Every year we ring the bell to raise funds for the Salvation Army and we are looking for volunteers to help out every Friday during Dickens of a Christmas in downtown Roanoke. Shifts last one hour starting at 6pm and ending at 9pm. We like to have two people per shift.
Our Kiwanis Club is providing volunteers again this year to run a Blue Ridge Marathon Aid Station. We will hand out drinks and enthusiastically encourage runners. Our aid station is located part way up Roanoke Mountain. The shift starts at 6:45 and ends around 10:45 AM. You can drive up to the Aid Station by taking the Roanoke Mountain Parkway (on the right off the Blue Ridge Parkway just north of the intersection with Mill Mountain Parkway). Volunteers must be in place before the Blue Ridge Parkway closes at 7:00 AM. Use the link below to register. Scroll down to BRP Roanoke Mountain Middle station hosted by the Kiwanis Club of Roanoke. Check the box and click the Volunteer button. This will take you to the registration page. The Task…
Join members of our Environment Committee and the Clean Valley Council, to cleanup a three mile stretch of the Lick Run Greenway on July 12 from 8:30am-11:30am. Meet at 202 R. R. Wilkinson Ave., N.W., Roanoke Va 24016 (Washington Park parking lot). Bring/Wear comfortable clothes that protect you from bugs, brush, the sun, etc. Gloves are advisable for picking up trash, etc. Trash pickers and vests will be available; water will also be provided.
Volunteer to help wrap gifts for children at the West End Center for Youth. This is a fun and popular way to get into the holiday spirit while helping others. We will meet at Raleigh Court Presbyterian Church (1837 Grandin Rd) to begin wrapping at 5:30pm on Tuesday December 17. Each wrapper will be given wrapping supplies and a bag of gifts to be wrapped for a specific young boy or girl. Gifts will be given to the children at the Holiday Party held during the December 18 Kiwanis Club meeting.
Volunteer to help shop for gifts for children at the West End Center for Youth. This is a fun and popular way to get into the holiday spirit while helping others. We will meet at the Clearbrook Walmart to begin shopping at 7:30am on Saturday December 14. Each shopper will be allocated a fixed amount of money to spend, and given a gift list personalized for a specific young boy or girl.
Every year we ring the bell to raise funds for the Salvation Army and we are looking for volunteers to help out every Friday during Dickens of a Christmas in downtown Roanoke. Shifts are December 6, 13, 20 and last one hour starting at 6pm and ending at 9pm. We like to have two people per shift.
Every year we ring the bell to raise funds for the Salvation Army and we are looking for volunteers to help out every Friday during Dickens of a Christmas in downtown Roanoke. Shifts are December 6, 13, 20 and last one hour starting at 6pm and ending at 9pm. We like to have two people per shift.
Every year we ring the bell to raise funds for the Salvation Army and we are looking for volunteers to help out every Friday during Dickens of a Christmas in downtown Roanoke. Shifts are December 6, 13, 20 and last one hour starting at 6pm and ending at 9pm. We like to have two people per shift.
Meet from 9:00am-12:00pm on October 26th at the Kiwanis Nature Park to help with some Fall effort in the pollinator garden; Native Plants IN and Invasives OUT. Registration will occur on site. There will be a big "Larry the Roanoke Logperch" banner marking the spot – (that promotes Larry's message of Only Rain Down the Drain). Volunteers will be awarded a copy of our children's book (in hot demand for how it delights youngsters and educates them about the plight of the threatened little darter fish that calls the Roanoke River its home). Bring gloves and a shovel if you have them. Muffins will be provided. The access from the playground or Goodwill area has been blocked due to the construction on the Goodwill and Melrose Library parking lot. This…
Join members of our Environment Committee, the Clean Valley Council, and Roanokers for the Fall Waterways Cleanup on October 5 from 9:00am to 12:00pm. Meet at the upper parking lot at Washington Park near the intersection of Carver Avenue and Burrell Street NW. This annual fall event encourages residents to clean up litter that might otherwise find its way to our rivers and beaches. Please invite your family, friends, co-workers, and neighbors. Sign up sheets may be found on tables at our weekly lunch meetings.
