Meal Delivery to Homebound Neighbors
Citymeals on Wheels
Date/Time: Monday - Saturday
Location: Various locations around Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx
Ages: All ages; under 17 must be accompanied by an adult
Time Commitment: Three hours
Individual volunteers help us ensure our meal recipients never go a day without nourishing meals and vital companionship. Opportunities include meal deliveries, Friendly Visiting, handmade cards, Senior Script, and kitchen help.
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Spring Tree Stewardship Days (Brooklyn)
Gowanus Canal Conservancy
Date/Time(s): Wednesday, March 2, Saturday, March 12 and Wednesday, March 23, between noon – 2pm
Location(s): Various areas in Gowanus, Brooklyn
Ages: All ages with adult supervision
Time Commitment: A minimum of one hour
This winter and spring, we’re hosting socially distant Clean & Green volunteer shifts! Volunteers can join us to learn about Gowanus history, geography, and plant communities as they care for native plants in our nursery and maintain local green infrastructure. For your safety, all shifts will be limited in capacity and socially distant, and face masks and proof of vaccination are required.
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Neighborhood Meet Up/Clean Up
ONE BLOCK (UWS)
Date/Time: Various - you can clean your block at any time or join our group events usually held on Saturday or Sunday morning
Location: Upper West Side
Ages: Everyone can help. Kids under 14 should be accompanied by an adult.
Time Commitment: One to three hours...do what you can!
ONE BLOCK is a nonprofit with over 1,800 local members who help in a variety of ways. You can bag trash on your street a couple of days a week, join our Saturday or Sunday morning group events, clean graffiti or put together your own group, and we can help facilitate a cleanup for you. We also desperately need help fundraising or donations to support our three employees (who were formally homeless) who are paid to do the tough job of keeping Amsterdam, Broadway and Columbus Ave clean. We also have a few special projects for teens who need community service hours.
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Starshine Connection
Stars of Hope
Date/Time: At your convenience
Location: Virtual
Ages: Everyone can participate
Time Commitment: Varies
Stars of HOPE developed the Starshine Connection to connect children with seniors to bring HOPE in the time of COVID-19. The child will hand-decorate their digital star, personalizing it to “their” senior, and then take a picture of themselves holding the star. We will forward the star to the senior, and whenever possible, share a photo with a senior back to the child.
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Serve a Hot Meal to the Homeless
Manhattan Church of Christ
Date/Time: Saturday, March 12, 19 and 26, 9am - noon
Location: Manhattan Church of Christ, 48 East 80th Street
Ages: Families with children of all ages are welcome to participate
Time Commitment: Varies
The Saturday Lunch Program provides hot meals to the homeless with dignity and compassion. All shifts are family-friendly. Volunteers help prepare meals, place meals in to-go containers, place to-go containers in bags and distribute meals as well coffee, tea, bottled water and socks to members of the community who live marginally or are experiencing homelessness. Volunteers must wear masks and gloves, and adhere to social distancing and wipe down policies. Capacity is limited to 12 volunteers, so reach out to sign up early.
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Pack Snacks for Neighbors in Need (Brooklyn)
Repair the World
Date/Time: Sunday, March 6, 10 - 11:30am
Location: Brower Park
Ages: Geared toward families with children ages three to seven but open to families with children of all ages
Time Commitment: One and one-half hours
Bring your kids to learn about and celebrate Purim through service! We'll explore the story of the Jewish holiday of Purim and take part in one of the holiday's good deeds by prepping gifts for neighbors! Volunteers from all backgrounds are welcome to learn and serve together!
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Create a Project
Good Deeds Day 2022
Date/Time: Sunday, April 3
Location: Your home or community
Ages: Everyone is welcome to participate
Time Commitment: Varies, depending on your project
Good Deeds Day is a global movement of doing good. Throughout the world, families, neighbors, schools, clubs, companies, and communities come together to do a good deed project. Perhaps your family has an idea for a Good Deeds Day project for your community. Or you can browse the project ideas page for ideas. We encourage individuals to recruit colleagues, friends and family, and plan a project as a group!
