CONNECTIONS VOLUNTEERING UD TO A GUIDE
2014-15
Someone needs you… be a Mentor!
The Volunteer Center of Bergen County sponsors two mentoring programs:
Mentoring Youth volunteers are caring men and women who offer friendship, guidance and support to children with social, emotional, and behavioral challenges. Male and Bi-Lingual Spanish-English mentors are especially needed! Mentoring Moms are caring women who provide informal support to mothers who are struggling with the emotional, behavioral and/or practical challenges of raising a family.
Mentors receive ongoing support from program staff. A 12 hour, multi-session training program is provided to all mentoring volunteers. Training takes place evenings at the Volunteer Center of Bergen County in the fall, winter and spring. Training is also available onsite or at corporate or community locations for groups of 5 or more during daytime hours. All prospective mentors are also thoroughly screened, including fingerprinted and background checks as well as personal interview with staff.
Learn new skills · Give back to the community · Meet new people Enhance the life of someone who needs help · Enhance your own life as well!
Call 201-489-9454 or email [email protected] for information about our next mentor training programs.
Volunteer Center of Bergen County, Inc 64 Passaic St. Hackensack, NJ 07601 www.bergenvolunteers.org
The Volunteer Center of Bergen County provides an Equal Opportunity Environment. Table of Contents
How to Use this Book ...... ii Project Ideas Things to Consider / Questions to Ask ...... iii Emergency Services ...... 59 Local Volunteering ...... iv Student Project Ideas ...... 60-61 Web 2.0 Pages ...... v Youth Volunteer Websites ...... 62 How you can Donate ...... vi GenerationOn ...... 63 Seasons of Service ...... vii Family Volunteering ...... 64-65 Group Project Ideas ...... 66 Volunteer Opportunities Donations ...... 67 alphabetical listing by agency name ...... 1-46 Collections & Contacts ...... 68-69
Additional Agencies alphabetical listing by agency name ...... 47 Indexes Agency Listing in alphabetical order ...... 70 VC Programs Geographic Listing (agencies by town) ...... 71-72 About the Volunteer Center ...... 48-49 Issue Area...... 73-75 Hurricane Sandy ...... 50 Specific Situations Indexes Chore Service ...... 51 Agencies with positions for Teens ...... 75-76 Bergen LEADS ...... 52 Family Friendly ...... 76 Business Volunteer Connect ...... 53 Court Mandated Service Agencies ...... 76 Celebrate Volunteers ...... 54
Nonprofit Training & Resource Center ...... 55 Bergen Bike Tour ...... 56 LINK Bergen ...... 56 All Wrapped Up ...... 57 Derby Day ...... 58
This booklet is intended for information purposes and is not to be considered an endorsement of the agencies or services listed therein. While every effort has been made to assure the accuracy of information presented, errors or omissions may occur. Please notify the Volunteer Center of Bergen County (201-489-9454) of any additions or corrections. Congratulations on making the choice to volunteer!
Matching your talents and interests with the needs of an agency can be a challenging task. The Volunteer Center of Bergen County has developed this comprehensive, user-friendly Guide to Volunteering to help you meet that challenge.
How to Use This Book
On pages 1-46, you will find detailed listings of agencies and volunteer positions for those nonprofit organizations that have chosen to become Agency Members of the Volunteer Center of Bergen County. Agency Members pay a nominal fee ($100 or $50 per year) to be listed in our searchable online database at www.bergenvolunteers.org as well as in this book. On page 47 you will find listings of additional nonprofit organizations that are not Agency Members of the Volunteer Center but that do offer volunteer positions.
Agency Members are listed alphabetically. Each organization’s listing includes contact information, a description of what the agency does, minimum age requirement and a mini-job description for each volunteer position available. Icons indicate which positions are for day, evening or weekend, which are for families or groups, or which can be done at home. Beginning on page 70, there are several indexes where member agencies are cross-referenced to help you with your search. They include:
Geographic index by town Area of interest (i.e. animals, environment, homelessness, mentoring, seniors, social services, youth, etc.) Specific situation index (i.e. family friendly, teens, and court mandated) Group project ideas Collection Drives Donating Goods
When you find a volunteer position in which you are interested, contact the agency directly to find out more about it. Be sure to tell them that you read about the volunteer position in this book. We want to hear from you! Please e-mail your questions or concerns to [email protected] or call us at (201) 489-9454. We will be happy to help you explore other options. Visit our website at www.bergenvolunteers.org. Our searchable online database is continually updated with the most current information.
The Volunteer Center of Bergen County is an affiliate of the Hands On Network, a division of Points of Light.
ii Things to consider before you begin to volunteer:
Time How much time do you have to volunteer? How much of a commitment can you make? A one-time project? A week, a month, a year? Do you want to volunteer alone, with friends, family, or co-workers?
Some questions to ask: Skills/Interests/Experience Why do you want to volunteer? What do you want to do? Do you have interests, hobbies or experience that you want to share? How do you want to volunteer - directly with people? in an office? on a committee or Board?
Setting Where would you like to volunteer -- hospital, school, nursing home, office, gift or thrift shop, shelter/soup kitchen, sports/recreation program, camp, park, museum, theater? How will you get there? Do you need a car? Is it accessible by public transportation? What kind of atmosphere would you like? Quiet? Fast-paced? Do you want to volunteer inside or outside?
Who do you want to help? Infants, pre-schoolers, elementary-, middle- or high-school students, adults, elderly? People with physical, mental or learning disabilities? Individuals (one-on-one) or groups of people?
Personal considerations Do you have any physical or mental limitations that you should consider when choosing a volunteer job? Do you know someone who would be a reference if you needed one? Have you asked them in advance?
How to interview for a volunteer position Always be open and honest when you discuss opportunities for volunteer work. The more you and an organization know about each other, the more comfortable you will be in volunteering! Ask lots of questions... What is the purpose/mission of the organization? What programs/services does the agency offer? What are the responsibilities of the volunteer job? What kind of commitment is required? Will you be trained? By whom? Who will supervise you? Will you be working with other volunteers? With staff? Alone? Are there costs involved, such as lunches, meetings, travel, uniform? Will you be reimbursed for your expenses? What about parking? Do you have to pay? Does the agency have liability insurance that covers volunteers? Are there policies and procedures for volunteers?
