Dear LREI Families,
As promised in last week’s blog….The following is a list of community service opportunities for the coming holiday weekend. Thank you to all who sent in suggestions. Thank you to the Parents’ Association Community Service Committee for helping to generate this list.
Best,
Phil
Children for Children’s “Grow Involved on MLK Day
http://www.nyccah.org/volunteer/mlk
http://www.nyc.gov/html/mvc/html/home/mlk_registration.shtm
http://www.newyorkersvolunteer.com
http://www.dosomething.org/teensforjeans/home
Mary Beaty
214 West 29th Street, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10001-5333
Phone: (212) 228-5000 x 111 Fax: (212) 228-6414
Email: [ mailto:gary_bagley@nycares.orgv ]gary_bagley@nycares.orgv
Bronx Arts School Takes a Capoeira Class
The Bronx Manhattan – Hunts Point
Saturday, 1/17/2009 – 9:00 AM – 2:30 PM
Spend the day with children from the Bronx Charter School for the Arts, a
charter school in Hunts Point. This month, take a lesson in Capoeira, the
Brazilian dance/ martial art form. (9:00AM – 2:30PM: 15 volunteers; $12
for the class and $8 for lunch for yourself and one child). Key Word =
Urban Adventures
Study Now, Play Later with Dunlevy Milbank
Manhattan – Harlem
Saturday, 1/17/2009 – 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
[ http://www.nycares.org/users/signup.php?AID=97274 ]Sign Up
Enjoy a morning of literacy, crafts, and other enrichment activities with the children, ages 5 – 11, of Dunlevy Milbank Community Center in Harlem. Volunteers will work with students to develop educational fundamentals through reading, writing, and various other activities. They’ll then move to the gym, computer center & pool to get active. (10AM – 12:30PM: 12 volunteers) Key Word = Sport
Record Books for the Blind with RFB&D (Saturday)
Manhattan – Midtown –
Saturday, 1/17/2009 – 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM
[ http://www.nycares.org/users/signup.php?AID=97095 ]Sign Up
Read and record books for the blind at RFB&D (Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic) in Midtown Manhattan. This is a seven-week committed project through February 17th; the first week will be training in the recording studio, and then you will be reading and recording books or assisting with other steps in the recording process. (12:30PM – 2:30PM: 10 volunteers)
Key Word = Education
Sunday Social at Rivington House
Manhattan – Lower East Side
Sunday, 1/18/2009 -10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Sign up through NY Cares
[ http://www.nycares.org/users/signup.php?AID=96270
]http://www.nycares.org/users/signup.php?AID=96270
Read the Sunday paper, relax, and enjoy some time with residents of Rivington House, a long term care facility on the Lower East Side for
adults with HIV/AIDS. (10AM – 12PM 5 volunteers) Key Word = HIV
One Brick Brooklyn, NY – this sounds kind of nice for teens or parents….
[ http://www.volunteermatch.org/search/opp442107.jsp
]http://www.volunteermatch.org/search/opp442107.jsp
[ http://www.onebrick.org/eventdetails.asp?EventID=5381
]http://www.onebrick.org/eventdetails.asp?EventID=5381
JCC Day of Service: Use Your Day off to Do Good(Day of Service – January 19)
Join friends and neighbors from 11:00AM- 2:00PM on Monday Jan 19, 2009 as a part of the MLK Commemoration National Day of Service.
This event is FREE and open to EVERYONE. No pre-registration is required. Projects will include:
-preparing food for are homeless shelters
-making welcome kits for children in area hospitals
-calling local and national officials to advocate against genocide
-donate gently used coats as a part of our NY Cares Coat Drive
Free bagels, coffee and hot chocolate will be served.