Volunteer Opportunities outside The New York Public Library

Learning Leaders
www.learningleaders.org
Recruits, screens, trains and supports school volunteers who provide tutoring, mentoring and other enrichment services to New York City public school students. Contact info: Learning Leaders, 352 Park Avenue South, 13th Floor, New York, NY 10010; phone 212- 213-3370; fax 212-213-0787.

New York Cares
www.nycares.org
Organizes teams of volunteers to participate in flexibly-scheduled projects for agencies working to meet a wide range of needs for all ages. Contact info: New York Cares, 214 West 29th Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10001; phone 212-228-5000; fax 212-228-6414.

R.S.V.P. (Retired & Senior Volunteer Program)
www.rsvp.cssny.org
Largest older adult volunteer program in the country. Has placed over 10,000 volunteers aged 55 and over in over 600 organizations throughout New York City. Contact information: RSVP, 105 East 22nd Street, Ste. 401, New York, NY 10010; phone 212-674-RSVP (674-7787). Contact information for the satellite offices in each borough are available through the website.

Mentoring Partnership
www.mentoring.org
Coalition of over 100 organizations that recruit, screen and train adults to be mentors for children and adults throughout New York City. Contact info: The Mentoring Partnership of New York, 122 East 42nd St., Suite 1520, New York, NY 10168; phone 1-800-83-YOUTH or 212-953-0945; fax 212-953-1057. Go to "Local Mentoring Partnerships" from the national website for NYC.

Mayor's Volunteer Center
www.nyc.gov/html/mvc/
Website allowing volunteers to link to websites of organizations in their areas of interest throughout the five boroughs. Arranged by subject area, e.g. "Education & Literacy," "Children & Youth," "Hunger & Soup Kitchens." Also lists places that accept donations.

USA Freedom Corps
www.freedomcorps.gov
Vast database with links to large national volunteer organizations such as AmeriCorps and Citizen Corps, as well as major international agencies such as Peace Corps and idealist.org (Action Without Borders). Zip code search will yield local organizations throughout the U.S. Includes opportunities for virtual volunteering as well as scholarship, fellowships, and internships.

New York Foundation for Senior Citizens
www.nyfsc.org/services/ombuds.html
The New York Foundation for Senior Citizens Long Term Care Ombudsman Program trains volunteers to go into nursing and adult homes in all five boroughs to interact with seniors and to advocate for their rights as needed. Call 212.962.2720 for more information.

Computer Resource Centers
Located in recreation centers throughout New York and operated by the City of New York Parks & Recreation. Volunteers can teach or assist in a variety computer classes. Volunteers are also needed to help repair computers, marketing, outreach, grant writing and special events. Orientations are held monthly, contact 212-255-3066 Ext. 121 or email Kami.Griffiths@parks.nyc.gov to learn how you can help.

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