Community Service Database: Propsect Heights
Brooklyn Museum
What is the Brooklyn Museum?
Their Mission: To create inspiring encounters with art that expand the ways we see ourselves, the world, and its possibilities.
Their Vision: Where great art and courageous conversations are catalysts for a more connected, civic, and empathetic world.
How can I get involved?
From paid internships to exciting free events, our teen programs support youth leadership, critical thinking, and creative expression. We’re committed to representing marginalized voices within the arts, putting young people of color and LGBTQ+, working-class, and immigrant youth at the center of everything we do. Through teen-led programming, we activate art to promote social justice and imagine new futures.
Teen Public Program: Join us year-round for free, teen-led community programs centering art and activism.
Paid internships:
Creative Practice: Explore art, education, and museum careers, and work with our teaching artists to assist in art classes for students of all ages.
Teen Night Planning Committee: Produce free monthly events for other teens that connect art and social justice.
InterseXtions: Gender & Sexuality: Explore gender and sexuality through art and activism, and organize programs for other LGBTQ+ youth.
Museum Apprentice Program: Learn about art history, the Museum, and museum education while teaching audiences of all ages.
Contact information:
www.brooklynmuseum.org
Monica Marino: 718-501-6201, monica.marino@brooklynmuseum.org
Center for Youth Philanthropy and Leadership at UJA-Federation of NY
What is the Center for Youth Philanthropy and Leadership at UJA-Federation of NY?
The Center for Youth Philanthropy and Leadership at UJA-Federation of NY is an opportunity for high school students from all over New York City, Westchester, and Long Island to come together to participate in an experience of philanthropy from a Jewish perspective. The Center for Youth Philanthropy and Leadership has opportunities for participants from becoming bar and bat mitzvahs through college to learn, grow, and do.
How can I get involved?
PACT: the Philanthropic Advisory Council for Teens is an opportunity for high school students to experience Jewish philanthropy in a real and hands-on way. Year 1, the Council, is a year-long (once a month on Sunday evenings, September – May) program for 9th-12th graders that examines philanthropy from a Jewish perspective. Participants spend the first part of the year discussing consensus, Jewish values behind philanthropy, and the responsibility of making decisions on behalf of the community. They talk about social issues and work as a group to formulate a mission statement, and then use that mission statement to create a request for proposal that goes out to agencies in NY, Israel, and around the world. Throughout the year, they are fundraising for their chosen causes. Once they receive proposals, they spend a significant amount of time reviewing them, and then hearing in-person presentations from the top proposals. The end of the year culminates with making allocations decisions, and a grant distribution ceremony to bring it all together and celebrate their work.
Contact information:
https://www.ujafedny.org/cypl-pact/
Erica Cohen: 212-836-1114, cohene@ujafedny.org
The Friendly Fridge Network
What is The Friendly Fridge Network?
The Friendly Fridge Network is a non-profit organization that connects community volunteers with food rescue redistribution efforts to fill strategically located refrigerators and freezers with free and nutritious perishable food. The Friendly Fridge Network provides the necessary framework and resources for those interested in starting their own community refrigerators. With a primary focus on teen-led community fridges, we hope to strengthen the world’s next generation of changemakers.
How can I get involved?
Email and ask about how to best support their efforts. Or start a Friendly Fridge.
Contact information:
thepcfriendlyfridge@gmail.com
Sean Casey Animal Rescue
What is Sean Casey Animal Rescue?
SEAN CASEY ANIMAL RESCUE IS A 501(c)(3) NON-PROFIT, NO-KILL SHELTER specializing in the rescue, rehabilitation and placement of dogs, cats, reptiles, birds and small mammals. We are registered with the NYS Department of Agriculture & Markets, registration no. RR160
*Proudly Serving New York City’s Homeless Animals since 1998*
Our rescue takes in over 2,000 animals per year, the most of any other private rescue in New York. We have saved over 8,000 animals just from the city’s Animal Care & Control (ACC) since 1998
How can I get involved?
One of the major ways you can get involved at SCAR is by volunteering. We are in constant need for all types of volunteers at our shelter, for fundraisers and as fosters. Volunteering with SCAR can be an extremely rewarding opportunity to give back to the community as well as yourself. By volunteering at our shelter you not only get the satisfaction of caring for potential SCAR grads but you also play a key role in preparing them for their forever home. Volunteering also gives you chance to discover new skills you never knew you had, grow confidence and meet new and amazing people who share the same likes!
If you want to volunteer at our Windsor Terrace shelter and learn more about the rescue:
- You must be at least 13 years old to volunteer without a parent or a guardian. Children 4‐12 years old can volunteer when accompanied by a parent/guardian (restrictions apply)
- Complete a volunteer application and assessment form (for first‐time volunteers). Email address is required
- Bring picture ID and proof of address
- Spread the message about responsible pet ownership and animal protection
Become a dog walker (must be 16)
Contact information:
https://www.nyanimalrescue.org/volunteer
https://www.nyanimalrescue.org/contact
Please email completed applications to volunteer@nyanimalrescue.org
153 East 3rd Street
Brooklyn, New York 11218
718.436.5163
Open 7 Days a week
11:00 am – 7:00 pm
