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Care for the Environment |
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| Take Care and Protect Animals | |||
| A.S.P.C.A. |
Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals. Mainly fundraising activities. |
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| Take Care and Protect the Earth | |||
| Central Park Conservancy |
Help keep Central Park
beautiful by maintaining and enhancing Park landscapes. |
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Human Solidarity |
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| Show Solidarity with Homeless People | |||
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Bowery Mission 227 Bowery New York, New York, 10002 Directions |
Soup Kitchen | ||
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St. Ignatius Soup Kitchen St. Ignatius Church on 86th street and West End. |
Soup Kitchen | Every Saturday from 2-4:30 PM | |
| Show Solidarity with People who are Ill or Disabled | |||
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AIDS Awareness at school |
Raising awareness through
assemblies. |
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| Show Solidarity with People who have less | |||
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Santa's Helpers
+ Stocking for Care at school + delivery |
Deliver gifts to 10 or families in New York City. | In December | |
| Habitat for Humanity | |||
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Yorkville Common Pantry 8 East 109th Street New York, NY 10029 (212) 410-2264 |
NYC largest nonsectarian neighborhood-based emergency food provider | ||
| Save the Children |
Fundraising activities to
support a child |
Throughout the year | |
| Kitante Hill (Uganda) |
Fundraising to support students in Kampala, Uganda, in their education |
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| Show Solidarity with Elderly People | |||
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Thanksgiving Dinner At School |
Each year,
Trinity hosts and helps organizing a dinner for people of the neighborhood on
Thanksgiving. |
Commitment: from 2 to 6 hours | |
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Citymeals On Wheels 355 Lexington Avenue 3rd Floor New York, NY 10017 Contact: Vivienne Brown-O'Neill (212) 687-1234 |
Hand-deliver hot, nutritious
meals to homebound elderly New Yorkers. Upper East Side, Mid-town West, and
the Village. |
3 hours per Day | |
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Dorot
171 West 85th Street New York, NY 10024 212-769-2850 youth@dorotusa.org |
Helping elderly people "As a DOROT volunteer, you can visit elders, escort them, or shop for, deliver, or serve their meals. You can teach, listen, comfort, and care." |
Various types of opportunities | |
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Social Equity |
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| Education / Literacy Equality | |||
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Tutoring at P.S. 84 92nd Street between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West |
K-6 - work in the classroom with a teacher mentor |
During your free period. Commitment: once a week |
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Star Learning Center 26 West 84th Street New York, NY 10024 Between Columbus and Central Park. Contact: Deena Hellman (212) 362-6750 X303, |
After School Tutoring Monday & Wednesday from 3-7 Tues, Thurs. & Friday from 3-6 Summer Tutoring Monday 1-7 Tuesday 8:30-6 Wednesday 8:30-7 Thursday 1-6 Friday 8:30-12 |
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East Harlem Tutorial Program 2050 Second Avenue New York, New York 10029 Phone: (212)831-0650 Fax: (212)289-7967 volunteer@ehtp.org |
Tutoring | 2 hours a week | |
| Health | |||
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The Teen Health Initiative New York Civil Liberties Union 125 Broad Street, 19th Floor New York, NY 10004 Contact: Lee Che Leong 212-607-3341 |
Peer Educator: To provide Information to NYC Kids and Teens about their legal rights to healthcare. |
Application process | |
| Work with Migrants | |||
| The Asian Community | A great list of CS opportunities related to the Asian community in NYC (from Columbia University) | ||
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Freedom |
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| Campaign for Internally Recognized Human Rights | |||
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Amnesty International At school |
Human Right Watch and Campaign. Letter writing to prisoners. |
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