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New York City Children for Children
Co-sponsored by the Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York
and the Yale Club of New York City
Saturday, May 16, 2009 A Day of Service & Inspiration: Volunteers will help organize and run a Make a Difference Community Fair at KIPP Star College Prep Charter School/Morningside Playground. Projects are designed to benefit the students, school, and surrounding community. This event is open to volunteers and their friends and family – children of all ages are most welcome! Location: 123rd Street and Morningside Ave. (Partner School: KIPP STAR)
Time: 9:45 am to 2:00 pm (Please arrive promptly)
Volunteers will work with Children for Children and the school to run hands-on service projects based on the needs of the school community and surrounding neighborhood. These projects include: making/decorating cards for seniors, painting inspirational murals, cleaning up the park, making cat toys and dog bandanas for the ASPCA, creating blankets and scarves for the homeless, and decorating reusable tote bags that will be donated to local food pantries. Volunteers will be divided into teams and each team is responsible for running one hands-on project or activity. For young volunteers, their participation brings alive the importance of service and community involvement while building school spirit among their peers and families. Adult volunteers will serve as role models to inspire young people to create a lasting, meaningful impact on the world around them. Special note: volunteers attending with children are encouraged to participate in as many activities as possible. For further details and info, please feel free to contact the team leaders:
Karin Weiner: karinweiner2004@yahoo.com
Anne Nakaoka Moss: annemoss@nyc.rr.com
This site has reached capacity Who's coming? Lower Eastside Girls Club Walk-A-Thon for Girls' and Women's Health
Co-sponsored by the Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York
and the Yale Club of New York City
Saturday, May 16, 2009
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Lower Manhattan The Lower East Side Girls Club Walk-A-Thon is a 5K walk to raise awareness of girls and women’s health issues and raise money to help support the Lower East Side Girls Club. The walk will end with a finish line Block Party celebration at the Girls Club on East 1st Street between 1st and 2nd Avenues. The walk will kick off at the PS 20 playground on Essex Street between Houston and Stanton Streets. This is a family friendly event.
Volunteers will participate as a team, and each participant should raise at least $100.
This site is family friendly and can accommodate as many volunteers as want to participate. Volunteers may choose to join the Yale Alumni walking team and/or help organize the event. Registrants will be contacted shortly by the Team Captain with more information prior to the event. Day of Service Club Coordinator: Amanda Taffy '01 EPH
Amanda.taffy@aya.yale.edu
Click here to register for this site Who's coming? La Plaza Cultural, Community Garden
Co-sponsored by the Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York
and the Yale Club of New York City
Saturday, May 16, 2009
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Volunteers will participate in beautifying the garden which may consist of painting, cleaning, weeding and gardening. This site can accommodate 50 volunteers per shift. Day of Service Club Coordinator: Amanda Taffy '01 EPH
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Lenox Hill Neighborhood House "Senior Center"
Co-sponsored by the Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York
and the Yale Club of New York City
Saturday, May 16, 2009
lunch: 11:00 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
performance: 1:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
331 East 70th Street, New York, NY
lenoxhill.org
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House is seeking 10 volunteers to bring joy through music to the lives of seniors. They need singers and musicians to play during a 45 min session. Also needed are 5 volunteers to serve meals during lunch hour. Young adults ages 14 and up are welcomed. Day of Service Club Coordinator: Ceu Martinez '98 ARC
ceu.martinez@aya.yale.edu
This site has reached capacity Who's coming? Floral Park Conservation Society "Centennial Gardens"
Co-sponsored by the Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York
and the Yale Club of New York City
Saturday, May 16, 2009
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
fpgardens.org
Village of Floral Park, NY The Floral Park Conservation Society seeks volunteers to assist with two gardens; a Children's Garden and a Giving Garden. To help teach children about gardening FPCS is creating the new Children's Garden. Volunteers working on this project will be making new garden beds mixing soil and peat moss, planting plants, seeding and/or helping construct a playhouse for children. Volunteers can also work on the Giving Garden. The Giving Garden is a community garden created to help feed the poor. Tasks for the “giving garden” include planting small vegetable plants and seeding. All vegetables grown in the “giving garden” are donated to INN [Interfaith Nutrition Network] in Hempstead Long Island to help feed the homeless. FPCS will also hold a fundraiser/ plant sale with proceeds applied towards the cost of plants used in both gardens. No experience is required to participate at this site. Expert gardeners will be present giving gardening lessons to all volunteers and directing tasks. All gardening tools with be supplied by FPCS. Friends and families of all ages are welcomed at this site! Volunteers can arrive at the site or meet as a group in Manhattan. Train service takes about 40min. on the LIRR from Penn Station NY to the Floral Park train station. From the train station in the Village of Floral park, walking to the park takes about 10min. FPCS will provide AAA taxi service as needed from Floral Park train station to the gardens for volunteers who prefer not to walk. This site can accept up to 70 volunteers. Day of Service Club Coordinator: Ceu Martinez '98 ARC
ceu.martinez@aya.yale.edu
Click here to register for this site Who's coming? Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America
Co-sponsored by the Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York
and the Yale Club of New York City
Saturday, May 16, 2009
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. (for set-up)
5:00 p.m. (for Walk)
Staten Island, NY
ccfa.org Volunteers needed to help set up the event or register to participate in a 2-3 mile evening walk in Midland Park. From 2-5:00pm, CCFA needs 10-40 volunteers to help set up the event. Some of the tasks include: registering participants, mounting tables, setting up a kid zone, putting up signage , etc. From 5:00pm onward they seek 10+ volunteers to participate in the evening walk. Friends and families of all ages are welcomed! Day of Service Club Coordinator: Ceu Martinez '98 ARC
ceu.martinez@aya.yale.edu
Click here to register for this site Who's coming?
