“It is one of the beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely help another without helping himself.”
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
MS Service Day is a volunteer service day organized by the National MS Society, National Capital Chapter. On this day, teams of volunteers complete projects for people living with multiple sclerosis throughout the Washington, DC metro area. The 2012 MS Service Day will take place on Saturday, March 31.
Projects may include:
- Yard work
- Painting
- Cleaning
- De-cluttering and organizing
- Running errands
- Visiting people with multiple sclerosis in their homes or long term care facilities
- Computer or other technical assistance
- Organizing financials documents
You can sign up to volunteer your services, or to be the recipient of volunteer services.
The deadline for volunteers to sign up is Thursday, March 22nd.
The deadline to sign up to receive services is Friday, March 9th.
For the protection of all involved, criminal background checks will be performed on all participating adults - each individual in the household receiving volunteer services and each volunteer.
For more information, or to sign up, call 202-296-5363, option 2, or email Julie.Vallelunga@nmss.org.
Or sign up online:
- If you are living with MS and would like to receive volunteer services, click here.
- If you are interested in volunteering your time to help out someone living with MS, click here.