NEW YORKERS GIVE BACK DURING NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK: APRIL 19-25
NEW YORK CARES WILL OFFER VOLUNTEER PROJECTS IN STATEN ISLAND, GIVING NEW YORKERS MORE WAYS TO MAKE AN IMPACT IN THEIR COMMUNITIES
Editor’s note: We are awaiting an update regarding other Staten Island volunteer opportunities. Circle Brook Farm in New Jersey needs volunteers for the start of the planting season due to delays for their workers arriving. See the link below for other opportunities to help out this week. Upcoming this particular week are revitalizing a community garden and handing out bagged groceries at food pantries.
During National Volunteer Week (April 19-25), New York Cares, New York City’s largest volunteer network, will offer over 200 volunteer projects that will engage over 2,800 volunteers to serve thousands of individuals in need across all five boroughs. This week — and all year round — New York Cares encourages New Yorkers to dedicate time to volunteer projects that address the city’s greatest needs to create meaningful, lasting impact in local communities. Projects include distributing meals to those experiencing food insecurity, revitalizing parks and gardens, tutoring local students in English and Math, spreading joy to the elderly, and much more.
The featured volunteer project in Staten Island is:
Tuesday, April 21 – STATEN ISLAND
- Food Distribution with Project Hospitality
8:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Shine Center
205 Canal Street, Staten Island, NY 10304
Volunteers will prepare and distribute bags of food to local community members and help with receiving and unloading deliveries and organizing food supplies.
Banner Image: Park estuary cleanup in Florida. Image Credit – The Tampa Bay Estuary Program
New York Cares
We are the largest volunteer organization in New York City. In 1987, a group of friends who wanted to volunteer found themselves frustrated by a fractured nonprofit landscape, making opportunities hard to find. They wanted a centralized way to organize efforts and access communities. And New York Cares was born