Call to action: Get set for Neighborhood Pride in Dale City

Good morning Prince William. Happy Father's Day.

Here's a huge CHEERS to Neighborhood Pride Week in Dale City! Come join in the fun and work to spruce up the Independence Day Parade Route along Dale Boulevard. This wonderful group of volunteers would greatly appreciate your help June 26 and 27. They try to work in teams of six so you can form your own or join another team. Please call Connie at 703- 590-6662 for all the specifics.

· Volunteer Prince William will hold a volunteer reception center training June 22 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the County Emergency Operations Center. The focus of this training is to learn how to work with volunteers under a great deal of stress in their own lives. We are delighted to have Peggy Sullivan with Turning Points as the trainer for this important life skill training. Please call Bonnie to register at 703- 369-5292, Ext. 202 or email her at bnahas@volunteerprincewilliam.org.

· The Don Bosco Center is ready for their summer programs. This wonderful organization works with kids in grades five through eight living in and around the Georgetown South community. Volunteers are needed to help with the kids on various activities and field trips. This is a super opportunity for juniors and seniors in high school and of course all of us adults! Father Ramon leads this super program that operates Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons. Please email him at frramon@gmail.com to learn more.

· The Greater Prince William Community Health Center is going great guns these days with expanded services and volunteers are needed to help with various administrative jobs. This is a hopping place to make you feel good about your service and have a ton of fun as well. Please call Liz at 703-670-8858 to learn more.

· The wonderful folks at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore are looking for a few volunteers to help on the truck picking up donations. It's a neat way to see all the good in our community and flex a couple muscles along the way. Please visit their fabulous website at: www.habitatpwc.org and then click on the volunteer calendar to sign up for a shift. It doesn't get any easier than this!

· And speaking of trucks, the fun folks at the Benedictine Counseling Services are also looking for a vol-unteer with a truck to pick up items from local businesses. Please call Bruce at 703- 369-3800 for more information. Also Transitional Housing BARN is looking for a volunteer that enjoys working in the garden to keep the flowers and shrubs in tip top shape. Please call Becky at 703- 369-1325 if you can spare just an hour or so a week.

· The Medical Reserve Corps needs more volunteers to support the community public health system. Join this cadre of trained volunteers ready to serve during an emergency and receive all kinds of cool training in the mean time. You can apply on line at: www.vamrc.org or call Bobbi at 792-7341 for more informa-tion.

· And last but certainly not least, the wonderful folks at SERVE are looking for a group of people to pro-vide meals to the residents of the Family Shelter over the July 4th holiday weekend. Here's another fun opportunity to share your picnic specialties with these neat folks. Please call Jan at 703-367-6742 to learn more. Happy Independence Day!

If you are looking for other opportunities, please don't forget to call my wonderful team at Volunteer Prince William. Diane can help senior volunteers with Retired and Senior Volunteer (RSVP) opportunities at 703- 369-5292, Ext. 207, Shelley can help with any individual or group project and send you weekly updates if you'd like. Shelley is at 703- 369-5292, Ext. 201, and Bonnie can help you with all the other many opportunities available in Disaster Preparedness at 703- 369-5292, Ext. 202. Or please don't forget our website at www.volunteerprincewilliam.org. Thanks so much for all you do in our community. Until next week, please stay safe.

Mary Foley is executive director of Volunteer Prince William, 9248 Center St., Manassas, VA 20110.