How to Help

Promote Change

All of these are wonderful organizations that YOU can become invloved in

Habitat For Humanity

Ages: all students
Volunteer Opportunities: start campus chapter, paint public spaces (A Brush with Kindness), build & travel, perserve & build affordable housing
Mission Statement: Habitat for Humanity partners with people in your community, and all over the world, to help them build or improve a place they can call home. Habitat homeowners help build their own homes alongside volunteers and pay an affordable mortgage. With your support, Habitat homeowners achieve the strength, stability and independence they need to build a better life for themselves and for their families. Through our 2020 Strategic Plan, Habitat for Humanity will serve more people than ever before through decent and affordable housing. Seeking to put God’s love into action, Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.

St. Joe’s Soup Kitchen

Ages: 13+
Volunteer Opportunities: donate, fundraise, work in soup kitchen
Mission Statement: St. Joseph’s Soup Kitchen has a long and distinguished record of feeding those in need in New York City. Our mission is simple: to feed the hungry and the homeless in a warm and welcoming environment every Saturday afternoon. Not all of our guests are homeless. Some of our guests are individuals who are unable to hold a job due to mental illness, some of them are seniors from the community, while others are minimum-wage workers whose pay doesn’t cover both food and lodging in the city. Others are temporarily out of work and come to us to tide them over. For over almost 40 years, we’ve welcomed them all. The Soup Kitchen fulfills its mission as an all-volunteer organization.

City Meals on Wheels

Ages: students
Volunteer Opportunities: meal delivery, make handmade cards, package & serve meals, visit seniors
Mission Statement:
Citymeals on Wheels (citymeals.org) provides a continuous lifeline of nourishing meals and vital companionship to New York City’s homebound elderly. Working in partnership with community-based organizations and senior centers, Citymeals prepares and delivers over 2 million weekend, holiday and emergency meals to more than 18,000 of our frail aged neighbors each year. Last year, nearly 25,000 individuals volunteered over 80,000 hours of their time to Citymeals’ mission.

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