volunteers

The Salvation Army’s Angel Tree Program will help thousands this year, including 6,000 children, but the organization is struggling to keep up amid a shortage of volunteers. News4’s Megan McGrath reports on how you can help spread the Holiday joy. For more information, visit: salvationarmynca.org/ways-you-can-help/

The mainly female volunteers who fan out to hunt for the bodies of murdered relatives in Mexico are themselves increasingly being killed, putting to the test the government’s promise to help them in their quest for a final shred of justice.

As the world slowly returns to normal, a hunger relief group in Charles County, Maryland, says many folks are still struggling to feed their families. News4’s Aimee Cho reports.

Many COVID-19 vaccine clinics would not be possible without hundreds of volunteers who are staffing them. Some are retired medical professionals who’ve returned to give shots while others are members of the community who want to do their part. Carol Hare retired from nursing in 2018, but for weeks now she’s been back at it, volunteering to give shots...

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey talks with some of the hundreds of volunteers who are donating their time to help their communities.

A Navy veteran has volunteered every second of every day that the South Bay Vaccination Station has been open — and he has no plans on stopping.

Fairfax County in Virginia created a program using volunteer firefighters. The group of volunteers are helping deliver groceries to vulnerable residents who don’t want to leave their home during the coronavirus pandemic. News4’s Meagan Fitzgerald reports.

Volunteers with the Community of Hope AME Church in Temple Hills filled up cars with boxes of freed food on Easter Sunday. “It was the perfect Easter,” said the church’s pastor. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

The coronavirus pandemic is requiring more of community volunteers, and many are answering the call. Cory Smith reports.