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 star …

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 Meetup Group is for RAINN hotline volunteers in the DC area. If you'd like to contact a trained volunteer please visit RAINN's website here: http://www.rainn.org/ or contact the hotline by phone here: 800.656.HOPE RAINN provides support for sexual assault victims and their loved ones through two hotlines at 800.656.HOPE and online.rainn.org. Whether you are more comfortable on the telephone or online, RAINN has services that can guide you in your recovery. The National Sex …

Welcome to the DC Volunteers - the largest philanthropy meetup group. The charter for this group is to offer fun and fulfilling volunteering opportunities to the members. We plan and participate in volunteering events, community service activities and other social events to support non-profits. This is a great way to give back, meet other like minded locals while having fun!! If anyone would like to help organize events, email the organizer. Your help is much appreciated. If you represent a loca …

Media Volunteers is a meetup to bring together media professionals who want to volunteer to do Pro Bono work for nonprofits. We will create Public Service Projects ( Public Relations Marketing ) for nonprofits that need help creating media marketing. We will create Public Service Announcements for television, online advertising, radio advertisements, and print advertisements for nonprofits to use to raise funds or promote awareness. We will focus on nonprofits in the Washington D.C. area with un …

Come join a group of singles who live in the DC area and do some good in your DC, Northern Virginia, or Suburban Maryland community at the same time. We find events that need a group of ten or more volunteers and sign up as a group. This is done through our own website, svdc dot org, rather than through meet-up (although let us know if you can think of ways we can use meet up to work better). Come on over, join our group and help out around town.

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 …

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.

This group is designed for single senior enlisted service members serving in all branches of the United States Military. The purpose of this group is to network and meet other service members located throughout the DMV/NCR. I envision us volunteering our time within the community, (i.e. visiting nursing homes, volunteering with charity organizations, simply put..I want us to have fun and represent the military in our community!

  "Reaching out to our local immigrant community has changed my heart forever, and I’m discovering true faith and spirituality." ~Beth~ I started this group to build awareness of the charity I volunteer with locally: Casa Chirilagua. Chirilagua is the locals' name for Arlandria, a local Alexandria Latino neighborhood, primarily Salvadorian, located just north of Del Ray. We're going to have a lot of fun in this group with wine tastings, dinners out, happy hours, and neighborhood walks. We'll se …

Please join us in Downtown Wash. D.C. for FREE networking each month on 3rd Sundays noon. At this community event, we can meet in person. Please introduce yourself to members of the Allies Team and let them know you are interested in volunteering for the Major Giving Support Group project. This on land and online project involves many aspects. We are looking for volunteers who are near the project site in Washington D.C. near George Washington University and less than two blocks from the Foggy B …

Greetings Everyone !!! Welcome to Persic. This is a group for anyone who loves the outdoors, cherishes Persian language and is passionate about volunteer and community service activities. It is hoped that this meetup group can act as a catalyst to gather us together to enjoy the outdoors, promote Persian language, and collectively be a more involved and effective volunteer group for various charitable activities in our community. In short, the current goals are as follow (hopefully with all our …

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 …

… They have no cooking facilities in their building, so they rely on outside volunteers to cook meals in their homes and then bring them to the shelter. I've been volunteering with them for about four years and have always found it to be a highly rewarding experience. We will meet on the first Sunday of the month at 2:00pm to cook (and if some wine drinking and socializing happens at the same time, all the better!), and then will take the food to the shelter at 5:30, set up and serve the meal at 6 …

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 …

Want to explore the idea of being a founding member of a new service group? Come have lunch with us -- the new "Career Professionals Doing Service" Meetup Group of the Kiwanis Club of Arlington. Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time. Cost for lunch is just $10, payable at the door by cash or check. Kiwanis is the largest service club in Arlington, Virginia, and we are excited about the creation of our new career …