Volunteer
In addition to raising funds for local charities, New Dominion Woman's Club also volunteers with various organizations. Below are some of the organizations that the club has consistanly volunteered with over the years.
Adopt-A Highway Cleanup
NDWC has an Adopt-A Highway location on Westmoreland Road between Chain Bridge Road and Kirby Road. Adopt-A-Highway is an excellent way to give our time to assist in keeping our McLean community clean and beautiful It's a great family event, too. Cleanups occur twice a year, once in the fall and once in the spring. If there is a group of at least 15 people, cleanup usually takes only an hour to pick up the litter on Westmoreland Road. Anyone volunteering should come prepared with gloves and garbage bags.
Meals on Wheels
Meals On Wheels is the oldest and largest community-based Senior Nutrition Program in the United States. Their new mission is to end senior hunger by 2020. This volunteer effort is easy, quick and fulfilling. You can even bring along the kids! Pick up meals at George Mason High School between 10:00 am and 10:30 am. It's quick. We deliver to about five homes, sometimes less, sometimes more. We deliver McLean Route #1: It begins in Pimmit Hills and works towards McLean. The time commitment is about 1 - 1 1/2 hours, depending on the number of deliveries. It feels good. Smiles and chats make it worth the time and effort.
The Department of Family Services' Fairfax Area Agency on Aging has implemented a new registration process for those who wish to distribute meals. The online application can be accessed by going to www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dfs/olderadultservices/volunteer-solutions.htm or by connecting directly to the application at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dfs/volunteer/VolReg/VolunteerRegistration.aspx The application needs to be completed prior to delivering the meals. You will receive a name badge in the mail.
For questions about the applications, please contact Michelle Miller with the Department of Family Services' Fairfax Area Agency on Aging at Michelle.Miller@fairfaxcounty.gov or (703) 324-5419 or (703) 324-5419.
Please keep in mind the enhanced procedures recently instituted to safeguard the Meals-on-Wheels participants and plan some time to attend the required training and screening session.
MPAartfest - Children's Art Walk
The first Sunday in October brings the MPAartfest, an event connecting art and the community. McLean Central Park is transformed into a lively landscape of mini art gallaries showcasing and offering for sale the work of adiverse group of 40 juried artists.
NDWC has helped each year at MPAartfest since inception in 2007. NDWC provided volunteers for the Children's Art Tent the first three years of artfest. Currently, NDWC collects and assembles the art for the Children's Art Walk.
Children from all local schools, public & private, contribute art to be displayed at artfest. NDWC prepares the art for display at artfest. Plan now to attend MPAartfest, Sunday, October 7, 2013 from 10:00 am - 5:00 pm in McLean Central Park.
For more information, visit www.mpaart.org/artfest.php. Reading Is Fundamental Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) is a national nonprofit organization that was started in 1956 by a former teacher. The program focuses on three key elements to promote children's literacy: reading motivation, family and community involvement, and the excitement of choosing free books to keep. RIF is funded in part by the U.S. Department of Education, corporations, foundations, community organizations and individual donors. Learn more by visiting www.rif.org.
NDWC volunteers to go to the Falls Church/McLean Children's Center on three designated days annually to read stories to the preschoolers and then help distribute new books for the children to take home. We can take about 6 volunteers. Volunteers may bring their own preschool-age children if they need to. The time commitment is about 1 1/2 hours.
The center is located in the Lemon Road Elementary School, 7230 Idylwood Road.