Streetwise Partners
Co-sponsored by the Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York
and the Yale Club of New York City
Saturday, May 16, 2009
9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Price Waterhouse Coopers, 300 Madison Ave @ 42nd Street, New York, NY
StreetWise Partners works to empower motivated, low-income individuals with the skills they need to achieve the job they want. We invite you to join their program participants for a few hours on this day, to help them improve their computer skills. Volunteers will work 1:1 with a motivated, low-income adult to help them learn the basics of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Volunteers will need a basic knowledge of how to perform simple tasks in MS Office Applications, but an advanced knowledge is not needed. Training will be given and a list of simple computer tasks (saving files, inserting tables) will be provided for volunteers to go through with their partner. This site can accommodate up to 90 volunteers
Day of Service Club Coordinator: Ceu Martinez '98 ARC
ceu.martinez@aya.yale.edu
Click here to register for this site
Who's coming? The DOE Fund
Co-sponsored by the Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York and the Yale Club of New York City
Saturday, May 16, 2009
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Harlem (participants can take subway to W 145, or transportation will be provided from site on Upper East Side)
The Doe Fund is delighted to welcome the Yale Alumni Association to host our upcoming May 16th Service Day. While their bright blue uniforms make the trainees of Ready, Willing & Able easy to see as they clean 160 miles of city streets everyday, an integral yet less visible component of RWA is the career development that takes place at The Doe Fund's residential facilities after the workday is over. One of the most—if not the most—vital waypoints on our trainees’ journey to self-sufficiency is permanent, full-time employment. It is toward this end that the “men in blue” work so tirelessly with our Career Development Department. The culmination of their preparatory efforts is our Mock Interview Day, with dress rehearsal interviews conducted by staff and volunteers. This is crucial practice for our trainees, many of whom have never been on a job interview.
Who We Are
The Doe Fund is a non-profit organization that empowers people to break the cycles of homelessness, incarceration, and economic dependency through innovative paid work opportunities, safe and comfortable housing, comprehensive services, and social entrepreneurial business ventures. What We Do: Career Development
The goals of Ready, Willing & Able are to help formerly homeless adults obtain permanent employment, secure independent housing, and maintain lasting sobriety. While trainees are working in our Community Improvement Project or other vocational training programs throughout their stay with The Doe Fund, at the half-way mark, career development preparation intensifies. Through “Job Prep,” a six-week course, trainees learn to search for full-time positions that will utilize the skills they’ve developed in RWA and that will enable them to rejoin the working world. Some of the topics covered include:
• Locating suitable employment positions
• Creating an effective resume and cover letter
• Preparing for job interviews and dealing with difficult questions
• Maintaining employment and understanding when to seek advancement
• Staying motivated and keeping a positive work ethic, which includes peer cooperation and dealing with difficult situations
Career Development Specialists strive to match candidates with potential employment opportunities that will not only help them continue earning the money they need to be economically self-sufficient. They also work to help RWA trainees secure positions that are fulfilling and have advancement potential. Our Graduate Services Department then monitors each graduate’s progress after they gain employment. Mock Interviews help our trainees build confidence for a major milestone—in many cases—their first permanent job. Our Mock Interview Service Days are "dress rehearsals" for the actual interviews trainees will experience as they search for full-time employment. Career Days are not only inspiring, they are fun. After conducting the mock interviews, volunteers share lunch and refreshments with our trainees, offering more informal interaction and feedback about the day.