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You don’t have to travel far to volunteer
Visit our geographic index on page 71 to find volunteer opportunities in your town. Also, call your local:
Library (also check out www.publiclibraries.com) House of worship Senior Center Schools Municipal building/Recreation Dept. Fire Department Ambulance Corps Police Department
These organizations often have many ways you can help!
GET OUT AND GET INVOLVED!
iv Volunteer Center Program
CHECK OUT the 2014/15 Guide to Volunteering on the web.
The 2014/15 Guide to Volunteering is now available online. A downloadable .pdf is available on our home page at www.bergenvolunteers.org.
We update this .pdf periodically during the year to bring you the most current information possible.
Visit our Web 2.0 Pages
Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/bcvolunteers
Facebook www.facebook.com/bergenvolunteers
LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=128262
YouTube www.youtube.com/bcvolunteers
Twitter www.twitter.com/bcvolunteers
READ ALL ABOUT IT! The Volunteer Center Blog!
http://bergenvolunteers.blogspot.com/
Visit us frequently for up-to-the-minute information about our programs and events!
v Your donation can make a BIG difference, right here in Bergen County…
Contributing even a small amount to the Volunteer Center of Bergen County can help build a strong community. Your support can help us to help others Do Good and Feel Good through volunteering, and can help to build the capacity for volunteering in our community.
Consider what a donation to the Volunteer Center can do:
$25 helps connect 5 (or more!) people with volunteer opportunities by printing and mailing 5 copies of the Guide to Volunteering to local libraries and schools. The Guide provides information about thousands of volunteering opportunities in Bergen County.
$50 provides a parenting class for 4 low-income mothers who are overwhelmed with struggling to provide for their families and need help with parenting and life skills. Mentors in our Mentoring Moms program provide the support they need to take steps to a brighter future.
$100 will provide tools and supplies for our Chore Service vans. Chore is a service in which crews of volunteer handyman and handywomen provide minor home repairs for the elderly and disabled - free of charge - helping them to live safely in their own homes.
$250 helps recruit and train a volunteer mentor for a child who has experienced abuse and/or neglect. Mentors in our Mentoring Youth program provide guidance and friendship to troubled children ages 3-18.
$500—$1,000 will provide a partial scholarship for an aspiring adult leader with limited income to participate in Bergen LEADS, a 10-month civic engagement and leadership program that prepares the next generation of community leaders.
Thank you for your support!
vi SEASONS OF SERVICE Throughout the year there are opportunities to participate in nationally sponsored service days
More than 20 million people volunteer each year as part of the Seasons of Service - a year round plan illustrating how a single day of service can grow into an ongoing habit of helping communities.
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY - MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 2015 www.mlkday.gov Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. believed that success is measured "by the quality of our service relationship to humanity." The King Holiday is promoted as a community service initiative to remember, celebrate and organize to meet the challenge of Dr. King's philosophy on public service. Honor Dr. King for the issues and causes he worked so hard for with a day “on,” not a day “off.”
NATIONAL & GLOBAL YOUTH SERVICE DAY - APRIL 17-19, 2015 www.ysa.org/nysd National Youth Service Day encourages communities all across the country to recognize young people for their involvement in community problem solving efforts.
NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK - SUNDAY, APRIL 12- SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 2015 http://www.handsonnetwork.org/programs/more/nvw National Volunteer Week designates a special time to recognize and celebrate the tremendous efforts of volunteers at the local, state and national levels.
SEPTEMBER 11 NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE - THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 www.911day.org Participate in service activities to remember and honor those lost and injured on 9/11 and the many who rose in service following the attacks.
MAKE A DIFFERENCE DAY - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2014 www.usaweekend.com/diffday Make A Difference Day, nicknamed the "national day of doing good," is a national community service effort designed to challenge and reward volunteers. Every year on the fourth Saturday in October, more than one million people spend the day "making a difference" within their communities, engaged in service projects and activities.
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPY DAY- SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2014 www.afpnet.org National Philanthropy Day, is the special day set aside to recognize and pay tribute to the great contributions that philanthropy—and those people active in the philanthropic community—have made to our lives, our communities and our world.
NATIONAL FAMILY VOLUNTEER DAY - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2014 www.pointsoflight.org Thousands of families across America volunteer on this day, performing tasks to benefit their communities. This service day is designed to expose families to the benefits of working together; and to introduce and encourage community service as a family unit. This day is the kick off for NATIONAL FAMILY VOLUNTEER WEEK. www.nationalfamilyweek.org.
To learn more about these special days visit www.handsonnetwork.org and the websites listed above.
vii for making a mark in Bergen County.
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Contact: Cathy Baviello Contact: Ava Coffee-Burks (201) 460-1600 (201) 368-8585 x2816 [email protected] [email protected]
Serves and supports older adults since 1985. Our mission is to be a vital resource for anyone Provides educational programs, social activities, whose life or profession is touched by Aphasia. volunteer opportunities and nutritious meals in a www.adleraphasiacenter.org setting where people of all ages can interact. www.55kipcenter.org Exercise Group Facilitator Lead a group of adults with varying levels of Friendly Visitor physical disabilities through a one hour Visit with elderly and disabled clients. exercise group. Opportunity takes place on Minimum Age: 18 Monday - 10:30 am - 11:30 am and Tuesday - 11:30 am - 12:30 pm. Handyman/woman Minimum Age: 18 Odd jobs - fixing sliding closet doors/paint/etc. as needed. Technology Lab Volunteer Minimum Age: 18 Work one-on-one with members with aphasia using iPads to help enhance Fitness/Dance/Yoga Instructor communication through the use of technology. Times needed - Monday- Teach line dancing, yoga or fitness to Thursday - 10:30 am - 11:30 am, 11:30 am - seniors. 12:30 pm, 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm. Minimum Age: 18 Minimum Age: 21
Aerobics/Walking Club Aphasia Ambassador Assist instructor with low-impact and chair Volunteers are needed to help spread the aerobics and the Walking Club. word about Aphasia by attending events, Minimum Age: 16 passing out information, and/or helping to sell gifts made by members at craft events. Errand Runner Minimum Age: 16 Visit and go shopping with clients. Also Minimum Age w/Adult: 12 help with small household repairs. Valid driver's license required. Office Assistant Minimum Age: 18 Help with general office work. Tasks include:
greeting members, data entry, mailings,
copying and phone work.
