2013 Guide to Community Service in New York

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Presenting TeenLife’s 2013 GUIDE TO COMMUNITY SERVICE in New York At TeenLife, we know that community service is a hot button for parents and students. It’s a requirement for graduating from many middle and high schools, and it’s closely tied to college admissions. At TeenLife, we also know that community service has the potential to be life-changing in more ways than one.

Students who get involved with an organization they are passionate about don’t just have something to put on their resumes and applications. They have the opportunity to make a true difference on a local, national, and even international scale. They can expand their horizons and gain satisfaction from doing something exciting and fulfilling.

We publish the TeenLife Guide to Community Service in New York so that parents and students can find the best outreach opportunities for teens. Flip through its pages, and parents and teens like you can easily find 150 non-profits in New York who need volunteers!

From working with a homeless shelter to using your voice at the legislative level, our guide lists a wide variety of non-profits in 12 different categories. Each listing includes a mission statement, minimum age requirement, and a link to learn more.

Not sure what to do to start volunteering? Look at our feature article by Liz Suneby for tips on identifying the right cause and volunteer role. Have an idea for your own non-profit? Read Simone Bernstein’s reflections on starting and running her own organization when she was 17!

TeenLife strongly encourages teen volunteering. We hope our comprehensive guide leads you to a world of unexplored opportunities. And please, let us know about your outreach work. We are always looking for teens who want to share their experiences “making a difference.” Send me an email, and we can feature your story on our site or in one of our upcoming guides, just like Nathan Press’ profile on page 20.

Enjoy!

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HARNESSING PASSION, TAKING ACTION: GETTING STARTED WITH COMMUNITY SERVICE The author highlights the many benefits of community service work and how teens can get started making a difference.

BY LIZ SUNEBY

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COMMUNITY SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS 8 Advocacy for a Cause 8 Aging With Dignity 10 Animal Rights & Rescue 10 Community Resources 12 Cultural Organizations 14 Health & Well-Being 17 Homelessness & Hunger 19 International Relief 21 People With Disabilities 21 Preserving the Environment 23 Promoting Volunteerism 24 Youth

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STUDENT PROFILE

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Nathan Press on the Dalton School’s Habitat for Humanity Campus Chapter.

Volunuteen Nation Founder Simone Bernstein talks about starting a non-profit when she was 17.

A HOMES FOR THE HOMELESS volunteer helps out at a shelter. See listing on page 18.

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INDEX

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ABOUT TEENLIFE

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TEENLIFE’S COMMUNITY SERVICE CHECKLIST

33 Community Service Organizations – Alphabetical 35 Community Service Organizations – By Location 37 Sponsors, Contributors, & Advertisers

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Recognition of Sponsors & Contributors to the 2013 TeenLife LIVE! Community Service Fair & Expo.

Check items off this list to maximize your impact!

Cover Photo: CITY YEAR corps members run after-school and leadership development programs. See listing on page 26.

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Getting Started with Community Service

By Liz Suneby

“NEV E R DO U BT T H AT A S MALL GROU P OF THOUGHTFUL, CO M M IT T E D C IT IZ E NS CAN CHANGE THE WORLD .

INDE E D, IT IS T H E ONLY THING THAT EVE R HAS. ” Margaret Mead, Anthropologist (1901 – 1978)

Jane Goodall’s ROOTS AND SHOOTS YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL members work with the Mystic River Watershed Association to learn about water quality testing during a river cleanup event.

WHY COMMIT TO COMMUNITY SERVICE? HELP OTHERS AND YOURSELF It’s true: when you reach out to your community, you’re not just making a difference for others. Community service projects have huge benefits for volunteers themselves.

Help Out: Whether you choose to focus on people, animals, or the environment, there are countless ways to make a difference. Below, you’ll see the variety of roles volunteers can play at non-profits. Organizations and their beneficiaries truly value the work of teens.

Get Started Down Your Career Path: Service gives you the chance to develop your leadership, communications, and interpersonal skills, as well as an overall sense of accomplishment. It broadens your worldview and even has the potential to introduce you to career choices.

Feel Better: As a busy student, it is easy to obsess about the very real pressures you face. But seeing firsthand the challenges others face and the ways people overcome their challenges provides valuable perspective for your own life.

A new perspective can also help you stress less.

At PROJECT SUNSHINE, teens do art projects with children and families facing medical challenges.

See listing on page 16.

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Stand Out to College Admissions Officers: In-depth service experiences make you a more multidimensional and interesting person and, consequently, a stronger candidate for acceptance. College admissions officers see through superficial involvement, so discover your philanthropic priorities and pursue them with passion.

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GETTING STARTED BY IDENTIFYING OPPORTUNITIES You can single-handedly improve the lives of others.

Consider the impact of helping an elderly neighbor who no longer can handle yard work, go grocery shopping, or do the laundry. Think of ways you could brighten the days of children in the hospital by helping make cards doing craft kits, or providing upbeat playlists. What impact could you have by providing essentials to families in need by donating books, school supplies, and clothing to a local shelter?

How might you contribute to a team of people working to save animals from extinction, curing genetic diseases, reversing global warming, or ensuring access to clean water? TeenLife has identified these categories of volunteer work: Advocacy for a Cause

Homelessness & Hunger

Animal Rights & Rescue

International Relief

Aging with Dignity

People With Disabilities

Community Resources

Preserving the Environment

Cultural Organizations

Promoting Volunteerism

Health & Well-Being

Youth

Come Up with the Best Service Ideas!

Whether you have no idea how to be of service or you want to narrow down a list of opportunities to pursue, starting with your own passions and interests can lead you to the right project.

As you begin to brainstorm, consider some of the following areas: Favorite school subjects: Math, art, biology, chemistry, environmental science, history, foreign languages, English…

Extracurricular interests: Acting, ceramics, band, chorus, dance, team or individual sports, student government, babysitting…

Hobbies/passions: Animals, biking, cooking, travel, crafts, camping, computers/electronics, gardening, movies, photography, yoga…

Universal issues: Education for girls, clean water, global warming, adoption, bullying, eating disorders, depression, domestic violence…

Not sure what you want to do? Think about your talents and activities. Connecting your passions to fixing problems in the world will lead you to ideas in the short term, and maybe even a lifelong commitment to social justice and service to others.

A HABITAT FOR HUMANITY - NEW YORK CITY volunteer paints the walls of a brand new home.

See listing on page 18.

Think about favorite academic subjects, after-school activities, or issues that you care deeply about. Is reading the way you like to relax? Is speaking Spanish how you like to converse? Does hiking bring you joy? What about making movies on your laptop? Are you happiest when you are playing the piano? Or kicking a soccer ball? Do you have a grandparent with Alzheimer’s disease? A friend with type 1 diabetes? Do you know someone serving overseas in the military? Take a look at the table above to start brainstorming.

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DECIDING HOW YOU WANT TO SPEND YOUR TIME

Clarify Community Service Graduation Requirements:

Once you’ve picked your cause, think about how you want to spend your time. Try to devote AT LEAST 10 hours of your time to one organization to have more impact. Consider opportunities right at your school, in your community, and/or a summer service opportunity in locations across the country and the world.

Be sure you are aware of all parameters, including:

• number of hours per year or in total

• approved activities

• approved organizations

• forms, signatures, and deadlines for submission

Participate in Outreach Activities: Depending on the opportunity, you can go alone, with a friend, as a group, or with a parent or other grown-up. You can work directly with the individuals the non-profit serves, help with administrative duties in the office, clean up or paint, or assist at special events.

Collect Goods for Donation: What do you have that you don’t need anymore, but someone else could use? You can donate your own stuff, or think about broadening your reach by collecting items from friends, neighbors, even stores to distribute to others in need.

Raise Funds: There are multiple ways to raise money for non-profits. You can donate your own money, organize a community fundraiser, or participate in a charity run/walk/ readathon and raise money through sponsorships.

Lend Your Social Media Skills: Do you already spend hours a day on social networks like Facebook and Tumblr?

Non-profits often need help spreading the word about their causes. If you think you could or want to be of help in this area, let volunteer coordinators know! It could turn into a “remote” volunteer position that would allow you to help change the world from the comfort of your own home!

PLANNING YOUR SERVICE WORK Identify Organizations to Support: How can you find national or local organizations that could benefit from your involvement? Start your research right here with the organizations listed in TeenLife’s 2013 Guide to Community Service. Also, speak to as many people as possible about organizations that they know of or are involved with that fit your interests, including your:

• guidance counselor

• teachers

• parents and other relatives

• neighbors

• clergy and lay leaders at your house of worship

• friends

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Create a Plan: Once you have ideas for what you’d like to do and potential organizations you would like to help, draft an action plan to organize your thinking. Include:

• a succinct overview of the service project

• objectives/goals

• names and contact information for people you

will need to work with

• required materials and approximate costs

• schedule, noting key milestones and dates

• success measurements, including how others and

you will benefit There you have it! Volunteering doesn’t have to be boring work you do just to satisfy graduation requirements or college admissions officers. Volunteering is about doing what’s best for the community and yourself at the same time, putting your passions to work, making a difference, and keeping track of it all. You can make it happen!

