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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
All on-going Volunteers MUST be at least 15 years of age.
For Volunteer services geared toward Teenagers, please see below.
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Child Care - Childcare aide to
supervise, play with and read to children, call Michelle Farley at (703)
670-8808.
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Emergency Assistance - Help
is needed in the Food Pantry to assist in shelving food and preparing food bags
for clients. All Kathleen Conard at (703) 221-3186.
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Emergency Assistance -
Applicants are being screened for the next caseworker training sessions.
Caseworkers work during the weekdays. Please call Aletha Martin at (703)
221-3186.
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Help Line - Spanish speakers
and teenagers are especially needed to answer the telephone lines. New
volunteer training begins in May. For more information, please call (703)
368-4141.
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Transitional Living - The
Nurturing Parent Program is ACTS most critical current need. This program
needs adult help on Monday and Tuesday evenings. Adults are also needed
for childcare Monday evenings. Please call Marjorie Kennedy-Pantaleo at
(703) 221-5983.
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Turning Points (Domestic Violence
Program) - for additional information, please contact Peggy Sullivan
(703) 221-4460
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Volunteer training in May/June.
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Volunteers needed for
Spanish and English groups for women, men and children.
- Volunteers with daytime hours are needed for the court advocacy program as
well as the safe house.
- Safe House Adopt-A-Room is available.
- Support volunteers needed for daytime office work.
- Special Needs/Projects - for additional information, please contact
Thelma Clatterbuck at (703) 441-8600
- Walk-A-Thon Project leader Needed
- Processing Newsletters for bulk-mail out in August
TEEN VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
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ACTS Thrift Store -
Duties include assisting customers, stocking shelves and helping process
donations at the two Thrift Stores. For more information, please call
(703) 441-8606
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Food Pantry through Emergency
Assistance - Volunteer opportunity consists of Food Pantry
Assistant, sort food donations, stock shelves and prepare bags with
groceries. For more information, please contact Kathleen Conard (703)
221-3186.
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Teleteen Hot Line - Be a
Teleteen Hot Line Listener! Volunteer MUST be 15 years old or older
For more information, please call (703) 441-8606.
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Transitional Housing, be a Baby
Sitter - Baby sit for the children enrolled in the ACTS Transitional
Housing and Turning Points Programs while their mothers attend the required
meetings. For more information, please contact (703)441-8606.
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All over Eastern Prince William County - Special
group projects not are not tied to a specific Program necessarily.
Assistance is needed by helping with the Newsletter mailing, landscaping,
painting rooms and houses, shelter cleanups and special Fund Raisers and
Food Drives. These volunteer needs occur throughout the year and you
can help just once or on-call or all the time. Please contact John
Walker at (703) 441-8606 ext. 19.
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