Past Community Spotlights

We provide the history of spotlights for reference. Many of the spotlights are one-time events and may contain information that is no longer current.

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May, 2013	Pack & Ship Donated Bikes Blooming Art Assistants
Apr, 2013	Diaper Donation Drivers Turtle Trot Volunteers Distribute Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive Leaflets Support Kids In Transition Activity Leaders Executive Assistant
Mar, 2013	Cherry Blossom 10 Mile Run Volunteers Artisphere Volunteers After School Program Tutors Spring Break Dance Camp Volunteers Arlington Historical Museum Docents
Feb, 2013	Post-Release Education Program Tutors & Mentors Four Mile Run Stream Clean-Up New Mentor Training
Jan, 2013	Master Food Volunteers Point-in-Time Count 2013 Family Skate Night Income Tax Preparation Volunteers Raise Awareness About Preparing For Emergencies
Dec, 2012	Adopt an ART Bus Stop Read Aloud To Children In Housing Crisis
Nov, 2012	Photos With Santa Assistants Arlington Secret Santa Program Hispanic Job Search Program Assistants Thanksgiving Multicultural Dinner Assistants
Oct, 2012	Turkey Trot Event Assistants Mentor A High School Student
Sep, 2012	Phone Intake Assistants Youth Activity Leaders Client Activity Leaders
Aug, 2012	Angel Tree Program Schedulers Hotline Crisis Counselors Incident Command System Introductory Training
Jul, 2012	Theater Ushers For Local Performances Arlington County Fair Event Assistants Employment Mentors For Refugees
Jun, 2012	English Conversation Group Leader At Library Affordable Housing Beautification & Maintenance Magician For Father's Day Event Assist With County's July 4th Celebration
May, 2012	Adopt An ART Bus Stop 10K Run & Fun Walk Event Assistants Orientation For Medical Reserve Corps
Apr, 2012	Long-Term Care Residences Commission Members Help Teens In Weekly Tutoring Program Gardeners of the Week Marketing & Communications Committee Members Monthly Flea Market Helpers Arlington House Hosts Volunteer Open House County Seeks Summer Camp Assistance from Adults
Mar, 2012	Parent Support Group Childcare Assistants Overnight Shelter Coverage Volunteer Bingo Callers For Senior Center Learning ROCKS! Summer Camp Counselors Assistant Coaches For Little League Easter Egg Hunt Assistants
Feb, 2012	Volunteer Coordinator For Worldwide Office Meals On Wheels Drivers Bilingual Speaker To Help In Classroom
Jan, 2012	Walk MS 2012 Volunteers Needed Artisphere Seeks Gallery Docents For Exhibit Tutor Homeless Clients Gala Logistics Help For Heart Ball
Dec, 2011	Youth Soccer Coaches CareRing Phone Counselors To Make Weekly Calls Companions For Medical Appointments Help Give People A Second Chance
Nov, 2011	Load Bicycles Bound For Africa Or Central America Community Care Homes For Older Adults Arlington Turkey Trots Seeks Assistance Computer Instructor For Basic Computer Class
Oct, 2011	Thanksgiving For Your Community Orientation For Medical Reserve Corps Halloween Party Activity Leaders Needed Teach or Provide Support to ESL Program Teen Volunteer Fair At Central Library
Sep, 2011	Administrative Help For Book Club And Office Tasks Jail Liaison For OAR Work with Children During Parenting Classes Tutors And Mentors For Local Students
Aug, 2011	Greeter And Refreshment Assistance Assist With Tax Preparation And Counseling Administrative Aide For Senior Adult Center Lead Multicultural Fun At Family Event Help Plan And Implement Silent Auction
Jul, 2011	Multilingual Speakers for Tell Arlington's Story Arlington County Fair Cook For Community Workshops Look Cool For School 2011 Car Wash Volunteers Needed VITAS Innovative Hospice Care
Jun, 2011	Resale Store Assistants Book Sorter/Pricer For Library Book Sale Adopt-A-Street
May, 2011	Summer Invasive Plant Control
Apr, 2011	Tell Arlington's Story Community Arts Experience
Mar, 2011	Join The Auxiliary Police Force Pro-Bono Lawyers To Assist Hospice Patients Summer Camp Teen Volunteers
Feb, 2011	Web Design Expert Needed Wisdom Works Team Forming Community Care Provider