Liz Suneby is the author of books for children and teens, including The Mitzvah Project Book: Making Mitzvah Part of Your Bar/Bat Mitzvah…and Your Life, published by Jewish Lights, and the Children’s Choice award-winning, See What You Can Be: Explore Careers That Could Be For You.

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Non-Profit Organizations in New York rom working with sheltered animals to raising awareness for a cause that’s important to you, TeenLife is sure you can find your non-profit niche by reading through the listings in this guide. These non-profits have big jobs to do. They need—and are actively looking for—teen volunteers to help out in and around Boston!

So, go ahead. Flip through these pages. Choose the change-making organization you want to help strengthen, and start making a difference now!

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On site with NYC PARKS, volunteers tend to the City’s natural areas. See listing on page 23.

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COMMUNITY SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS

Advocacy for a Cause AIDS WALK NEW YORK In its 27 years, AIDS Walk New York has inspired nearly 845,000 people to walk and millions more to donate, raising more than $125 million to combat HIV and AIDS. Minimum Age for Volunteers: Below 12

AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION The American Lung Association is the leading organization working to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease through education, advocacy, and research.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 16

PEACE ACTION NEW YORK STATE (PANYS) Peace Action New York State is dedicated to promoting the non-violent resolution of conflict, the abolition of nuclear weapons, halting the global spread of conventional arms, building a human rights culture, and supporting human needs instead of militarism.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 16

CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION – NEW YORK CITY CHAPTER The Alzheimer’s Association is the largest national voluntary health organization dedicated to advancing research for the causes, treatments, and prevention of Alzheimer’s disease. As baby boomers enter the age of greatest risk, Alzheimer’s disease is becoming the leading public health crisis of the 21st century.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 16

AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY NEW YORK Together with millions of supporters, the American Cancer Society (ACS) saves lives and creates a world with less cancer and more birthdays by helping people stay well, helping people get well, by finding cures, and by fighting back.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 16

The mission of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is to cure and control cystic fibrosis, adding tomorrows every day to the lives of people with CF. Minimum Age for Volunteers: 14

GIRLS LEARN INTERNATIONALNEW YORK/NEW JERSEY Girls Learn International gives American students a voice in the movement for universal girls’ education. GLI pairs Chapters in U.S. middle and high schools with Partner Schools in countries where girls still lag behind boys in access to education.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 13

PROJECT HEAL Project HEAL: Help to Eat, Accept and Live, is a teen founded 501(c)3 non-profit organization. They raise money for people with eating disorders who are not able to afford treatment, and they help diminish the societal obsession with body image that contributes to eating disorders.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 14

Aging with Dignity THE CARTER BURDEN CENTER FOR THE AGING, INC.

Global Goods Partners is a dedicated to empowering women, alleviating poverty, and promoting social justice.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 15

The Carter Burden Center for the Aging, Inc. promotes the well-being of individuals 60 and older through a broad array of direct social services and volunteer programs oriented to individual, family, and community needs.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 16

LIFEBEAT

CITYMEALS-ON-WHEELS

LifeBeat is a non-profit that uses the power of music and the music industry to help educate young people about HIV/AIDS prevention.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 16

Citymeals-on-Wheels provides a continuous lifeline of nutritious food and human company to homebound elderly New Yorkers in need, thereby helping them to live with dignity in their own familiar homes and communities.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 16

GLOBAL GOODS PARTNERS

AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY RELAY FOR LIFE The American Cancer Society Relay for Life is an overnight relay race where groups of people camp out near racetracks through the night while at least one member of their team is walking or running the course at a given time. The event is held through the night as “Cancer never sleeps.” Teens can fundraise for and participate in this event to raise awareness and help fund programs for cancer patients and survivors.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 13

MASTERFUL KIDS Through a Certified Life and Career Coach, this organization helps students set and accomplish goals, be positive thinkers, and learn stress management techniques.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 12

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Teen volunteers sell fresh products at a famer’s market for EAST NEW YORK FARMS. See listing on page 17.

DOROT DOROT alleviates social isolation among the elderly and provides services to help them live independently as valued members of the community.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 14

ISABELLA GERIATRIC CENTER Isabella Geriatric Center provides quality care through diverse programs designed to promote health and independence within and beyond their walls.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 14

JEWISH ASSOCIATION FOR SERVICES FOR THE AGED (JASA) JASA’s mission is to sustain and enrich the lives of the aging in the New York metropolitan area so that they can remain in the community with dignity and autonomy. Volunteers enable JASA to offer a wide range of high-quality services through teaching classes and offering lectures at senior centers and building one-on-one relationships through friendly visiting programs.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 16

JEWISH HOME LIFECARE Jewish Home Lifecare provides healthcare services and assistance for elders. With more than 165 years of experience as a not-for-profit elder care system, Jewish Home Lifecare provides a broad spectrum of care and serves as a resource on concerns of aging for elders and caregivers.

Their 514-bed skilled nursing care facility is one of the nation’s pioneer long-term care and rehabilitation centers.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 12

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KATERI RESIDENCE

PAWS NY

The mission of the Kateri Residence is to provide loving care to all residents.

Residents treasure the companionship of people of all ages, abilities, and talents.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 14

PAWS mission is to promote the general health and well-being of underserved individuals through the provision of pet care assistance. They believe in the importance of the human-animal bond, and their goal is preserve that bond for individuals who are at risk of losing their pets during difficult times.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 14

SWEET READERS Sweet Readers enables adults with early stage Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and kids to discover each other, language, and the arts in exciting new ways! Their intimate intergenerational programs and in-depth trainings inspire a growing community of young people to open their hearts, realize the power of compassion, develop skills to advocate for those in need, and help scientists to end AD. Minimum Age for Volunteers: 13

A GO PROJECT summer intern smiles in front of her culminating project. See listing on page 26.

VISITING NEIGHBORS Visting Neighbor’s programs and services help seniors maintain their independence by connecting them to someone who cares.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 15

Animal Rights and Rescue BIDEAWEE Bideawee’s Mission is to promote and support safe, loving, long-term relationships between people and companion animals by providing a continuum of services and programs that are innovative, personalized, and of high quality.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: Below 12

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Community Resources BUDDIES OF NEW JERSEY, INC. Buddies of New Jersey (NJB), a nonprofit, community-based organization, is a resource center offering a network of support for people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS. Teenagers can help by assisting in their Food Pantry, collecting information online, updating databases, updating information in brochures, making phone calls, assembling safety kits, doing outreach in their schools, and helping with administrative and facility maintenance tasks.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 15

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THE CHURCH OF ST. LUKE IN THE FIELDS As a progressive Anglo-Catholic parish with a strong history of service to the poor and marginalized, St. Luke’s answers this call through outreach programs called St. Luke in the Fields.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 14

FILIPINO AMERICAN HUMAN SERVICES, INC. (FAHSI) Filipino American Human Services, Inc. (FAHSI) is a community-based, non-profit organization dedicated to serving the most vulnerable segments of the Filipino community of New York, particularly youth, women, recent immigrants, and the elderly.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 16

GREENWICH HOUSE

HOUR CHILDREN

The mission of Greenwich House is to help individuals and families lead more fulfilling lives by offering social and health services, cultural and educational programs, and opportunities for civic involvement to New Yorkers of all ages and backgrounds.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: Below 12

Since 1986, Hour Children has provided supportive services to incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women and their families.

Hour Children provides these mothers with a place to live and an opportunity for a new life.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 14

LENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE HARLEM CHILDREN’S ZONE (HCZ) Harlem Children’s Zone has offered education, social-service, and community-building programs to children and families since 1970. Harlem Children’s Zone encourages youth to create drives in their community to support HCZ. Minimum Age for Volunteers: 16

Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, widely recognized as one of New York’s premier nonprofit organizations, is a 118-year-old settlement house that provides an extensive array of effective and integrated social, educational, legal, health, housing, mental health, nutritional and fitness services which, each year, significantly improve the lives of 20,000 people in need, ages 3-103, on the East Side of Manhattan.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 15

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MATERIALS FOR THE ARTS Founded in 1978, Materials for the Arts, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, provides thousands of NYC’s arts and cultural organizations, public schools, and community arts programs with the supplies they need to run and expand their programs.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 16

ROOM TO GROW Room to Grow is a non-profit organization dedicated to enriching the lives of babies born into poverty throughout their critical first three years of development. Room to Grow is always looking for volunteers to sort and organize donations of baby clothing, toys, books and other essentials.