Minimum Age: 16
Want more ideas? Call the Volunteer Center at (201) 489-9454 or email [email protected]. 1 Arts and Crafts Volunteer Administrative Assistant Volunteers have a choice of assisting Assistant will work at front reception desk. members with aphasia in an art group or at Duties include: answering phones, greeting our member-run gift shop making jewelry. members and visitors, front desk coverage, Times needed: Monday-Wednesday, 1 hour mail preparation, assistance with special shifts between 10:30 am - 2:15 pm; or events, keeping cafe clean and tidy. Thursday - 1:15 pm. Minimum Age: 21 Minimum Age: 18
Cafe Assistant General kitchen help - prepare coffee and Alliance Against Homelessness restock condiments, take lunch orders and of Bergen County payments, prepare kitchen, assist with 267 Pascack Road serving and clean-up. Washington Township, NJ 07676 Minimum Age: 16
Contact: David Lee Moore Computer Partners (201) 664-1700 Work one-on-one with members with [email protected] Aphasia in computer lab using specially
designed software that stimulate language Alliance Against Homelessness of Bergen skills. Volunteers will be trained and do not County, Inc. is a non-profit organization need extensive computer knowledge. incorporated to develop and operate permanent Minimum of 1 hour per week, Mondays - supportive housing for seriously and persistently Thursdays at 10:30 am, 11:30 am, or 1:15 mentally ill people who are homeless. We own pm. and operate five state licensed residences which Minimum Age: 18 house 20 men and women.
www.aahbergen.org Conversation Partner An opportunity for our members to sit down Walk-a-Thon Volunteer with Center volunteers and practice Volunteers are needed to help throughout conversation skills. the year with this annual event in many Minimum Age: 16 ways. Please dress in casual wear. Must
have a friendly, happy, and positive attitude. Social Media Volunteer Minimum Age: 16 Adler Aphasia Center is seeking a volunteer to assist with online social media/networking. Must be proficient on Facebook and Twitter. Familiarity with sites like TweetDeck and HootSuite a plus. Hours are flexible and can, for the most part, be done offsite.
Minimum Age: 18
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American Red Cross Locations: Bergen, Essex, Hudson and Passaic counties. 74 Godwin Avenue Minimum Age: 18 Ridgewood, NJ 07450
Disaster Action Team Volunteer Contact: Melanie Hazim The disaster action team (DAT) is the first (201) 652-3210 responding Red Cross team to any [email protected] emergency in our service area. DAT
members go to the disaster scene and help The American Red Cross prevents and provide emergency assistance, such as alleviates human suffering in the face of food, clothing, shelter and comfort. New emergencies by mobilizing the power of members respond with experienced team volunteers and the generosity of donors. members. Training provided. Locations: Fairfield, Jersey City, and Minimum Age: 18 Ridgewood. www.redcross.org Disaster Preparedness Presenter Receptionist Offer presentations to the community and Duties include answering front door, local businesses about preparing for any answering phones, signing for packages and type of disaster and responding to direction other miscellaneous projects. Volunteers are from authorities. needed weekdays between 9:30 am and Minimum Age: 18 4:30 pm. Minimum Age: 18 Health Fair Volunteer Volunteers will help educate the public about Ambassador the many Red Cross services. They will Volunteer to be part of a district team to attend health fairs and community events to implement state and federal advocacy display brochures and materials and answer activities. Volunteers meet with legislators to questions about the Red Cross. Training impact public policy. provided. Minimum Age: 18 Minimum Age: 18
Youth Council Coordinator The Coordinator attends monthly, evening Areyvut meetings of the Youth Council, as well as 147 South Washington Avenue chaperones monthly events. The Bergenfield, NJ 07621 coordinator is the liaision between the council and the volunteer manager. Contact: Daniel Rothner Volunteer is needed one Monday (201) 244-6702 evening/month and approximately one [email protected] weekend/month (about 40 hours/year). Minimum Age: 19 Areyvut enables Jewish youth to infuse their lives with kindness, charity, and social justice. Blood Drive Volunteers Areyvut offers Jewish day schools, educators, Assist with registration of blood donors and synagogues, and community centers unique distribution of Red Cross materials at Blood opportunities to create programs that make Drives. Volunteers also needed in "canteen" these values reality. area to dispense juice and snacks. http://www.areyvut.org
Want more ideas? Call the Volunteer Center at (201) 489-9454 or email [email protected]. 3 Program Assistant Arts Horizons Volunteers will help facilitate programs at 1 Grand Avenue schools, synagogues and community Englewood, NJ 07631 centers. Volunteers also help out at service projects. Great opportunity for Middle School Contact: Geri Iannaconi students. (201) 567-1766 Minimum Age: 12 [email protected]
Board Member To foster development of the whole person and Board members assist in event planning to improve education by delivering quality arts meetings and facilitate discussions between programs and activities to schools and Areyvut and community leaders. Two year communities. commitment required. www.artshorizons.org Minimum Age: 20 School Volunteer Art School at Old Church Volunteers attend programs in schools and document the work being done by students, 561 Piermont Road aging populations and schools. Volunteers Demarest, NJ 07627 need to have photographer and
videographer skills. Volunteers are needed Contact: Amy Dudash Robinson weekdays between 9 am and 5 pm. (201) 767-7160 Minimum Age: 18 [email protected]
Our mission is to enrich the quality of life in the community through visual arts education and Aviation Hall of Fame of New cultural events. Our Thrift Shop supports the broader community by providing affordable, Jersey quality clothing and household items. 400 Fred Wehran Drive www.tasoc.org Teterboro, NJ 07608
Thrift Shop Volunteer Contact: Shea Oakley (201) 288-6344 Volunteers assist with sales, sorting and [email protected] merchandising of stock in a busy re-sale
shop. The shop is located in Westwood, To preserve and communicate the history of New Jersey. New Jersey aviation from the first balloon flight Minimum Age: 18 in 1793 to today's space exploration.
