Fairfax County Neighborhood and Community Services honored volunteers at the 2024 Volunteer Recognition Ceremony on Saturday, May 4, 2024 at The Westin Tysons Corner.

More than 150 volunteers and Hunter Mill Supervisor Walter Alcorn attended the breakfast ceremony. Dranesville Supervisor James Bierman and NCS Director Lloyd Tucker gave remarks. NCS South County Senior Center Director Sharnel Jones served as emcee at the event, which returned to an in-person gathering for the first time since 2019.

"We are proud of the direct service our volunteers provide in the form of food box distribution, meal service, translation assistance, social visits, vaccination clinic support, and other services at our senior centers, community centers and teen centers," said Tucker. "More than 90 percent of our volunteers say they feel their service makes a difference."

There were four volunteers/groups that received Volunteer of the Year awards:

• Teen Volunteer: Patrick Livingston, for his work with Therapeutic Recreation Services.
• Group Volunteers: Sahas Rajeshirke and Soham Rajeshirke, for teaching coding to children at Mott Community Center. 
• Senior Center Participant Volunteer: Lougenia Carnell, for volunteering at Little River Glen Senior Center. 
• Adult Volunteer: Nancy Bloomfield, for teaching Spanish dance classes at Herndon Senior Center. 

See the Flickr album with photos from the event. For NCS volunteer opportunities, visit the NCS Volunteers Page.

Watch this Fairfax Channel 16 video about NCS volunteers: