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Looking to get involved in your community?  Here are a list of volunteer/service opportunities that you can participate in the NYC area:

Description: After-school tutors volunteer once a week to provide homework help and lead workshops on kid-friendly topics like writing scary stories.
Location: 372 Fifth Ave between 5th and 6th Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn
Phone No: (718) 499 - 9884
Website: 826nyc.org
 
Ali Forney Center
Description: Teach at-risk LGBT youth résumé building and other essential skills during the center’s employment-placement program. 
Location: 224 West 35th St, 15th Floor
Phone No: (212) 222 - 3427


New York Needs YouDescription: Mentor Coaches collaborate one-on-one with students on projects like résumé-writing and interviewing, while Career Coaches serve on workshop panels, fill in for Mentor Coaches or give informational interviews. Have more than 15 years of professional experience in your field? Apply to be a Life Coach - they pitch in for a single session or on a periodic basis, sharing their advanced knowledge with larger groups. Location: 589 Eighth Ave between 38th and 39th Street Phone No: (212) 571 - 0202Website: newyorkneedsyou.org


Bushwick School for Music
Description: Each Sunday, volunteers and tweens and teens looking to rawk - take over Bushwick DIY fave Silent Barn for rehearsal sessions. The six-week course ends with a big show and even a recording session in a pro studio.
Location: 603 Bushwick Ave, Brooklyn New York
Website: bushwickschoolformusic.org


Women in Need
Description: WiN encompasses 10 shelters in the five boroughs, providing housing to mothers as well as about 2,600 children each night. Domestic violence counseling and drug and alcohol treatment programs are also available.
Phone No: (212) 695 - 4758
Website: winnyc.org


Bowery Mission
Description: Founded in 1879 on the original Skid Row, this venerable organization aims to transform the lives of homeless people caught in the cycle of poverty. In addition to providing the immediate needs of food, shelter and clothing, the Mission also offers recovery programs and a free medical clinic.
Phone No: 227 Bowery between Rivington and Stanton Street
Phone No: (212) 674 - 3456
Website: bowery.org


Build It Green! NYCDescription: Nonprofit program BIG!NYC takes basic recycling to new lengths, reducing city waste by selling low-cost, salvaged and surplus building material like scaffolding, tiling, panels and shutters, which would otherwise get dumped in a landfill. Keeping New York’s carbon footprint to a minimum is no easy task, but BIG!NYC holds volunteer days at which you can pitch in at one of the organization’s warehouses in Astoria and Gowanus. Tasks include breaking down materials, painting, sorting, inventory tagging, basic warehouse organization and some light retail duties. As an added perk, the group has been known to reward hard work with a pizza lunch or complimentary goody bag. Queens location: 3-17 26th Ave between 3rd and 4th Street, Astoria, Queens Phone No: (718) 777 - 0132 Brooklyn location: 69 9th St at Gowanus Canal, Gowanus, Brooklyn Phone No: (718) 725 - 8925Website: bignyc.org
 
Animal Haven
Description: Volunteers assist with a number of daily tasks, including feeding, handling and bathing the animals.
Location: 251 Centre St between Broome and Grand Street
Phone No: (212) 274 - 8511
Website: animalhavenshelter.org


NYU Langone Medical CenterDescription: The East Side institution regularly employs 1,000 volunteers to fill an array of positions, including acting as liaisons to patient visitors in the emergency department or post-anesthesia care unit. If you’re especially good with kids, you can also play with youngsters as a pediatric-patient recreation helper. Location: 400 E 34th St at First Ave Phone: (212) 263 - 6100Website: med.nyu.edu


Medicare Rights CenterDescription: Help seniors and people with disabilities obtain access to Medicare. Manning the national help line, which requires a four-day training stint and basic computer skills. Though people of all backgrounds are welcome to staff the phones, bilingual Spanish-English speakers are especially in demand. Other opportunities include assisting with administrative work, information technology, graphic design or marketing and communications materials at the office. Shifts are a minimum two to four hours per week, but the time slots are only on weekdays. Phone No: (800) 333 - 4114 Website: medicarerights.org

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  1. CoolKccStudentJune 5, 2017 at 12:39 AM

    i feel this is a good post because it's good to be out and adventurous with things that's are probably in your neighborhood listed here

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