njahof.org Teacher Assistant
Volunteers will assist children in the Maintenance Associate classroom with art projects. Volunteers must Work inside and outside museum have the ability to work with young children, maintaining grounds and exhibits. Painting, must be patient, friendly, and have a good lawn care and carpentry skills helpful. attitude. Minimum Age: 21 Minimum Age: 15
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Support Associate Bergen Center for Child Assist in all areas of museum administration. Includes: answering phones, greeting and Development organizing tour groups, and selling tickets. 140 Park Avenue Minimum Age: 16 Haworth, NJ 07641
Contact: Alfred Tagliabue Computer Associate (201) 385-4857 Help maintain databases, develop merge [email protected] mailings, and assist with data entry for library database. Knowledge of Word and Bergen Center of Child Development is a small Excel required. private special education non-profit school Minimum Age: 16 specializing in vocational training and functional
academics. Aircraft Restoration and Maintenance www.bccdschool.com Volunteer For the mechanically inclined and handy Director of Development person, volunteers work as part of a team to The Director of Development will guide the restore and maintain aircrafts, displays, and Executive Director and the Board of general maintenance work on the museum Directors in setting goals for fundraising and property and facility itself. grant management. Minimum Age: 18 Minimum Age: 21
Museum Tour Guide Conduct tours of museum, meet and greet visitors. Presentation skills helpful but not Bergen County's United Way necessary. Volunteers take visiting groups 6 Forest Avenue of students, Scouts, senior citizens, and Paramus, NJ 07652 others, providing them with a tour and explanation of all displays and aircrafts. The Contact: Heather Liebchen museum's focus is on NJ's contributions to (201) 291-4051 aviation. Guides also participate in the [email protected] annual Air Show and give the Dare-To-Fly workshops for youth. Museum hours: Bergen County's United Way is helping people - Tuesday through Friday, 10 am to 4 pm. 24 hours a day, every day - wherever help is Special tours and birthday parties may be needed. booked on Saturdays and Sundays. www.bergenunitedway.org Minimum Age: 16 Teterboro Airport 5K Run Volunteer A 5K on the Runway! This 5K takes place at Teterboro Airport. A unique venue with 1,000+ runners. It takes hundreds of volunteers to pull off this one of a kind event. Dress cool! An event staff t-shirt will be provided. Sneakers are a must! Minimum Age: 18 Minimum Age w/Adult: 12
Want more ideas? Call the Volunteer Center at (201) 489-9454 or email [email protected]. 5 Bergen County Translation/Korean and Cantonese Korean and Cantonese speaking volunteers Historical Society are needed to provide translation services at PO Box 55 the Recovery Information Center in River Edge, NJ 07661 Moonachie. We are working hard to reach
out to the Asian-American community in Contact: Kate Reilly Bergen County to offer assistance in (201) 343-9492 recovering from Hurricane Sandy. [email protected] Minimum Age: 18
Maintains and informs the public concerning Bergen County history by means of collections Volunteer Team Leader and events. Experienced and confident volunteers are www.bergencountyhistory.org/ needed to help lead small groups of other volunteers on small projects doing storm Contact the Bergen County Historical Society for damage repairs. Painting, sanding, specific volunteer opportunities. waterproofing, and clean ups are typical volunteer jobs. Leaders are mostly needed on weekdays but weekends are also Bergen County Hurricane Sandy available. Minimum Age: 18 Long Term Recovery Center 221 Moonachie Road Receptionist/Front Desk Moonachie, NJ 07074 Help greet clients when they come to the
Recovery Center. Volunteer duties will Contact: Marisa Santiago include but are not limited to scheduling (201) 446-8585 appointments, answering client inquiries, [email protected] returning messages, accepting and filing The mission of the BC/VOAD Long Term paperwork and some data entry. Having Recovery Committee is to identify access, great volunteers in this position allows for facilitate and provide resources to help meet the less disruption of the work of our hard unmet needs of victims impacted by Hurricane working staff. Sandy in Bergen County, New Jersey. Minimum Age: 18 www.bergenvoad.org Data Entry Help Hurricane Sandy Recovery - Field New grant programs have started that Contact Volunteer require client information to be entered into Volunteers are needed to help Bergen additional statewide databases. Volunteers County residents who were affected by will be inputting data from client files. Hurricane Sandy. Work includes making Computer literacy is required. phone calls and following up, performing Minimum Age: 18 intake interviews, taking work orders, and making referrals to appropriate social service and housing agencies. Field Contacts will also provide guidance to clients in completing required paperwork. Training will be provided. Minimum Age: 18
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Bergen Family Center Bergenfield Public Library - 44 Armory Street Literacy Volunteers Englewood, NJ 07631 50 West Clinton Avenue
Bergenfield, NJ 07621 Contact: Mitchell Schonfeld
(201) 568-0817 Contact: Donald Hansen [email protected] (201) 387-4040 x837
[email protected] Provides elder care, child care, case management, court services and counseling for To reach out and serve the needs of the individuals, families, and groups opportunities. community by providing free English language www.bergenfamilycenter.org instruction to adult Bergenfield residents, who
wish to achieve command of the English Community Service Drive language, through one-to-one tutoring and group Conduct a Community Service Drive - We activities. guide you in organizing; promotes
teamwork; makes a difference in the lives of ESL Tutor Training hundreds of people. Collect used electronic Call for current training information. games, equipment, CD's and DVD's, books, Minimum Age: 18 and toys.
Minimum Age: 14 English as a Second Language Tutor Administrative Assistance Volunteers tutor foreign-born residents to help them understand, speak, read and write Assist in the Development office. Computer, English. Volunteers work one-to-one and in phone, and interpersonal skills are key. small classes. Volunteers work with clients Opportunities for internships also available. during library hours for at least one hour per Minimum Age: 18 week. Tutor training is provided.
