July Meet-Up, Events & More

Message From the Chair

If you are looking for something fun to do before watching the fireworks on the 4th of July, we are assisting the County with their 4th of July event at Long Bridge Park. Also, our 2nd "Meet A Volunteer Summer Series" has been added to The CVN Forum. We will be adding more soon, so be on the look out!

Garry Knobler                                                                                                                   cvn.chair@gmail.com                                                                                      

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• Lead Games at County's July 4^th Celebration - Thursday, July 4, 2:30 - 5:30 and 5:30 – 8:30pm | On July 4th, Arlington County will host a huge celebration at Long Bridge Park. Festivities include games and activities for children, arts and crafts vendors, fireworks, and more! CVN volunteers will held lead games and ensure that everyone is having fun! There will be two shifts (2:30-5:30 and 5:30-8:30pm) and all volunteers will receive a free t-shirt and free meal voucher for helping. Register here.

• July Meet-up @ Hard Times Cafe in Clarendon– Tuesday, July 9th, 7:00-9:00pm | Join CVN at to learn more about our upcoming events and meet fellow volunteers. Register here.

• Bikes For The World Bicycle Donation Event - Saturday, July 27 9:00 am - 12:00 pm and 11:00 am - 2:00 pm| CVN will be prepping and sorting donated bikes bound for individuals in Africa & Central America to help empower them to access school, health services, and employment.  Bikes For The World will show us how to use simple tools to break bikes down for shipping and tasks are available for volunteers of all physical abilities.  Water and pizza will be provided!  Choose the shift that works for you: 9:00 am - 12:00 noon or 11:00 am - 2:00 pm. Register here.

• Gardening at Tuckahoe Elementary - Sunday, July 28 2:00 - 4:00 pm| Join CVN for a gardening/landscaping session at Tuckahoe Elementary School. We'll be helping to maintain the diverse natural habitat at this neighborhood school so students can engage in interactive outdoor learning. Whether you're a green thumb or a gardening newbie, you're welcome to come on out! Register here.

Visit CVN's calendar or browse other volunteering opportunities in Arlington.

Meet a Volunteer Summer Series: Garry

Name: Garry

Neighborhood: Ballston

Favorite place in Arlington: My favorite place for food or happy hour is Chevy's.  I spend a lot of time outside and I like to walk around Ballston.  My favorite park is Bluemont Park.

Favorite volunteer event: Family Ice Skate Night With Therapeutic Rec.  I like to ice skate, so it's a lot of fun to skate with kids and adult participants and with other volunteers.  Close 2nd are the Therapeutic Rec adult dances.

Why I volunteer: It's fun!  I like doing things for others, so I feel like volunteering is my passion.  I like that CVN has a great variety of events and people are usually more social than in other organizations I've volunteered with.  Recently I've been getting involved with Therapeutic Recreation.  Their Family Fun Night is awesome and I'm looking forward to helping out at some of their summer camps!
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June Meet-Up, Events & More

Message From the Chair
Even though summer is traditionally a time for slowing down, we have several CVN events coming up and need your help! Please take a look at the details below and consider signing up for this weekend's gardening event or the Summer Solstice event later in the month.
I also encourage you to check out The CVN Forum, where we just launched the "Meet a Volunteer Summer Series", a great way to get to know fellow CVN'ers. Special thanks to Julia, a long-time CVN'er who submitted the first blog post. If you have volunteered with CVN and would like to be included, please let me know!
Garry Knobler                                                                                                                  
cvn.chair@gmail.com                                                                                      

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                                              Upcoming CVN Events                                         

• Gardening at Arlington Traditional School (ATS) Schoolyard - Sunday, June 9, 2:00 - 4:00 pm | Please lend a hand with the monthly crew of CVN volunteers helping out in the garden at Arlington Traditional School. Newcomers and regulars are welcome to join us for landscaping projects large and small. This crew is continuing to transform the ATS garden into a fun space for kids to learn outdoors. Register here.

•  May Meet-up @ Bailey's in Ballston– Tuesday, June 11th, 7:00-9:00pm | Join CVN at to learn more about our upcoming events and meet fellow volunteers. Register here.

• ACE Summer Solstice Special - Thursday, June 20, 6:30 - 8:30 pm | Join us to help Arlingtonians for a Clean Environment celebrate the start of summer and long daylight hours. We'll have several service project options including trash and invasive removal, so be ready to get dirty! Register here.

• Gardening at Tuckahoe Elementary - Sunday, June 30, 2:00 - 4:00 pm| Join CVN for a gardening/landscaping session at Tuckahoe Elementary School. We'll be helping to maintain the diverse natural habitat at this neighborhood school so students can engage in interactive outdoor learning. Whether you're a green thumb or a gardening newbie, you're welcome to come on out! Register here.

Visit CVN's calendar or browse other volunteering opportunities in Arlington.

Meet a Volunteer Summer Series: Julia

Name: Julia

Neighborhood: Clarendon/Lyon Village

Favorite place in Arlington: For food, Minh's or Rocklands, for outdoors, the Potomac Heritage Trail

Favorite volunteer event: Every garden work day!

Why I volunteer: Volunteering is how I participate in my community. Since starting with CVN two years ago, I’ve met people from all over Arlington County and helped several organizations serving people in our area. Although I’m a transplant from Pennsylvania, Arlington is becoming my home. What I love about CVN is that if you have an idea that fits within the mission of the organization, you can get it done. I volunteered to take-over coordination of the Tuckahoe Elementary garden work days because I believed that a great garden was valuable to the students. Every garden day we can see the progress CVN has made.