Service Day Agenda
10:00am Transportation to be provided (pickup from stop in midtown) - or a quick subway ride to W145
11:00am Yale volunteers arrive at The Doe Fund’s Harlem Center for Opportunity. 11:00am-11:30am Yale volunteers tour the facility and receive an onsite orientation to Ready, Willing & Able. 11:30am-12:30pm Mock Interview are conducted 12:30pm-1:00pm Share food and refreshments prepared by our Culinary Arts Program with the trainees.
This allows you and RWA trainees more one-on-one interaction to talk about their experiences,
the professional world, etc. Day of Service Club Coordinator: Mike Jacobs
mike@yaamny.net
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Junior Achievement of New York
Co-sponsored by the Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York and the Yale Club of New York City
Saturday, May 16, 2009
9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
205 E 42nd Street (near 3rd Ave./Grand Central)
We are seeking volunteers to work with high school students during Junior Achievement's 2009 Young Leadership Conference. The preset curriculum will include sessions on: comparing the student and professional worlds; creating a resume; building relationships and making contacts through networking; and exploring professional attitudes in the workplace. Volunteers will receive all the materials that they will need to work with the students. The program will begin with a thirty minute orientation. This program will aid Junior Achievement's Student Ambassadors in gaining concrete professional development and networking skills.
Day of Service Club Coordinator: Amanda Taffy '01 EPH
amanda.taffy@aya.yale.edu Click here to register Who's coming? PortSide New York
Co-sponsored by the Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York and the Yale Club of New York City
Saturday, May 16, 2009
PortSide NewYork breathes life into the relationship between landside communities and the maritime sector—to the advantage of both. We do this via several avenues, including our H2O arts program and our reporting on waterfront issues. Our chief ambassador in this mission is the Mary Whalen, a 170-foot retired coastal oil tanker. To see how we take advantage of this special asset, check out our youtube page: http://www.youtube.com/PortSideNewYork There is always maintenance work to be done on a boat -- painting and scraping, repairing portholes, cleaning the engine room and other interior areas. Participants should be prepared to get dirty, and not be too distracted by one of the most fabulous views in the city! Day of Service Club Coordinator: Amanda Taffy '01 EPH
amanda.taffy@aya.yale.edu
Click here to register for this site Who's coming? The Yung Wing School, Chinatown
Co-sponsored by the Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York, the Yale Club of New York City and the Association of Asian American Yale Alumni (aaaya.org/?p=264)
Saturday, May 16, 2009
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (check in at 8:30 a.m.)
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. (check in at 12:30 p.m.)
40 Division Street, New York, NY
Volunteers are needed to plant a flower and vegetable garden, organize the school’s library, organize the book room and storage closets, help prepare materials for classroom activities (i.e. cutting plastic bottles for terrariums, collating booklets for writing), and make learning center/group activities (cutting, sorting, bagging, labeling). The school has also graciously agreed to provide breakfast and lunch for morning shift volunteers. This site can accommodate up to 30 volunteers per shift. Young adults ages 13 and up are welcomed.
Volunteers are also invited to attend a 60-minute walking tour of Chinatown followed by dinner at a restaurant in Chinatown (no-host). Volunteers should assemble at 5PM in Chatham Square, adjacent to the Yung Wing School.
About the Yung Wing School: Located in the heart of Chinatown, the Yung Wing School serves over 950 students from pre-K through 5th grade. The school is named after Yung Wing, the first Asian to study at Yale and the first Asian to graduate with a bachelor’s degree from any American university (in 1854).
If you have any questions, concerns or problems getting to the site on May 16th, please contact one of our Day of Service Coordinators: Day of Service Club Coordinators: Rocky Chin ’71 ARC
rockychin@aol.com
(917) 577-5748
Dee Hamaguchi ’87 Yale College, Branford
deehamaguchi@yahoo.com
(917) 907-2153
Jackson Loo '02 Yale College, Davenport
jackson.loo@aya.yale.edu
(917) 202-3485 This site has reached capacity Who's coming? Who's coming? Van Cortlandt Park Cross Country Trail
Sponsored by the Yale Track Association
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Van Cortlandt Park Stables, Broadway and 258th Street, Bronx, NY Volunteers will work on cross country course, clearing silt from swales and drains alongside trail, filling gullies, correcting trip hazards and replacing stone dust at specified locations. Day of Service Site Coordinator: Eric Seiff '55
eseiff@seiffkretz.com
212-371-4500 Click here to register for this site Who's coming? Songs for Our Future Concert
Sponsored by Sing for Hope
www.singforhope.org
Note Date: Friday, May 15, 2009
6:30 pm pre-concert reception
7:30 p.m. concert
45 Walker Street (TriBeCa), New York, NY
Ticket Information: http://www.nycharities.org/event/event.asp?CE_ID=3844
Please also register here so other alumni will know you are coming!
