Schedules are flexible, but volunteers are asked to work at least two hours a week for six months. Joe Gibbs' Youth for Tomorrow, a residential school for troubled boys, asks for donations of new or nearly new items to be auctioned at the Country Fair in Bristow, Va., Sept. 23. Household and garden items, sports equipment and gift certificates to stores, restaurants, hotels or spas are needed. Exchange Students World Heritage, a nonprofit educational organization headquartered in Alexandria, seeks host families nationwide for high school students from Europe and Asia for the coming academic year. The visiting students speak English, have insurance and spending money and are expected to participate in household responsibilities and family activities.
Host families can be couples, families or single parents with or without children in the home.
The Capital Area Food Bank in Lorton needs volunteers to help in the warehouse and to sort donated food on weekends during the day. The minimum age for volunteers is 10 with supervision or 18 without supervision. Delveries are made seven days a week. Volunteers are also needed to help prepare meals. Training for Caregivers Interfaith Training Network provides training for volunteers, clergy and other health care or education professionals who work in hospices, hospitals and with religious groups.