Volunteers can also organize a Donation Drive and help families raising babies in poverty. Collecting infant and toddler items in excellent condition can help give a child a secure start.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 13

SID JACOBSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center is dedicated to serving community wellness in every aspect, regardless of age or ability. The agency promotes physical health through its cutting edge health and wellness center, while also providing for emotional and spiritual health through a variety of divorce, bereavement, and cancer support groups, and Jewish programming with their own staff Rabbi.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 16

TUESDAY’S CHILDREN Tuesday’s Children is a non-profit family service organization that has made a longterm commitment to every individual impacted by the events of September 11, 2001 and more recently those who have been impacted by terrorist incidents worldwide.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 14

UNION SETTLEMENT ASSOCIATION Union Settlement Association works with and for the predominantly immigrant community of East Harlem. The association provides effective programs in education, childcare, youth development, senior services, job training, the arts, nutrition, counseling, and community development.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 16

SUNNYSIDE COMMUNITY SERVICES Sunnyside Community Services strengthens their community by providing a continuum of vital services and activities that enrich the lives of individuals of all ages. Their vision is to be a pioneer in the provision of integrated services that address the complex and changing needs of the community.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 17

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UNITED WAY For more than 70 years, United Way of New York City has been working for lowincome New Yorkers. Their vision is a city in which all New Yorkers are able to achieve income stability, educational success, and good health.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 16

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Two volunteers at the Big Toy Book event for KIDS IN DISTRESSED SITUATIONS (K.I.D.S.). See listing on page 27.

Cultural Organizations AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY The American Museum for Natural History’s mission is to discover, interpret, and disseminate knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 16

BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY Brooklyn Public Library serves the borough’s 2.5 million residents, offering thousands of public programs, millions of books, and use of more than 1,100 free Internet-accessible computers.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 14

EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO El Museo del Barrio welcomes visitors of all backgrounds to discover the artistic and cultural landscape of the Caribbean and Latin America.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 14

COMMUNITY SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS

GARDEN STATE FILM FESTIVAL

LOUIS ARMSTRONG HOUSE MUSEUM

NEW YORK HALL OF SCIENCE (NYSCI)

The Garden State Film Festival was founded to promote the art of filmmaking on all levels by showcasing a wide variety of film, video, and animated works, and by providing community members educational programs led by industry leaders in the creative arts.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 15

The Louis Armstrong House Museum, a National Historic Landmark and a New York City landmark, is a member of the American Association of Museums, the Association of African American Museums, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the Metropolitan Historic Structures Association. The museum is also a constituent of the Kupferberg Center for the Arts at Queens College.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 17

The mission of the New Your Hall of Science is to convey the excitement and understanding of science and technology to children, families, teachers, and others by galvanizing their curiosity and offering them creative, participatory ways to learn.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 14

HISTORIC SPEEDWELL Historic Speedwell, a history museum located in Morristown, NJ, preserves and interprets information and artifacts relating to the domestic and industrial life of Stephen Vail (1780-1864) and his family, the Speedwell Ironworks, and the perfection of the telegraph.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 15

MOUNT VERNON HOTEL MUSEUM Constructed in 1799 as a carriage house and converted into a hotel in 1826, the Museum transports the visitor back to the Mount Vernon Hotel, a country escape for New Yorkers living in the crowded city at the southern tip of Manhattan.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 14

NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY The New York Historical Society, one of America’s pre-eminent cultural institutions, is dedicated to fostering research, presenting history and art exhibitions, and providing public programs that reveal the dynamism of history and its influence on the world of today.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 14

Volunteers from around New York come together to plant trees during a STUDENTS FOR SERVICE outing.

See listing on page 24.

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AMERICAN RED CROSS GREATER NEW YORK The American Red Cross Of New York’s Youth Program is represented by Red Cross Clubs organized at high schools throughout Greater New York. The program provides young people between the ages of 14 and 18 with meaningful opportunities to serve their communities and to develop valuable leadership skills.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 14

AMERICAN RED CROSS METRO NEW YORK NORTH Serving Greenwich, CT, Westchester County, Rockland County, Putnam County, Orange County, and Sullivan County, the Metro New York North Chapter’s Youth Program is represented

by Red Cross Clubs organized at high schools throughout Greater New York.

The program provides young people between the ages of 13 and 18 with meaningful opportunities to serve their communities and to develop valuable leadership skills.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 13

BIDEAWEE volunteers make a blanket for a deserving pet.

See listing on page 10.

NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY The mission of The New York Public Library is to inspire lifelong learning, advance knowledge, and strengthen their communities.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 14

AMERICAN RED CROSS ON LONG ISLAND SOUTH STREET SEAPORT MUSEUM South Street Seaport Museum seeks to ensure that everyone has an awareness of the important role the South Street Seaport area has played, and has access to the ships and buildings that helped create New York City.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 15

Health and Well Being NY ARTISTS UNLIMITED, INC. NY Artists Unlimited, Inc., founded in 1982, is dedicated to taking professional theatre to underserved audiences.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 14

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THE ACTIVE CITIZENS PROJECT (ACP) The Active Citizens Project mission is to support new modes of public thought and social action that increase opportunities for everyday people to pursue their mutual well-being.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 16

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Red Cross Clubs are organized in high schools throughout Long Island.

The program provides young people between the ages of 14 and 18 with meaningful opportunities to serve their communities and to develop valuable leadership skills. Red Cross Club members are able to engage in programs that are both educational and enriching, fundraising activities, events, and potential scholarships. The members are entered into their volunteer database system, which allows them to receive regular communication and updates that are occurring with the American Red Cross.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 14

BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER Beth Israel Medical Center is a premier healthcare provider in New York City with the mission of creating a compassionate healing environment for its patients and their families.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 15

CHEMO COMFORT, INC. Chemo Comfort, Inc.’s mission mission is making life easier and more comfortable for the cancer patient undergoing chemotherapy. They provide resources that enable cancer patients to take positive, comforting measures for themselves, thereby empowering patients at a time when so much feels out of their control.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 14

CONEY ISLAND HOSPITAL The mission of Coney Island Hospital is to serve the communities of southern Brooklyn by providing high quality, safe, and cost effective health care services in a courteous, compassionate, and respectful way, regardless of ability to pay.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 14

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DIFFA Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS (DIFFA) is one of the country’s largest supporters of direct care for people living with HIV/AIDS and preventive education for those at risk.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 17

ELMHURST HOSPITAL CENTER Elmhurst Hospital Center, a community hospital located in the heart of Queens, has a long history of delivering firstrate, comprehensive and compassionate healthcare services. Ensuring access to high-quality, affordable health care is their top priority.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 16

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HARLEM HOSPITAL CENTER

NEW YORK OPEN CENTER

SMILE TRAIN

Each year hundreds of volunteers donate hours of service to the hospital. The ways in which volunteers give of their time and talents are endless. Some even create unique programs, using their own special skills and interests.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 16

The New York Open Center offers all aspects of holistic learning in one urban location. In this way, one does not have to “retreat” from one’s life to get the benefits of a mind, body, and spiritual education.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 16

Smile train’s mission is to provide a child born with a cleft the same opportunities in life as a child born without a cleft. Teens can help change the world one smile at a time. Support Smile Train by organizing a special fundraiser. Whether it’s for your birthday, your class, your church group, or because you want to help anyway you can, use your imagination and get ready to have fun helping children with a cleft!

Minimum Age for Volunteers: Below 12

LENOX HILL HOSPITAL The mission of Lenox Hill Hospital is to deliver outstanding healthcare with compassion and respect, to promote wellness in their communities, and to advance the field of medicine through education and research.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 14

MORGAN STANLEY CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN New York Presbyterian provides comprehensive medical services to residents of New York and beyond.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 14

MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER The Mount Sinai Medical Center mission is to provide excellence in patient care, education, and research.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 15

NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER New York Blood Center collects, processes, and distributes blood products from blood donors for transfusion to patients in area hospitals. Their mission is to serve their community by providing the highest quality in blood and stem cell products, donor and patient medical services, and innovative research.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 16

OPEN DOOR FAMILY MEDICAL CENTERS Open Door Family Medical Centers is a non-profit community health organization providing quality health care and human services at affordable prices to the Westchester community, particularly low-income, under-served residents and those lacking access to healthcare.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 14

Summer Streets provides more space for healthy recreation and is a part of NYC’s greening initiative by encouraging New Yorkers to use more sustainable forms of transportation.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 12

PROJECT SUNSHINE Project Sunshine is a non-profit organization that provides free educational, recreational, and social programs to children and families living with medical challenges.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 12

RIDGEWOOD YMCA The Ridgewood YMCA mission is to put Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind, and body for all. They have plenty of programs here for teens to volunteer in including, but not limited to, youth sports, arts and family life, camps, and swimming.

