Community Service Database: Multiple Locations in NYC area
Days for Girls
What is Days for Girls?
We increase access to menstrual care and education by developing global partnerships, cultivating Social Enterprises, mobilizing volunteers, and innovating sustainable solutions that shatter stigma and limitations for women and girls.
How do I get involved?
Check out all the volunteer opportunities here for kit-making and advocacy.
Ambassadors of Women's Health Training (AWH): This online course is perfect for Days for Girls leaders, those distributing DfG Kits and official partners. It qualifies you to deliver the education sessions that accompany every distribution of DfG Kits, using the DfG Ambassador of Women's Health flip-chart with confidence.
Contact information:
Hilary Steinman <hilaryklotzsteinman@gmail.com>
Jill Miller <nyc@daysforgirls.org, daysforgirlsnyc@gmail.com>,
Selfhelp
What is Selfhelp?
Selfhelp has been caring for New York City's most vulnerable and dependent populations since it was founded in 1936. Today, Selfhelp provides a vast range of home and community-based services to over 20,000 New Yorkers, including over 4,300 Holocaust survivors, from diverse ethnic backgrounds each year, through 27 community-based sites in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Nassau County.
How can I get involved?
Reach out and ask.
Contact information:
Sherry Perlman: 212-971-7686, Sperlman@selfhelp.net
Union Settlement
What is Union Settlement?
Union Settlement is an on-the-ground resource for East Harlem residents of all ages, and a passionate advocate for the needs of underserved communities. Since opening their doors in 1895, Union Settlement has brought education, wellness and community-building programs to their neighborhood, empowering New Yorkers with opportunities to better their lives.
How can I get involved?
Meals on Wheels: Assist program staff with packing hot and cold meals and preparing them for delivery in carriers. Teams of volunteers then go on established delivery routes to deliver meals to home-bound seniors who are often living on limited income and alone in East Harlem. Dates for work are every Monday-Friday with meal packing from 9am to 11am. Volunteers can choose to volunteer on select days or commit to a day(s) each week to volunteer. (Age: 16+)
Contact information:
info@unionsettlement.org, https://www.unionsettlement.org/get-involved/volunteer/
Extra information/video (from YouthServe NYC speaker series, 2022): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yAMbBI8r5U
Sakhi for South Asian Women
What is Sakhi for South Asian Women?
Sakhi for South Asian Women exists to end violence against women. We unite survivors, communities, and institutions to eradicate domestic violence as we work together to create strong and healthy communities. Sakhi uses an integrated approach that combines support and empowerment through service delivery, community engagement, advocacy, and policy initiatives.
How can I get involved?
Potential internships and opportunities to network with Executive Director.
Contact information:
www.sakhi.org
Kavita Mehra: 212-714-9153 ext 1002, kavita.mehra@sakhi.org
NYC Parks
What is NYC Parks?
Volunteer at NYC Parks events such as restoration, landscaping, and clean-up.
How can I get involved?
Do you want to give back to your parks? NYC Parks and our hundreds of partners hold organized events throughout the year asking New Yorkers to pitch in and paint, clean, rake, and generally take care of our city's great and vast park system. Groups and individuals are welcome at volunteer events across the city.
Looking for more volunteer opportunities? Reach out to one of our many partner organizations, or visit Partnerships for Parks , a public-private partnership between NYC Parks and City Parks Foundation that manages our network of volunteers.
Check out the opportunities here.
Contact information:
https://www.nycgovparks.org/contact-parks
The Amity Program
What is the Amity Program?
The mission of the Amity Program is to increase engagement with older adults through intergenerational interaction and direct programming. The Amity Program currently has five branches. The first branch connects students with older adults through a pen-pal program. The second branch connects students with older adults through a telephone correspondence program. The third branch, our art box program, provides art supplies to older adults in particular those with dementia with a prompt. The fourth branch–our card-making initiative–sends homemade cards to older adults. The fifth branch is Books, Board Games, and Bonding–connecting students with older adults through games.
How can I get involved?
Join one of the aforementioned branches. Check out here for more information on programming. Apply for the student leadership division.
Contact information:
Hattie Shapard: hshapard@amityprogram.org
The New Jewish Home
What is the New Jewish Home?
The New Jewish Home is a comprehensive health care system for older adults. We provide health and rehabilitation care that meets the evolving needs of people as they age; we take pride in serving New Yorkers of all faiths, ages, races and genders.
How can I get involved?
Ongoing volunteer: 1-2 hours/week. Work directly with older adults in art, music, games, discussions, or technology. OR work in clerical (Nursing department, Admissions and Health Information Management department) or pharmacy. Email J. Sinovoi for more information.
Contact information:
https://jewishhome.org/
Harlem Children’s Zone
What is the Harlem Children’s Zone?
The Harlem Children’s Zone has transformed what it means for children to grow up in a high-poverty community. HCZ’s unprecedented success is a result of a seamless pipeline of programs that optimize the development of children at each level, from birth through college. In our 97-block Children’s Zone we strengthen the families around the children and have created a culture of success, where college- going is the norm. We serve 12,500 children and 12,500 adults among our 30+ programs, all guided by a commitment to continuous improvement and driven by data. We run two K-12 charter schools, early childhood programs, afterschool programs, social-work offices, community-building efforts and a college support program. We have graduated more than 700 students from college since 2011.
How can I get involved?
Reach out an ask!
Contact information:
www.hcz.org
Grace Madeja
212-360-3255
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