Jan, 2011	Dental Assistant Investment Advisor To The Friends Of The Arlington Public Library Senior Adult Travel Trip Leaders (Bilingual)
Nov, 2010	Assistant Basketball Coach Marketing Coordinator For Jane Franklin Dance Secret Santa Fall Clean Up - Great For Groups & Young Adults
Oct, 2010	Harvest For Hope Silent Auction - October 30, 2010 Happening Halloween Party
Sep, 2010	Daytime Phone Crisis Hotline Assistants Needed Help At The Haunted House Help Prepare Salvation Army's Angel Tree Program
Aug, 2010	Emergency Preparedness Exercise - 9/25 Tutor Teens On Weekday Evenings
Jul, 2010	Spanish Academy Teaching Assistants - August Saturday Computer Tutors
May, 2010	Information Session - Doorways For Women And Families Give A Year Of Service In Arlington Parks Advanced Volunteer Management Training Career Mentors
Apr, 2010	Multicultural Recruitment-Social Event
Mar, 2010	Volunteer Arlington Day 2010 Earth Day On The Appalachian Trail Form A Relay For Life Team
Feb, 2010	Arlington Meals On Wheels Need 4x4 Drivers And Volunteers . . . Four-Wheel Drive Vehicles And Drivers Needed Beyond Bingo: Creative Storytelling With People With Dementia Lunch Time Companions
Jan, 2010	Multicultural Volunteer Recruitment Social Event
Dec, 2009	Volunteer Through Community Volunteer Network Assist Girl Scouts Get ON BOARD! With Leadership Arlington Do You Have Holiday Spirit? Be Santa's Elf Visit Seniors On Christmas Day
Nov, 2009	Holiday Gift Wrapping To Support Literacy After School Tutoring Turkey Trot 5K Run / Walk
Oct, 2009	Assistant Financial Teachers & Counselors
Sep, 2009	Adopt-A-Family Make A World Of Difference - Become A Volunteer Guardian Bike & Pedestrian Count Cambell Elementary's School Grounds Days
Aug, 2009	Family Fun Night Take Part In International Coastal Cleanup CENSUS 2010 At Arlington County Fair Volunteer With Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Violence Intervention Hotline
Jul, 2009	Look Cool For School Donors Wanted Homeless Bagged Meal Program Preparers & Servers Teen Summer Opportunities
Jun, 2009	Beyond Bingo: Creative Storytelling Pentagon Decontamination Drill Medical Reserve Corps Orientation This Thursday
May, 2009	Volunteer Guardianship Training Run For The Rainforest 5K Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Apr, 2009	Grant Writer For Phoenix Bikes Foster Parent Orientation - May 9 Taste Of Arlington Emergency Needs-Homelessness Prevention Fund
Mar, 2009	Helping At The Annual Dance For Persons With Disabilities Help Fight Hunger In Arlington- Dismantle The Canstruction Exhibit
Feb, 2009	The Treasure Shop Needs Full Cadre Of Volunteers
Jan, 2009	Tax Preparation Volunteers Welcome Visitors To Arlington For Inauguration Special Olympics Volunteer Open House MLK Day Of Service Serve DC: Volunteer For Inauguration 2009
Dec, 2008	Celebrate New Year With Seniors 4 Wheel Drive Vehicles And Drivers Needed
Nov, 2008	Arlington County Secret Santa Program Arlington Takes A Bite Out Of Hunger
Oct, 2008	Help With Flood Of Absentee Voters Community Engagement Survey of Arlington Older Adults
Sep, 2008	Got 30 Minutes? Be A Lifesaver! Red Cross Needs Call Center Volunteers
Aug, 2008	Madison Adult Day Health Care Center Opportunities Give to Look Cool For School before Aug 29th Teen Bike Race This Thursday
Jul, 2008	Has Volunteering Impacted Your Life? Drivers Urgently Needed By Red Cross--Senior Transportation Crisis Hotline Volunteers Family Volunteering On The Appalacian Trail
Jun, 2008	Community Outreach For Phoenix Bikes Homeless Bagged Meal Preparers
May, 2008	ACT Run For The Rainforest 5-K Smithsonian Folklife Festival Seeks Volunteers Help Build A Playground! Community Library Outreach International Aid To Burma Volunteer With Embassies From Around The World
Apr, 2008	Disaster Services Volunteers Invasive Plant Mapping Intern Furniture Bank Helpers Second Saturdays At Bluemont Park
Mar, 2008	Scorekeepers For Late Night Basketball Gulf Branch Nature Center Cleanup "De-Canstructing" For AFAC At Ballston Common Mall! Recruit Volunteers To Build Housing Arlington Red Cross New Volunteer Orientation Attention Gardeners! Plant A Row For The Hungry!
