Educational Alliance The Educational Alliance is a non-profit organization that changes lives. Founded in 1889 to help Jewish immigrants get settled in the U.S., today they serve a broad and diverse group of downtown New Yorkers —of all religions, ethnicities, races and socio-economic backgrounds. They run preschool and afterschool programs for low-income children and provide activities for seniors. In addition, they help hungry and homeless by providing meals and help support people in despair through counseling and addiction recovery programs. They're home to downtown's community center, The 14th Street Y.
New York Cares New York Cares was founded by a group of friends who wanted to take action against serious social issues that faced our city in the late 1980s. Finding few options to help, they created their own organization to address the problems from the ground up.
New York Cares is now the city's largest volunteer organization, running volunteer programs for 1,200 nonprofits, city agencies and public schools. Today's volunteers share our founders' vision that we all have a role to play in making our city a better place.
New York Says Thank You The mission of The New York Says Thank You Foundation is to commemorate the love and support given to New Yorkers by Americans from all across the country in the days, weeks, and months following 9/11, by sending volunteers from New York City each year on the 9/11 Anniversary in order to help rebuild communities around the United States affected by natural or man-made disasters. The New York Says Thank You Foundation c/o Jeff Parness 2576 Broadway #174 New York, NY 10025 917 806-8061 http://www.newyorksaysthankyou.org Children ABC Organization The Association to Benefit Children (ABC) is helps disadvantaged children and their families by providing services designed to break the cycles of abuse, neglect, sickness and homelessness. ABC's programs include early childhood education, health care services, housing assistance, mental health services, family preservation, crisis intervention, recreational services, job training and employment assistance, after school and summer day camp programs, mentoring and legal advocacy.
All Stars Project All Stars Project holds educational and performing arts activities outside of school for disadvantaged young people. It sponsors community and experimental theater, develops leadership training and pursues volunteer initiatives.
Charles B. Wong Community Health Center Pediatrics has been a core service of the Health Center since its inception. The Health Center serves patients from newborn to young adults up to age 21 at its locations in Chinatown and Flushing. The team offers comprehensive services beyond wellcare to include specialty. Developmental and adolescent clinics target special issues such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Family Planning concerns. An early child literacy program into basic primary care The Teen Resource Center (TRC) provides information and support to the Asian American adolescent population through educational materials, outreach events, workshops and referrals.
136-26 37th Avenue, Fourth Floor Flushing, NY 11354 718-886-1200 http://www.cbwchc.org/ The Children's Aid Society Founded in 1853, The Children’s Aid Society is a non-sectarian agency providing health, education, recreation, and emergency services to New York City's children and families.
East Harlem Tutoring Program (EHTP) Since 1958, EHTP has addressed both the potential and risk associated with young people's discretionary time. EHTP recognizes the need for quality after school and summer programs andthat those students with the greatest needare much less likely to have access to organized out-of-school programs in their communities. Therefore, the EHTP strives to:
improve outcomes for children and youth at all levels of academic, personal and social development.
promote excellence in after school education nationally and by providing technical assistance and mentoring to other community-based organizations.
Fresh Youth Initiatives FYI is a program in Washington Heights that engages local youth in a variety of community service activities. Volunteers are always needed for special events, such as cleaning parks, painting murals, volunteering in community gardens, making and distributing homemade sleeping bags for the homeless, volunteering in their own youth-run, adult-facilitated food pantry, The Helping Hands Food Bank.
Green Chimneys Founded in 1947, Green Chimneys is a non-profit agency that addresses the needs of emotionally injured and at-risk children. Recognized as the worldwide leader in animal-assisted therapy, Green Chimneys operates residential treatment for children and a special education school. Its mission is to give children the chance for a brighter future through specialized treatment and educational and recreational services.
Harlem Children's Zone Project The Harlem Children's Zone Project is a multi-year comprehensive community building initiative of the Harlem Children's Zone. The mission of the The Harlem Children’s Zone Project is to create significant, positive opportunities for all children living in a 60-block area of Central Harlem by helping parents, residents, teachers and members of the community create a safe learning environment for youth. The goal is to improve outcomes for children and families in disadvantaged communities, starting in Central Harlem.
Police Athletic League (PAL) The Police Athletic League offers monthly Saturday activities for young children (ages six to eleven) from the Harlem PAL Center. Volunteers participate in outings such as ice skating, bowling, movie and museum trips. Interaction with the children during the outings allows the volunteers to develop friendships and act as mentors.
Project Cicero Project Cicero is a partnership of schools, private and public organizations and corporate and individual sponsors whose primary goal is to supplement or create classroom and school libraries for children in under-resourced New York City public schools through an annual citywide book drive. Project Cicero also puts books into homeless shelters, juvenile detention facilities, community centers, and wherever else there is a need.
