Graffiti CleanUp on UWS
OneBlock UWS
Date/Time: Saturday, May 1 (Rain date, Sunday May 2), 10am
Location: Supplies will be given out at 81st and Columbus
Ages: Everyone is welcome to participate
Time Commitment: Work for as long as you'd like
OneBlock is partnering with our generous sponsor Costello Ace Hardware to clean graffiti off green and blue mailboxes, fire hydrants, parking meters and green magazine boxes.
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"What Sustains Us" A Community Walk in Crown Heights for Families
Repair the World
Date/Time: Sunday May 2, 1 - 2:30pm
Location: We will begin together in Brower Park
Ages: Families with children age five and older are welcome to participate
Time Commitment: One and one-half hours
Join Repair the World for a community walk where we learn about and serve alongside food justice leaders in our neighborhood. We'll see where to gain access to free food and have a chance to visit a community fridge and a community garden in the neighborhood. Our highlighted stop will be Repair the World’s workshop, where we will celebrate our new public art installment, “What Sustains Us” created by artist Hillel Smith.
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Package Baby Care Supplies for Brooklyn Bailfund’s Mama’s Day Bailout
Repair the World
Date/Time: Sunday, May 2, 2 – 3 pm
Location: JCC Harlem
Ages: Everyone is welcome to participate
Time Commitment: One hour
Join Repair the World Harlem to package baby care supplies on behalf of the Brooklyn Community Bail Fund at JCC Harlem. This event is part of the Mama’s Day Bailout campaign, which aims to help mothers who have experienced incarceration readjust in re-entry.
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Provide Grab & Go Meals for the Homeless
Manhattan Church of Christ
Date/Time: Saturday, May 8, 15, 22, and 29, 9 am - noon
Location: Manhattan Church of Christ, 48 East 80th Street
Ages: Everyone can participate
Time Commitment: Varies
The Saturday Lunch Program provides to-go meals to the homeless with dignity and compassion. All shifts are family-friendly. Volunteers help assemble meals, place meals in to-go containers, place to go containers in bags, and distribute meals to guests, as well as distribute coffee, tea & bottled water, while observing safety protocols. Volunteers must wear masks and gloves and adhere to social distancing and wipe down policies.
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Neighborhood “Meet up to Clean up”
ONE BLOCK (UWS)
Date/Time: There are a variety of times available. Families can clean up one block on your own at any time. Group clean-ups vary every weekend, usually either Saturday or Sunday Mornings.
Location: Various - Upper Westside
Ages: Everyone is welcome to participate. Kids under 14 should be accompanied by an adult
Time Commitment: One to three hours. Whatever you can do is welcome.
One Block UWS has recruited 1,500 local members who help in a variety of ways. You can clean the debris/ garbage on your street a couple days a week, join our group events usually held Saturday or Sunday mornings, or put together your own group and we can help! We also desperately need help fundraising or donations to support our three employees (who were formerly 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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Ruppert Park Clean up
Muslim Volunteers for New York Inc.
Date/Time: Saturday, May 22, 10am – 1pm
Location: Ruppert Park, 1741 2nd Avenue at the corner of 90th Street and 2nd Ave., easily accessible by mass transit.
Ages: Families with children of all ages are welcome
Time Commitment: As long as you can participate
Volunteers will plant bulbs and plants, mulch, clean and rake. There will be eco-friendly arts and crafts for families. We are hoping for the Urban Park Rangers to be present and possibly live music. The event will be open to families and people of all ages up to a maximum of 50 participants. Volunteers will need to adhere to NYC parks mandates and strict COVID-19 safety protocols including social distancing and wearing of face masks at all times. We will distribute masks and gloves to volunteers plus some packaged refreshments.
Contact: Email Mubeen Siddiqui, [email protected] or Sahar Husain, [email protected]. The event will require pre-registration: we will forward the link to you closer to the event date.