Feb, 2008	Summer Activity Fair! Youth Soccer Coaches Needed 2008 Person Of Vision Award Support The Emergency Winter Shelter Conduct Salamander Surveys In Arlington Parks
Jan, 2008	Be A Mentor To A Youth In Foster Care 39th Annual Tribute To Martin Luther King English As A 2nd Language (ESL) Instructors Needed Newseum Volunteer Open Houses
Dec, 2007	Trip Escort Assistants
Nov, 2007	Court Advocate Volunteer Arlington Turkey Trot On Thanksgiving Day Mentor Program Food Delivery To Low Income Residents Delivery Of Meals To Homebound People Connections Cafe For 50+ Volunteers Multicultural Outreach Library Volunteer Develop Inventory Of Sport And Fitness Programs In Arlington
Oct, 2007	Arlington Arts Center Seeking Mural Workshop Volunteers Seeking Retired Scientists, Engineers And Technicians 50 Volunteers Needed For Halloween Visit To A Nursing Home Tutor/Mentors For Teens Inside A Homeless Shelter - RPC Open House Walkers And Runners Invited To 2007 CROP Walk Translators And Interpreters Needed AFAC Young Professionals Group
Sep, 2007	Hispanic/Latino Forum On Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder Hispanic Volunteer Social Event CRM Mentoring Fair Featuring Laura Sessions Stepp Volunteers Needed To Help With Friends Of Library Booksale 600 Volunteers Needed For Emergency Preparedness Exercise Dulles Family Festival And Plane Pull
Aug, 2007	Volunteers Needed To Harvest Vegetables For The Hungry Make A Difference In A Young Person's Life Pandemic Influenza Community Forum Book Discussion Leader For Seniors Make A Difference - Invasive Plant Control At Shenandoah National Park
Jul, 2007	Director Of Volunteers For CPRO Nurturing People Needed Seeking Donations For 4th Annual Look Cool For School CRM Celebration At Eleventh
Jun, 2007	Drivers Urgently Needed For Senior Transportation! Last-Minute Volunteers Needed For Columbia Pike Blues Festival Information Session - Ignatian Volunteer Corps Library Program Volunteers Would You Give The Suit Off Your Back?
May, 2007	Test Of Emergency Decontamination Methods June 2 Volunteers 50 And Older Free Books This Weekend Meals On Wheels Needs Drivers Arlington Red Cross Youth Disaster College Newseum Volunteers Needed Susan G. Komen 18th Annual National Race For The Cure Habitat For Humanity ReStore Celebrates 5 De Mayo
Apr, 2007	An Afternoon Of Food And Fun Awaits You Homeless Shelter Food Servers Wildlife Habitat Plant Swap Volunteers Needed To Test Emergency Outdoor Warning System 4-H Youth Habitat Garden Project
Mar, 2007	Volunteer Food Servers For The Homeless Computer Volunteers Needed Red Cross Safety Saturday For Youth Citizenship Workshop Volunteers Needed Do You Want To Be An APS Volunteer?
Feb, 2007	Help Organize Sister City Association's Trip To Europe Community Wildlife Habitat Team Personal Advocate Service - Arlington Agency On Aging
Jan, 2007	Help Senior Victims Of Crime! Art For Humanity Needs Volunteers Arlington Agency On Aging Hosting Volunteer Cafe Ushers for Macbeth Needed This Weekend Indoor Track Meets Women's Home Of Arlington Needs Your Help
Dec, 2006	Holiday Volunteer Opportunities CrisisLink Hotline Listeners Senior Center Outreach Ambassador
Nov, 2006	Emergency Winter Shelter Overnight Helpers Family Fun Nights For Children With Autism Spanish/English Interpreters For Home Visits IT Volunteer For A-SPAN Special Olympics Volunteers Needed
Oct, 2006	"Voices Of Children” Volunteer Project Fannie Mae Walk For The Homeless Newsletter Editor for Sister City Association Volunteers Needed For Emergency Public Health Simulation AMEN Needs Furniture Movers And Other Volunteers October Is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Sep, 2006	GW Parkway Clean-Up This Saturday Marine Corps Marathon Needs Volunteers Route 50 Cleanup Event Tutor/Mentor For Teens Violence Intervention Program Volunteer Training Starts Soon Authorized Representatives Needed For Persons With Developmental Disabilities ACE's Organic Beer Tasting Students, Retirees We Need You..... Help Register Students For SATs This Saturday
Aug, 2006	Volunteer Help For Arlington 9-11 Memorial 5K Race Violence Intervention Hotline Volunteers Kennedy Center 22nd Annual Open House Storm Clean Up - Four Mile Run Tutors For The Career Center Support The Arlington Red Cross Youth Team!
