Volunteer

You can make a real difference in the lives of children and teens in Arlington. A few hours of your time can change a life forever. Even if the school year has started, it’s not too late to help! Volunteer brochure.

Check out what volunteers have to say or visit our Volunteer Signup form.

some ways you can get involved:

After-School Programs
Have a passion to help children aged 5 to 11? We need committed volunteers to work with our After-School Programs. Hours are from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. — Monday, Tuesday and Thursday — and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Opportunities include reading with children, helping with homework, and supervising games and activities, such as crafts projects.

Teen Tutoring
We are looking for dedicated volunteers to help our middle and high school students with homework, and more importantly, to be a role model and mentor. AHC’s Teen Tutoring program, which runs from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. once a week, provides a friendly environment to foster both academic and life skills. Tutors are paired with one student throughout the school year to help youngsters and volunteers build an ongoing personal relationship. Tutors, often by sharing their own experiences, can inspire and encourage teens to do well in school and make smart long-term career, educational and life-style choices. (For this reason, we ask volunteers to commit for the entire school year.) With volunteers’ help and positive influence, this program really works. Students improve their grades, become more confident, and stay in school.

Summer Camp

AHC's Summer Camp provides educational and fun opportunities for elementary students from July through August. In this award-winning program, volunteers work with elementary age students on academic (math and literacy) enrichment activities as well as creative activities and field trips.

Opportunities for this program are on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday starting from July 11 to August 18. The hours are typically 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Any time is great, whether an hour or the whole day works. There will be chances to go on some exciting field trips all over the DC, MD and VA region.

With volunteers' help and positive influence students will improve become more confident in their abilities and bridge the learning loss gap over the summer months.

This is a wonderful opportunity to meet and work with children in a highly creative and fun atmosphere. We need your enthusiasm and positive attitude to make this summer a great one.

This volunteer opportunity is great for high school, college students or retirees.

One-time or Specialized Volunteer Opportunities

There are also opportunities to volunteer for single events, special projects, or field trip. There are also opportunities to provide special skills like computer expertise, language translation or more.

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