Local Community
Citywide
Literacy
Partners
Based in New York, the group extends its basic tutoring programs
for adults through several outlets in the city: community centers,
social agencies, and corporations. Read
more.
International
Association of Firefighters
Money donated through this site to the New York Firefighters 9-11
Disaster Relief Fund goes directly to the families of fallen fire
fighters and EMS personnel.
SAGE
Senior Action in a Gay Environment
This organization is dedicated to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender
senior citizens. Volunteers accompany seniors to medical appointments,
shopping trips, and other daily outings and teach classes on everything
from dramatic writing to low-impact aerobics or keep homebound seniors
company.
Gay
Men's Health Crisis
212-367-1585
Established in 1982, Gay Men's Health Crisis offers counseling and
legal aid to anyone infected with HIV or AIDS.
Uniformed
Firefighters Association
The Widows' and Children's Fund accepts donations online.
Windows
of Hope
Set up to benefit families of workers who were lost in the destruction
of the Windows on the World restaurant, the charity has raised more
than $19 million to assist over 125 eligible families.
Services
for the Underserved
Working mostly in Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx, SUS offers help
including home care for Medicaid patients and rehabilitative services
for adults with developmental disabilities and mental retardation.
New
York Cares
212-228-5000
New York Cares enlists tens of thousands of volunteers annually
and works with hundreds of nonprofits and public organizations (schools,
libraries, parks) to help diagnose the needs of communities and
link projects with the appropriate manpower. Giving money to the
organization benefits everyone from public-school children and the
elderly to the homeless, hospital patients, and people living with
HIV and AIDS.
Wildlife
Conservation Society
Headquartered at the Bronx Zoo since 1895, the WCS works both locally
and worldwide to conserve wildlife. In addition to the Bronx Zoo,
the WCS operates the New York Aquarium and the Prospect Park, Queens
and Central Park Zoos.
United
Way of New York
The home of the September 11th Fund is also a clearinghouse for
material donations, as well as providing programs on education,
health, and other community initiatives.
Lower Manhattan
Hamilton
Madison House
Serving the Chinatown area, the organization tries to reach both
the Asian and non-Asian community in its neighborhood with Head
Start, adult education and other programs.
Tribeca
Art
Start
Featuring hip-hop, graphic-design, and fine-arts programs, Art Start
targets low-income and homeless youth. Volunteers, many of whom
are professional artists, lead classes in their area of expertise,
from drumming to short-story writing.
Lower East Side
Good
Old Lower East Side
Since 1977, this neighborhood housing and preservation organization
serving the Lower East Side of Manhattan has worked to prevent homelessness
and revitalize the community.
Henry
Street Settlement
Serving a largely Asian and Hispanic community, its services include
a mental-health clinic, a shelter for battered women, an arts center,
and day-care centers. Volunteer as a tutor, a computer programmer,
a job coach, or a teacher’s assistant.
Lower
Eastside Girls Club
The club fosters all kinds of activities for girls 8-18, including
photography, book groups, and baking. Read
more.
Good
Old Lower East Side
Since 1977, this neighborhood housing and preservation organization
serving the Lower East Side of Manhattan has worked to prevent homelessness
and revitalize the community.
East
Village
Bowery
Mission
The mission has graduated over 600 men who are drug-free and able
to live independently. In addition to contributions of time and
money, the center also takes food and clothing donations.
Chelsea
International
Center
Teach English and American-culture classes at this language-learning
center in Chelsea, where students are foreign-born newcomers to
New York (a standard commitment is two hours a week for six months).
Volunteers are needed for written and conversational instruction.
Upper East Side
Association
to Benefit Children
Among ABC's programs: Baked in the 'Hood, which "has created
a thriving industry in East Harlem by producing, merchandising and
delivering elegantly packaged baked goods as corporate and individual
gifts."
Abraham House
Abraham House serves the incarcerated and their families by trying to "break the cycle of crime" and by serving as an alternative sentence to certain offenders.
Central
Park Conservancy
The conservancy's site offers plenty of options for contributing,
including planting trees and adopting a bench. Donate $1 for a daffodil.
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Good neighbor: Lenox Hill offers
programs for residents in need on the Upper East Side.
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Lenox
Hill Neighborhood House
212-744-5022
This multiservice community center, helps up to 20,000 people annually
-- the homeless, single parents, needy kids, and the homebound elderly.
Programs range from support centers for teens and seniors to transitional
housing for the homeless to ESL and computer classes for adults.
Fund-raisers like the annual Holiday Bazaar at Sotheby's are hot
tickets. Facilities at the Upper East Side center include classrooms,
senior center, homeless shelter, pool and fitness center, and computer
lab.
Upper West Side
Central
Park Conservancy
The conservancy's site offers plenty of options for contributing,
including planting trees and adopting a bench. Donate $1 for a daffodil.
Makor
The well-appointed Jewish cultural center does community service
work with seniors, AIDS patients, and other groups, as well as sponsoring
seminars and workshops.
Harlem
Stanley
M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center
The East Harlem house runs Meals on Wheels, among other programs
for seniors, children, and families.
Harlem
Children's Zone
This center evolved to help improve the future for at-risk Harlem
kids, and runs community pride and educational programs.
Harlem
RBI
The Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities project gives a uniform, a
glove and a baseball or softball education to 350 boys and girls
aged 7-18. The Web site notes that the Grays, the flagship team
of the boys baseball program, have even appeared on a General Mills
“Team Cheerios” cereal box.
Stanley
M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center
The East Harlem house runs Meals on Wheels, among other programs
for seniors, children, and families.
Washington Heights
Fresh
Youth Intiatives
A Washington Heights-based initiative to foster the community service
spirit through programs with neighborhood kids.
Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Public Library
Keep the borough's neighborhood libraries strong: One way is to
get a memorial
book plate, placed in a volume permanently with a contribution
of $50 or more.
The
Hope Program
Founded in 1984, this downtown Brooklyn organization weans over
450 adults enrolled in an intensive 16-week job readiness program,
off public assistance and prepares them for self-sufficiency. Conduct
one-on-one tutorials two hours a week, for a total of 12 weeks.
Project
Reach Youth
PRY provides education, counseling, and youth leadership development programs
to help low-income children and youth in Brooklyn neighborhoods.
Prospect
Park Alliance
This public/private partnership works to preserve Brooklyn's 526-acre
expanse through membership and other donations, such as commemorative
trees.
Services
for the Underserved
Working mostly in Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx, SUS offers help including
home care for Medicaid patients and rehabilitative services for adults
with developmental disabilities and mental retardation.
Queens
Jacob
Riis Settlement House
After-school and teen leadership programs in Long Island City.
Queens
Child Guidance Center
A community-based non-profit agency dedicated to helping the emotional
well-being of children, adolescents, and their families via mental
health services, Head Start, and other programs.
Samuel
Field/Bay Terrace YM & YWHA
A non-profit social service organization and community center providing
the residents of Queens and western Nassau with high quality and
diverse services, innovative programming and a wide variety of community
events.
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