Volunteer Alexandria: Food Drive, Corporate Service & Volunteer Opportunities

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All photos courtesy of VolALX

By Marion Brunken

Alexandria, VA – The Food4ALX Food Drive is underway! This donation drive serves Alexandrians in need of extra groceries. Items will be distributed by ALIVE! and Hunger Free Alexandria. The next time you’re at the grocery store, please consider adding these highly sought items to your cart, and then check out www.volunteeralexandria.org/food for donation locations:

Canned meat and fish
Canned fruits and vegetables
Oil in plastic bottles
Peanut butter in plastic jars
Ready-to-eat kids’ meals (non-perishable)

The Food4ALX Food Drive runs through Friday, August 14. Thank you for helping us fight food insecurity.

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Did you know that Volunteer Alexandria’s Business Connections program takes the guesswork out of corporate volunteering? We connect companies with meaningful service opportunities, handling the details and coordinating projects that meet real community needs. We are the “wedding planner,” customizing projects that meet the goals and objectives of the company while serving the needs of our community.

Over the past two years, VolALX has worked with more than 40 businesses and associations to create impactful volunteer experiences that benefit Alexandrians, including Fidelity, Applied Policy, and VisitALX.

Most recently, on June 16, AICPA partnered with VolALX to support youth literacy and math practice by assembling 150 learning games for the Wright to Read program at The Campagna Center and the Child & Family Network Center.

Is your business looking for an engaging way to give back, right here in Alexandria? Let VolALX coordinate for you! Recent projects include:

Building school vegetable beds
Beautifying group homes, including painting rooms and installing shelves
Decorating infant onesies
Planting flowers and cleaning up gardens

We’re coordinating our fall season now. If you’d like your company to get involved, contact us at [email protected].

All photos courtesy of VolALX

Volunteer Opportunities

Clean Up the Crystal City Connector Trail – Join The Friends of the The Mount Vernon Trail on Saturday, July 11, to improve the trail that connects to the MVT.

Substitute Teach at the Washington English Center – Volunteers are needed to fill instruction gaps during the summer. Training is provided and schedules are very flexible.

Deliver Groceries to a Food Pantry – The Ayuda Social Services Team needs volunteer drivers to transport goods received from their Grocery Store Partnership program to their DC pantry.

Raise Awareness about Healthy Food Access – Help the Department of Community and Human Services get the word out about the Farmers Market SNAP/EBT Double Dollar Program. Volunteers needed on Saturdays and Sundays to distribute flyers. Perfect for volunteering with a friend.

For more opportunities like these, visit www.volunteeralexandria.org/search

A donation to Volunteer Alexandria (https://bit.ly/VolALXgive) enables us to continue connecting caring people to needs in our community. Thank you for your support.

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