Community Support

A brown paper bag with a sandwich, snacks and a bottle of water can go a long way for our neighbors struggling with homelessness! Join the team as we pack lunch bags to support our friends at Path Forward. The group is limited to 10 people per day of service, children ages 7+ are welcome to join.

The NoVA Doughnation Ministry is an incredible group of volunteers that pick up left-over food from Panera Bread before they close in the evening and donate those leftovers to food banks and homeless shelters in our community. So far, the group has been able to donate over 9,000 lbs of food, and with your help they can do much more!

Every 1st, 4th and 5th Sunday of every month a team from Grace meets at Carpenter's Shelter to cook and serve breakfast to their residents and clients. This is an amazing opportunity to feed our neighbors, meet other Grace attendees and build a relationship with our partner. For more information, please email Jason & Ashley Simpson.

Little Lights Homework Club is an after-school program for students PreK-8th grade. Volunteers assist students with their homework, other academic activities, and help facilitate recreational playtime. For the safety of the communities they serve, Little Lights requires all in-person volunteers to wear masks and provide proof of vaccination against COVID-19.

Little Lights Mentoring Program has the goal to empower youth and communities to thrive spiritually, relationally, and emotionally. They do this by pairing a Christian volunteer mentor with a student for a one-on-one mentoring relationship. While it’s important work, mentoring is simply doing life together – sharing meals, seeing your favorite sport matches together, museums, or even grocery shopping. Whatever you enjoy doing, together!

Volunteers can serve as tutors at Kids Club, spend time with youth at Teens Club and Casa to College, mentor in one-on-one relationships, or lead Bible studies in the community - in addition to one-time events.

Path Forward depends on a network of dedicated volunteers to accomplish their mission of providing housing solutions and stability for adults experiencing homelessness in Arlington. Path Forward has several opportunities for volunteers to give their time, energy, skills, and imagination to further their cause.

CRi offers a variety of volunteer opportunities that change throughout the year: from kickball in the spring, to SummerFest, to Recreational Therapy Volunteers, to Adopt a Home: Holiday Edition in the winter, just to name a few. They also connect groups of all shapes and sizes to customized service projects. Interested in learning more? Check out their current opportunities below.

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AFAC depends on the help of hundreds of volunteers to bag, distribute, drive, glean, grow, help in the office and warehouse and organize and assist at special events. Opportunities to serve AFAC are posted regularly for volunteers ages 14+ to join. Please note volunteers are required to be vaccinated against the COVID virus for on-site volunteering.

Carpenter's Shelter provides a multitude of ways for volunteers to get involved. From providing and/or serving meals to their families, engaging with their children, or working at the Front Desk, they are always in need of support and the best part is you have complete autonomy when you serve! You decide when, how often and in what capacity you would like to serve using their online portal through which you can view and select the service openings that interest you. Sign up to volunteer with Carpenter's Shelter today!

Little Lights works to empower and uplift families academically, economically, spiritually, and emotionally. They have several opportunities for adults and students ages 16+ to get involved and build relationships with the communities they serve. Opportunities include tutoring programs, Bible studies, choir classes and overall making a difference in the life of a child, a community, and a city.