Looking to get involved in your community?  Here are a list of volunteer/service opportunities that you can participate in the NYC area: 826NYC 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 Website: aliforneycenter.org New York Needs You Description: 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...

Fun Fact - Providing service enables individuals to obtain “physical and mental rewards” by focusing on others because it interrupts natural tension-producing patterns and stress. Service opportunities provide potential benefits to students , faculty , and the community . STUDENTS benefit academically, professionally, and personally. v   Allow you to gain professional experience and encourages civic responsibility v   Promote personal growth and self-esteem by making a difference v   Bring people together from diverse backgrounds to work toward a common goal   FACULTY also benefit personally and professionally by integrating service opportunities into courses. v   Boost course enrollment by attracting highly motivated and engaged students v   Promote active learning, add new insights and dimensions to class discussions by engaging with students who possess different learning styles v   Foster relationships and provides ...

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  People choose to volunteer for many reasons: some because they want to give something back to their community, others to make a difference within it. We decided to volunteer at the Center for Career Development as Career Peers because we wanted to become more involved on and off campus. Furthermore, we wanted to improve our job search skills. Not only did volunteering help us achieve our goals within the college, but we also got the chance to help a lot of students, as well as participate in many events and activities that made us grow. Before this opportunity, we lacked knowledge of resume composition, career exploration, interview skills, internship applications, dress codes for different occasions and general office duties. Now, after one year of hard work and consistency, we have improved our skills and learned so much. We want to be the example that can motivate other students like us to follow the same pattern we followed in our years in college.   Although volun...

Program Overview: The CUNY Service Corps will mobilize CUNY students, faculty and staff to work on projects that improve the short and long-term civic, economic and environmental sustainability of New York City and of its residents and communities. The program’s goals are three-fold: for students to make a meaningful difference through service while gaining valuable real-world work experience, earning a wage, and where appropriate, receiving college credit; for faculty members and staff, through their work with students in the program, to have additional opportunities to apply their expertise to addressing many of the city’s key challenges; and for residents, communities, and project sponsors to realize concrete benefits as a result of CUNY Service Corps projects. The program is organized around themes that represent both opportunity and need: A Healthier City: Corps members will address important community and public health issues, such as chronic disease management, childhood o...