They also have a Teen Leaders Club during the school year which is a supervised group that meets twice monthly and commits to community service projects in the YMCA and out in the community!

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 12

SUSAN G. KOMEN FOR THE CURE GREATER NYC AFFILIATE Because 10 million women around the world could die from breast cancer in the next 25 years without the cure, Susan G. Komen for the Cure is fighting every minute of every day to save every life.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 12

TALKONDIABETES FOUNDATION TalkOnDiabetes Foundation’s mission is to spread awareness about diabetes and to help improve the lives of those afflicted and influenced, one life at a time.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 16

VILLAGECARE OF NY - URBAN VILLAGE SENIOR PROGRAMS SEA VIEW HOSPITAL REHABILITATION CENTER AND HOME Sea View Hospital and Rehabilitation Center and Home is a 304-bed long-term care facility located in Staten Island’s lush Greenbelt.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 15

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VillageCare is a community-based, notfor-profit organization serving persons living with HIV/AIDS, seniors, and individuals in need of continuing care and rehabilitation services.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 15

COMMUNITY SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS

WORLD CARES CENTER

CONCOURSE HOUSE

World Cares Center’s mission is to foster locally led, sustainable disaster preparedness, response, and recovery initiatives within communities worldwide. Their focus is grassroots, and supports local community members as resilient first responders.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 16

Concourse House, Home for Women and their Children, works to eliminate homelessness by providing families with safe, stable, transitional housing. Concourse House works with the families to break the cycle of poverty by providing a variety of social services and interactive programs that promote growth and independence.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 15

Homeless and Hunger BRIDGES OUTREACH

EAST NEW YORK FARMS

Bridges Outreach began in 1988 with just one suburban couple. Today, Bridges outreach includes over 1,500 kind and caring volunteers delivering over 100,000 bagged brown lunches, 40,000 breakfast bags, and tons of clothing, toiletries and other necessities each year. Students can go out on outreach trips, make brown bag lunches, do a seasonal clothing drive or do a toiletry drive. Bridges Outreach also needs High School students to help chaperone the day trips we do with shelter children from Newark over the summer.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 16

The mission of East New York Farms is to organize youth and adults to address food justice in the community by promoting local, sustainable agriculture and community-led economic development. East New York Farms is a project of the United Community Centers in partnership with local residents.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 13

Teen volunteers at WORLD CARES CENTER participate in educational activities related to disaster response. See listing on this page.

EDUCATION ALLIANCE The Educational Alliance is a communitybased organization offering a wide range of programs that integrate education, social services, arts, and recreation throughout Downtown Manhattan. They strive to nourish the total person, strengthen family connections, and build inclusive communities.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 17

FEEDING NYC Feeding NYC volunteers pack and deliver complete Thanksgiving meals to families in need throughout New York City. Operating for over ten years, they have delivered more than 20,000 meals.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 13

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Second Chances For College A better chance to succeed in college . . . through The Bridge program for high school graduates or fifth-year seniors ages 18 –20.

• Complete transition support for those entering or re-entering college • Options include Residential, Commuter and Independent Phases • Academic advising, transcript repair and admissions guidance • Therapeutic counseling and recovery support • Help with social and independent living skills • Option of luxury student housing off campus

“The Bridge” is a program of The Family Foundation School, a private therapeutic boarding school for at-risk youth.

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HABCORE, INC. HABcore, Inc. is a not-for-profit corporation in Monmouth County, New Jersey devoted to providing housing and supportive services in a family-like setting to low income persons and those who are homeless, disabled, or unable to care for themselves. HABcore helps disenfranchised people develop lives of dignity and meaning.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 16

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY – NEW YORK CITY

Accredited by The Joint Commission and the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. Charter member: National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs. Member: Association of Recovery Schools. The Family Foundation School is a private, New York State registered boarding school situated on a scenic 150-acre campus in the western Catskills.

Habitat for Humanity – New York City transforms lives and the city by building quality homes for families in need in the five boroughs of New York City and by uniting all New Yorkers around the cause of affordable housing. Their goal is to ensure that every New Yorker has a decent, affordable home, by creating a social movement to end the housing crisis plaguing New York City.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 16

Wildlife Ecology Research

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Iris Maclean, MS, Assistant Dean of Admissions 431 Chapel Hill Road, Hancock, NY 13783 Phone: 845-887-5213 Cell 607-206-2601 imaclean@thefamilyschool.com www.thefamilyschool.com Accredited by The Joint Commission

Where students learn ecology through hands-on research

Wildlife Ecology Research is a residental program of the Huyck Preserve and Biological Research Station in upstate New York.

Students are introduced to a diverse array of wildlife and research techniques by ecologists from around the country. The program culminates in small group research projects students develop and implement from hypothesis to final paper.

Open to rising junior and senior high school students Session I: June 30-July 21 Session II: July 28- August 18

Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen’s mission is to feed the hungry, comfort the afflicted, seek justice for the homeless, and provide a sense of hope and opportunity to those in need.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 14

HOMES FOR THE HOMELESS The mission of Homes for the Homeless is to provide homeless families with the opportunities and support necessary to move out of shelter and live independently. Homes for the Homeless has adopted a family-based, child-centered, education-focused approach to all its programs and services.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 15

NEW YORK CITY RESCUE MISSION The objective of the New York City Rescue Mission (NYCRM) is to provide spiritual hope, food, clothing, and shelter to people in crisis in New York City.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 14

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OVERCOMING-LOVE MINISTRIES, INC. Overcoming-Love Ministries’ mission is to provide services, programs, and support that will meet the mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual needs of anyone in need of or desiring assistance.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 16

THE PARTNERSHIP FOR THE HOMELESS The goal of The Partnership for the Homeless is to prevent and end urban homelessness by developing replicable, evidence-based programs using rigorous research to investigate how both personal circumstances and systemic barriers interact to cause homelessness.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 12

PART OF THE SOLUTION (POTS) The mission of Part of the Solution (POTS) is to be a loving community in the Bronx that nourishes the basic needs and hungers of all who come to their door.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 14

SALVATION ARMY The Salvation Army serves people seeking the basic necessities of life: food, shelter, and warmth. As an international movement, it is an evangelical part of the universal Christian Church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 16

YORKVILLE COMMON PANTRY (YCP) Yorkville Common Pantry distributes nutritious groceries to low-income families and serves hot meals through its Project Dignity programs. Volunteers are an important part of the YCP team. Six days a week, volunteers help pack and distribute nutritious groceries to low-income families or serve hot meals through the Project Dignity programs.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 14

AMERICAN RED CROSS events and programs give teens valuable ways to serve their communities and learn leadership skills.

See listings on page 14.

International Relief HELPING HANDS RELIEF FOUNDATION Helping Hands Relief Foundation (HHRF) is a non-profit led by volunteers whose passion is to create real and lasting change for people in need in the United States and around the world.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 16

KULANU, INC Kulanu, Inc. is a non-profit organization supporting isolated and emerging Jewish communities around the world, many of whom have long been disconnected from the worldwide Jewish community.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: Below 12

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STUDENT PROFILE

In His Own Words

Nathan Press on site in Boston for HABITAT FOR HUMANITY - NEW YORK CITY. See listing on page 18.

NATHAN PRESS

Jill with David Coman-Hidy, Director of Campaigns for The Humane League.

Photo Credit: Anand Mehta, Visual Image Group Nathan Press wasImpact looking for a way to

make a real difference, and he found that opportunity with his school’s Habitat for Humanity chapter. We asked Nathan about his experience, what he’s learned, and the impact his outreach work has had on his plans for the future. Read on to find out how volunteering can have an impact on your life, outlook, and goals.

Tell us about your involvement with Habitat for Humanity.

Since I began high school at The Dalton School in Manhattan, I have been involved in Dalton’s Habitat for Humanity Campus Chapter. The Chapter is an official (but autonomous) organization under Habitat for Humanity International’s youth service programs, and is partnered and overseen by the Habitat-NYC local affiliate. Although I discovered Habitat and the Chapter as a (rather timid) freshman, throughout the last two years I have become involved in the leadership and organizational structure of the Chapter, and this year am serving as Vice President. In addition, over the summer of 2012, I secured an internship at Habitat-NYC, where I worked on school-related projects, Habitat-NYC projects, and inter-school initiatives.

Tell us a little bit about the program and its mission.

It is hard to do the Chapter justice in attempting to describe in words what it is that we exactly do. But at the end of the day, the genuine and fundamental goal of revitalizing neighborhoods by alleviating substandard housing—one nail, floorboard and drywall panel at a time—is held at the heart of its work.

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NATHAN PRESS What types of projects have you worked on?

