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Community Service
Looking to volunteer around the city? Check out our volunteer and community service resource list.
Soup Kitchens
- St. Joseph's Greenwich Village
371 6th Ave. New York, NY
Contact: Sr. Anne (shelter) 212.741.1274
Contact: Merriam Lee (soup kitchen) 212.989.0003
Saturday soup kitchen volunteers needed for preparation and serving from 9am to 3pm.
- University Community Soup Kitchen
(At Nativity Church) 44 2nd Ave. New York, NY
Contact: Barbara Winter 212.484.2263
Saturday soup kitchen. New Volunteers should arrive before 12:00 noon. 9 am to noon preparation; 1pm to 4pm for serving and clean up. Serve over 500 homeless families lunch. Waiter/waitress service.
- Queen of Peace Home
335 E. 145th St. Bronx, NY
Contact: Sr. Delores 718.292.0091
Soup kitchen everyday except Friday. Volunteers needed from 8:30am to
12 noon.
- Joseph House-The Catholic Worker
36 E. 1st New York, NY, 212.254.1640
Help mail and edit newspaper. Soup kitchen volunteer T, W, TH, and F from 9 am to 12:30pm/ Volunteers may stay for lunch after 12:30pm. In the afternoon, help with dinner preparation is needed.
- Mary House
55 E. 3rd St., 212.777.9617
Soup kitchen at noon for homeless women.
- Holy Trinity Church
213 W. 82nd St.
Contact: Charles or Margaret Platt 212.564.3730 x217
Homeless program for people who are on their way to putting their lives back in order. Help needed preparing meals on Friday evenings.
- Part of the Solution (POTS)
2763 Webster Ave., Bronx, NY
Contact: Maureen Fergeus 718.220.4892
Cook for shelter residents and soup kitchen. Must over 23 years of age. Every day.
- Emmaus House
2027 Lexington Ave.
Contact: Fr. Justin Rose 212.410.6006
Large social service shelter program needs volunteers in all areas, including soup kitchen and cooking, 12-2pm M-F.
- Project Hospitality
25 Central Ave., Staten Island, NY 10301
Contact; Tom Shroeder 718.448.1544
Large social service program needs volunteers for soup kitchen, food pantry,
shelter, and outreach.
- Emergency Food Service
1011 First Ave. New York, NY, 212.371.1000 x2529
Emergency food service and soup kitchen. Please call for volunteer opportunities.
- Catholic Center at New York University
58 Washington Square South, New York, NY
Contact: Sr. Thomasmari, 212.674.7236
Volunteers needed for Sunday prep work 10am-12 noon. Monday morning cooking after 7:30am. Soup kitchen serves on Mondays from11:30 am-2 pm.
- The Dwelling Place
409 West 40th Street
Contact: Sr. Rosemary, 212.564.7887
Soup kitchen serves 7 days from 5-7pm. Saturday and Sunday especially need volunteers. Program serves only women, but all volunteers are welcome.
- St. Francis Xavier Welcome Table
55 West 15th St.
Contact: Fr. John Bucki, 212.627.2100
Large Sunday soup kitchen needs volunteers. Serves from 12:30-3pm. Overnight shelter also needs volunteers.
- St. Gregory the Great
144 West 90th St.
Contact: 212.724.9766
Soup kitchen needs volunteers on Saturdays from 9am-1:30pm for everything from preparation to clean up.
Homeless Outreach
- Holy Name Center for Homeless Men
18 Bleeker St., New York, NY
Contact: Msgr. Ahern, 212.226.5848
Shelter for homeless men has meal program from 6-7:30pm. Volunteers are needed simply to socialize with men at the meal.
- Partnership for the Homeless
305 7th Ave. , New York, NY
Contact: Jennifer Brady, 212.645.3444 or 212.727.0725
Will train volunteers for any of its seven programs for the homeless.
M-F, 9am-5pm.
- Coalition for the Homeless
Chambers St., New York, NY
212.577.1287 x3
Volunteers needed for several mobile soup kitchens that each feed at least 750 a night. M-F, 9am-6pm.
- The Committee for the Heights Inwood Homeless (CHIH)
180 Bethel Loop, 9C, Brooklyn, NY 11239
10 Fort Washington Ave., New York, NY 10032
212.568.2030
The CHIH is a non-profit organization founded in 1982 to provide housing fro low-income housing and the homeless. CHIH sponsors five buildings in Washington Heights and Harlem communities with a total of 218 units. A small number of units are available to families. Each building is provided with on site social support services by the center for Urban Community. Volunteers are needed for an after-school component due to lack of funding. Volunteers are needed for ESL, reading, math, and social sciences. After-school programming is from 4pm-7pm, M-F.
- Lenox Hill Outreach Team
212.744.5022 x221
- Department of Homeless Services
212.481.8822
Social Outreach
- Habitat for Humanity
334 Furman Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Contact: Ronald Lewis 718.246.5656
- New York Foundling Hospital
6th Ave and 16th Street, New York, NY
Contact: Jose Jimenez 212,633.93-
http://www.nyfoundling.org/volunteer.htm
Short term volunteers needed to hold, feed, and play with infants and children; long term older children; visits and outings.
