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CLASSES/SEMINARS/EVENTS

Resume Workshop and Community Health Fair, July 11, The Gardens of Stafford Senior Apartments community center, 2195 Mountain View Road, Stafford. 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. 540/429-3263; leenc.org.

Bandit's Animal Rescue of K9s Adoption Outing, July 11, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Petsmart, 9751 Jefferson Davis Highway, Spotsylvania. 540/834-4336.

Family Financial Planning, July 12, 2-4 p.m., Fredericksburg Seventh-day Adventist Church, 1108 Caroline St. Seminar on family budgeting. Free. 540/907-2956.

Fredericksburg Cyclists Bike Club rides through October; bikefred.com.

MEETINGS

United Daughters of the Confederacy, Caroline Grays Chapter, meeting tonight at 6:30 at Calvary Baptist Church, Bowling Green. Bonnie Garber will speak on "The Fourth of July: Independence Day in the South During the War."

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Birthright of Fredericksburg needs volunteers for office work, fundraising, as counselors and sorting donated clothes. Training provided. 540/371-6119.

Boys & Girls Club, 200 Gunnery Road, needs volunteers to help youths ages 5-17 with homework, computer skills, arts and crafts, music and sports. 540/368-9531.

Bragg Hill Family Life Center needs volunteers for after-school program Mondays and Wednesdays, 3-5 p.m. No special skills required. Also for adult craft classes, sorting books and receptionist on Mondays and Fridays. 540/371-3662.

Central Rappahannock Heritage Center needs volunteers to process historic documents and aid researchers. 540/373-3704 or
Email: crhc@verizon.net.

Circle of Parents support program for parents desiring to learn positive parenting skills, needs facilitators and children's program workers for weekly support groups. 540/785-6217.

Cuidado Casero Home Care of Virginia is seeking compassionate, energetic volunteers to fill several opportunities including crafts, music, hairstylists, aromatherapy, bilingual speaking. 540/548-2100 or stop by the office at 4501 Plank Road, Suite 201, Spotsylvania.

Fredericksburg Area Food Bank needs volunteers Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 8 a.m.-5 p.m. and Wednesday, 8 a.m.-6 p.m., to sort, inspect and shelve products. Training provided. 540/371-7666 or fafbvolcoordina
Email: tor@secondharvest.org.

Fredericksburg Department of Social Services Resource Families needs foster/adoptive families. Free training. 540/372-1032, ext. 241.

Greater Fredericksburg Habitat for Humanity has many volunteer opportunities, no skills required. 540/891-5009; e-mail:
Email: admin@fredhab.org; Web site: fredhab.org.

Hazelwild Farm needs volunteers for its therapeutic riding program. 540/891-8751.

Host Tours for Volunteers. The Fredericksburg Area Museum and Cultural Center is featuring free tours for prospective volunteers, instructing candidates in local history and behind-the-scenes tales from the Catherine W. Jones McKann Center and historic Town Hall/Market House collection. All tours begin 10 a.m. and depart from the learning center in the McKann Center unless otherwise noted. Call 540/371-3037, ext. 136, to register or visit famcc .org.

Mary Washington Hospice Volunteers. Caring and sensitive volunteers are needed to fill various opportunities, including patient and family care, facility, bereavement, vigil, pet therapy, massage therapy, Reiki, aroma therapy, musical volunteer, administration, ambassador volunteers and teen volunteers. Free comprehensive training offered. Contact CVA Volunteer Coordinator Raquel Woodard at 540/741-3598.

Rappahannock Area Community Services Board, Project Link, needs volunteers to monitor children's activities while their mothers attend sessions onsite at A Woman's Place. Free orientation and screening. 540/891-3132.

Rappahannock Area Office on Youth. Court Ordered Opportunities Program needs volunteers to help at-risk youths and families obtain court-ordered services. 540/847-1911;
Email: billie@officeonyouth.org.

Rappahannock Big Brothers Big Sisters needs men, especially Hispanic and African-American, to volunteer in their community-based program. 540/371-7444.

Rappahannock Council Against Sexual Assault has opportunities for fundraising, clerical work, community education, victim advocacy and creative projects. 540/371-1666.

Rappahannock Council on Domestic Violence needs volunteers to provide various services for victims of domestic violence. 540/373-9372.

Rappahannock Court Appointed Special Advocates for abused, neglected and abandoned children in the court system needs volunteers. Training provided. 540/710-6199.

Rappahannock United Way needs volunteers to match to local nonprofit agencies; one-time volunteer project or long-term opportunities; rappahan nockunitedway.org or wecare@rappa hannock unitedway.org. 540/371-5268.

Senior Visitors Program needs volunteers to visit one hour a week with a home-bound senior citizen. Information, 540/371-2704 or mhafsv @mhafred.org.

The Olde Forge Community needs volunteers who want to gain experience working with children for its Summer Junction program. The program runs every Tuesday and Thursday, July 14-Aug. 13, from 10 a.m. to noon. 540/368-0081.

HOW TO SUBMIT ITEMS

Items for the Community Calendar should be submitted by noon the preceding Thursday. Send to The Free Lance-Star, 616 Amelia St., Fredericksburg, Va. 22401, fax to 540/373-8455 or e-mail newsroom@freelance star.com. Include a telephone number. Due to space limitations, the Meetings section of the Community Calendar is limited to clubs whose special events include outside speakers or entertainment.

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