A safe and caring temporary home for runaway adolescents, homeless teens, and kids in crisis where they can find shelter, help and counseling. There is a minimum age of 18 to volunteer and an eight-month commitment. Training and supervision is provided. Shelter House, Inc. Volunteers assist with childcare, food disbursement, tutoring, and field trips.
Volunteers assist with food distribution, as classroom aids, drivers, and as typing teachers.
The Center provides supplemental groceries to Arlington County residents who are unable to meet their basic needs and who fall short in providing enough food for themselves. Volunteers bag groceries on Wednesday and Friday evenings and distribute groceries on Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings. Volunteers are needed to help renovate houses. George Mason University and the Center for Service and Leadership offers this Volunteer Opportunities List solely as a public service to the members of the university community. Unless expressly noted, the organizations listed are fully independent of the university.