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24 Hours to Make Difference in Manassas
ORGANIZATION: Northern Virginia Family Service
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
Join NVFS as we celebrate Do More 24™ a local movement that brings together nonprofit organizations, companies, and people committed to making a difference. Volunteers are needed to help our young clients combat the dreaded "summer slide", by filling and decorating a shoebox for a youth in our shelter or mentoring programs. These shoeboxes will help lessen or stop the effects of summer learning loss.
Boxes should be filled and decorated for children between 5 and 13 years of age. A list of suggested items for the boxes can be found below and are readily available at most Dollar Stores. A majority of the items can be purchased at your local Dollar Store.
Suggested Items for Summer Slide Shoebox:
- Your favorite childhood book
- Journal
- A list of your Top 10 Free and Easy Summer Activities from when you were a kid
- Kid’s magazine
- Math Flash Cards
- Seeds for planting
- A Word A Day Calendar- repurpose that extra calendar you received in the mail and fill each day with a new and challenging word
- Puzzles
- Activity book with stickers
- Activity Dough
- Educational workbooks
- Teaching Tree assorted worksheets
- Motivational pencils
- Bookmarks
If you’re interested in volunteering on-site or virtually, please contact Alyssa Lee at alee@nvfs.org
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About Northern Virginia Family Service
Location:
10455 White Granite Drive, Suite 100, Oakton, VA 22124, US
Mission Statement
To empower individuals and families to improve their quality of life, and to promote community cooperation and support in responding to family needs.
Description
Northern Virginia Family Service (NVFS) is dedicated to helping individuals and families find new paths to self-reliance and brighter futures. Over 36,000 individuals and families turn to us each year for support in the following areas:
- Housing
- Early Child Development
- Workforce Development
- Health & Mental Health
- Intervention and Prevention
- Child Placement
- Legal Services
Programs include job training, homelessness prevention, counseling, affordable medical care referrals, foster care, debt management and child abuse prevention.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
10056 Dean DriveManassas, VA 20110
DATE POSTED
May 27, 2015
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- Kids
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- There are no age requirements but volunteers under 16 must volunteer with a parent