CALL TO ACTION: Help sought in sorting daffodils

Good morning Prince William. It’s daffodil time in Prince William and that means those super folks at the American Cancer Society need your help right now. As you recall this is a fabulous fundraiser for the organization and all these lovely flowers certainly raise the spirit of all concerned. Volunteers are needed this week for sorting and delivery. Please join in the fun Monday for sorting at the Giant in Dale City and if you have just an hour or so, your help delivering on Tuesday would be appreciated. Then this weekend, the fun moves up to Manassas on Saturday for sorting at A-1 Glass and delivery is scheduled next week for the Manassas area. Please call JoAnn at 703-973-1085 to help with this wonderful event.

And certainly in the spirit of spring please mark your calendars for Saturday, April 4, to celebrate Park Day in Manassas. Volunteers are needed to clean-up around the Liberia Plantation from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Their partner, the Civil War Preservation Trust, will provide all the volunteers with a T-shirt and light snacks. Please call Nicole at 703-257-8274 to register for this fun event. Don’t forget to ask Nicole about all the other volunteer opportunities at the Manassas Museum.

Come celebrate National Earth Day at the Jennie Dean Park in Manassas on Wednesday, April 22, after school from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. This is the perfect opportunity for you join in the passion of protecting our environment with a fabulous group of kids. You need to bring gloves but they’ll have plenty of trash bags and of course a nice volunteer recognition afterwards. Please call Deleney at 703-257-8315 for more details.

Those great folks at the Clean Community Council can help you participate in the 2009 Cleanup Campaign in any other area that needs a little tender loving care from April through June. Does your local park, school or neighborhood need cleanup than call the office at 703-792-6272 to register your project and they will provide you all the trash bags, landfill vouchers, volunteer appreciation give-a-ways and much more. Earth Day has just expanded to three months long for all of us to do just a little to change the local landscape.

The Stop the Silence organization works throughout the greater metro area to prevent and treat child abuse. Volunteers are needed for the 2009 Race, Run and Rally on Sunday, April 19, in West Potomac Park. This is a perfect way to help this wonderful organization with their event and I think the cherry blossoms will still be in bloom! Volunteer positions include stuffing packets on April 17 and tons of fun jobs on the race course supporting the runners. Please visit their web site at www.stopcsa.org/race to register and Audrey will return the message.

If you are looking for other opportunities, please don’t forget to call my wonderful team.

» Diane can help senior volunteers with Retired and Senior Volunteer (RSVP) opportunities at 703-369-529, Ext. 207.

» Shelley can help with 1-800 volunteer opportunities at 703-369-5292, Ext. 201.

» Sue can help you with the Medical Reserve opportunities available in Disaster Preparedness at 703-369-5292, Ext. 204;.

» Bonnie can help you with all other opportunities available in Disaster Preparedness at 703-369-5292, Ext. 202.

Also visit www.volunteerprincewilliam.org.

Mary Foley is executive director at the The Voluntary Action Center in Manassas.