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Volunteer New York News: Local Volunteer Opportunities for December 8, 2023

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December 11, 2023

From: Volunteer New York

Family Volunteering for the Holidays! PLUS: Tax Specialists, Mental Health Counselors, and More...

LOCAL VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: December 8, 2023

ADOPT-A-FAMILY GIFT SUPPORT VOLUNTEERS

Family Services of Westchester

12/11-12/15 @ 8:00am & 12:00pm

White Plains

Volunteer

HOLIDAY PARTY AND TOY GIVEAWAY

Y-COP of Mount Vernon

12/20-12/21 @ 5:30pm & 12/22 @ 3:00pm

Mount Vernon

Volunteer

HOLIDAY TOY DISTRIBUTION

Open Door

12/12-12/20; multiple opportunities

Throughout Putnam & Westchester

Volunteer

STAGE MANAGER & LIGHT BOARD/SOUND OPERATORS

Brewster Theater Company

Carmel

Volunteer

PUTNAM TAX HELPERS

United Way of Westchester and Putnam

Multiple opportunities

Putnam Valley & Virtual

Volunteer

VOLUNTEER COUNSELORS

VCS

New City

Must have LCSW license

Volunteer

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STILL WAITING FOR THE RIGHT MATCH

BOARD MEMBERS

Homeless Remedies Inc.

Flexible schedule; multiple opportunities

Virtual

FRONT DESK HELP

Guiding Eyes for the Blind

Weekly

Patterson & Yorktown Heights

GED TUTORS FOR SPANISH SPEAKERS

Ten Talent Ministries

Weekly

Elmsford

PILOTS FOR YOUTH AVIATION PROGRAM

White Plains Youth Bureau

Flexible schedule

White Plains

TREASURER/CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

G.O.O.D. For Girls

Flexible schedule

Valhalla

BOARD PRESIDENT

Ossining Food Pantry

Flexible schedule

Ossining

Must be 30+

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VIRTUAL + REMOTE OPPORTUNITIES

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAM EDUCATORS

VCS

Flexible schedule

Virtual

FUNDRAISERS

Hudson River Audubon Society

Flexible schedule

Remote

HELPLINE COUNSELORS

WestCOP Victims Assistance Services

Monthly

Remote

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DONATION DRIVES

HOLIDAY GIFT DRIVE FOR CHILDREN & TEENS

The Sharing Shelf

Port Chester

Drop off by 12/11

HOLIDAY TOY DRIVE

Open Door Family Medical Center

Ossining

Drop off by 12/20

WINTER CLOTHING DRIVE FOR VETERANS

Endeavor Therapeutic Horsemanship

Mount Kisco

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YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS DUNGEON MASTERS

Dobbs Ferry Public Library

Weekly @ 4:00pm

Dobbs Ferry

CLASSROOM HELPERS

Family Services of Westchester

White Plains

Register by 12/31

VOTER REGISTRATION WORKSHOP FOR TEENS

Volunteer New York!

1/31 @ 7:00pm

Virtual

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GROUP OPPORTUNITIES

GARDENING TUESDAYS AT LASDON PARK

Friends of

Lasdon Park

12/12 & 12/19 @ 10:00am;

Tuesdays

Katonah

MLK DAY CLEANUP AT BRONX RIVER RESERVATION

Westchester Parks Foundation

1/15 @ 10:00am

White Plains

FOOD PANTRY LOADING VOLUNTEERS

Rockland Community Action Program

Monthly

Stony Point & Haverstraw

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DRIVING OPPORTUNITIES

FOOD RESCUE HEROES

Together Our Unity Can Heal (TOUCH)