- Brooklyn Perinatal Network, Inc.
30 3rd Ave. Brooklyn, New York 718.643.8258
A voluntary federation of local providers of health and social services, community bases organizations and consumer representatives dedicated to maximizing maternal and infant health and welfare in high-need neighborhoods.
- New York Cares
www.nycares.org
New York Cares meets pressing community needs by mobilizing New Yorkers in volunteer service. Serve once or often.
- Volunteer Support Project
Department of Aging, 212.442.3168
Provide care and assistance to blind and visually impaired people in communities. Volunteers can be any age. M-F, 9am-5pm.
- Samaritan Hotline
212.673.3041
Volunteers must have a telephone interview; complete 20 hours of training and then commit to four shifts a month, including one weekday shift of 11pm to 8am. Volunteers must be 21. Donations welcome.
- Victims Service Agency
2 Lafayette St. 212.577.1287
Offers support and services to victims of domestic violence, rape, incest, muggings and other acts of violence. Volunteers are trained in accordance to the job they choose. Opportunities include counseling, childcare, client intake, clerical and answering the hot line. M-F, 9 am-5 pm.
Youth Outreach
- Girls Educational & Mentoring Services (GEMS)
Contact: Rachel Lloyd 212-926-8089
rachel@gemgirls.com
- Dollars for Scholars
Raises money for college scholarships for students in the East Harlem Area. Volunteers needed in spring and late fall for fund raising events (e.g. bake sales, raffles, etc).
Tutoring
- The Connelly School
220 East 4th Street (b/w Ave A and B)
Contact: Connie Bush, 212.982.2287
Tutors in math needed for girls grades 5-8, M-F starting at 3:30pm.
- STEPS to End Family Violence
1968 Second Ave. New York, NY 10029
Contact: Sr. Mary Nerhy at 212.410.4200 x129
Work with children on homework while their mothers are in counseling.
M-Th, 5pm-7/7:15pm. Students must be 18 years or older and usually work 1 day a week.
- Covenant House-- Rights of Passage
346 West 17th Street, 212.613.0300
Volunteers needed as personal tutors, mentors in the Educational and Vocational Center and in the Infant/Toddler Center.
- Beacon School
133rd & Broadway, 212.854.1492
Tutoring, ESL, GED from 2pm-8pm.
- The Big Sisters, Inc.
60 Lafayette St. New York, NY
Contact: Eileen Quirk
Tutors needed for English, Math, and Language Arts.
- The Partnership for Service Learning
815 Second Ave. New York, NY, 212.986.0989
The union of academic study and service in the world. Spend a summer, semester or year continuing formal academic study while addressing human needs.
- East Harlem Tutorial
2050 2nd Ave New York, NY 10029
212.831.0650
Tutors needed in English and Math.
Housing
- NewYorkShares
48 East 13th St. New York, NY 10003
Contact: Susan Horton
A company that provides safe, personalized and mutually beneficial living arrangements between individuals who cannot afford housing costs on their own.
Animal Outreach
- Kitty King Inc.
P.O. Box 961 Murray Hill Station New York, NY 10156
212.726.2652
www.kittykind.org
- Being Kind
Contact: Ann Marie Triola 718.836.6716
A cat rescue project.
- The Bronx Zoo
2300 Southern Blvd., 718.220.5141
The Friends of the Wildlife conservation will train volunteers once a week for 12 weeks to assist in guided tours of the zoo and all facets of the animal education program. M-F, 9am-5pm.
- POWARS (Pet Owners w/ AIDS/ARC Resource Service)
1674 Broadway, Suite 7A, 212.246.6307
Volunteers are needed for dog walking, veterinarian visits, clerical work, grant writing and public relations. Volunteers must complete two training sessions. Flexible hours.
- Bide-a-wee
410 East 38th St. 212.532.4455
3300 Beltagh Ave. Wantagh, LI, 516.785.4687
Volunteers can assist in walking and caring for the animals, raising money, writing newsletters, clerical work and many other opportunities. M-F, 9am-5pm.
Medical Outreach
- God's Love We Deliver
895 Amsterdam Ave. 212.865.65000 x128
Prepares food for homebound men, women and children with AIDS. Will accept toys and new articles of clothing. In Manhattan, volunteers do not need a car. For other boroughs, delivery person must have a vehicle. Needs van assistants and weekly delivery help. M-F, 9am-5pm.
- Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC)
129 west 20th Street, 212.337.3505
GMHC helps everyone with AIDS. Volunteers take part in all aspects of helping the ill from home care to clerical work in the GMHC office. Volunteers must complete a training session. M-F, 10am-6pm.
- Miracle House
P.O. Box 30931, 212.779.0563 x229
Provides housing and support to out of town families and friends of New Yorkers with AIDS. Volunteers go through a 2-hour training program. M-F, 9am-5:30 pm.
- Ronald McDonald House
405 East 73rd St. 212.639.0100
A place for families to call home while their children are in cancer therapy.
- AmFAR
733 3rd Ave., 212.682.7440
American Foundation for AIDS Research.
Food Bank
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