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Volunteer Spotlight: Jimmy Valenzuela

  • Posted on: 20 September 2024
  • By: jenroeder

Deloitte is known in the Arlington community as a company that cares. Not only does it have a presence in the community, but it encourages its professionals to care about the community, through civic engagement. This is evident through Deloitte professionals volunteering their own time, acting as liaisons with nonprofit organizations Deloitte supports, or even participating in Impact Day, Deloitte’s national day of giving.

Deloitte puts out the call for civic engagement, and their professionals answer.

Volunteer Spotlight: Melissa Johnson

  • Posted on: 28 August 2024
  • By: jenroeder

Arlington Community Federal Credit Union (ACFCU) was one of the first organizations to sign on to Volunteer Arlington’s Time to Serve pledge. As it suggests in their name, connecting with the community is incredibly important to ACFCU and the professionals who work there. Through the pledge, ACFCU offers employees at least 8 hours of paid time off per year to do community service.

Volunteer Spotlight: Garrett McGuire

  • Posted on: 13 October 2020
  • By: editor
Garrett McGuire

When he’s not at work you’ll often find DC-native Garrett McGuire exploring the local trails with his wife and their dog. The trails aren’t the only place you can catch him these days though; Garrett recently reimagined his love of the outdoors through a volunteer opportunity at the Bridges to Independence Sullivan House.

Volunteer Spotlight: Esther Kim

  • Posted on: 23 May 2019
  • By: mfurukawa

Esther has been a volunteer at Bridges to Independence for over a year and is honored to serve as part of their organization. She sincerely enjoys the time spent as a mentor every week in the youth program. She looks forward to and prioritizes every opportunity to volunteer. It’s truly a rewarding experience for her to see the children grow and develop through Bridges to Independence’s programs and activities. 

Volunteer Spotlight: Barbara Olivere and Evan Pollack

  • Posted on: 28 January 2019
  • By: mfurukawa

Barbara Olivere, a professional storyteller and retired librarian and Evan Pollack, a professional musician, volunteer for Tunes & Tales at Central Library, using their skills to bring joy to children and families through storytelling and music. Barbara started volunteering for the library in the fall of 2017, helping their intergenerational program at the Arlington Mill Community Center called Seniors and Kids Together Storytime.

Volunteer Spotlight: Bill Marshall

  • Posted on: 17 December 2018
  • By: mfurukawa

After he sold his business building high-end homes in Connecticut and the Hamptons, Bill Marshall moved to Arlington in 2017 to join his wife.  Getting antsy after a few months of retirement, Bill began searching for a new way to direct his energies. He learned about Rebuilding Together Arlington/Fairfax/Falls Church through Volunteer Arlington and started volunteering regularly on Rebuilding Together Express projects, in which small teams of skilled volunteers make health and safety repairs at no charge for low-income homeowners.

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