You can contact the organization of your choice. It is a great opportunity for you
to show support for your community or other communities. Also it looks good on
your resume. Make your life worthwhile!
| Women In Need |
| Provide childcare, housing and education for homeless women. |
115 West 31st Street
New York NY 10001
Ph: (212) 695
4758 |
| Interfaith Neighbors |
| Work with 10-15 years old students struggling with reading. It is an after school program.
They are in "great need" for volunteer tutors. Please contact them if possible. |
Jennifer Kennedy
[Programs Coordinator]
247 E 82nd Street
New York, NY 10028
(212) 472-3567
Fax: (212) 472-5317 |
| New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center
(PICH) |
|
Admitting Office, Adult Recreation, Clerical/Administrative, Direct Care/Patient
Contact, Nursing Unit Aide, Emergency Department, Information Desk, Interpreter
Service, "Look Good, Feel Better" Program, Silver Spoons, Surgical Waiting,
Room, "Ask Me" Program.
|
Maxine Dacres
[Assistant Director of Volunteer Services]
525 East 68th Street, J144
Box 513
New York NY 10021
Ph: (212) 746 4396 or Fax: (212) 746 8283
E-mail: mld9004@nyp.org
Web: www.nyp.org/volunteer
|
| Star Learning Center |
| This volunteer opportunity is to help children who may have problems reading.
You would tutor them and help becoming better readers |
Rita Spano
[Director]
26 West 84th Street
New York NY 10024
Ph: (212) 362 6750 Fax: (212) 787
6196
E-mail: rspanostar@onebox.com
Web: http://www.kfspr.com/star |
| Immigrant Social Services |
| Excellent choice for people who want to become educator in future. You will be
tutoring immigrant high-school students having trouble speaking English. |
David Wang
[Administrative Assistant]
137 Henry Street
New York NY 10002
Ph: (212) 571 1846 Fax: (212) 571 1848
E-mail:
msluckyj2001@hotmail.com |
| Big-Apple Greeter |
| Your job will be greeting tourists and escorting them to interesting sites.
Please call 2/3 days in advance to make arrangement. Knowledge in a foreign language is a PLUS! |
Office of the Manhattan Borough President
1 Center Street
New
York NY 10007
Ph: (212) 380 8159 |
| Citymeals-On-Wheels |
| Your responsibility includes delivering weekend meals of shopping, and providing
friendly visits or talk on the phone with elderly people who are homebound. |
355 Lexington Avenue
New York NY 10017
Ph: (212) 687 1234 Web: http://www.citymeals.org/ |
| Food First |
| You will deliver meals to people with AIDS or HIV. |
600 Pacific Street
Brooklyn NY 11217
Ph: (718) 399 7300 |
|
Housing Works Used Book Café
|
| Work minimum of 4hrs/week at the cash register, shelving & alpahbetizing
books or preparing foods in the café .This is a non-profit organization which
provides housing services, health services, & support for homeless people
living with AIDS or HIV. It is a large bookstore with over 45,000 titles which
can be read over coffee & sweets.
|
126 Crosby Street (between Houston and Prince streets)
New York NY
Ph: (212) 334 3324
|
|
Red Cross
|
| Work with Red Cross. A wide range of opportunities are available. Therefore you
should call & let them know which fits you the best.
|
Red Cross
150 Amsterdam Avenue
New York NY 10023
Ph: (212) 875 2067
|
|
Volunteers of America
|
| Caregiver in an AIDS respite program, recreation assistant in a residence for adults
with special needs, tutoring or mentoring for children living in a transitional residence for homeless families,
GED tutor at a residential halfway program for state offenders, computer trainer in a work rehabilitation
program for men recovering from substance abuse problems and many more. |
340 West 85th Street
New York NY 10024
Ph: (212) 873
2600 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City |
| This program matches individual volunteers from the New York City with boys and
girls in all five boroughs. To start the application process for this program
you must attend one of the volunteer orientation seminars and the application
process will be taken from there. For the dates of these seminars call their
phone number or send an e-mail. |
Big Brothers Big Sisters Brownstone
223 East 30th Street [between
2nd & 3rd Avs]
Ph: (212) 686
2042 E-mail: volunteer@bigsnyc.org
|
| Holy Apostle Soup Kitchen |
| Volunteer in a soup kitchen. If you would like to volunteer at this soup kitchen
for meal service you must arrive at 9:45 a.m. Monday through Friday and plan to
work from 10:30 to 12:30. Volunteers get breakfast and lunch. |
296 Ninth Avenue
New York NY 10001
Ph: (212) 924 0167 |
| Gods' Love We Deliver |
| Deliver foods to people with AIDS. |
166 Sixth Avenue
New York NY
Ph: (212) 294 9104 |