JCC Manhattan: www.jccmanhattan.org/family-life/tweens/community-service/
Operation Chicken Soup: Tweens meet once a month during the school year to prepare meals for those in need. Join us to make delicious recipes as well as explore issues like hunger and homelessness through the lens of Jewish values.
Special Needs Mentors and Buddies: Various ongoing mentoring opportunities during the school year are available to help children with special needs. Please be in touch with staff from the Center for Special Needs for more information.
Youth Service Opportunities Project: http://www.ysop.org/
The Youth Service Opportunities Project offers middle school and high school students meaningful volunteer work, combined with a orientation and reflection.
Members of this project provide vital services to those in need while reflecting on their experiences and broadening their perspective. Students help the hungry and homeless people of New York City through their work in shelters, soup kitchens, schools, food and clothing banks and other direct-service institutions
Best Buddies: https://bestbuddies.org/
DOROT;www.dorotusa.org/site/PageServer?pagename=vol_youth_D#.WLb_kBMrInU
Interning and volunteering with the elderly. Youth volunteers are a crucial part of our programs. They help to bridge the generation gap and alleviate social isolation for our seniors. You can help improve the lives of seniors through friendly visits, birthday deliveries, computer tutoring, and much more. We take great care in matching volunteers with appropriate projects and with older friends to visit. All of our youth volunteer programs take place in Manhattan.
ASPCA of the Upper East Side http://www.aspca.org/take-action/volunteer/volunteer-aspca-adoption-center
All volunteer opportunities are in New York City. Individuals unable to volunteer in New York City should contact their local animal welfare organization. To find a shelter near you, please visit petfinder.com and click on the Shelters & Rescues tab.
Applications are accepted online only and on a quarterly basis (see Steps to Becoming a Volunteer below)
Volunteers must be at least 16 years old.
Volunteers must be able to commit to a minimum of eight hours per month for a minimum of six months. Due to the extensive training requirements, we are not able to accept short-term volunteers or group projects.
VISIONS' Intergenerational Program https://www.visionsvcb.org/visions/support/volunteer/teenvolunteers/
VISIONS’ Intergenerational Program recruits and trains students, 15 years of age and over, to assist seniors who are visually impaired or blind. Working in pairs, the youth travel to the homes of seniors to visit, read, shop, run errands and/or escort them within the neighborhood. These friendly visits help to decrease the loneliness and isolation often experienced by homebound elders. Students may also be asked to assist with meal service where they escort, socialize and serve meals to the seniors at our community center, VISIONS’ at Selis Manor, located at 135 W. 23rd St in NYC. Students will also be participating in a variety of intergenerational activities, classes and training seminars.
Operation Chicken Soup: Tweens meet once a month during the school year to prepare meals for those in need. Join us to make delicious recipes as well as explore issues like hunger and homelessness through the lens of Jewish values.
Special Needs Mentors and Buddies: Various ongoing mentoring opportunities during the school year are available to help children with special needs. Please be in touch with staff from the Center for Special Needs for more information.
Youth Service Opportunities Project: http://www.ysop.org/
The Youth Service Opportunities Project offers middle school and high school students meaningful volunteer work, combined with a orientation and reflection.
Members of this project provide vital services to those in need while reflecting on their experiences and broadening their perspective. Students help the hungry and homeless people of New York City through their work in shelters, soup kitchens, schools, food and clothing banks and other direct-service institutions
Best Buddies: https://bestbuddies.org/
- Best Buddies invites NYC principals, teachers, and students to start a Best Buddies chapter in their schools. Best Buddies club model celebrates social inclusion by building friendships between students with and without disabilities.
- Club members organize meaningful activities and service projects and gain lifelong skills through their friendships. School partnerships are available throughout Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, and the Bronx
DOROT;www.dorotusa.org/site/PageServer?pagename=vol_youth_D#.WLb_kBMrInU
Interning and volunteering with the elderly. Youth volunteers are a crucial part of our programs. They help to bridge the generation gap and alleviate social isolation for our seniors. You can help improve the lives of seniors through friendly visits, birthday deliveries, computer tutoring, and much more. We take great care in matching volunteers with appropriate projects and with older friends to visit. All of our youth volunteer programs take place in Manhattan.
ASPCA of the Upper East Side http://www.aspca.org/take-action/volunteer/volunteer-aspca-adoption-center
All volunteer opportunities are in New York City. Individuals unable to volunteer in New York City should contact their local animal welfare organization. To find a shelter near you, please visit petfinder.com and click on the Shelters & Rescues tab.
Applications are accepted online only and on a quarterly basis (see Steps to Becoming a Volunteer below)
Volunteers must be at least 16 years old.
Volunteers must be able to commit to a minimum of eight hours per month for a minimum of six months. Due to the extensive training requirements, we are not able to accept short-term volunteers or group projects.
VISIONS' Intergenerational Program https://www.visionsvcb.org/visions/support/volunteer/teenvolunteers/
VISIONS’ Intergenerational Program recruits and trains students, 15 years of age and over, to assist seniors who are visually impaired or blind. Working in pairs, the youth travel to the homes of seniors to visit, read, shop, run errands and/or escort them within the neighborhood. These friendly visits help to decrease the loneliness and isolation often experienced by homebound elders. Students may also be asked to assist with meal service where they escort, socialize and serve meals to the seniors at our community center, VISIONS’ at Selis Manor, located at 135 W. 23rd St in NYC. Students will also be participating in a variety of intergenerational activities, classes and training seminars.
