News and Announcements

Christmas Tree @ Blacksburg Museum

We are so excited to be participating in Downtown Blacksburg, Inc.'s Holiday Tree Showcase at Blacksburg Museum & Cultural Foundation. Our volunteers had a fantastic time creating the ornaments, and our staff enjoyed themselves just as much while decorating the tree. Thank you DBI for the opportunity and to the Blacksburg Museum for being so kind and welcoming!

Be sure to check out all of the lovely trees and vote for your favorite by taking a canned food item to donate! Museum hours are 10am-4pm Tuesday through Saturday; tree viewing and voting are from November 29 - January 3.

Gift Cards Galore Fundraiser for Supplies for Seniors

Congratulations to the Winner of Gift Cards Galore Donald Makin! Mr. Makin received over $2,300 worth of gift cards and services to business throughout the NRV!  We would like to thank the 2025 Fundraising Committee for their hard work and Assistant County Administrator Scott Woodrum for stopping by to draw the winning ticket! 

All proceeds from this raffle support our 19^th Annual Supplies for Homebound Seniors.

Holiday Tote Bags-  This past December, we delivered 100 bags that were delivered to the residents of Commonwealth Senior Living and Montgomery County families. We would like to give a big thank you to Montgomery County employees, Calvary United Methodist Church, Retired Educators Association of Montgomery County, and members of Volunteer Montgomery for their help getting these bags filled.

Toys for Tots Monthly Supply Drive Results- Thank you to everyone that helped us collect approximately 70 toys for our 2025 Toys for Tots collection! 

Christmas Cards for Troops Overseas- Thank you to our volunteers for preparing cards for USASOA. Christmas Cards for Our Troops.  We mailed 1,718 cards to the program in Maryland.  The cards will be sorted by their corps of volunteers and mailed overseas in time for Christmas!

Volunteer Montgomery Mural - Calling All Volunteers! – Volunteer Montgomery has approval for a mural in our activity room. Our theme is Connecting Through Volunteerism, and we are looking for artists to send proposals for the mural. Please send your art proposal to volunteermontgomery@montgomerycountyva.gov. Our team will choose 3 designs. After approval from the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors, we will ask the 3 selected artists to volunteer to paint the mural. We look forward to seeing your designs!

Center for The Arts at Virginia Tech – Volunteers are needed for the Student Matinees to assist with group check-in, ushering buses into the bus drop-off loop, notating the number of family groups in attendance, and greeting with a smile. Volunteers must be 18 or older to volunteer with Center For The Arts. Shifts are either 9-10:15 a.m. or 9-11:15 a.m. The following shows/dates are in need of volunteers: 

• Hero: The Boy from Troy Monday, Feb. 1, 2026
• Cirque Mechanics: Tilt! Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026

Project Linus Update –We are now an official Project Linus drop-off site from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday-Friday. Please be sure to leave your name and address with your blankets so we know who to credit and to thank!