Garland Pollard has a long record of volunteer activity both at a board level and with hands-on efforts.

BrandlandUSA Blog: Created blog on the preservation of historic American brands at http://brandlandusa.blogspot.com/. Over 1,000 unique visitors a month. Quoted by Chicago Tribune on revival of Marshall Field’s department store brand.

Historic Richmond Foundation: Board member; led advocacy effort to save two gilded age hotels in downtown Richmond. From board, shepherded documentary production and public relations efforts.

Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities: Led advocacy effort to save major historic buildings in downtown Richmond, including neoclassical church; led volunteer group for century-old statewide preservation organization; organized membership events, adding hundreds to membership rolls.

TheatreVirginia: Board member of a LORT-Equity regional theater company founded in 1954 in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.