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Dog Walkers Needed (Brooklyn)
Sean Casey Animal Rescue (SCAR)
Date/Time: Any day between 11am and 5pm
Location: 153 East 3rd Street, Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn
Ages: Children four years and older can volunteer when accompanied by a parent/guardian
Time Commitment: Dogs must be walked a minimum of 15 minutes and a maximum of 45 minutes
Volunteers are needed to walk our shelter dogs. By volunteering at Sean Casey Animal Rescue (SCAR) shelter, you get to play a key role in preparing them for their forever home. Learn more here.
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Project Cicero Book Drive
Project Cicero
Date/Time: New volunteering dates have been set for 2022! Thursday, April 7 – Sunday, April 10.
Location: Starrett Lehigh Building, Chelsea 601 West 26th Street (between 11th and 12th Avenues)
Ages: Vaccinated adults and students in grades 6 and up. Groups are encouraged and should contact projcicero@gmail.com to coordinate.
Time Commitment: Volunteers ideally register for two or more hours minimum, and we welcome longer commitments on any of the event days. You can become a “Super Volunteer” if you commit four or more hours on multiple days from Thursday, April 7th - Sunday, April 10th.
Volunteers are needed to help Project Cicero sort, organize, display and distribute gently-used children's books to teachers from under-resourced public schools in NYC. Over 150,000 books will be processed in this annual event running for its 21st year! It's fun, it's satisfying, it's a New York City unique event. Come be a part of the happening!
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Summer Teen Service Corps
Repair the World
Date/Time(s):
- Session 1: Tuesday, July 5 – Thursday, July 21, 10am – 3pm
- Session 2: Tuesday, July 26 – Thursday, August 11, 10am – 3pm
Location: Manhattan and Brooklyn
Ages: Rising 9th – 12th graders
Time Commitment: Three days a week, five hours per day
Repair the World Teen Service Corps is a three to six-week service-learning program in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Throughout the program, rising 9th through 12th graders will create an amazing teen community of changemakers, learn about social justice through a Jewish and interfaith lens, and volunteer to make NYC a more equitable place for all!
Want to learn more? Register for the Summer Teen Service Corps online Information Session on Sunday, March 13 from 7:30 - 8:30pm.
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Riley’s Way Foundation Call for Kindness
Do you know a teen who wants to make a difference in the world? Does he or she have an idea that will inspire kindness and strengthen your local or global community? Call for Kindness offers young leaders the chance to participate in a dynamic leadership development fellowship and win up to $3,000 in funding for a project of their own that inspires kindness and strengthens their local, national, or global communities.
This year, the Call for Kindness has been expanded to include teens and youth, ages 13 – 22 and will award as many as 35 youth-led projects up to $3,000 each. The winners will join a strong community of Kindness Fellows from across the country to work together in a fellowship program that will support their project, and expand their leadership and life skills along the way. Young people are invited to submit projects tackling anything from equity and social justice issues to building meaningful connections within their school or community. The 2022 special topic will consider ten projects specifically focused on mental health.
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DGT™ Membership has plenty of perks – and now includes our Festival of Giving 2021 videos!
Our popular Festival of Giving this past fall included four fun interactive kindness-themed videos with big-hearted authors. We've added these videos to our Membership Library for Family and Classroom Members to enjoy. Among the offerings is "Nourishing Our Neighbors" with Lois Brandt reading aloud her award-winning book Maddi's Fridge (as featured in our Fight Poverty book recommendations.)
Not yet a member? Join us today! Family membership is just $48/year. That's the cost of a monthly coffee, and includes exclusive downloads, weekly inspiration, and a welcome kit.
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Mailing Address:
755 Medina Rd
Wayzata, MN 55391
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This list was compiled by Doing Good Together™ (www.doinggoodtogether.org)
When calling to volunteer for any of the opportunities listed above, please let the coordinator know you found it through this listing. You are encouraged to ask any questions you may have of the sponsoring organization before committing to a project.
Disclaimer: This list is provided as a service to families. Inclusion of organizations in this listing does not imply affiliation, endorsement or quality assurance on the part of Doing Good Together.™ Doing Good Together™ bears no responsibility whatsoever for the activities and actions of the listed organizations.
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