Flexible schedule

Throughout Rockland

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

Thursdays @ 9:00am

Mount Kisco

MEAL DELIVERY DRIVERS FOR SENIORS

Riverdale Y

Flexible schedule

Bronx/Yonkers

VOLUNTEER DRIVERS FOR SENIORS

Gramatan Village

Flexible schedule

Throughout Westcheste

MEAL DELIVERY DRIVERS FOR FAMILIES

Lifting Up Westchester

Select Mondays @ 9:00am

Throughout New Rochelle

MEAL DELIVERY DRIVERS

Meals on Wheels

Flexible schedule

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

DEEP CLEAN COOLER CREW

Second Chance Foods

12/9 @ 10:00am

Brewster

HOLIDAY MARKET

City of New Rochelle

12/9-12/17; multiple opportunities

New Rochelle

YOUTH ACTION EVENT

Family Services of Westchester

12/9 @ 12:30pm

White Plains

CARVER MARKET

Carver Center

12/11 @ 11:00am & 3:00pm; Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays

Port Chester

MONDAY KITCHEN PREP CREW

Second Chance Foods

12/11 @ 4:30pm; Mondays

Brewster

FOOD PANTRY STOCKING VOLUNTEERS

Mount Kisco Food Pantry

12/12 @ 9:00am; Fridays

Mount Kisco

FOOD PANTRY BOX BREAKDOWN

Mount Kisco Food Pantry

12/12 @ 3:00pm;  Tuesdays

Mount Kisco

FOOD PANTRY PARKING LOT ATTENDANTS

Mount Kisco Food Pantry

12/12 @ 4:45pm; Tuesdays

Mount Kisco

GROCERY & MEAL BOX PACKING CREW

Second Chance Foods

12/13, 12/20 & 12/27 @ 12:00pm; Wednesdays

Brewster

DISTRIBUTE FOOD - NORTH STREET CENTER

Family Services of Westchester

12/15 @ 10:30am; Fridays

White Plains

CLEANUP AT TWIN LAKES PARK

Westchester Parks Foundation

12/16 @ 10:00am

Eastchester

DELIVER WELLNESS MEALS

Meals on Wheels of Rockland

12/16 @ 10:00am

Tarrytown

MID-WEEK TRAIL TEAM

Ward Acres Conservancy

12/19 @ 10:00am;  first & third Tuesdays

New Rochelle

WEEDING INVASIVES AT SCOUT FIELD

Westchester Parks Foundation

12/20 @ 10:00pm

Bronxville

GRAND HOLIDAY ILLUMINATION

Untermyer Gardens

12/25-1/1 @ 4:15pm & 6:15pm

Yonkers

TRAIL MAINTENANCE AT CRANBERRY LAKE

Westchester Parks Foundation

12/27 @ 10:00am

North White Plains

NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY FOR SENIORS

The Knolls: A Bethel Community

12/31 @ 7:00pm

Valhalla

FOOD PANTRY DISTRIBUTION

Mount Kisco Food Pantry

1/2 & 1/9 @ 5:00pm; Tuesdays

Mount Kisco

FOOD PANTRY VOLUNTEERS

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Food Pantry

1/4 @ 8:30am; Thursdays

Elmsford

DISTRIBUTE FOOD - ROCHAMBEAU SCHOOL

Family Services of Westchester

2/2 @ 10:30am;  Fridays

White Plains

DISTRIBUTE FOOD - EASTVIEW SCHOOL

Family Services of Westchester

3/15 @ 10:30am;  Fridays

White Plains

BUTTERFLY GARDEN VOLUNTEERS

Hudson River Audubon Society

3/17 @ 8:00am; third Sundays

Yonkers

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ON-SITE (ONGOING) OPPORTUNITIES

ACADEMIC COACHES FOR STUDENT ATHLETES

Destination: College

Select weekdays

Mount Vernon

ACADEMIC MENTORS

Family Service Society of Yonkers

Weekly

Yonkers

ACTIVITY VOLUNTEERS FOR SENIORS

DOROT Westchester

Throughout Westchester

Register by 1/2

AFTER-SCHOOL MENTORS FOR STUDENTS

Mount Vernon Youth Bureau

Flexible schedule

Mount Vernon

BILINGUAL DATA ENTRY VOLUNTEERS

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Food Pantry

Third Saturdays @ 8:30am

Elmsford

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION VOLUNTEERS FOR SENIORS

DOROT Westchester

Flexible schedule

Throughout Westchester

CALL BELL VOLUNTEERS FOR HOSPITAL PATIENTS

Burke Rehabilitation Hospital

Weekly @ 11:00am

White Plains

CANINE THERAPY HANDLERS (WITH DOGS)