ANIMALS American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)Community shelters often need volunteers to help them with everything from animal handling to stuffing envelopes. The ASPCA has several volunteer opportunities for New York City area residents.
Individuals interested in volunteering at The ASPCA's New York City headquarters must go to a Volunteer Orientation class, complete and return the Volunteer Application, and attend volunteer training sessions.
Requirements:
Volunteers must be 16 years of age or older.
Commit to a minimum of eight hours permonth for six months.
Submit a completed Volunteer Application,provided at the Volunteer Orientation. Students with a valid I.D. and minors do not need to submit an application fee.
SENIOR CITIZENS The Burden CenterThe Burden Center for the Aging, Inc. promotes the well-being of elderly residents on the Upper East Side of Manhattan through a broad array of direct social services and volunteer programs oriented to individual, family and community needs. These programs are dedicated to supporting the efforts of older people to remain in their own homes, living independently, safely and with dignity.
DOROT DOROT is a hebrew word meaning "generations." DOROT's mission is to enhance the lives of the elderly, both Jewish and non-Jewish, in New York City through a dynamic partnership of volunteers, professionals, and elders. DOROT fosters mutually beneficial interaction between the generations; and provides education, guidance and leadership in developing volunteer-based programs for the elderly, nationally and internationally.
Search and Care Search and Care is a non-profit organization whose mission is to help the frail and isolated older people live safely and independently in their own homes. Since 1972, the agency has served as a substitute family to individuals who have no caregiving family or friends to turn to for the support they need to manage their everyday activities.
Care managers make home visits and provide information, counseling and ongoing support related to the myriad tasks of daily living. Their service area is limited to the Upper East Side of Manhattan. They connect our clients to service providers, entitlements and benefits. They monitor, coordinate, and help oversee the following: Health and mental health care and health-related services: Home care, Medicaid and other entitlements and benefits, Transportation, Meals on Wheels, social day care, telephone reassurance and other community-based services, Housing, Legal and protective services.
Within their care management program, staff professionals, interns, social work students and volunteers provide: Nursing or occupational therapy visits, social activities, daily money management escort, shopping and chore services. Search and Care is funded by individuals, foundations and religious organizations.
Fighting Hunger City Harvest City Harvest gathers surplus food, which would otherwise be thrown away, from restaurants and other donors, and in turn, gives the food to organizations who feed the city's hungry.
Hebrew Union College Soup Kitchen Every Monday evening, in every season, the student-run Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Soup Kitchen welcomes over 100 homeless and hungry guests for a nutritious meal. Three seasons a year; fall, winter and spring they serve a hot meal, amain course, side dish, bread, fruit, peanut butter, jelly, cookies, milk, juice and coffee. During the summer, after the second semester they serve take-out sandwiches, fruit, and a beverage.
Volunteers from around the New York area help them prepare and serve the meals. The Soup Kitchen offers guests not only meals but also free legal counseling by New York University Law School students, free clothing, and toiletries, as well as a sewing service. There are volunteer opportunities on days other than Mondays as well.
Meals on Heels Meals on Heels prepares and delivers a hot meal every Saturday to homebound elderly in New York City from 59th Street to 14th Street. Volunteers spend part of the morning in the Church's soup kitchen as prep-chefs; buttering bread, chopping vegetables, or spicing up stew. Then they deliver meals to friendly and thankful elderly residents. Meals on Heels is the perfect activity for people who have little free time during weekdays but still want to give something back to the community.
Yorkville Common Pantry Yorkville Common Pantry (YCP) is the largest, nonsectarian, neighborhood-based provider of emergency food in New York City, providing over one million meals annually to individuals and families in and around the Upper East Side and East Harlem communities. The Pantry was founded in 1980 by a coalition of East Side churches and synagogues to reduce hunger and promote dignity and self-sufficiency, and receives strong support from its Board of Directors.
Fresh Youth Initiatives FYI is a program in Washington Heights that engages local youth in a variety of community service activities. Volunteers are always needed for special events, such as cleaning parks, painting murals, volunteering in community gardens, making and distributing homemade sleeping bags for the homeless, volunteering in their own youth-run, adult-facilitated food pantry, The Helping Hands Food Bank.
Public Color Publicolor is a non-profit organization incorporated in 1996. Their mission is to catalyze change in inner-city schools and neighborhood facilities though the power of color and collaboration. They not only transform spaces but also the people who use them. They do this through the Paint Club and COLOR Club programs which train at-risk students the marketable skill of commercial painting.
