This page lists some service projects coming up in our community. If you are looking for service hours, check for any upcoming opportunities. Consider bringing your patrol, troop, crew or pack along to help!
Fairfax County Watershed Cleanup – April 6-20
The Nature Conservancy and Fairfax County Park Authority need volunteers to clean up your watershed! Help keep trash and debris out of waterways that flow into the Chesapeake Bay. We need 1,000 volunteers to help us cover 21 parks!
Registration and more information: Fairfax County Watershed Cleanup
When: April 6, April 13, April 20
Where: various Fairfax County parks
More Service Opportunities
There is no shortage of opportunities to give back to others in our community, and earn service hours toward rank advancement. Are you interested in helping out? Follow the links below, shared by the Scouts and Scouters of Powhatan District to learn more.
Fairfax Co Park Authority Invasive Management Area (IMA)
Invasive Plant Removal
IMA calendar http://parktakes.fairfaxcounty.gov/rmdwebcal/?CalendarID=5 and website https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/invasive-management-area
Potomac Conservancy
Trash Pick-Up
Upcoming events https://potomac.org/events/
and website https://potomac.org/
Friends of Accotink Creek
Trash Pick-Up
Their calendar http://www.accotink.org/cgi-bin/cal.pl
and website http://www.accotink.org/
Alice Ferguson Foundation
Volunteer opportunities page: http://fergusonfoundation.org/volunteer/
Clean Fairfax
Opportunities on their “Community events map” http://www.cleanfairfax.org/