, you serve. If you have resources, you serve. If you have knowledge, you serve.

What’s a Rotary Club? Rotary is a global network of over 1.2 million community volunteers. Rotary members are business and professional people who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards, and help build goodwill, peace and understanding in the world. Founded in 1905 in Chicago, today, there are some 33,000 Rotary clubs in more than 200 countries carry out service projects in their local communities and abroad to address such critical issues as health, hunger, illiteracy, w …

Interested in using your culinary skills to help those in need? Or, don't have any culinary skills, but interested in learning some and helping others at the same time? Then, please consider joining our group! Our "Cooking For Good" Meetup group will meet regularly each month to prepare and serve a hot meal to those in need. We will meet on the first Sunday of each month at my home in Rockville and prepare a meal for homeless men staying at the Home Builders Care Assessment Center (an emergency …

our mission statement: is simply be the change you would like to see, this group was started to bring a change to our and others lives.  Purpose: service for others less fortunate,  we will follow the local and homeland news find ( project of needs) and have viable discussion of how to resolve these needs by giving whats needed and what we are able to do in that capacity by efforts of networking, giving time, giving work, giving donation setting point people men/women to implement and follow the …

The Twilight Brigade Mission: We are committed to the active practice of compassionate service through the worldwide mobilization and training of volunteers to provide a loving presence for those approaching death, thereby helping ensure that no one need die alone. We are a Volunteer Service Organization We are an Educational Organization Our Volunteers are trained to maintain confidentiality, provide unconditional positive regard, maintain an attitude of acceptance, maintain a sense of hopefuln …

Do you love to volunteer? Do you love to help others in need-especially children? Do you have a passion for making a difference in the lives of others? Do you wish to make a positive impact in the lives of those less fortunate? Do you wish you could volunteer, but do not have a lot of time on your hands? If you answer yes to any of these questions then this group is for you. This volunteer group is currently designed for individuals interested in volunteering for at least 5 hours each month with …

This group is for people in the Northern Virginia area who are interested in getting involved as a volunteer for the Sunshine Mail Foundation. Sunshine Mail is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that provides children in need comfort, support and joy through free Sunshine Mail Care Packages. Sunshine Mail is filled with handmade cards, care essentials and other age appropriate items and delivered to children in need including hospitals, homeless shelters and foster care. Our plan for this meet-up group is t …

This is a secular, non religious and not affiliated to any other group, family oriented volunteer with kids group. The objective is to get together and make a difference as a group. Examples of activities include using arts & crafts, collecting items and visits to nearby hospitals, shelters or assisted living communities. All ages welcome.

Thank you for your interest in wanting to join the Kingstowne Volunteers Over 45 Helping the Community Group. The Group is open to any Kingstowne Resident over 45 years of age. You will need to identify the neighborhood you reside in when you sign up to join. The majority of the events will be within a 20 mile radius of Kingstowne. The Group dues will be $5 annually to support our Meetup Group. Meetup website currently charges $144 a year to join and is paid by the Organizer. As our Group grows, …

This is a group for all of the single friends of Devotion to Children (501)(c)(3). If you are currently a Board Member, Organizer, Committee Member, and/or Volunteer AND single come hang with us. If you are single and looking for an opportunity to become friends with and connect with someone who appreciates and shares your passion of giving back to your community this is a group for you. We'll meet up for happy hours, movies, sight-seeing, travel, activities with kids (if you have them), organiz …

The Greater Waldorf Jaycees is a group of young professionals ages 21-40. Join us to have fun and gain the leadership skills necessary to succeed in the business world today. This includes both volunteer opportunities and happy hour social events! We volunteer throughout the year in events such as Nursing Home Bingo, Relay for Life, Big 5 Event and many more. As a young professional, we are always in search of ways to make ourselves better. This is why we offer workshops tailored to your interes …

We are young people, ages 18-35 ish who want to gather for a variety of volunteer and service opportunities to make a difference in our communities. We meet at places all over northern virginia. We also seek to make friends and form community with others who have the same passion and interest in making a difference with those in the metropolitan area.

The MLK Library Friends is a volunteer, resident-advocacy organization that promotes the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, DC and its various programs and activities. We work in concert with the DC Public Library and the Federation of Friends of the DC Public Library to publicize the library, promote and encourage literacy, and advocate for the needs of the library. We are looking for a few (or a lot of) good people to help the cause!

A lot of indians living here as NRIs, residents or citizens have the inner urge to do something for there country but don't know how to start or can't find a support system. Some of us have decided to take an initiative to spread an awareness among community members nationwide and provide them a support system. This will serve as a forum to meet and greet like minded people, make friends and share/implement ideas to better our motherland and make it a better place to live for our extended famili …

Who are we? Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to making a difference one child and one community at a time. The Kiwanis Club of Tysons Corner/Mclean, VA serves the community and its members by organizing volunteering opportunities as well as friendship opportunities. Our club consists mostly of mid-20 to 40-something aged adults, but we welcome all those interested in volunteering. What we do? In Kiwanis, through service (more than 12 million hours a year worldwide) an …

Interested in making new friends and making a difference? Join the YoPro NoVA Group and help fight homelessness in Northern Virginia. We offer many volunteer and social opportunities for young professionals between the ages of 21 and 35. Visit our website for more information about YoPro NoVA.

Welcome to No.VA From the Heart Stitchers group. This is a sub-chapter of From the Heart Stitchers (FTH) based in Richmond VA. This group’s sole purpose is to make and donate hand knitted and crocheted items to those in need in communities throughout Virginia including the Northern Virginia and Richmond areas. We will have meetups in but not limited to the Woodbridge/Dale City/Manassas, Sterling, Fairfax, and Ballston areas. Other No.VA areas may be scheduled. A message from Lois Moore, Founder …

This is a group of Christians that have a desire/calling to help individuals and families in need of affordable food. This group will not only brainstorm about ways of getting affordable food out to the people in the community that are in need, but will also participate on our monthly food program where they would be willing to buy a monthly food package to feed sick/shut-in, elderly & families in need in the community. Member will also volunteer at our Food Pantry and during our food distri …