Send announcements, which are open to the public at no or minimal cost, to The Loudoun Connection, 7913 Westpark Drive, McLean, VA 22102 or e-mail loudoun@connectionnewspapers.com. Deadline is Friday, two weeks before the event. Photos/artwork encouraged. For more information, call 703-917-6454; for additional listings, visit www.connectionnewspapers.com.
There are opportunities for people to serve on various county and regional advisory boards, commissions and committees. For information about specific vacancies, contact Rosey Rai, county administration, 703-771-5034 or by e-mail at Rosey.Rai@loudoun.gov. Information about each board, committee and commission is available on the Loudoun County Government Web site at www.loudoun.gov/advisory.
Loudoun Habitat for Humanity is hosting a volunteer orientation Saturday, Sept. 6, at 11 a.m., at the Ashburn Library, located at 43316 Hay Road, Ashburn. Contact Tony McGraw at volunteers@loudounhabitat.org.
Loudoun Volunteer Services will present a Volunteer Management Training Series, designed for volunteer managers of community organizations. The six-week series will begin Friday, Sept. 12, and will continue for five consecutive Fridays. Each of the six courses, lasting four hours, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m., will be held at the Loudoun County Volunteer Rescue Squad, 143 Catoctin Circle, S.E., Leesburg.
The cost for each course is $25 or $100 for all six. To register for one or more courses, visit www.loudoun.gov/volunteer and click on "Volunteer Management Training Series," or call 703-737-8424 for an application.
The Northern Virginia Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program is looking for volunteer advocates, who are assigned to a specific local nursing home or assisted-living facility in Loudoun County and make weekly visits, meeting one-on-one with residents. Applicants must be available to volunteer four hours per week, primarily during regular business hours. Also, volunteer ombudsmen must not be employed by a long-term care facility. Interviews of applicants will be held this summer in preparation for the next annual training, scheduled for Sept. 15, 16 and 26, from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., each day. Call 703-324-5422, TTY: 703-449-1186 or visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/LTCOmbudsman.
Loudoun Volunteer Services announces a new board of directors to include a new slate of executive officers. New members Megan Descutner of HCA Capital Division; Bob Gleason of the Sterling community; Mike Kalasanckas of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority; Melanie Miles of the Miles LeHane Group Inc.; and Joan Ziemba of George Washington University’s Virginia Campus joined the board at its annual retreat, held at the Claude Moore Park Recreation Center in June.
The Heritage Farm Museum located in Claude Moore Park in Sterling seeks volunteers to serve as program assistants and instructors programs in their new interactive exhibit hall. Ask about internships for college and graduate school students; paid positions also available for qualified applicants. Call curator Katie Jones at 571-258-3800.