Northern Westchester Hospital

Mount Kisco

Register by 2/1

CAREGIVER SUPPORT VOLUNTEERS

White Plains Hospital

Flexible schedule

White Plains

CONFLICT RESOLUTION VOLUNTEERS

Alternatives to Violence Project

Scarsdale

Register by 12/31

DIRECT CARE FOR HOSPICE PATIENTS

United Hospice

Flexible schedule

New City

ESL TUTORS

Carver Center

Tuesdays & Thursdays @ 9:00am

Port Chester

Register by 12/12

ESL TUTORS - MOUNT KISCO

Neighbors Link

Thursdays @ 7:00pm

Mount Kisco

ESL TUTORS - OSSINING

Neighbors Link

Mondays & Wednesdays @ 7:00pm, Fridays @ 10:00am

Ossining

FOOD IS MEDICINE VOLUNTEERS

Open Door Medical Center

Thursdays @ 10:30am

Port Chester

FOOD PANTRY VOLUNTEERS

Ossining Food Pantry

Multiple opportunities

Ossining

FRIENDLY VISITORS FOR PATIENTS

Northern Westchester Hospital

Mount Kisco

FRIENDLY VISITORS FOR VETERANS

VA Hudson Valley Health Care System

Flexible schedule

Montrose

GRADUATION COACHES

Yonkers Partner in Education

Flexible schedule

Yonkers/Virtual

HOMEWORK HELPERS

Family Service Society of Yonkers

Weekly

Yonkers

HORSE BARN & WILDLIFE CENTER VOLUNTEERS

Green Chimneys

Multiple opportunities

Brewster

INTERPRETERS (PORTUGUESE CREOLE)

Neighbors Link

Flexible schedule

Ossining

INTERPRETERS (PULAR)

Neighbors Link

Flexible schedule

Ossining

LITERACY & MATH TUTORS

Gigi's Playhouse

Weekly

Ardsley

Register by 1/6

MENTAL HEALTH MENTORS

MHA of Rockland County

Flexible schedule

Throughout Rockland

MENTORS FOR YOUTH

Connections

Mentoring

Flexible schedule

Throughout Westchester

MUSEUM TOUR GUIDE VOLUNTEERS

Percy Grainger Society

Monthly

White Plains

Register by 12/3

OUTREACH VOLUNTEERS

Your Life at 10

Flexible schedule

Virtual

PHOTOGRAPHERS

Mount Kisco Interfaith Food Pantry

Flexible schedule

Mount Kisco

PRO-BONO FAMILY LAW ATTORNEYS

United Community Center of Westchester

Flexible schedule

New Rochelle

PROGRAM STAFF VOLUNTEERS

G.O.O.D. For Girls

Monthly

Valhalla

PUPPY RAISERS

BluePath Service Dogs

Flexible schedule

Throughout Westchester & Putnam

Register by 1/24

PUPPY RAISERS & SITTERS

Guiding Eyes for the Blind

Flexible schedule

Patterson & Yorktown Heights

PUPPY RAISERS & VACATION RELIEF

Putnam Service Dogs

Flexible schedule

Throughout Westchester & Putnam

TECHNOLOGY COACHES FOR SENIORS

DOROT Westchester

Flexible schedule

Throughout Westchester

Register by ½

TEEN TASTIC PROGRAM LEADERS

Gigi's Playhouse

Monthly

Ardsley

Register by 1/6

VET 2 VET CALLERS

Family Services of Westchester

Weekly

White Plains

Register by 12/22

VETS VISITING VETS

Northern Westchester Hospital

Flexible schedule

Mount Kisco

VISIT HOSTS FOR FOSTER FAMILIES

MHA of Westchester

Flexible schedule

Tarrytown

VOLUNTEER ANGELS

Hope Not Handcuffs

Flexible schedule

New Rochelle

Register by 12/31

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