Over the course of the last couple years, I have individually organized and participated in many projects ranging from building to outreach. One of the Chapter’s primary goals during the second semester last year became expanding Habitat’s mission into other New York-area high schools.

During the semester, I helped lead a couple Dalton Chapter delegations to schools like Collegiate, Trinity, and Monsignor Farrell (in Staten Island) with an eye on laying the foundation for an organizationally developed official Campus Chapter.

Partly as a result of this outreach work, all three of these schools now have Habitat clubs, and will soon move into the chapter establishment process with Habitat International.

How has volunteering shaped your future goals in school and life moving forward?

Most directly, my work with Habitat has made me want to continue and incorporate my service—with both Habitat and through other initiatives—into college and my career. I have always been very interested in public service, and the influence of Habitat has helped shape this interest with an emphasis on community service. I can’t say that heading into high school I had a strong or organized sense of how I might want to pursue community service later in my life, but now I have a concrete goal and conviction to incorporate active fundraising and volunteering into whatever career path I take.

Any advice for other teen volunteers looking for a rewarding and fulfilling opportunity?

Taking on a plethora of community service opportunities while trying to decide how to craft a fulfilling experience can be an intimidating task; but I always say, jump right into something hands-on, feet-first! At any number of organizations—from Habitat to the Red Cross to educational programs and everything else—beginning with volunteer work is the best way to gain exposure to the various opportunities these organizations have to offer for teens. I didn’t start my work with Habitat by interning at the affiliate or advocating in Washington D.C. I began on a construction site in Brooklyn, where I met a couple college kids who had started a Chapter of their own and recommended that I develop mine at Dalton.

COMMUNITY SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS

MICROFINANCE: FONKOZE, ACCION, WAM & ZAWADI Micro-finance represents: Opportunity, Empowerment, Entrepreneurship & Hope and it consists of small loans and training that help millions – especially women – ‘work’ their way out of poverty and change not only their own lives, but also those of their family and communities. Be an AMBASSADOR for the microfinance movement in your school. Organize your school’s micro-finance Club.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 16

SAHARA REPORTERS Sahara Reporters is an online community of international reporters and social advocates dedicated to bringing you commentaries, features, and news reports from a Nigerian-African perspective.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 16

GALLOPNYC The GallopNYC mission is to improve the lives of children and adults facing developmental, emotional, social, and physical challenges through the benefits of therapeutic horseback riding.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 16

HAPPY TROTTERS Located in North Salem, NY, Happy Trotters provides service to children in the Westchester area and Western Connecticut.

Hippotherapy allows therapists – physical, occupational, and speech therapists – to utilize the horse’s natural movement and disposition as part of an integrated intervention program to achieve functional goals.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 16

THE JEWISH GUILD FOR THE BLIND WORLD CONNECT World Connect improves the lives of women and children in the developing world by empowering local leaders to drive change in their communities, impacting health, education, economic opportunity, and the environment. In the process, World Connect inspires young Americans to think and act globally and philanthropically by engaging them in partnerships and projects.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 12

VISIONS/SERVICES FOR THE BLIND & VISUALLY IMPAIRED VISIONS/Services for the Blind & Visually Impaired promotes the independence of people of all ages who are blind.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 16

Preserving the Environment THE BATTERY CONSERVANCY The Battery Conservancy was created in 1994 to rebuild and revitalize The Battery, the 25-acre public park at the southern tip of Manhattan, and its major landmark, Castle Clinton National Monument.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 15

CENTRAL PARK CONSERVANCY

The Jewish Guild for the Blind serves persons of all ages who are visually impaired.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 14

The mission of the Central Park Conservancy is to restore, manage, and enhance Central Park in partnership with the public.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 14

MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA

FRIENDS OF VAN CORTLANDT PARK

The Multiple Sclerosis Association of America is a national non-profit organization whose mission is to enrich the quality of life for everyone affected by multiple sclerosis.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: Below 12

The Friends of Van Cortlandt Park, working in partnership with the Parks Department, is committed to supporting the conservation and improvement of Van Cortlandt Park.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 16

PROJECT HAPPY AT HUNTER COLLEGE

GOVERNORS ISLAND ALLIANCE

People with Disabilities CRUTCHES 4 KIDS Crutches 4 Kids’ mission is to provide crutches to children in need around the world! Volunteers like you are central to the success of collecting thousands of crutches that are sitting unused in people’s homes!

Every crutch collected will transform a child’s life, enabling them to move beyond their boundaries with safety, mobility, and comfort.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: Below 12

Project HAPPY’s mission is to help improve the well-being of New York City’s children, youth, and young adults with disabilities by providing them with the opportunity to participate in and be successful with individual and team sports and recreational activities.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 13

The Governors Island Alliance works to celebrate the Island’s history, create memorable parks and public spaces, and ensure appropriate reuse of the Island and its historic structures. Since 1995, the GIA has worked to return the Island to the people of NY. Minimum Age for Volunteers: 14

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GREENBELT CONSERVANCY, INC. Greenbelt Conservancy, Inc.’s mission is to promote, sustain, and enhance Staten Island’s 2,800-acre Greenbelt through education, recreation, conservation, and research. The Greenbelt works in partnership with New York City Parks.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 16

MILLIONTREESNYC MillionTreesNYC, one of the 132 PlanNYC initiatives, is a citywide, public-private program with an ambitious goal: to plant and care for one million new trees across the City’s five boroughs by 2017. By planting one million trees, New York City can increase its urban forest—its most valuable environmental asset made up of street trees, park trees, and trees on public, private and commercial land—by an astounding 20%, while achieving the many quality-of-life benefits that come with planting trees.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: under 12

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE The National Park Services of New York cater to 10 National Parks with 22 unique destinations in New York City and northern New Jersey.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 15

NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN

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The New York Botanical Garden is an advocate for the plant kingdom. The Garden pursues its mission through its role as a museum of living plant collections arranged in gardens and landscapes across its National Historic Landmark site.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 14

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NYC PARKS Out of the approximately 29,000 acres of land managed by NYC Parks, 10,000 acres are comprised of forests, wetlands, and grasslands. These natural areas are crucial resources for the city’s ecological and public health: thriving natural spaces not only preserve biological diversity, but also play a critical role in cleaning the air and water.

Natural Areas Volunteers (NAVigators) is a new service program that recruits, trains, and supports volunteers for a variety of ecological projects across the city.

NAVigators are also helping to establish New York City as a global destination for environmental service projects.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: Below 12

RIVERSIDE PARK FUND Founded in 1986 by a small group of community activists, today Riverside Park Fund is a strong non-profit partner with both the City and the community in conserving, improving, and beautifying Riverside Park’s 330 acres.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 15

Promoting Volunteerism COMMON CENTS Common Cents is an educational, notfor-profit organization, which specializes in creating and managing service-learning programs for young people.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: Below 12

DOSOMETHING.ORG DoSomething.org encourages young people to create their own vision for making a difference in their community and provides them with the resources to do so. DoSomething.org is one of the largest organizations in the United States that helps young people rock causes they care about and a driving force in creating a culture of volunteerism. DoSomething.org inspires, empowers, and celebrates a generation of doers: teenagers who recognize the need to do something, believe in their ability to get it done, and then take action. Start a Do Something Club with at least 4 friends who share your passion to make a difference.

Take action all year through Do Something’s campaigns and your own projects. Find a volunteer opportunity that fits your needs.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: Below 12

GLOBAL POTENTIAL Global Potential provides youth from lowincome communities with the necessary skills to affect positive change in their lives, communities, and the global community through engagement in leadership training, service learning, an international cultural exchange, and social entrepreneurship. The organization gives them an unprecedented opportunity to go through a training program at their high school and gain specific employment and life skills, receive mentoring and leadership training, and then travel to live and volunteer in a rural village in a developing country for 6 weeks. The participants then take their new knowledge and confidence back into their local communities and use social entrepreneurship models to implement action plans for projects that they have created.

They thus become advocates and catalysts for social change in their own communities. The lasting purpose of our program, beyond equipping youth with life skills, job readiness, and global awareness, is to enable them to interact across cultures, and develop enterprising solutions to community needs.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 14

As part of outreach for SWEET READERS, volunteers read with a woman who has early stage Alzheimer’s Disease. See listing on page 10.

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JERSEY CARES Jersey Cares, a non-profit organization established in 1993, recruits and engages volunteers in rewarding, effective efforts that address community-identified needs.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: Below 12

KARIMU INTERNATIONAL HELP FOUNDATION Karimu International Help Foundaion provides funds to schools and other community projects enhancing the well-being of rural villages in the developing world.

Every year the Founders of Karimu, Don Stoll and Marianne Kent-Stoll, bring volunteers to the village so they can learn about Tanzanian culture, share in village life, and participate in school renovation. Volunteers spend eleven days in the village and three days on safari. In addition to community service hours, students can earn college credit through California State University Long Beach.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 15

NEW YORK CARES New York Cares is now the city’s largest volunteer organization, running volunteer programs for 1,200 non-profits, city agencies, and public schools.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 17

VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT CENTERS (VMC) VMC’s mission is to purposefully connect volunteers and organizations to meet our community needs.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 14

Youth THE AFTER-SCHOOL CORPORATION (TASC) The After-School Corporation (TASC) works in New York, New Orleans, Baltimore, and the nation to change public policy and direct sustainable public funding to support expanded learning opportunities for all kids.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 16

ALL STARS PROJECT, INC. The All Stars Project, Inc. (The ASP) is dedicated to promoting human development through the use of an innovative performance-based model. The ASP creates outside-of-school, educational and performing arts activities for thousands of poor and minority young people.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 16

AMERICAN CAMP ASSOCIATION – NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY STUDENTS FOR SERVICE Students for Service partners with local non-profits to create service learning programs for teens from across New York City that offer multiple engagements with and deep connections to social causes. They believe that, by engaging in service together, youth from widely diverse backgrounds will gain tolerance and understanding of one another, learn to work together for the good of the community, and develop a lifelong commitment to civic engagement.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 14

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American Camp Association – New York and New Jersey has a lot of ways campers volunteer in the community. Summer camps do quite a bit of community service, and service learning is an important type of experiential learning found at camp.

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ARTS HORIZONS Arts Horizons is a premier not-for-profit arts-in-education organization that provides live professional performances and artist-in-residence programs to students and professional development for teachers throughout the entire tri-state region.

Volunteer opportunities include designing postcards, flyers and invitations; online research; filing; clerical work; mailings; creating excel worksheets for the finance department; assistance with software installation; and database updating.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 15

ASSOCIATION TO BENEFIT CHILDREN (ABC) The Association to Benefit Children (ABC) was created to amplify the voices of defenseless children by combating the debilitating effects of poverty and championing the right of every child to a joyful and nurturing childhood.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 14

BED STUY’S PROJECT RE-GENERATION The mission of Bed Stuy’s Project ReGeneration is to see every teen leave high school in a cap and gown with the attitude that failure is not an option. They are a full-service youth community organization that provides employment and volunteer opportunities for teens. They provide services through their cleaning/maintenance “Foot Soldiers” program and recruit volunteers for their Community Pride Day special event and various other events that they host throughout the year.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 14

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BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF NORTHERN WESTCHESTER The Boys and Girls Club of Northern Westchester provides a safe and positive environment for kids, and gives them a wide variety of high quality programming on a daily basis.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 15

CHILD EDUCATION INTERNATIONAL

THE CHILDREN’S STOREFRONT

Child Education International believes if poor, rural children worldwide have access to comprehensive secondary education that is both economically and environmentally sustainable, and if their families have access to high quality health services, then economic and community growth will be stimulated, helping to alleviate the cycle of poverty in developing communities.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 14

The Children’s Storefront is an independent, tuition-free school in Harlem committed to providing comprehensive education to children. Their work is grounded in the conviction that every child deserves the opportunity for an excellent education.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 14

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CITYSCIENCE

Breakthrough New York is a six-year college access program committed to getting high-potential, low-income students to four-year colleges. Their unique model maximizes the interests and passions of high school and college students who are hired to serve as tutors and teachers in their school year and summer programs.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 16

CityScience is committed to raising the quality of science education and supporting environmental stewardship. By using the natural and built environments of cities as laboratories for active learning, they transform teaching to make science relevant and engaging for PreK-12 students.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 14

THE CHILDREN’S HOME The mission of The Children’s Home is to provide professional therapeutic and supportive services that help children and their families to become productive members of society.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 13

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CITY YEAR City Year is an education-focused, non-profit organization that unites young people of all backgrounds for a year of full-time service to keep students in school and on track to graduation. At City Year’s 24 urban locations across the United States and two international affiliates, teams of highly-trained corps members serve fulltime in schools as tutors, mentors and role models.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 17

EAST HARLEM TUTORIAL PROGRAM Founded in 1958, East Harlem Tutorial Program prepares students with the academic skills, strength of character, and emotional well-being to excel in high school and college, to lead in their communities, and to realize their best possible selves.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 14

FRESH YOUTH INITIATIVES (FYI) The mission of Fresh Youth Initiatives is to support and encourage the efforts of young people in Washington Heights and Inwood. FYI allows youth to design and carry out community service projects, develop leadership skills, fulfill their potential, and realize their dreams.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: Below 12

FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN NY Friends of the Children NY is a unique early intervention program dedicated to helping New York City’s most at-risk children become productive, contributing members of their community. They accomplish this by employing full-time youth advocates, called Friends, to work one-on-one with Achievers beginning in kindergarten and maintaining that relationship through high school graduation. Their goal is to get 100% of Achievers to graduate from high school with a plan for their future, having avoided the juvenile justice system and having put off parenthood until adulthood.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 17

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Ruby Zatz has reason to smile at the end of a crutches collection benefitting CRUTCHES 4 KIDS. See listing on page 21.

GALLI THEATER

HARLEM RBI PROGRAM

The mission of Galli Theater is to bring original fairytales and their age-old messages to all children, and to allow children to express themselves through various characters and theatrical experiences.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 16

Harlem RBI provides inner-city youth with opportunities to play, learn, and grow. They use the power of teams to coach, teach, and inspire youth to recognize their potential and realize their dreams.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 15

THE GARDEN OF JOY

IN THE KNOW TUTORING BENEFITTING PLAY FOR GRADES

The mission of The Garden of Joy is to teach inner city kids the benefits of nutrition through gardening, cooking classes, and other programs.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 16

In The Know Tutoring has partnered with Manhattan Youth Baseball to offer free tutoring to underprivileged boys in the Play for Grades scholarship program. In The Know Tutoring is looking for volunteers to tutor these boys.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 16

GO PROJECT The GO Project shapes the futures of low-income New York City public school children by providing critical academic, social, and emotional support starting in the early elementary years.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 14

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THE ITOLD4 PROJECT The iTold4 Project works to educate children about how to prevent Noise Induced Hearing Loss.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 12

COMMUNITY SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS

KIDS IN DISTRESSED SITUATIONS, INC. (K.I.D.S.) Kids in Distressed Situations (K.I.D.S.) is a unique is unique in that it’s a non-profit organization that provides brand new products—much needed items like clothing, shoes, books, baby essentials, home goods and so much more—through a network of partner agencies throughout the country.

High School and college students can join their Student Ambassador program.

K.I.D.S. Student Ambassadors dedicate themselves to promoting K.I.D.S.’ mission and improving the lives of thousands of children and families. If you are highly motivated, organized and someone who truly wants to make a difference for those in need, K.I.D.S. wants you to represent them in your school and your community.

For those young people not yet in high school they have another ”get involved” project: Kids for K.I.D.S. allows teens who, with their friends or brownie troop or classrooms to implement a FUNdraiser or a new product drive.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: Under 12

MEDIA 4 HUMANITY Media 4 Humanity is committed to brightening the lives of children at the risk of being trafficked in the United States. As a group of media professionals and students combating national child slavers, the organization’s primary goal is achieved through several self-esteem building initiatives.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 14

PENCILS OF PROMISE

SHE’S THE FIRST

Pencils of Promise focuses on building strong structures and sustainable education programs. By forming long lasting, collaborative relationships with communities, Pencils of Promise increases access to quality education and positively impacts students and parents in high-need communities.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 13

She’s the First fosters leadership skills in the Millennial generation by encouraging them to fundraise creatively for girls’ sponsorships in the developing world.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: Below 12

STOKED READING PARTNERS Reading Partners’ mission is to expand the life opportunities of children in low-income communities by empowering them with strong literacy skills. A child’s third grade reading scores can predict with 70% accuracy the likelihood they will graduate from high school. Early literacy impacts all aspects of a child’s life from academic performance across subject areas to selfconfidence and enthusiasm for learning.

Reading Partners provides an opportunity and a space for volunteers from the community to give a fraction of their time each week to tutor an elementary school student one-on-one in reading using a structured and easy-to-follow curriculum. With just one hour a week, volunteers can make a huge difference in the lives of children who have fallen behind in reading and are at risk of falling further. Volunteers are, in turn, supported at all times by Reading Partners school site coordinators and staff.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 14

Stoked promotes personal development, academic achievement, and healthy living to under-served youth through action sports culture.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 14

TEEN CENTER: 92ND STREET Y From the highly regarded Parenting Center to extensive activities for young children and teens, the Center, endowed by the Goldman Family, provides a strong foundation for parents and children to reach their maximum potential.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 12

TOP HONORS INCORPORATED Top Honors offers free mathmatics tutoring to middle school students in New York City.

Their mission is to provide all students with the fundamental math and critical thinking skills necessary for success as students and as productive members of society. Top Honors’ unique and structured curriculum focuses on math concepts, word problems, and real-life examples, and incorporates competitive mathematics-driven games that motivate students to learn. The program is staffed by volunteer tutors.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 15

TURTLE BAY MUSIC SCHOOL CITY YEAR corps members serve as full-time mentors, tutors, and role models for the students who are most at risk of dropping out.

See listing on page 26.

Turtle Bay Music School fosters love and knowledge of music by providing high quality musical instruction and a range of related music programs and activities to motivated students of all ages, backgrounds, and levels of ability.

Minimum Age for Volunteers: 16

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TRUE STORY:

Starting Your Own Non-Profit

by Kimberly Wolf, M.Ed. T 17, SIMONE BERNSTEIN AND HER BROTHER, JAKE, CO-FOUNDED THE NON-PROFIT VOLUNTEEN NATION. NOW A NATIONAL RESOURCE, SIMONE’S ORGANIZATION HAS HELPED THOUSANDS OF TEENS FIND THE RIGHT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES TO FIT THEIR STRENGTHS AND INTERESTS. HERE’S WHAT SHE HAS TO SAY ABOUT STARTING HER OWN SOCIAL ENTERPRISE. What inspired you to start Volunteen Nation?

How did you become an official non-profit?

When I was 12 years old, my dad was deployed, and so many people were giving back to my family…It was really neat to have people around me giving their time and effort, to see people giving back, and to see my dad giving back to our country. I wanted to do the same thing.

Well it was amazing to see the support of lawyers in our community of St. Louis. A local lawyer came to us and offered his time pro-bono to set up our 501(c)3. He showed us how to do the process and follow through with it.

How would you describe your role at Volunteen Nation? What is your title? What does a day look like for you? What are your duties?

I’m the Co-Founder and President – answering emails, finding new volunteer opportunities. I try to stay away from anything related to technology. That is all for my brother. I’m doing a variety of tasks on a daily basis, and I enjoy that. I enjoy communicating with a ten year old or a thirteen year old about opportunities that fit their skills and interests.

How did you get started?

My brother really enjoys technology, and we worked together to create a very simple website. We decided to create one based on a template that was available…

It cost $48.

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Did you have any mentors helping you? Who were they and how did they help you?

There are so many, and it’s hard to mention only one. My mom is a huge support. I know it sounds cliché. Without a support system, it’s very hard to create an organization.

Maxine Clark, the Founder of Build-A-Bear, is always there to help. It’s amazing to see people running an international business, and to be able to email them with questions.

What was the most interesting part of starting a non-profit?

Putting together the board was the most interesting, because you have to pick people who are well connected and passionate about what you do, and want to help you. It’s a stressful process to pick people who are dedicated and motivated to help your organization grow.

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What has been the most rewarding part of the process?

How has having your own non-profit shaped your view of the world?

The most rewarding part has been meeting wonderful and amazing people throughout the world. It’s amazing to hear their stories and to see the amount of people who have found opportunities in their communities. Stories expressing appreciation for the organization come from conferences and emails. They reward us and inspire us to make a difference.

So many kids just want to give back but just don’t know where to go. My generation is generation “on.” We’re ready to make a difference and start doing something. It’s really about allowing organizations to realize the power of youth, and helping youth realize what they can do to help an organization. We’re the generation who has evolved with social media. People don’t realize how much there is out there to do. All of these kids want to get out and do something for the world. And we’re hoping we can give them ways to help them do it.

What have been the biggest challenges?

At the point when we wanted to go national, it was hard to get national exposure. The same ideas that worked on a local level did not work on a national level. Although we had connections in St. Louis, there were a lot of people nationally that never opened emails that we sent or listened to voicemails we left. Although there was huge difficulty, it just took time. Once people added their opportunities to the site, they spread the word to other organizations that we may not have known about being from St. Louis.

Did you ever have any fear or doubts?

I did, but ultimately, I realized that even if I only helped one person find an opportunity, that would be enough. Even if it doesn’t go anywhere, so be it. I was only 17 when I started, and there is time to fail when you’re young. There have been bumps in the road. I want others to know that not everything is a success, but it’s an experience to see how to change those mistakes and change direction.

What skills have you gained?

Communication skills are something I have improved upon. I’ve realized the power of speaking and telling people what you do. It’s probably the biggest thing that will carry on for the rest of our lives. That’s been rewarding – to communicate with people of all different ages from all different places.

How has the experience shaped your goals for the future?

I hope to go into public policy and go through medical school and find ways to give back. I want to get an MD and MPH, but use my skills from starting a non-profit to do something different, to start another non-profit or work with one. I would like to work with an organization to help with healthcare reform. I hope that my combined goals will allow me to inspire others to use their goals to drive change.

Any advice for other teen activists and social entrepreneurs?

It only cost $48 to start Volunteen Nation and launch the initial website.

Today, Volunteen Nation draws national attention.

Take action. It’s about having an idea and doing something about it. It cost $48 for us to start the website. People don’t realize how little money it takes to take an idea and make it something big. Although it may seem like a lot at the beginning, it’s all well worth it. We really hope other teens will take their ideas and take action.

WANT TO START YOUR OWN NON-PROFIT? CHECK OUT THESE RESOURCES TO LEARN HOW! National Council of Nonprofits: http://www.councilofnonprofits.org Society for Nonprofit Organizations: http://www.snpo.org THE TEENLIFE GUIDE TO COMMUNITY SERVICE IN NEW YORK

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Index

Wondering if your favorite organization takes teen volunteers?

Want to find something close to home? We’ve designed this index to help you find the opportunities you want!

Community Service Organizations – Alphabetical A 14 24 8 24 8

24

8 8 8 12 14, 19 14, 19 14, 19 24 24

The Active Citizens Project (ACP) The After-School Corporation AIDS Walk New York All Stars Project Inc. Alzheimer’s Association New York City Chapter American Camp Assocation - New York and New Jersey American Cancer Society New York American Cancer Society Relay for Life American Lung Association American Museum of Natural History American Red Cross Greater New York American Red Cross Metro New York North American Red Cross on Long Island Arts Horizons Association to Benefit Children (ABC)

B 21 24 15 10, 14 25 25 17 12 10

The Battery Conservancy Bed Stuy’s Project Re-Generation Beth Israel Medical Center Bideawee Boys and Girls Club of Northern Westchester Breakthrough New York Bridges Outreach Brooklyn Public Library Buddies of New Jersey, Inc.

C 8 21 15 25 25 25 11 8 25

The Carter Burden Center for the Aging, Inc. Central Park Conservancy Chemo Comfort, Inc. Child Education International The Children’s Home The Children’s Storefront The Church of St. Luke in the Fields Citymeals-on-Wheels CityScience

Cover, 3, 26, 27 23 17 15 21, 26 8

City Year Common Cents Concourse House Coney Island Hospital Crutches 4 Kids Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

D 15 9, 39 23

DIFFA DOROT DoSomething.org

E 26 9, 17 17 15 12

East Harlem Tutorial Program East New York Farms Education Alliance Elmhurst Hospital Center El Museo del Barrio

F 17 11

26 26 21

Feeding NYC Filipino American Human Services, Inc. (FAHSI) Fresh Youth Initiatives (FYI) Friends of the Children NY Friends of Van Cortlandt Park

G 26 21 26 13 8

8 23 10, 26 21 22 11

Galli Theater GallopNYC The Garden of Joy Garden State Film Festival Girls Learn International - New York/ New Jersey Global Goods Partners Global Potential GO Project Governors Island Alliance Greenbelt Conservancy, Inc. Greenwich House

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INDEX

H 18 5, 18, 20 21 11 16 26 19 13 18 3, 18 11

HABcore, Inc. Habitat for Humanity - New York City Happy Trotters Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ) Harlem Hospital Center Harlem RBI Program Helping Hands Relief Foundation Historic Speedwell Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen Homes for the Homeless Hour Children

I 26

9 26

In the Know Tutoring Benefitting Play for Grades Isabella Geriatric Center The iTold4 Project

J 24 9

21 9

Jersey Cares Jewish Association for Services for the Aged (JASA) The Jewish Guild for the Blind Jewish Home Lifecare

K 24 10 12, 27 19

Karimu International Help Foundation Kateri Residence Kids in Distressed Situations, Inc. (K.I.D.S.) Kulanu, Inc.

L 16 11 8 13 M 8 12 27 21 22 16

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Lenox Hill Hospital Lenox Hill Neighborhood House LifeBeat Louis Armstrong House Museum

Masterful Kids Materials for the Arts Media 4 Humanity MicroFinance:Fonkoze, Accion, WAM & Zawadi MillionTreesNYC Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York Presbyterian

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Mount Sinai Medical Center Mount Vernon Hotel Museum Multiple Sclerosis Association of America

N 22 16 22 24 18 13 13 16 14 14 7, 23

National Park Service New York Blood Center New York Botanical Garden New York Cares New York City Rescue Mission New York Hall of Science (NYSCI) New York Historical Society New York Open Center New York Public Library NY Artists Unlimited, Inc. NYC Parks

O 16 19

Open Door Family Medical Centers Overcoming-Love Ministries, Inc.

P 19 19 10 8 27 21 8 4, 16

The Partnership for the Homeless Part of the Solution (POTS) PAWS NY Peace Action New York State (PANYS) Pencils of Promise Project HAPPY at Hunter College Project HEAL Project Sunshine

R 27 16 23 12

Reading Partners Ridgewood YMCA Riverside Park Fund Room to Grow

S 21 19 16

27 12 16

SaharaReporters Salvation Army Sea View Hospital Rehabilitation Center and Home She’s the First Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center Smile Train

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14 27 13, 24 16 12 16

10, 23

South Street Seaport Museum Stoked Students for Service Summer Streets Sunnyside Community Services Susan G. Komen for the Cure Greater NYC Affiliate Sweet Readers

T 16 27 27 12 27

TalkOnDiabetes Foundation Teen Center: 92nd Street Y Top Honors Incorporated Tuesday’s Children Turtle Bay Music School

U 12 12

Union Settlement Association United Way

Cherry Hill 21 Multiple Sclerosis Association of America East Brunswick 8 Masterful Kids Englewood 24 Arts Horizons Hackensack 10 Buddies of New Jersey, Inc. Millburn 26 The iTold4 Project Morristown 13 Historic Speedwell 24 Volunteer Management Centers (VMC) Mount Holly 25 The Children’s Home Newark 24 Jersey Cares Red Bank 18 HABcore, Inc.

V 16

21

10 24

VillageCare of NY - Urban Village Senior Programs VISIONS/Services for the Blind & Visually Impaired Visiting Neighbors Volunteer Management Centers (VMC)

W 17 21

World Cares Center World Connect

NEW YORK Babylon 17 Feeding NYC

Yorkville Common Pantry

Bronx 17 22 19

Y 19

Community Service Organizations – By Location CONNECTICUT Greenwich 14, 19 American Red Cross Metro New York North NEW JERSEY Asbury Park 26 The Garden of Joy

Ridgewood 16 Ridgewood YMCA Sea Girt 13 Garden State Film Festival Summit 17 Bridges Outreach

Concourse House New York Botanical Garden Part of the Solution (POTS)

Brooklyn 24 Bed Stuy’s Project Re-Generation 12 Brooklyn Public Library 15 Coney Island Hospital 9, 17 East New York Farms 21 GallopNYC 27 Reading Partners Corona 13 Louis Armstrong House Museum

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INDEX

Douglaston 8 Project HEAL East Hills 12 Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center Elmhurst 15 Elmhurst Hospital Center Jamaica 11 Filipino American Human Services, Inc. (FAHSI) Long Island City 11 Hour Children 12 Materials for the Arts Manhasset 12 Tuesday’s Children Mount Kisco 25 Boys and Girls Club of Northern Westchester New York 14 The Active Citizens Project (ACP) 24 The After-School Corporation 8 AIDS Walk New York 24 All Stars Project Inc. 8 Alzheimer’s Association - New York City

Chapter 24 American Camp Assocation - New York and

New Jersey 8 American Cancer Society New York 8 American Cancer Society Relay for Life 8 American Lung Association 12 American Museum of Natural History 14, 19 American Red Cross Greater New York 24 Association to Benefit Children (ABC) 21 The Battery Conservancy 15 Beth Israel Medical Center 10, 14 Bideawee 25 Breakthrough New York 8 The Carter Burden Center for the Aging, Inc. 21 Central Park Conservancy 15 Chemo Comfort, Inc. 25 Child Education International 25 The Children’s Storefront 11 The Church of St. Luke in the Fields 8 Citymeals-on-Wheels 25 CityScience Cover, City Year 3, 26, 27 23 Common Cents

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21, 26 8 15 9, 39 23 26 17 12 26 26 21 26 8 8 23 10, 26 21 11 5, 18, 20 11 16 26 19 18 3, 18 26 9 9

21 9 10 12, 27 19 16 11 8 27 21 22 16

16 13 22 24

Crutches 4 Kids Cystic Fibrosis Foundation DIFFA DOROT DoSomething.org East Harlem Tutorial Program Education Alliance El Museo del Barrio Fresh Youth Initiatives (FYI) Friends of the Children NY Friends of Van Cortlandt Park Galli Theater Girls Learn International - New York/New Jersey Global Goods Partners Global Potential GO Project Governors Island Alliance Greenwich House Habitat for Humanity - New York City Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ) Harlem Hospital Center Harlem RBI Program Helping Hands Relief Foundation Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen Homes for the Homeless In the Know Tutoring Benefitting Play for Grades Isabella Geriatric Center Jewish Association for Services for the Aged (JASA) The Jewish Guild for the Blind Jewish Home Lifecare Kateri Residence Kids in Distressed Situations, Inc. (K.I.D.S.) Kulanu, Inc. Lenox Hill Hospital Lenox Hill Neighborhood House LifeBeat Media 4 Humanity MicroFinance:Fonkoze, Accion, WAM & Zawadi MillionTreesNYC Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York Presbyterian Mount Sinai Medical Center Mount Vernon Hotel Museum National Park Service New York Cares

INDEX

18 13 16 14 14 7, 23 19 10 8 27 21 4, 16 23 12 21 19 27 16 14 27 13, 24 16 16 10, 23 16 27 27 27 12 12 16 21 10 17 21 19

New York City Rescue Mission New York Historical Society New York Open Center New York Public Library NY Artists Unlimited, Inc. NYC Parks The Partnership for the Homeless PAWS NY Peace Action New York State (PANYS) Pencils of Promise Project HAPPY at Hunter College Project Sunshine Riverside Park Fund Room to Grow SaharaReporters Salvation Army She’s the First Smile Train South Street Seaport Museum Stoked Students for Service Summer Streets Susan G. Komen for the Cure - Greater NYC Affiliate Sweet Readers TalkOnDiabetes Foundation Teen Center: 92nd Street Y Top Honors Incorporated Turtle Bay Music School Union Settlement Association United Way VillageCare of NY - Urban Village Senior Programs VISIONS/Services for the Blind & Visually Impaired Visiting Neighbors World Cares Center World Connect Yorkville Common Pantry

North Salem 21 Happy Trotters Ossining 16 Open Door Family Medical Centers Queens 13 New York Hall of Science (NYSCI) 19 Overcoming-Love Ministries, Inc. Staten Island 22 Greenbelt Conservancy, Inc. 24 Karimu International Help Foundation 16 Sea View Hospital Rehabilitation Center

and Home Sunnyside 12 Sunnyside Community Services Westbury 16 New York Blood Center Long Island 14, 19 American Red Cross on Long Island

Sponsors, Contributors, & Advertisers 15, 32 4 Star Camps 22, 31 Boston Color Graphics 18, 32 The Bridge at the Family Foundation School 25, 31 Envoys 2, 31 The Experiment in International Living 15, 32 Hobsons: CollegeConfidental 18, 32 Huyck Preserve 11, 32 Intelligentsia, Inc. Inside The SAT Program Cover, 31 22 Veritas Prep

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TeenLife’s Community Service Checklist: Maximize Your Impact!

DECIDE ON A TIME COMMITMENT.

REAP THE BENEFITS!

An hour a day.

Help people who need it.

An hour a week.

Meet new friends.

24 hours a week.

Learn new skills.

24 hours a day/7 days a week.

Make a real difference.

Have an awesome time!

HOW DO YOU WANT TO REACH OUT? Work directly with the people (or animals) who need it.

Work at events.

Raise money.

Collect goods.

Help with social media.

Start your own non-profit.

PICK YOUR CAUSE. Think about your personal passions.

Talk to friends, mentors, and school counselors.

Refer to the listings in the pages of this guide.

Contact the organization(s) you want to help.

PUT IN THE TIME. Put volunteer commitments on your calendar.

Show up on time.

Give it 100% - everyone will appreciate it and you’ll feel good about it.

(Hey, it could even help with a college recommendation!)

KEEP TRACK OF IT ALL. Meet community service requirements for school.

Have supervisors help document your hours if you need to share them with schools or colleges.

Ask supervisors for letters of recommendation.

Teens volunteer at DOROT’s Winter Package Delivery, visiting seniors and bringing packages of food and seasonal items. See listing on page 9.

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