Jul, 2006	Pharmacy Administrative Assistant Volunteer Coordinator For Columbia Pike Revitalization Organization (CPRO) Adult And Teen Volunteers Needed For 2006 Arlington County Fair Volunteer For A Jewish Refugee & Immigration Non-Profit Help Sister Cities Celebrate 50 Years Of Citizen Diplomacy
Jun, 2006	One-Time Camp Volunteers Summer Volunteers At Carlin Springs Elementary Teens Can Help Fight Hunger In Arlington Streetside Storytime At Barnes & Noble Red Cross Transportation Team Drivers Food Pickups For People In Need Resume Creation Volunteers For Refugees
May, 2006	Smithsonian Seeking Folklife Festival Volunteers Arlington Community Bike Ride Volunteers National Hunger Awareness Day In-Person Readers, Shoppers, Visitors Medical Reserve Corps Orientation "Arlington Day" At Godspeed Sail Festival Water Stewardship Leader Training Host Families Needed For Foreign Exchange Students 18th Century Colonial Market Fair Set-Up
Apr, 2006	APAH Seeks Tutors For English Excel! Jane Goodall Institute Needs Communications Volunteers Formal Dresses For Proms Needed Arlington Arthritis Walk
Mar, 2006	Computer Tutor in "Training Futures" Program Teach Spanish To Seniors At Hunter's Park Jamestown 2007: Volunteer For The Godspeed Landing In Alexandria Patient Services, Virginia Hospital Center 10th Annual Four Mile Run Watershed Cleanup 8K Race Volunteers Needed! Public Health Volunteer Training
Feb, 2006	4-H Camp Counselors 4-Wheel Drive Vehicles -- Virginia Hospital Ctr/ Arlington 4-Wheel Drive Vehicles - Take Nurses To Homebound People Breakfast Club At Madison Ctr - Volunteers Urgently Needed Multicultural Dance Event After-School Cub Scout Leaders
Jan, 2006	Tutors / Mentors for Teens Needed Help the Handicapped with Your Green Thumb Mardi Gras Celebration Visitors for the Homebound and Delivery of Meals on Wheels Volunteer Blood Services Staff Clothing Room Monitors Looking for Strolling Entertainers Volunteer Reader
Dec, 2005	Organizational Guru for A-SPAN's Clothing Room Improving Schools for Black Students Winter Adventures at Hendry House Court Monitor at Arlington Courthouse Meals on Wheels Needs Volunteers 2005 Christmas Dinner for the Homeless Public Health/Medical Reserve Corps Tax Preparation Assistance for Low-Income Families (Clarendon)
Nov, 2005	Help the Homeless by Working in an Office Servers Needed - Thanksgiving Dinner Polar Burr Plunge Volunteer Immigration Attorney Gunston Homework Helpers
Oct, 2005	AFAC Needs Help Sorting Food from Boy Scout Drive Translators Needed (Vietnamese, Khmer, Arabic, Farsi, French, Spanish) Medical Reserve Corps Orientation NLPOA Hispanic Benefit for the American Red Cross Greeters and Registration Help - Housing Forum Dine for America Hurricane Benefit Oct. 5
Sep, 2005	"People First" Disability Self-Advocacy Group Teen Day at Ballston Common! Critical Need for Blood Donors Volunteers & Organizations Needed to Host Blood Drives CrisisLink Seeks New Volunteers CDC Call for Medical Relief Personnel to Help Katrina Victims Red Cross Crash Volunteer Training Help Low-Income People From Your Home Red Cross Help - Disasters in the Washington DC Area Evening Tutors at Thomas Jefferson Middle School Montgomery County Hospital Collaborative Needs Volunteers Assist Visitors at the National Holocaust Museum
Aug, 2005	Process Computer Requests for Low-Income Students Field Trip Supervisors - Madison Adult Health Care Center Swing a Hammer for a Great Cause! Mentors Needed for Pregnant Women and New Mothers Amazonia Exhibit at National Zoo
