Hope for New York

Serve those in need as a family! Several Hope for New York volunteer opportunities welcome families with children. Questions? Email . 

Ongoing Familiy Volunteer Opportunities

Special Family Volunteer Events

ONGOING FAMILY OPPORTUNITIES

All Angels, an Episcopal church on the Upper West Side, serves a Sunday evening community meal as an extension of its Sunday night worship service. 
Opportunity: Help serve a community meal.
Age Requirement? Ages 12-18, must be supervised by a parent. 

World Vision is an international Christian humanitarian organization with a focus on children and families in need. 
Opportunity: Pack boxes of donated items for distribution to those in need in NYC.
Age Requirement? Ages 13-18, must be supervised by a parent.

The Father’s Heart is a church on the Lower East Side which focuses on community development through practical expressions of compassion such as breakfast to the homeless, ESL classes, after school care and a job training program for youth.
Opportunity: Help serve breakfast to the homeless.
Age Requirement? Ages 14-18, must be supervised by a parent. Some funders require a Child Protection Policy, which limits the age to 14 and over.

Living Waters Fellowship is a church in Bushwick, Brooklyn that provides after school programs, ESL classes for adults and breakfast to the local community.
Opportunity: Help serve a meal to the community.
Age Requirement? Ages 8-18, must be supervised by a parent.

New York City Relief uses mobile soup kitchen buses to provide food, counseling, spiritual help, and resources to communities in need.
Opportunity: Serve with The Relief Bus, a mobile soup kitchen.
Age Requirement? Ages 13 and under, must be supervised by a parent. Ages 13-17 need a qualified adult to supervise them.

DeWitt is an elderly care facility on the Upper East Side where volunteers lead Sunday worship services.
Opportunity: Help lead a worship service for elderly residents.
Age Requirement? Any age, must be supervised by a parent. 

Here’s Life Inner City partners with local churches in low-income neighborhoods to provide a multitude of resources including food and clothing, job readiness training and youth programs.
Opportunity: Sort and re-package donated goods (food and other items) for distribution to those in need.
Age Requirement? Any age, must be supervised by a parent.

Inwood House is a maternity residence on the Upper East Side for pregnant and parenting teens who are homeless, adjudicated or in foster care.
Opportunity: Help lead arts and crafts and other social activities for teen moms and their kids.
Age Requirement? Any age, must be supervised by a parent. Female adults only.

Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter provides housing and support for 65 men and women, the majority of whom are mentally ill and have been chronically homeless.  
Opportunity: Bake dessert and serve high tea to residents.
Age requirement? The age limit for an adult to volunteer independently is 18 and anyone under 18 must be accompanied by a  parent or a family member. Written consents must be signed by the parent or legal guardian and returned to the NCS agency.

Madison Avenue Presbyterian-St. James Shelter operates a 12-bed shelter for homeless men.
Opportunity: Volunteers are needed Sunday – Saturday evenings from 6:30-8:30PM to set up, welcome the guests and serve a light supper.
Age requirement? You can serve as an individual, as a couple, or with a team of up to 4. Any age, must be supervised by a parent.

SPECIAL FAMILY VOLUNTEER EVENTS

Here's Life Inner City- Easter Bag Packing
Saturday, March 23, 2013, 9:00AM - 11:00AM, 11 AM-1PM, 1PM-3PM
Location: Here's Life Inner City (Long Island City)
Fill Easter bags for low-income children in our city. Volunteers will help fill 5,000 bags with candy, fruit, crayons, toys, and children's activity books about Jesus.  Each child must be accompanied by a legal guardian. Please RSVP HERE.