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Handmade Card Project
Citymeals on Wheels
Date/Time: Ongoing project
Location: On the outside of the envelope please list the number of cards, write “Handmade Card Project” and mail completed cards to
Citymeals on Wheels Warehouse
Handmade Card/Letter Program
1367 Viele Ave
Bronx, NY 10474
Ages: All ages, family-friendly arts and crafts volunteer activity
Time Commitment: Varies
Our handmade cards serve as a reminder to our homebound elderly that someone cares and they are not forgotten. Each year, hundreds of students from local schools decorate cards for their homebound elderly neighbors to be delivered along with meals or food packages. Last year they created 80,000 cards. Your families can help by making handmade cards too!
Card-making instructions:
- Printer paper folded in half, cardstock or construction paper may be used along with crayons and markers.
- The front of the card should say “Thinking of you," "Have a great day," “Happy Birthday” or be seasonally appropriate like “Happy Father’s Day,” “Happy Memorial Day” and “Happy Holidays.”
- Be creative with your drawings. Designs such as hearts, smiley faces, flowers, and anything else that might brighten someone's day are encouraged.
- We kindly ask that you do not use glitter or religious language and symbols.
- You should include your first name on the inside of the card but please do not share other personal information.
On a separate piece of paper please include your full name, the name of your group, organization or company (if applicable), and your email or mailing address so that we may thank you for your support.
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Starshine Connection
Stars of Hope
Date/Time: At your convenience
Location: Virtual
Ages: All ages
Time Commitment: Under one hour
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.
Contact: You can sign up your child to create a star for a senior, and/or you can also sign up a senior you know who needs a smile, https://shine.starsofhopeusa.org/
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Caring Cards
DOROT
Date/Time: Ongoing project
DOROT
171 West 85th Street
New York, NY 10024
Attn: Caring Cards
Ages: Everyone can participate
Time Commitment: Varies
Now that we are all still keeping our distance from one another to protect against COVID-19, a Caring Card is a wonderful way to reach out to a DOROT older adult. Here are some guidelines with suggested messages and other tips to ensure that your card will bring smiles during this challenging time.
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Family Farming at East New York Farms
Repair the World
Date/Time: Saturday, May 15, 10 - 11:30am or noon - 1:30pm
Location: East New York Farm. You will receive the exact location once you have registered.
Ages: Families with children age 10 and older are welcome to participate
Time Commitment: One and one-half hours
Join Repair the World to volunteer at East New York Farms to help prepare the farm for the growing season!
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Apply to Summer Teen Service Corps
Repair the World
Date/Time: July 12- August 20, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays
Location: Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens & Long Island Cohorts
Ages: Rising 9th-12th graders
Time Commitment: Six-week session
Repair the World’s Teen Service Corps is a six-week service learning program with 25-person cohorts in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island. Throughout the program teens will learn about systemic injustice through a Jewish lens, bond with new friends, and volunteer hands-on in various neighborhoods to promote food justice. Get ready for urban farming, gardening, volunteering at food pantries and more! Teens do not need to identify as Jewish to participate. Learn more here.
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DOROT Summer Teen Internship Program
DOROT
Date/Time(s):
Session 1: June 28 - July 22, Manhattan
Session 2: July 27 - August 17, Manhattan, Riverdale, Brighton Beach
Location(s):
Manhattan (171 W 85th St off Amsterdam Ave)
Riverdale, Bronx (Riverdale YM-YWHA)
Brighton Beach, Brooklyn (Shorefront YM-YWHA)
Ages: Rising 10th graders – rising 12th graders
Time Commitment: Full time Monday – Thursday for four weeks
Rising sophomores, juniors and seniors can intern with a diverse group of socially conscious peers to bring vital social connections to older adults. Through one of Dorot’s four free summer teen internship programs, you can develop leadership skills and engage in meaningful programs with older adults. Through a variety of intergenerational activities – including discussion groups, home visits, creative arts and tech assistance – you can give back to the community this summer while earning over 112 community service hours. In light of COVID-19 and in an effort to ensure the health and safety of all participants, DOROT's Manhattan Teen Internship Program will operate onsite only if we are able to gather indoors, masked but without social distancing in June 2021. Otherwise, the program will run virtually.
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