VOLUNTEERS NEEDED on 9/11 Weekend: Feed the Funnel, Donate Blood, Clean a Park, Make Kits for Kids, and More. . .

Local Volunteer Opportunities: August 31, 2023

FALL CLEAN UP AT THE FARM

Rising Starr Horse Rescue

9/1-9/3 @ 9:00am; multiple opportunities

Wilton, CT

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9/11: SERVE + REMEMBER

Volunteer New York!

9/8, 9/9 & 9/11; multiple opportunities

Throughout Westchester & Rockland

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NEW ROCHELLE STREET FAIR

New Rochelle Parks & Recreation Department

9/10; multiple opportunities

New Rochelle

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AFFORDABLE HOUSING HELPERS

City of New Rochelle

Flexible schedule

New Rochelle

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BIKE HSS CYCLING EVENT

Hospital for Special Surgery

9/23 @ 6:00am; multiple opportunities

Purchase

Volunteer

BRICK ALLEY BLOCK PARTY

GARNER Arts Center

9/23 @ 8:00pm

Garnerville

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9/11: SERVE + REMEMBER

Each 9/11 Day, Volunteer New York! commemorates those who served and those we lost on September 11, 2001 with family-friendly service projects. Help us remember the fallen by doing good in their memory and lifting up our communities. Click below to sign up for projects!

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STILL WAITING FOR THE RIGHT MATCH

EVENT DISC JOCKEY

Child Care Council of Westchester

9/29 @ 6:00pm

Dobbs Ferry

OUTREACH AMBASSADOR

Family Services of Westchester

Flexible schedule

Throughout Westchester

VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR

Hammond Museum

Flexible schedule

North Salem

DEEP CLEAN CREW

Second Chance Foods

9/9 @ 10:00am; Saturdays

Brewster

AMERICORPS MEMBERS

Open Door Medical Center

Flexible schedule

Virtual

VOLUNTEER PAINTERS

Gilda's Club Westchester

Flexible schedule

White Plains

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VIRTUAL + REMOTE OPPORTUNITIES

BOARD MEMBERS

Westchester Residential Opportunities

Virtual

BOARD MEMBERS

Putnam Service Dogs

Flexible schedule

Brewster/Virtual

OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS

Your Life at 10

Flexible schedule

Virtual

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DONATION DRIVES

BACK-TO-SCHOOL DRIVE

Family Services of Westchester

White Plains

Drop-off by 9/8

9/11 BLOOD DRIVE

New York Blood Center

9/11 @ 11:00am; multiple opportunities

White Plains

STARS FOR SOLDIERS PROJECT

United for the Troops

Flexible schedule

Mahopac

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YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES

VOTER REGISTRATION WORKSHOP FOR TEENS

Volunteer New York!

9/27 @ 7:00pm

Virtual

VOLUNTEERS TO PLAY WITH KIDS

Neighbors Link

10/11 & 11/8 @ 5:45pm

Yonkers

CHANGEMAKERS COUNCIL FOR GIRLS

One World Girl

Flexible schedule

Virtual

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GROUP OPPORTUNITIES

9/11 DIAPER PACKAGING

Junior League of Central Westchester

9/9 @ 10:00am & 12:30pm

Scarsdale

9/11 COMMUNITY CLOTHING SORT DAY

The Sharing Shelf

9/11 @ 10:00am

Port Chester

GARDEN VOLUNTEERS

Hudson River Audubon Society

9/17 @ 8:00am; Sundays

Yonkers

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DRIVING OPPORTUNITIES

ROSH HASHANAH PACKAGE DELIVERY

DOROT Westchester

9/10 @ 10:30am

Throughout Westchester

Register by 9/1

CLOTHING DELIVERY DRIVERS

The Sharing Shelf

Flexible schedule

Throughout Westchester

DRIVERS FOR CANCER PATIENTS

Cancer Support Team

Flexible schedule

Throughout Westchester

DRIVERS FOR CANCER PATIENTS

American Cancer Society

Flexible schedule

Throughout Putnam

HOME DELIVERY DRIVERS

Mount Kisco Food Pantry

Second & fourth Thursdays @ 9:00am

Mount Kisco

MEAL DELIVERY DRIVERS FOR SENIORS

Riverdale Y

Flexible schedule

Bronx/Yonkers

MEAL DELIVERY DRIVERS FOR FAMILIES

Meals on Wheels of Rockland

9/16 @ 10:00am

Tarrytown

MEAL DELIVERY DRIVERS FOR FAMILIES

Lifting Up Westchester

Select Mondays @ 9:00am

Throughout New Rochelle

MEAL DELIVERY DRIVERS FOR SENIORS

Meals on Wheels of New Rochelle

Throughout New Rochelle

DRIVERS FOR SENIORS

TRA

Flexible schedule

Throughout Westchester & Putnam

DRIVERS FOR SENIORS

RideConnect

Flexible schedule

Throughout Westchester & Putnam

DRIVERS FOR SENIORS

It Takes a Village 10591

Flexible schedule

Throughout Tarrytown & Sleepy Hollow

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ON-SITE (ONE DAY) OPPORTUNITIES

GARDENING AT BEDFORD HILLS ELEMENTARY

D.I.G. Farm

9/1 & 9/8 @ 9:00am; Fridays

Bedford Hills

GARDENING AT FOX LANE HIGH SCHOOL

D.I.G. Farm

9/1 @ 9:30am

Bedford

GARDENING VOLUNTEERS AT D.I.G. FARM

D.I.G. Farm

9/2 @ 9:00am; multiple dates

North Salem

SORT & DISTRIBUTE FOOD

LIFE Progressive Services

9/2 @ 10:00am; Wednesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays

Mount Vernon

NEW ROCHELLE SUMMER SIZZLE CONCERT SERIES

City of New Rochelle

9/2-9/30; weekends

New Rochelle

GARDENING TUESDAYS AT LASDON PARK

Friends of Lasdon Park

9/5 @ 10:00am

Katonah

MID-WEEK VOLUNTEER TRAIL TEAM

Ward Acres Conservancy

9/5 @ 10:00am; first & third Tuesdays

New Rochelle

FOOD PANTRY PARKING LOT ATTENDANTS

Mount Kisco Food Pantry

9/5 @ 2:45pm; Tuesdays

Mount Kisco

FOOD PANTRY DISTRIBUTION

Mount Kisco Food Pantry

9/5 @ 3:00pm & 5:00pm; Tuesdays

Mount Kisco

WESTCHESTER LOCAL FOOD PROJECT

D.I.G. Farm

9/6 @ 9:30am; Wednesdays

Bedford Hills

FOOD PANTRY DELIVERY PREP VOLUNTEERS

Mount Kisco Food Pantry

9/7 & 9/21 @ 8:00am

Mount Kisco

FOOD PANTRY STOCKING VOLUNTEERS

Mount Kisco Food Pantry

9/8 @ 9:00am; Fridays

Mount Kisco

WEEDING INVASIVES AT SOUTH COUNTY TRAIL

Westchester Parks Foundation

9/8 @ 10:00am

Hastings-on-Hudson

SORT & DISTRIBUTE FOOD - EASTVIEW SCHOOL

Family Services of Westchester

9/8 @ 10:30am; Fridays

White Plains

SORT & DISTRIBUTE FOOD - NORTH STREET CENTER

Family Services of Westchester

9/8 @ 10:30am; Fridays

White Plains

SORT & DISTRIBUTE FOOD - ROCHAMBEAU SCHOOL

Family Services of Westchester

9/8 @ 10:30am; Fridays

White Plains

PAINT NIGHT FOR VETS

Family Services of Westchester

9/8 @ 11:00am; alternating Fridays

White Plains

PARK & GARDEN WORK DAYS

Ward Acres Conservancy

9/9 @ 10:00am; select Saturdays

New Rochelle

GARDENING AT MOUNT VERNON GARDEN

D.I.G. Farm

9/11 @ 9:30am;

Mondays

Mount Vernon

FOOD PANTRY VOLUNTEERS

New Rochelle CAP

9/12 @ 10:00am & 1:00pm; second Tuesdays

New Rochelle

SENIOR SUMMER IN THE PARKS

City of New Rochelle

9/13 @ 10:30am & 12:30pm

New Rochelle

WEEDING INVASIVES AT WARD POUND RIDGE

Westchester Parks Foundation

9/14 @ 10:00am

Pound Ridge

INTERNATIONAL COASTAL CLEANUP AT GLEN ISLAND

Westchester Parks Foundation

9/16 @ 10:00am

New Rochelle

INTERNATIONAL COASTAL CLEANUP AT MARSHLANDS

Westchester Parks

Foundation

9/16 @ 10:00am

Rye

GREEN SQUAD AT LASDON PARK

Westchester Parks

Foundation

9/16 & 9/30 @ 10:00am

Katonah

WOOD CHIPPERS

Hudson River Audubon Society

9/17 @ 8:00am; third Sundays

Yonkers

NEW ROCHELLE FARMER'S MARKET

New Rochelle Business Improvement District

9/17 @ 7:00am & 1:30pm

New Rochelle

FOOD PANTRY BOX BREAKDOWN

Mount Kisco Food Pantry

9/19 @ 3:00pm; Tuesdays

Mount Kisco

GREEN SQUAD AT SILVER LAKE PRESERVE

Westchester Parks Foundation

9/20 @ 4:15pm

White Plains

CLEAN RIVER PROJECT - SPONSORED BY PEPSICO

Westchester Parks Foundation

9/22 @ 10:00am

White Plains

FOOD PANTRY VOLUNTEERS

D.I.G. Farm

9/23 & 10/14 @ 10:00am: Saturdays

Mount Vernon

GREEN SQUAD AT BLUE MOUNTAIN RESERVATION

Westchester Parks

Foundation

9/23 @ 10:00am

Peekskill

GREEN SQUAD AT GRAHAM HILLS PARK

Westchester Parks Foundation

9/29 @ 10:00am

Pleasantville

WEEDING INVASIVES AT TIBBETTS BROOK PARK

Westchester Parks Foundation

9/30 @ 10:00am

Yonkers

FOOD PANTRY VOLUNTEERS

Yonkers Community Action Program

10/6 @ 8:00am; Fridays

Yonkers

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ON-SITE (ONGOING) OPPORTUNITIES

ACADEMIC COACHES FOR STUDENT ATHLETES

Destination: College

Select weekdays

Mount Vernon

ACTIVITY VOLUNTEERS FOR SENIORS

DOROT Westchester

Flexible schedule

Throughout Westchester

AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITY MENTORS

Mount Vernon Youth Bureau

Flexible schedule

Mount Vernon

BILINGUAL ADVOCATES

Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights

Throughout Westchester

Register by 9/16

BIRTHDAY VOLUNTEERS

DOROT Westchester

Flexible schedule

Throughout Westchester

BOARD MEMBERS

Heartsong

Flexible schedule

White Plains

CALL BELL VOLUNTEERS FOR HOSPITAL PATIENTS

Burke Rehabilitation Hospital

Weekly @ 11:00am

White Plains

CANINE THERAPY HANDLERS (WITH DOGS)

Northern Westchester

Hospital

Mount Kisco

CAREGIVER AMBASSADORS

Burke Rehabilitation Hospital

Weekly @ 2:00pm

White Plains

CAREGIVER COACHES

Northern Westchester Hospital

Weekly

Mount Kisco

CAREGIVER SUPPORT VOLUNTEERS

White Plains Hospital

Flexible schedule

White Plains

CLASSROOM ASSISTANTS

Family Services of Westchester

Multiple opportunities

White Plains

CONFLICT RESOLUTION WORKSHOP VOLUNTEERS

Alternatives to Violence Project

Scarsdale

DIRECT CARE HOSPICE VOLUNTEERS

United Hospice

Flexible schedule

New City

FOOD PANTRY VOLUNTEERS

Ossining Food Pantry

Multiple opportunities

Ossining

ESL TUTORS (FRIDAY MORNINGS) - OSSINING

Neighbors Link

Weekly @ 10:00am; Fridays

Ossining

ESL TUTORS (MONDAY EVENINGS) - OSSINING

Neighbors Link

Weekly @ 7:00pm; Mondays

Ossining

ESSAY & GRADUATION COACHES

Yonkers Partners in Education

Flexible schedule

Yonkers

EVENT PHOTOGRAPHERS

Clay Art Center

Flexible schedule

Port Chester

FRIENDLY VISITORS

Northern Westchester Hospital

Flexible schedule

Mount Kisco

FRIENDLY VISITORS FOR VETS

VA Hudson Valley

Flexible schedule

Montrose

GARDEN GREETERS

Untermyer Gardens

Weekends @ 10:00am

Yonkers

Register by 9/30

GRANT WRITERS

Wartburg Adult Care Community

Flexible schedule

Mount Vernon

MENTORS FOR YOUTH

Connections Mentoring

Flexible schedule

Throughout Westchester

MUSEUM TOUR GUIDE VOLUNTEERS

Percy Grainger Society

Monthly

White Plains

NEW ROCHELLE STREET TEAM

City of New Rochelle

Flexible schedule

New Rochelle

OFFICE ASSISTANTS

Open Door Family

Medical Center

Flexible schedule

Throughout Westchester

PUPPY RAISERS

BluePath Service Dogs

Flexible schedule

Throughout Westchester & Putnam

PUPPY RAISERS & VACATION RELIEF

Putnam Service Dogs

Flexible schedule

Throughout Westchester & Putnam

HORSE BARN & WILDLIFE CENTER VOLUNTEERS

Green Chimneys

Weekly; multiple opportunities

Brewster

PUPPY RAISES & SITTERS

Guiding Eyes for the Blind

Flexible schedule

Patterson & Yorktown Heights

PRO-BONO FAMILY LAW ATTORNEYS

United Community Center of Westchester

Flexible schedule

New Rochelle

TECHNOLOGY COACHES FOR SENIORS

DOROT Westchester

Flexible schedule

Throughout Westchester

VET2VET PEER VOLUNTEERS

Family Services of Westchester

Weekly

White Plains

VETERANS VISITING VETERANS

Northern Westchester Hospital

Flexible schedule

Mount Kisco

VISIT HOSTS FOR FOSTER FAMILIES

MHA of Westchester

Flexible schedule

Tarrytown

VOLUNTEER ANGELS

Hope Not Handcuffs Hudson Valley Chapter

Flexible schedule

New Rochelle

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