Volunteer
Being of service to others encourages us to step outside ourselves and enrich the lives of those that we touch in our community and our world. Volunteering can lead you to opportunities that not only interest you but, more importantly, feed your soul. In this section of our website, you will find information on how you can do your part.
Current Volunteer Opportunities
Safe Passage Project
Easter Offering Recipient
Interpreters: Are you multilingual? Your language skills can make a huge difference in the life of an immigrant child. Interpreters play a critical role in helping our immigrant clients access justice and due process. Interpreters can help clients obtain asylum, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), and other forms of legal relief by interpreting during attorney-client meetings and interviews with immigration officers. Fill out the survey below if you are interested in volunteering with the Safe Passage Project and we will follow up shortly.
Search and Care
Easter Offering Recipient
The mission of Search and Care is to seek out older people in the community who need help in managing life’s daily activities or accessing essential services and to provide them the support and companionship they require to live with security and dignity in the manner they choose. Examples of volunteer opportunities include: medical escorting, calling isolated adults, and helping people with technology needs.
To find out more information about volunteer opportunities and becoming a Search and Care volunteer, please use the link below: https://www.SearchAndCare.org/Volunteers/
Daniel’s Music Foundation
Easter Offering Recipient
As an organization, we believe in inclusion, diversity, and the indelible ability of all individuals to creatively express themselves. We are also passionately committed to changing perception, diminishing isolation, and providing access to music for individuals with disabilities. If you are interested in learning more about all the ways you can get involved with Daniel’s Music Foundation, including volunteer opportunities, please contact Carla Sullivan, our Marketing & Disability Awareness Director.
See the event listings at https://www.DanielsMusic.org/Events
The Vine
Prepare a Home Cooked Meal for College Students
The Vine NYC Campus Ministry is always looking for cooks willing to prepare a home-cooked meal for our weekly campus ministry gatherings on Tuesday evenings. College students eat cafeteria food all the time and are deeply grateful for the opportunity to share in a simple, home-cooked meal once a week. Please prepare a main dish that can be reheated for 12 people. The dish should be either vegetarian or have a vegetarian option. You can drop the meal off at First Presbyterian Church (12th Street and 5th Ave.) on the Tuesday that you cook or Pastor Becca from The Vine can likely pick up the meal from your home around 5:00pm that day if that works better. She will reach out to you to coordinate pick up or drop off. Interested? Email Pastor Becca to schedule a day to volunteer. This is an opportunity that you can do one time or sign up for regularly. Thank you!
Midnight Pancakes Study Break
The Vine NYC Campus Ministry hosts late-night study breaks for college students in Morningside Heights during finals each semester. We open up the doors to Broadway Presbyterian Church, which is across the street from Columbia University, and serve a midnight pancake feast right to hundreds of stressed-out students in need of a break right. We also have live band karaoke at the study break each semester, so if you enjoy singing, this could be a great volunteer event for you! We need volunteers to set up, cook pancakes, serve bacon and fruit salad, greet students, and clean up at the end of the night. Set up starts at 9:00pm and clean up is over by 1:45am. Volunteers are welcome for all of this time, or whatever part of it works for them. Email Pastor Becca to schedule a day to volunteer.
Pets Are Wonderful Support (PAWS) NY
supports and provides meaningful assistance for vulnerable populations of people with animals in New York City. Primarily serving older adults, individuals living with illness or disability, and the under-resourced. Additionally, PAWS NY partners with veterinarians across New York City to provide subsidized care through our Veterinary Care Program manages a Pet Pantry, and coordinates Foster & Emergency Care when clients need to be hospitalized for any reason.
Housecall Program
Volunteers help with dog walking, litter maintenance, and other daily pet care tasks that our clients struggle to perform on their own due to health issues. Volunteers must be 18 years old, and we have opportunities throughout the five boroughs. To sign up, please visit: https://PawsNY.org/Volunteer/. For questions, please contact volunteering@pawsny.org.
Pet Pantry Collection Bins (Short or Long Term)
Put out a bin to collect pet food and supplies that will then be distributed to New Yorkers in need. If interested, please contact volunteering@pawsny.org to get started!
Pet Pantry Volunteering
Create a team, gather/collect pet food and supplies, and deliver items to PAWS NY clients. If interested, please contact volunteering@pawsny.org to get started!
P.S.30 Tutorial and Cultural Enrichment Program
Math and Reading volunteer tutors needed to tutor 2nd – 5th grade students at P.S.30 in East Harlem (144-176 East 128th St. between Lexington and 3rd Avenues). Volunteer tutors meet one-on-one with students each week, helping them with the vital skills of math and reading while providing enrichment and developing a relationship. Training, materials, and lesson guidance are provided by an Academic Program Coordinator who is on-site for all sessions. Access more details and the application here.
Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen
Their mission is to feed the hungry, comfort the afflicted, seek justice for people experiencing homelessness, and provide hope and opportunity to those in need. For more information and to volunteer, please go to: HolyApostlesSoupKitchen.org
God's Love We Deliver
God's Love We Deliver cooks and home-delivers nutritious, medically tailored meals for people too sick to shop or cook for themselves. They are in need of volunteers who can help assemble personal care items and help with food delivery. If you would like to participate, please sign in at: GLWD.VolunteerHub.com/. All the projects are currently available and can be seen online. For any questions, please send an email to Volunteer@GLWD.org.
Questions & Information
For more information, contact Rev. Susanah Wade.
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