This
year the GoGreenRide Team encourages you all to give back to your community. Below we have rounded up some of the finest and flexible volunteer activities that
you and your family can participate in or even start!
Holiday Gift Wrapping for Charity
This year, Puppetry Arts Community Arts Organization invites you to join their festive and fabulous charity by helping wrap books and gifts this holiday season. Lunch will be provided by Five Guys Burgers and veggie will be available.
Volunteers must be: 16 or older and must be willing to help
12/ 15, 12/20, 12/21 from 9am-9pm and 12/24 9am-5pm. For those busy souls who still want to be a part of the success are invited to participate at Park Slope for Shifts
9-1pm, 1pm-5pm, 5pm-9pm.
Holiday
Cheer Volunteer @Hamilton-Madison House
The Hamilton-Madison House is looking for volunteers to
make sure their annual holiday festival for children is amazing!
Volunteers
must be: Crafty, creative, spirited and willing to dress up as elves, Santa, and
create holiday decorations and craft booths that will entertain kids ages 6-10.
Volunteers
are needed Dec. 21 11am-3:30pm.
50
Madison Street, New York,NY10038
Sat, December 21, 2013
11:00 AM - 03:30 PM
Toys for Tots
The U.S. Marine Corps Reserve program invites you to help collect new, unwrapped toys during this holiday season.
These toys will be distributed as Christmas gifts to children in need. If you
would like to be donate contact Toys for Tots at 718-434-0964 or visit the Toys for Tots website to find a drop-off location near you.
New York Cares 25th Annual Coat Drive
New York Cares' annual coat drive is back and ready to
make homeless and low-income families winter a little bit warmer. This holiday
season donate your gently-used coats or even start your own drive through Friday,
February 7. Collection sites are located all around the city in transportation
hubs, police stations and at participating retail stores. For a complete list of drop-off locations go to www.newyorkcares.org/coat-drive/map
Operation Santa Claus
Operation Santa Claus is the Post
Office's program that allows everyone to make a child’s dream come true by
answering their 'Dear Santa"
letters. New York City’s program is the largest in the country, with tens
of thousands of people adopting letters each year and you can become a part of
the success! Pick up a letter today from the main post office at 421 Eighth
Avenue (right across from Penn Station) on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday
and Saturday from 9am-4pm and on Thursday 9am-7pm.
Volunteers must be: willing to provide valid identification
and sign a few forms. For more information call 212-330-3000.
City Harvest
Every year, City
Harvest feeds hungry New Yorkers through their Food Drives. This year you and
your kids can help by organizing a food drive at your office, their
school or your place of worship. City Harvest will provide you with the tools.
Help spread the word today!
Room to Grow
Room to Grow is a organization that provides essentials for
babies born to families living in poverty. This unique organization helps as much as they can by monitoring the progress of these families every three months until the child
turns three. Room to Grow accepts donations of
baby gear, clothing, toys and other essentials for children up to age 3.
Donations can be dropped off at the Chelsea location or picked up by a
messenger for a tax-deductible fee. Smaller items can also be donated through
the mail.
Volunteer in Ghana over the Holidays with
Cross-Cultural Solutions
For all you
travelers out there, Cross-Cultural Solutions gives you the opportunity to work
side-by-side with the local people of Ghana and experience another culture like
never before. In Ghana you will develop a sense of culture by visiting a small
village and learning about herbal medicine and traditional healing with a local
practitioner to improve the lives of Ghana's residents.
It's flexible! and they will work around your schedule. For more
information: visit 2 Clinton New Rochelle, NY 10801
TeensforJeans
1.5 millions teenagers are homeless in the U.S and over the past several years, AĆ©ropostale and DoSomething.org have been the proud partners of Teens for Jeans®. Together, they have helped collect over 2.5 million pairs of jeans to donate to homeless teens. This year they invite you to join them and start your own drive at your job or your child’s school. DoSomething.org will help your start your drive and Aeropostale in 34th street will collect the jeans you receive and donate them to shelters all around the U.S
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