Jul, 2005	Help Make Our Waterways Cleaner - International Coastal Cleanup First Day of School Help to Immigrant Families ESL Tutors Needed 2005 Arlington County Fair Seeking Volunteers Volunteer at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service Work With Special Needs Students
Jun, 2005	Children's Summer Art Classes Teens Can Help Fight Hunger in Arlington Be a Part of the 2005 West Nile Virus Campaign! Seeking MOW Delivery Volunteers Greeter/Receptionist- Adolescent Health Clinic Arlington NAACP Needs Proofreader ESL Teaching Assistants Needed
May, 2005	In-Person Readers, Shoppers and Visitors Smithsonian Visitor Information Volunteers MissionFish and eBay Arlington Community Bike Ride Help Protect Native Birds and Wildlife
Apr, 2005	Tutors Needed for Arlington Boxing Club Soroptimist Cellular Phone Drive Volunteer Arlington Day 5/7 Women's Home Annual Yard Sale Help Arlingtonians from Your Home! Senior Adult Travel Leaders
Mar, 2005	Dental Mission of Mercy Needs You! Provide Transportation for People with HIV/AIDS National Youth Service Day April 15-17 ESL Tutors Needed! Claude Moore Colonial Farm - Spring Clean-up Interfaith Youth Service Days "Arlington Road Rules" Metro Area Red Cross Disaster Response - Orientation BrailleInk Community Liaison
Feb, 2005	Arlington Farmers' Market ESL Tutors Needed Arlington Auxiliary Police Force Teen Summer Expo Assistants Furniture Bank Assistants
Jan, 2005	WPFW Winter Membership Drive New Volunteer Training - Naomi Project Emergency Winter Shelter Volunteers Low-Income Tax Preparation Assistance (ACAP) MLK Day Activities in DC Home Furnishings for People with Disabilities
Dec, 2004	Volunteers to Help with Tax Preparation Help Low-Income Families Prepare Tax Returns (VITA) Potomac Overlook Park Needs Volunteers! Phillips Collection Children's Docent Training Dec. 25 Holiday Dinner for Homeless People Holiday Festivities at Cherrydale Health & Rehab Ctr Toys for Tots Parties at Community Centers Water Exercise Assistants Friends of the National Zoo Guides Help Children of Incarcerated Parents Classika Theatre Mailing Party Administrative Aide -- ACE
Nov, 2004	ESL Small Group Teachers Healing Garden Community Liaison Be a Secret Santa this Holiday Season Administrative Help at Youth Home
Oct, 2004	Project Family Assistant Instructors Urban Alternative Seeking Volunteer Director Arlington Prepares Fair (October 30) Administrative Help Needed
Sep, 2004	Childcare Leader/Assistants One to One Visits WPFW Fall Membership Drive Volunteers Needed
Aug, 2004	Clothing Sorters Needed! Visitor Service Specialists Needed at Air & Space Museum
Jul, 2004	Tutor/Mentor for Teens in Need - Training Opportunity Hotline Volunteers Needed - Training Opportunity Help with Resident Survey -- Affordable Housing Puppy & Kitten Foster Parents Needed Arlington County Fair (Aug 19-22) Slices of Life II: The 50-50 Club (July 15)
Jun, 2004	Become a Volunteer Guardian AMEN Needs Phone/Referral Volunteers Secret Shoppers Needed Drivers Wanted - Meals on Wheels Pioneering Business Incubator in Arlington
May, 2004	Help Senior Crime Victims! Mexico on the Potomac (May 8)
Apr, 2004	Arlington Prepares Door-to-Door (June 5) Arlington Optimist Restaurant Night (May 13) Taste of Arlington (May 16) Arlington Neighborhood Day (May 8) Columbia Pike Blues Festival (May 2) Community Hero Awards Ceremony (May 8) National Volunteer Week (April 18-25)

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