Publicolor transforms public spaces in neglected schools and neighborhood facilities through the powers of vibrant color and organized collaboration. Their thoughtful designs with color create visual order in often disorganized spaces energizing the people and bringing a sense of calm through this visual landscape.
The Jewish Guild for the Blind The Jewish Guild for the Blind is one of the country's foremost vision care agencies. Since its founding in 1914, The Guild has been assisting visually impaired, blind and multi-disabled people of all ages through a wide range of programs designed to support and enhance physical, emotional and intellectual functioning. Their mission is to assist people who are blind or visually impaired, and who may have additional disabilities, achieve lives of dignity and independence.
Lighthouse International For over 100 years, the Lighthouse International has been the leader worldwide in helping people of all ages who are blind or partially sighted overcome the challenges of vision loss. The Lighthouse helps people remain productive and independent through the unique synergy of their vision rehabilitation services, education, research, prevention and advocacy.
Hearts of Gold The mission of Hearts of Gold is to enhance the lives of New York City's homeless mothers and their children by supporting programs that help these individuals and by working with various New York City shelters. Hearts of Gold provides goods and services including: warm clothing, bedding, house wares, inspirational artwork for the walls, monthly birthday parties, holiday celebrations, outings for the children, computer skills training, art classes and summer camp scholarships. We also prepare the mothers for job interviews by providing a wardrobe.
The Partnership for the Homeless The mission of The Partnership for the Homeless is to partner with the faith community, neighborhood-based organizations, business, and government to attack the root causes of homelessness and empower homeless people to secure permanent housing and reach the highest level of independence possible. In churches, synagogues and community centers throughout the city, volunteers help to provide safe, caring shelter to thousands of homeless individuals who might otherwise sleep on the streets.
Health Charles B. Wong Community Health Center Pediatrics has been a core service of the Health Center since its inception. The Health Center serves patients from newborn to young adults up to age 21 at its locations in Chinatown and Flushing. The team offers comprehensive services beyond wellcare to include specialty. Developmental and adolescent clinics target special issues such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Family Planning concerns. An early child literacy program into basic primary care The Teen Resource Center (TRC) provides information and support to the Asian American adolescent population through educational materials, outreach events, workshops and referrals.
Doctors Without Borders Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) A private, nonprofit organization, MSF is at the forefront of emergency health care as well as care for populations suffering from endemic diseases and neglect. MSF provides primary health care and surgery, runs nutrition and sanitation programs, trains local medical personnel and offers mental health care. Through longer-term programs, MSF treats chronic diseases such as tuberculosis, malaria, and AIDS; assists with the medical and psychological problems of disadvantaged populations and brings health care to remote, isolated areas where resources and training are limited.
God's Love We Deliver The mission of God's Love We Deliver is to improve the health and wellbeing of men, women and children living with HIV/AIDS, cancer and other serious illnesses by alleviating hunger and malnutrition. Nutritious, high-quality meals are prepared and delivered to those who are unable to provide or prepare meals for themselves. The organization also provides illness-specific nutrition education and counseling to their clients and families, care providers and other service organizations.
Mount Sinai Medical Center The Mount Sinai Department of Volunteer Services has opportunities for individuals who are interested in helping and making a difference by supporting and assisting patients, families and staff. The Department of Volunteer Services will work with individual applicants to identify an area that will be both gratifying to the volunteer and of service to the institution.
Visiting Nurse Service of New York VNSNY welcomes volunteers to help with a wide range of activities, including data entry and other clerical duties, knitting, telephone reassurance calls (to elderly homebound patients), fundraising, volunteer leaders, research, home visits to patients and family members in our hospice program, special event planners, and mailing informational brochures to prospective patients or family members who inquire about our services. Volunteers knitsweaters and scarves for pediatric patients and make scarves, lap blankets, and hats for their senior patients. They sort and pack toys for the Holiday Toy and Gift Drive, and send out birthday cards to patients in the VNS CHOICE program.
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Participate in the Great American Cleanup Events: March 1-May 31, 2012 Contact: Gail Cunningham at (203) 659-3008 or gcunningham@kab.org The Great American Cleanup is one of the nation's largest community improvement program. An estimated 3 million volunteers and attendees are involved. Activities include beautifying parks and recreation areas, cleaning seashores and waterways, handling recycling collections, picking up litter, planting trees and flowers, and conducting educational programs and litter-free events. Click here to find out how students can become involved in this national community service program.For questions, please contact Gail Cunningham, the Managing Director, Great American Cleanup, at (203) 659-3008 orgcunningham@kab.org. Everyday Young Heroes Award Deadline: Rolling Youth Service America (YSA)) Certificate and award letter for young people who have made a commitment to community service.
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