Minimum Age: 18 Senior Citizens Care
Interact, share your talents and journeys with senior day care center frail, elderly, and visually impaired adults. Plan and assist with Bergen Regional Medical Center crafts, events, shopping trips, and picnics. 230 E. Ridgewood Avenue Minimum Age: 21 Paramus, NJ 07652
Volunteer Work With Children Contact: Susan Burkhardt Assist in the Day Care Center and/or After (201) 967-4615 School Program or Summer Camp reading, [email protected] playing games, assisting with homework, planning events/parties for children ages 1- Bergen Regional Medical Center provides a 10. comprehensive set of quality services including Minimum Age: 16 long term care, behavioral health care and acute care to the Bergen County community. The Committee Member medical center is both the largest hospital with Work as team member or individually on 1,070 beds and the largest, licensed nursing fundraising and events, public relations, and home in New Jersey. Bergen Regional is fully marketing. We'll find the best choice for you! accredited by the Joint Commission. Minimum Age: 21 www.bergenregional.com
Want more ideas? Call the Volunteer Center at (201) 489-9454 or email [email protected]. 7 Reader Bergen Volunteer Medical Must be able to read with clarity and at a speed easily comprehended by older adults Initiative and patients. 241 Moore Street, Suite 101 Minimum Age: 15 Hackensack, NJ 07601
Contact: Amanda Missey Letter Writer (201) 518-8484 Patience to work with long term care [email protected] patients who, because of disabilities, are unable to do their own correspondence. BVMI provides free primary and preventive Good handwriting, grammar and spelling a medical care to Bergen County residents who do must. Those able to write in a second not have health insurance or the means to pay language are greatly needed. for care. Medical services are provided by Minimum Age: 15 volunteer physicians, nurse practitioners, and nurses. BVMI has an impact on public health by Emergency Room Host decreasing infectious disease, stabilizing chronic Greet and assist patients. conditions, and reducing pain and suffering Minimum Age: 18 through early intervention and treatment. www.bvmi.org Pet Therapy Volunteer Graphic Designer Bring gentle, people-friendly dogs to visit Volunteer will develop and design a variety with residents. Pets must be certified as of print and digital materials including flyers, Therapy dogs. invitations, newsletters, e-blasts and other Minimum Age: 15 collateral materials. Schedule is flexible and
work can be done from home. Meal Assistant Minimum Age: 20 Assist nursing staff with meals for patients.
Training provided. Licensed Clinical Social Worker Minimum Age: 15 Social Workers will provide short-term,
individual counseling and referrals for Recreation Therapy Assistant additional services in the community as Assist recreation therapist, mornings or needed. Hours are 3-4 hours, 2 times per afternoons. Weekend hours are available as month, Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm and well. Thursday, 3 pm - 7 pm. Volunteers must Minimum Age: 15 have current N.J. LCSW credentials. Minimum Age: 25
Registered Nurse
Must be a licensed RN with knowledge of
electronic medical records. Registered
nurses will greet patients, take vital signs,
assist medical providers during
examinations and provide follow-up
information with patients regarding
medications and appointment.
Minimum Age: 21
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Be-Whole Incorporated who are accountable for their ongoing learning, who value initiative and diversity, and who are 75 Palsa Avenue able to contribute meaningfully to the ever- Elmwood Park, NJ 07407 changing global society. Contact: Lola Sims www.hackensackschools.org (201) 773-6328 [email protected] Parents' Teacher Make a difference by teaching English to To improve the lives of people through parents for bilingual students of the educational support, art, technology training, Hackensack Public Schools. Classes are and awareness seminars on important health held on Mondays and Wednesdays, 6:45 - and social issues. 8:30 p.m. www.be-whole.org Minimum Age: 21
Reading Tutor Tutor - Elemetary School Students Volunteers help students, grades K-5, in High School and College Students are small groups, with reading, phonics, and needed to help tutor elementary school comprehension. Held on the 3rd Saturday of children in reading, writing and math. each month, 10-11 am. Minimum Age: 15 Minimum Age: 18 Minimum Age w/Adult: 15 Bright Side Manor Dance Movement/Exercise Assistant 300 Teaneck Road Volunteer to provide basic dance and Teaneck, NJ 07666 exercise for students (including those with special needs). Wear loose fitting attire Contact: Jo Anne O'Neill appropriate for dance/exercise. All classes (201) 692-1000 are given free of charge. [email protected] Minimum Age: 18 Minimum Age w/Adult: 15 Provides affordable, high quality supportive housing and assisted living services for low and moderate income senior citizens, age 60 and over. Bilingual Parent Outreach www.brightsidemanor.org Office, Hackensack Board of Friendly Visitor Education Visit and socialize with senior citizens. 135 First Street Young children accompanied by adults are Hackensack, NJ 07601 welcome. Minimum Age: 14 Contact: Diana Bermudez
(201) 364-1016 Crafty Volunteers [email protected] If you love crafts and would like to spend The Hackensack School District is dedicated to time with older adults sharing your talents, educational excellence for each and every child. we promise you a rewarding experience. In partnership with parents and the community, Residents love to cut, paste, and color. our schools will maximize academic Come alone, or organize a group. achievement, and develop confident students Minimum Age: 16 Minimum Age w/Adult: 12
Want more ideas? Call the Volunteer Center at (201) 489-9454 or email [email protected]. 9 Fundraiser/Marketer Call Us Clowns, Inc. Volunteers needed with fundraising and/or P.O. Box 844 marketing skills to help devise strategies Saddle River, NJ 07458 and plan events as well as raise public awareness of Bright Side Manor. Contact: Helene Kotzker Minimum Age: 18 (201) 805-2567 [email protected] Entertainers, Performers, Musicians If you can sing, dance, play a musical An award-winning group of caring clowns instrument, perform magic or clown around, volunteering time and talent to provide laughter, then Bright Side Manor is the place for you. family fun and entertainment that is educational, Our residents love to have fun and become therapeutic and healing for all ages. Volunteer easily engaged! clowns work all over Bergen County. Minimum Age: 16 www.callusclowns.org Minimum Age w/Adult: 12 Caring Clown Caring clowns entertain at various locations Buddies of New Jersey, Inc. including charity walks, hospitals, nursing homes and schools. Training provided. (NJ Buddies) Strong people skills a must. Must provide 149 Hudson Street your own transportation. Hours are flexible. Hackensack, NJ 07601 Minimum Age: 21
Contact: Ric Arroyo (201) 489-2900 Care Plus NJ, Inc. [email protected] 610 Valley Health Plaza Provides support, education and services for Paramus, NJ 07652 people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS. www.njbuddies.org Contact: Jill Pindargotty (201) 986-5070 [email protected] Research Assistant
Computer research, database creation for a To support the programs and services of Care variety of projects. Plus NJ, Inc. through public education, program Minimum Age: 15 development, community relations, and
fundraising. Food Bank Volunteer www.careplusfoundation.org Volunteers help to fulfill food orders for clients, help with inventory, help with Contact Care Plus for specific volunteer stocking shelves. opportunities. Minimum Age: 15
Marketing Internship Volunteer will be involved with marketing strategy and implementation, database utilization, mail and telephone campaigns. Minimum Age: 17
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CASA for Children of Center for Food Action (CFA) Bergen County Strives to prevent hunger and homelessness and improve the lives of individuals and families. One Bergen County Plaza Provides emergency food, utility and housing 3rd Floor, Suite 334 assistance, advocacy, and access to community Hackensack, NJ 07601 resources. Orientation required.
