Volunteers read to rescue horses
in Tornado with the West Virginia Horse Network in honor of Day to Serve. 
Last Call:
Day to Serve! 

Have you volunteered this fall? 

Day to Serve is winding down, but there are still ways to help!

Get inspired, join a project or plan a volunteer project in your neighborhood.

Together we can all help West Virginia shine a little brighter. 
Volunteer Opportunities 
Build a Box for Reading 
October 6th |  Davy 

Meet the local CCC AmeriCorps team and help build and install a miniature free library in the town of Davy in McDowell County. Learn more here. 
Alderson Food Hub Community Garden Rebuild Day 
October 7th | Alderson

Help Alderson build their next community garden! 

Help  is needed weeding, mowing, fence building, and constructing staggered heights of raised bed gardens, with the particular goal of making gardening space available and accessible to older and less abled folks to garden in, and those who need non floodplain soil to garden.  Learn more here.
Garden and Harvest Festival Days
October 8th |  Morgantown 

Help the Sundale Nursing Home paint their raised beds and celebrate the harvest with games and snacks. 
RISE Flood Recovery Project
October 11th | Charleston  

Volunteers will team up with AmeriCorps volunteers to follow up with small businesses to find out how they are recovering from the June 2016 flood. 

The information will be provided to the WV Small Business Development Center to improve the state's support of disaster recovery in the future.  

Volunteers are to meet at the Charleston Civic Center for registration on October 11th at 9:30 AM. The service project will take place from 10AM -12:30PM. 

For more information contact Waylon Bryant at 304-558-0111.  
Charleston City Cleanup 
October 11th | Charleston  

Come meet your local AmeriCorps volunteers and make the streets of Charleston sparkle!

Volunteers will remove trash and other debris on Charleston's East End and West Side.  

Volunteers are to meet at the Charleston Civic Center for registration on October 11th at 9:30 AM. 
The service project will take place from 10AM -12:30PM. 

For more information contact Waylon Bryant at 304-558-0111.  
Project Spotlights 
Historic Arthurdale Cleanup 

Thank you to the volunteers (and goats!!!) who teamed up to spruce up Eleanor Roosevelt's first New Deal Community!
 

Forks of Coal Education and History Day 

Volunteers helped clean up the Charleston natural area by removing four bags of trash and recyclables during their hike and kayak tour. 
 

Read to a Rescue Horse with West Virginia Horse Network

Thank you to the over 45 volunteers who  made this project a success in Tornado! 

How To Get Involved
 
As a Group/Organization
As an Individual
1.  Add your volunteer project to 
the Day to Serve Event Map
1. Visit the Event Map to find a volunteer project near you.

2.  Fill in details of your event in the short event form.
2.  Contact event coordinator to get involved

3. Your project will be added to the map! 
3.  On the day of the event, show up, build relationships, and make a difference!
Volunteer West Virginia is an agency of 
the Office of the Secretary of Education and the Arts 
with Cabinet Secretary Gayle Manchin