Touch Local History!
ORGANIZATION: Volunteer Fairfax
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Are you interested in preserving our local history? How about architecture? Landscaping? Or gardening?
Ash Grove is one of the few standing 18th century Virginia houses built by the Fairfax family. Thomas Fairfax built the front section of the Ash Grove house around 1790. In 1850, James Sherman, a New York farmer, bought Ash Grove with 241 acres of land from Henry Fairfax's estate
The FCPA Heritage Conservation Branch is looking for volunteers to help with a landscape clean-up at Ash Grove Manor on Saturday, October 26 from 8:30 am - 1:30 pm.
Primary tasks include: remove vegetation house and outbuildings; remove small saplings and nuisance brush (up to 3 inches in diameter, to within 1 to 3 inches above ground level); remove vines from trees; remove leaves from driveway and grass; remove deadfall; bag invasive plant material when possible; dispose of other debris in dumpster.
Minimum age 16 or 12 when accompanied by an adult.
Sign up at https://volunteerfairfax.civicore.com/index.php?section=volunteerFest&action=viewOpportunity&fwID=26612
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About Volunteer Fairfax
Location:
10700 Page Avenue, Suite 101, Fairfax, VA 22030, US
Mission Statement
Volunteer Fairfax is a private nonprofit organization founded in 1975. For the past 45 years, our mission has been to create a better community through service, to mobilize people and resources to benefit the community and to connect individuals, youth, groups and corporations to volunteer opportunities.
Description
As the regional volunteer center for the National Capital region, Volunteer Fairfax serves the community in a wide variety of ways.
We provide Information and Referral services to community residents interested in volunteering through VolunteerNow. Individuals may also become engaged though a variety of service programs the Center offers including Volunteers for Change, which provides evening and weekend volunteer projects for busy adults; RSVP, a service program that invites people who are 55+ to engage in their community; and, Volunteer Emergency Management Team, a group of volunteers specially trained and prepared to help the community in the event of a disaster. Additionally, for those seeking opportunities to serve court-appointed hours, we have established the Alternative Community Service Program.
Volunteer Fairfax regularly hosts special events and invites youth and families to volunteer together. These volunteer special events include VolunteerFest in October and Give Together in January on the Martin Luther King Day of Service.
Volunteer Fairfax supports both nonprofits and for-profit organizations. To learn more about our services check out our website, www.volunteerfairfax.org.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
8881 Ashgrove House LaneVienna, VA 22182
DATE POSTED
September 17, 2019
SKILLS
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REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 16