www.cfanj.org Contact: Theresa Kehoe (201) 336-7520 [email protected] CFA - Carlstadt 301 Hoboken Road CASA for Children of Bergen County is an Carlstadt, NJ 07072 independent, non-profit organization of professionals and trained volunteers appointed Contact: Eileen Pfingst by the New Jersey Family Court to advocate for (201) 569-1804 x26 children removed from their homes due to abuse [email protected] and/or neglect. www.bergencasa.org Pantry Worker Sort and pack donated groceries at Board Member Carlstadt Pantry. Board members assist with spreading the Minimum Age: 15 word about CASA, special events, and ensure there are enough funds available to serve the children of Bergen County. CFA - Englewood Minimum Age: 21 192 W. Demarest Avenue Englewood, NJ 07631 Graphic Designer Update and enhance CASA Website, Contact: Eileen Pfingst publish Annual Financial Report, and design (201) 569-1804 x26 public relations materials. [email protected] Minimum Age: 16 Pantry Worker Court Appointed Special Advocate Sort and pack donated groceries at Englewood Pantry. CASA volunteers advocate one-on-one for Minimum Age: 15 children in foster care ensuring they receive services while in care and help them get into safe, permanent homes as quickly as Office Volunteer possible. A volunteer needs to have a Assist with mailings, record-keeping, and flexible schedule. filing. Minimum Age: 21 Minimum Age: 15
Special Projects Coordinator Assist with a variety of special events. Minimum Age: 13
Want more ideas? Call the Volunteer Center at (201) 489-9454 or email [email protected]. 11 Group Project Group Projects Organize a food drive at place of business, Team-building projects for businesses and religious facility, or school. Help sort and corporations available: work in storage pack food at CFA food drives and areas, trailers, at projects and events - Thanksgiving distribution. Locations vary. collecting, sorting, lifting, packing food - Minimum Age: 14 making food and holiday food packages. Minimum Age: 14
CFA - Fairview Pantry Volunteer 239 Anderson Avenue Stock pantry shelves with donated food Fairview, NJ 07022 items. Pack food bags for our client families. Sort donated clothing. Contact: Eileen Pfingst Minimum Age: 14 (201) 945-5831 [email protected]
Pantry Worker CFA- Ridgefield Sort and pack donated groceries. Must be 1061A Slocum Avenue able to lift up to 35 pounds. Open Tuesdays Ridgefield, NJ 07657 and Thursdays, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm, and Wednesdays 4pm - 7pm. Contact: Eileen Pfingst Minimum Age: 16 (201) 242-0018 [email protected]
Pantry Worker CFA- Hackensack Sort and pack donated groceries. Must be 316 First Street able to lift up to 35 pounds. Hackensack, NJ 07601 Minimum Age: 16
Contact: Eileen Pfingst (201) 883-9375 CFA - Ringwood [email protected] 145 Carletondale Road Pantry Worker Ringwood, NJ 07456 Sort and pack donated groceries. Must be able to lift up to 35 pounds. Contact: Eileen Pfingst Minimum Age: 16 (201) 529-2029 [email protected]
CFA - Northwest Pantry Volunteer 90 Ridge Road Stock pantry shelves with donated food Mahwah, NJ 07430 items. Pack food bags for our client families. Sort donated clothing. Contact: Eileen Pfingst Minimum Age: 14 (201) 529-2029 [email protected]
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CFA - Saddle Brook Tutor 224 Midland Avenue Tutors needed for high school English, Saddle Brook, NJ 07663 Spanish, and math. Experience working one-on-one with teens. Locations are at Contact: Eileen Pfingst various group homes in Bergen County. (201) 703-9857 Minimum Age: 19 [email protected] Male Mentors Pantry Worker Assist a young boy to build healthy Sort and pack donated groceries - times relationships and develop independence available -Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10am – while encouraging specific talents, hobbies 12 noon. Must be able to lift up to 35 and/or vocational interests. Our mentors are pounds. responsible, caring, adult figures with whom Minimum Age: 16 these children can build a bridge of trust. The difference you can make in the life of a child is extraordinary. Minimum Age: 21 Children's Aid and Family Services, Inc. 200 Robin Road City Green Paramus, NJ 07652 171 Grove Street Clifton, NJ 07013 Contact: Henah Parikh (201) 261-2800 Contact: Christine Van Dyk [email protected] (973) 869-4086 [email protected] Our mission is to preserve, protect, and when needed, provide for families, motivated by City Green Inc. is a 501(c)3, non-profit compassion for vulnerable children, young organization dedicated to facilitating the adults, and frail elderly. CAFS provides high establishment of urban farms and gardens in quality and innovative services that meet the northern New Jersey's cities to enrich the lives social, educational, and emotional needs of the of inner city residents while cultivating education clients. in public health, nutrition, and the environment. www.cafsnj.org City Green offers practical, technical, and financial support to community members of all Volunteer-Zoe's Cupcake Cafe ages to design and manage these urban, green Volunteers will help selling cupcakes, spaces. City Green promotes social justice and running the cash register, taking orders and environmental equality through these greening maintaining displays and store as needed. A efforts. shift is 3-4 hours. www.citygreenonline.org Minimum Age: 18 Urban Farming Volunteer Volunteer Companion/Mentor Every Wednesday evening, 5-8 pm, through Spend one-on-one time with a child, October 29, 2014, the City Green Schultheis encouraging special interests (i.e. music, Farm location in Clifton is seeking art). Training provided. Skills needed - good volunteers to work alongside the urban listening, patience, and positive attitude. farmer. An urban farm volunteer will assist Minimum Age: 21
