Lead ~ Serve ~ Learn
Mason's Resource For:
Environmental & Animal Services
Arlington Department of Parks And Recreation
Needs special event volunteers; volunteers interested in visual and performing
arts; coaches for children and adults in all sports; 4-H club leaders; assistants
for recreation programs for all ages; opportunities to work with people from
multi-cultural backgrounds with and disabled adults. For more information contact
the volunteer coordinator.
Phone: (703)
228-4730
Website: www.co.arlington.va.us/prcr/
Fairfax County Park Authority Conservation Division
Has a wide variety of volunteer opportunities such as--leading children's programs,
gardening, carpentry, coordinating other volunteers, labeling different flora
and fauna. For more information contact the volunteer coordinator.
Phone: (703) 324-1460
Website: www.co.fairfax.va.us/gov/DPWES/facilities/
partners.htm
Pets DC
This organization assists pet-owning people with AIDS or HIV to keep their
pets healthy and with them as long a possible. Volunteers provide services
such as dog walking, litter-box cleaning, fish tank cleaning, animal feeding,
short term in-home care, obtaining pet food, etc. Some training required.
Call the volunteer coordinator for more information.
Phone: (202) 234-7387
Website: www.petsdc.org/
Washington Humane Society
Provides volunteer opportunities for students who enjoy animals. Duties may
include taking dogs in the shelter for walks and spending time with other
animals in the shelter. For more information contact the volunteer coordinator.
Phone: (202) 576-6839
Website: www.washhumane.org/
Fairfax Area Agency on Aging, Pets on Wheels
Volunteers and pets visit residents of area nursing homes. Several more volunteer
positions are available by contacting the Volunteer Development Unit.
Phone: (703) 324-5406
Website: www.fairfaxcounty.gov/service/aaa/
Volunteer_Opps_FCN.htm
Student Conservation Association
Offers many volunteer opportunities at National Parks all around the nation
including Alaska and Hawaii. These opportunities are offered all year round
and there is an application process. For more information write: The SCA
Resource Assistant Program, P.O. Box 550, Charlestown, New Hampshire 03603
or contact the volunteer coordinator.
Phone: (603) 543-1700
Website: www.thesca.org/
The Wilderness Society
Offers many varied volunteer opportunities. For more information contact the
volunteer coordinator.
Phone: (202) 833-2300
Website: www.wilderness.org/
Department of Animal Control
Volunteer needed to provide temporary shelters for unwanted, abandoned, abused
and neglected animals. This organization promotes humane treatment of animals
though education and counseling. It also helps pet owners find lost animals.
This is just a few of the responsibilities of this organization. For more
information contact the volunteer coordinator.
Phone: (703) 830-8805
Website: www.co.fairfax.va.us/ps/ac/homepage.htm
Center for Health, Environment, & Justice
CHEJ believes in the principle that people have the right to a clean and healthy
environment regardless of their race or economic standing. CHEJ seeks to
help local citizens and organizations come together and take an organized,
unified stand in order to hold industry and government accountable and work
toward a healthy, environmentally sustainable future.
Phone: (703) 237-2249
Website: www.chej.org/index.html
Fairfax Land Preservation Trust
Protects and preserves Northern Virginia's natural, cultural and recreational
resources in cooperation with individual, business and private organizations.
Volunteers assist with fundraising, general office work and public relations.
Phone: (703) 354-5093
Website: http://look.net/fairfaxLand/
Fairfax ReLeaf
Promote, assist and monitor tree planting in Northern Virginia. Volunteers
assist with planting and landscaping.
Phone: (703) 324-1409
Website: www.geocities.com/RainForest/5663/
Mason Neck State Park
Protects bald eagles and other wildlife inhabitants, maintain trails, picnicking
areas and provides environmental education to the guests. Volunteers assist
in greeting park visitors, visitor services, general office responsibilities
and outdoor positions.
Phone: (703) 550-0362
Website: www.dcr.state.va.us/parks/masonnec.htm
Fairfax County Park Authority
Volunteers assist with various activities as well as greet park visitors.
Phone: (703) 324-8680
Website: www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/parks.htm
Anacostia Watershed Society
This organization coordinates volunteers to help with stream clean-ups and
tree plantings along with tributaries and other areas of the Anacostia. Volunteers
are needed to help out with recreational activities.
Phone: (301) 699-6204
Website: www.anacostiaws.org/
George Mason University and the Center for Leadership & Community Engagement offers this Volunteer Opportunities List solely as a public service to the members of the university community. The University and the Center for Leadership & Community Engagement makes NO REPRESENTATIONS OR RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS LISTED. Unless expressly noted, the organizations listed are fully independent of the university. Further, George Mason University and the Center for Leadership & Community Engagement ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY, for personal or property injuries resulting to the student, or for damages caused by the student, resulting from the student's participation in the activities of these organizations. The student should check with the agency to find out if it provides any insurance or liability coverage for its volunteers. 8/24/2006