Sing for Hope, a non-profit organization that mobilizes a corps of more than 500 professional artists in volunteer service programs that benefit communities in need, has joined forces with Yale University alumni to present an evening of song performed by distinguished Yale graduates. Songs for Our Future will take place in honor of Yale’s "Day of Service", and as a benefit for Sing for Hope's Informance Arts program, which brings dynamic arts education to underserved New York City public schools. More information at www.singforhope.org. Featured Yale alumni performers include Tony Award winner Michael Cerveris, who has recently been seen on Broadway in LoveMusik, Sweeney Todd and Assassins; Tony nominee Melissa Errico, who has appeared on Broadway in My Fair Lady and Amour; the Host of TLC’s Trading Spaces: Family series, Joe Farrell; Tony nominee Malcolm Gets, whose credits include Amour on Broadway and HBO’s Grey Gardens; Christopher Herbert, whose credits include performances at Lincoln Center and Symphony Hall; Tony Award winner Lisa Hopkins, whose credits include La Bohème on Broadway, Gotham Chamber Opera and Prague National Theater; Amy Justman, who has appeared in Company on Broadway and Show Boat at Carnegie Hall; Anika Larsen, who has performed in Rent and Xanadu on Broadway; Tony Award winning composer for Avenue Q, Robert Lopez; Andy Sandberg, who is currently a producer of the Broadway revival of Hair; and Sophie Shao, whose credits include performances at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall. Who's coming? Day of Service Site Coordinator: Christopher Herbert '02 info@singforhope.org
617-571-1203 Y-Apply College Application Workshop for Minority Students
Sponsored by The Y-Apply Group
Saturday, May 16, 2009
12:30 - 4:00 p.m.
The Yale Club of New York City
50 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY
Y-Apply is a group of volunteer Black Yale alumni dedicated to educating and informing high achieving minority high school juniors and their families about the college application process and encouraging them to see selective institutions as a viable option. Y-Apply held a successful initial workshop last spring and has organized two more workshops for this May. On May 16th at the Yale Club of New York City, we will conduct another workshop from 12:30pm to 4:00pm. Alumni volunteers from Yale Black Alumni Association and Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York will be providing assistance during this Yale Day of Service event and we welcome their participation in this educational outreach project.
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Day of Service Coordinator: Vera Wells '71
YApplygroup@gmail.com
verawells71@gmail.com
Other Y-Apply Coordinators: Oroma Mpi'04, Aaron Shipp'96, Scyatta Wallace'96
Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter "NCS Residence"
Co-sponsored by the Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York
and the Yale Club of New York City
Saturday, May 16, 2009
11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
211 East 81st. Street, New York, NY
ncsinc.org
Prepare an afternoon “Brunch” or “Tea Time” for approximately 20 residents of NCS. You can bring food from home or prepare it in their kitchen. The following are some suggestions: cake, cookies, finger sandwiches and tea/coffee. 10 volunteers are needed and families are welcomed! Children ages 13 and up can participate when accompanied by an adult.
Day of Service Club Coordinator: Ceu Martinez '98 ARC
ceu.martinez@aya.yale.edu
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Who's coming?
Yorkville Common Pantry
Co-sponsored by the Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York
and the Yale Club of New York City
Saturday, May 16, 2009
9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
8 E 109th St., New York, NY
ycp.org
Spend the morning packing and stacking bags with healthy groceries to feed hungry families in Harlem. A total of 15 volunteers are needed; this is a family friendly event welcoming children ages 13 and up accompanied by an adult
Day of Service Club Coordinator: Ceu Martinez '98 ARC
ceu.martinez@aya.yale.edu
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Who's coming? Riverside Park Fund
Co-sponsored by the Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York
and the Yale Club of New York City
Saturday, May 16, 2009 Volunteers will participate in beautifying the garden which may consist of painting, cleaning, weeding and gardening. This site can accomodate up to 50 volunteers. Day of Service Club Coordinator: Amanda Taffy '01 EPH
Amanda.taffy@aya.yale.edu Click here to register for this site Who's coming? Prospect Park
Co-sponsored by the Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New York
and the Yale Club of New York City
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Brooklyn, NY Volunteers will participate in beautifying the garden which may consist of painting, cleaning, weeding and gardening. This site can accommodate up to 30 volunteers. Day of Service Club Coordinator: Amanda Taffy '01 EPH
Amanda.taffy@aya.yale.edu
This site has reached capacity Who's coming? New York Blood Center
Donate blood at the New York Blood Center. To schedule an appointment call 1-800-933-blood or visit their website http://www.nybloodcenter.org/index.jsp?sid0=2. When scheduling your appointment, use group # 63565 so they will know you are a Yale Alum.
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