Want more ideas? Call the Volunteer Center at (201) 489-9454 or email [email protected]. 13 in a variety of activities including weeding, the planting of new gardens, weeding and watering, planting, harvesting crops, and watering, and site beautification projects specialty projects as they occur. You will while learning the basic concepts of learn basic concepts of organic food backyard, perennial, and native habitat production, participate in a unique gardening. community project, meet new people with similar interests, and enjoy the great Volunteers are asked to dress appropriately outdoors! for the weather. Please wear close toed shoes (sneakers or workboots). Please All volunteers are asked to dress for the wear sunscreen, hats, glasses to protect weather, wear sunscreen/hats to portect against the sun and bring water! against the sun, wear closed toe shoes Minimum Age: 12 (sneakers/workboots) and bring water. Minimum Age w/Adult: 10 Minimum Age: 12 Minimum Age w/Adult: 10 Community Blood Services Corporate Volunteers 102 Chestnut Ridge Road Contact City Green today to discuss how Montvale, NJ 07645 your corporate group can volunteer with City
Green at the historic Schultheis Farm! Contact: Jeannette Trinkleback Minimum Age: 21 (201) 444-3900 [email protected] Environmental Educator/Docent City Green is looking for volunteer To advance the quality of health care in the Educators/Docents to assist in hosting field communities we serve by continually increasing trips and educational Family Days for area the supply of blood and providing safe, high youth and their families, at the City Green quality transfusion products and services. Learning Farm at the Schultheis Urban Farm www.communitybloodservices.com location in Clifton and at the City Green Learning Garden at Eastside Park in Filing - Finance Dept. Paterson. Do you have two hours during the day, Monday-Friday, between 9 am and 5 pm? Volunteers will be provided with a Training Could you help us to get some filing work Day to be acquainted with the program and finished? then will facilitate the diverse educational Minimum Age: 18 activities programmed for the events. Minimum Age w/Adult: 17 Programs run from September 1 to October 31, on weekdays and Saturdays. Contact Filing - Community Affairs Dept. us for specific times and dates. Volunteers are need once per week, Minimum Age: 20 Monday-Friday, for two hours between 9 am
and 5 pm to help with filing. Perennial/Native Garden Volunteer Minimum Age: 18 Every Wednesday from 9:30 am to 12 noon Minimum Age w/Adult: 17 until October 29, 2014, City Green is seeking volunteers to work in the flower
gardens at the Schultheis Farm location in
Clifton. Gardening volunteers will assist in
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Clerical Support The Consortium of Multiple Ability to read/write in English, answer in- coming calls, light clerical work, data entry - Sclerosis Centers person must be organized. 359 Main Street, Suite A Minimum Age: 16 Hackensack, NJ 07601
Telerecruiter/Courtesy Caller Contact: Sarah Stoeckel (201) 487-1050 Call regular Blood Center donors to set up [email protected] appointments. Also call new donors to thank
them for donating and encourage them to The mission of the Consortium of Multiple come again. Good people and telephone Sclerosis Centers is to enhance collaboration of skills required. Hours: 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm, members for the improvement of care and the Monday through Friday, and 10:00 am - 1:00 acquisition of knowledge. To increase resources pm on Saturday. and to transmit information for the benefit of Minimum Age: 16 those affected by Multiple Sclerosis. We will
accomplish this mission through programs of Canteen Host/Hostess comprehensive care, education, and research. Give juice and cookies to blood donors in www.mscare.org the donor canteen. Make conversation in
friendly atmosphere. Shifts available. Annual Meeting Preparation Location - Paramus - 8:00 am - 8:00 pm Volunteer weekdays, 4 hours shifts. 9:00 am - 2:00 pm Volunteers will help prepare materials for the Saturdays. annual meeting! Volunteers will receive free Minimum Age: 16 parking and lunch!
Minimum Age: 16
Comprehensive Behavioral Healthcare The Dackks Group For 516 Valley Brook Avenue Lyndhurst, NJ 07071 Supportive Housing P.O. Box 702 Contact: Cameron Griffing Ramsey, NJ 07446 (201) 935-3322 [email protected] Contact: Karen Amy (201) 236-9001 Promotes and maintains wellness and [email protected] independence in the older adult population. It is the mission of The DACKKs Group for Comprehensive Behavioral Health-care provides Supportive Housing Development to expand the a comprehensive program to meet the supply of affordable and supportive permanent biopsycho/social needs of clients and families. and transitional housing for the homeless and www.cbhcare.com special needs populations.
www.dackksgroup.org Activity Assistant for Seniors
Assist activity director in planning and coordinating social activities. Assist clients with arts & crafts projects and recreational activities.
