Red Wiggler is a sustainable Care Farm where people with and without developmental disabilities come together to work, learn, and grow healthy food. Volunteers join us for a variety of farming tasks. Depending on the time of year and time of day, we might be weeding, harvesting, planting, or doing other field maintenance. Volunteers will work side-by-side with our Grower staff members with intellectual/developmental disabilities, typically in small teams of 5-6.  This is a fairly physical job. Participants provide their own transportation and will meet at Ovid Hazen Well Park, 23400 Ridge Road, Germantown, MD 20876. Wear sturdy, weather-appropriate clothing; layers recommended.  Closed-toe shoes are required.  Bring a hat, sunscreen and a water bottle. Feel free to bring a bag lunch to enjoy after your hard work.  There are lovely picnic tables in the shade of a big oak tree. If the weather is drizzly, the event will take place.  In case of steady rain, the event will be rescheduled. Your fee for this program goes to Red Wiggler Farm to defray their administrative costs for this event.

Please join us for Oasis Volunteer Day at Comfort Cases. Comfort Cases serves children being placed in foster care.  Most are removed from their homes with little more than the clothes on their backs.  Through Comfort Cases, these children receive a special bag containing a cozy new pair of pajamas, a brand new warm blanket, and a new stuffed animal to hug during the traumatic transition into foster care. Volunteers will meet at the Comfort Cases National Center to help with processing donations, counting inventory, assembling Comfort Cases, and other miscellaneous tasks. Volunteers are responsible for their own transportation.  Meet no later than 2 pm at 9300 Gaither Road, Gaithersburg, MD  20877 (note new location). Please wear comfortable clothes that you can move in and closed-toe shoes for standing. Limit:  10

A Wider Circle’s Essential Support program provides basic items for the home to our neighbors seeking to rise out of poverty.  Volunteers help sort donations and stock the showrooms where clients select their items. With the help of volunteer groups like ours, A Wider Circle is able to furnish 10-20 homes free of charge each day for our neighbors in need. Volunteers will meet at A Wider Circle and receive a tour and orientation at the start of the visit. A Wider Circle is located at 9159 Brookville Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910.  There is no onsite parking for volunteers except those with mobility concerns.  Directions for parking nearby in the neighborhood and a volunteer waiver will be emailed to you before the event. Please wear closed-toed shoes (sneakers are best) and family-friendly comfortable clothes (no political messages). The Center is not fully temperature-controlled, so please dress for the weather. Limit:  20