Volunteer with Neighborhood and Community Services

703-324-5713 TTY 711
12011 Government Center Parkway
Fairfax, VA 22035
Hadyn Kihm
Coordinator

Become an NCS Volunteer!

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Fairfax County is an excellent place to live, play and volunteer! At Neighborhood and Community Services (NCS), we seek to create volunteer opportunities that fulfill existing needs and provide enriching experiences. Explore the wide variety of NCS service opportunities and rewards in becoming a volunteer.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

NCS volunteer program coordinators.

All volunteers should meet the following general requirements:

  • Be at least 13-years-old.
  • Attend an NCS Volunteer Orientation
  • Able to complete duties as assigned.
  • Work independently and with a team with minimal supervision.
  • Complete criminal background check.

Fairfax County values and relies upon our volunteers to provide valuable (in some cases, critical) service to our residents. Volunteers, should reflect the professionalism and courtesy of NCS. Doing so has a positive impact in the role and results in greater personal benefit from the experience. We expect all volunteers to:

  • Act appropriately at all times by following volunteer guidelines and codes of conduct.
  • Respect those being served and those they are partnered with to serve.
  • Be responsive to resident's needs and concerns.
  • Be willing to learn.
  • Arrive on time and stay the whole time they are committed to stay.

  1. Go to volunteer.fairfaxcounty.gov.
  2. Set up a volunteer profile.
  3. Search for an opportunity by using key word "NCS."
  4. Apply for opportunities that match interests and talents.
  5. Attend an NCS Volunteer Orientation
  6. Pass criminal background check.

NCS Honors Volunteers at 2025 Recognition Ceremony

NCS honored its volunteers for their dedication and impact at the annual NCS Volunteer Recognition Ceremony at The Country Club of Fairfax on April 5, 2025.

The theme of this year’s awards was “Re-CONNECT,  Re-ENGAGE,  Re-DISCOVER Your Community!”

NCS Director Lloyd Tucker reviewed some of the program highlights of 2024, including expansion of the GrandInvolve program that places older adults as mentors in Title I schools; the opening of more than a dozen Re-Engagement Centers that focus on empowering teens and young adults with career and higher educatio


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