Minimum Age: 18
Want more ideas? Call the Volunteer Center at (201) 489-9454 or email [email protected]. 15 General Office Work Administrative/Bookkeeping We purchase, manage and maintain safe, Volunteer decent and affordable housing to rent to the Provide administrative support for major homeless and people with special needs for fundraisers such as car raffles, awards 30 percent of their income. dinners and a 5K Run. Duties include: data Minimum Age: 18 entry, bookkeeping, mailings. This is a crucial position which ensures that our fundraising efforts and donors are Diabetes Foundation, Inc. documented correctly. Computer proficiency and an aptitude for basic calculations are 13 Sunflower Avenue musts. Paramus, NJ 07652 Minimum Age: 18
Contact: Bonnie Starr Patient Support Volunteer (201) 444-0337 Seeking volunteers to assist with phone [email protected] calls in our Patient Support Services
Program. These individuals work to connect Dedicated to helping people with diabetes and people living with diabetes that are their families by providing education, financial uninsured or under-insured with long-term assistance, and funding for research. prescription assistance programs, medical www.diabetesinnj.org facilities, and ongoing health and wellness
resources. Helping patients who have Bulk Mail Volunteer utilized the Foundation short-term Assist with large mailings for education emergency medical assistance find long- events, fundraisers, and more. Duties term assistance is critical to ensuring that include stuffing and sorting mail as needed. each patient will not experience a lapse in Groups and individuals are welcome! their diabetes treatment plan. The New Minimum Age: 14 Jersey residents that we serve have no resources for diabetes education, personal Fundraising/Special Events Volunteer care plans, or financial information, and our Assist with 5-6 major annual fundraisers Support Program is one of the only ways for which generate funds for critical diabetes them to learn how to manage their condition. medications, children's camp scholarships, Bilingual English/Spanish proficiency a plus education and patient support services. but not required. Experience speaking with Duties include staffing events, assisting with patients or customers via phone, and/or event planning and post-event activities, familiarity with diabetes is a huge plus, but obtaining donations and raffle items, and not required. Computer proficiency and more. There is also room for those typing skills are required. interested in creating new fundraisers to do Minimum Age: 18 so, as we rely so heavily on these funds to continue our programs and patient assistance. Minimum Age: 18
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Community Outreach and Education Party Planner Volunteer Plan a craft or musical party for people with DFI's outreach efforts provide extensive disabilities. education, literature resources, and Minimum Age: 16 information for no-cost/low-cost medication programs to those suffering from or at risk Junior Volunteer for diabetes. Duties include attending health Junior volunteers (between the ages of 13- fairs and events within the community, 17) are needed to work in a variety of organizing and maintaining outreach programs with individuals who have materials, researching health fairs and other developmental disabilities. relevant events, and providing support to Minimum Age: 13 community programs where there is an opportunity to educate the public. There is Spiritual Services Assistant also room for those interested in running Take the residents to worship services in the programs to serve as a coordinator or community. instructor for new programs that they are Minimum Age: 16 interested in piloting. Bilingual English/Spanish proficiency a plus but not Recreation Assistant required. Familiarity with diabetes is a huge Assist the residents with recreation activities plus, but also not required. This is a and join residents on outings. Work with the wonderful experience for those looking to recreation department to facilitate activities. enter or already employed in the healthcare Minimum Age: 16 field, as well as those who may personally
experience the complications of diabetes. Minimum Age: 18 ECLC of New Jersey 302 North Franklin Turnpike Eastern Christian Children's Ho Ho Kus, NJ 07423
Retreat Contact: Mary Lou Dawson 700 Mountain Avenue (201) 670-7880 Wyckoff, NJ 07481 [email protected]
Contact: Kimberly Salles Our mission is to provide education and services (201) 848-8005 x230 to developmentally disabled children and adults [email protected] to empower them to achieve their maximum potential, enhance their quality of life, and Supports individuals with a broad range of become contributing members of their mental and physical disabilities. The retreat community. Locations in Paramus and Ho Ho provides residential services, programs, and Kus. respite to people with developmental disabilities. www.eclcofnj.org www.eccretreat.org School Helper Volunteers needed to facilitate appropriate Musician lunch topics (i.e. current TV shows, movies, Share your musical talents with residents videos, current events) and assist with the who have disabilities. opening of lunchbags and clean-up. All Minimum Age: 16 volunteers are required to complete a
Want more ideas? Call the Volunteer Center at (201) 489-9454 or email [email protected]. 17 background check and fingerprinting. ECLC Family Promise of Bergen will reimburse volunteers for those costs. Volunteers are needed Monday - Friday in County the mornings. 100 Dayton Street Minimum Age: 18 Ridgewood, NJ 07452
Clerical Assistant Contact: Margo Heller Volunteers assist principal with filing, (201) 833-8009 copying, mail distribution, and other general [email protected] office tasks. Volunteers are needed from 8 am - 11 am. All volunteers are required to To alleviate the plight of homeless and needy complete a background check and families and individuals by mobilizing fingerprinting. ECLC will reimburse appropriate human, economic, and civic volunteers for those costs. resources. Minimum Age: 18 bergenfamilypromise.org
Special Events/Fundraising Volunteer Opportunities exist throughout the year to Fair Housing Council of initiate, plan, publicize, and participate in Northern New Jersey fundraising and publicity events. Minimum Age: 18 131 Main Street, Suite 140
Hackensack, NJ 07601 Weekend Volunteer Contact: Lee Porter Provide coverage to keep Day Center open (201) 489-3552 for families. Special snacks/activities [email protected] welcome. Morning and afternoon shifts available. The Fair Housing Council assists families and Minimum Age: 18 individuals in their housing search without regard to religion, race, disability or minority Office Support Volunteer status. Answer telephones, assist with mailings, www.fhcnnj.org work with office manager on special projects. Computer skills and knowledge of Housing Information Assistant data entry a plus. Volunteers review housing availability. Minimum Age: 16 Minimum Age: 18 Advocate Work to prevent and eliminate homelessness through education and community action. Increase public awareness of the issues surrounding homelessness and the work of Family Promise. Public speaking experience helpful but not necessary. Minimum Age: 18
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Family Promise - Youth Council trails and exhibits. Orientation provided. Hours: Saturday and Sunday, 1 pm - 5 pm. for the Homeless Minimum Age: 18 100 Dayton Street Ridgewood, NJ 07450 Mailing Volunteer
Assist current team of volunteers to send out Contact: Cindy Blinn program materials and other literature as (201) 833-8009 needed. [email protected] Minimum Age: 18
To bind together the high schools of Bergen Trail Crew County to work to alleviate the plight of the Assist Park Ranger with park erosion control homeless and needy people in this County by projects - such as hiking trail maintenance, organizing appropriate human, economic, and bridge building, and tree clearing at 150- civic resources. acre nature preserve. Adults only. bergenfamilypromise.org Minimum Age: 21
Youth Council Volunteer Trail Guide Teacher Members of the Youth Council participate in Lead school groups on nature trails teaching the Walk-in Dinner Program, Bike Bergen, environmental education lessons. Weekday gift wrapping, car washes and activities to mornings in spring and fall. Training help the homeless of the community. workshops and enrichment opportunities Minimum Age: 14 provided. Mature responsible adults with Camp Counselor experience working with young children. Counselors needed at daycamp for Minimum Age: 21 homeless children - last 2 weeks of August.
Minimum Age: 14
Giants of Generosity Flat Rock Brook Nature 201 Piermont Road, #16 Cresskill, NJ 07626 Association 443 Van Nostrand Avenue Contact: Jane Albanese Englewood, NJ 07631 (201) 567-2622 [email protected] Contact: Sandy Chiappino (201) 567-1265 Our mission is to provide help, hope, and [email protected] financial aid to people in crisis, and to assist those who are experiencing desperate times. Our mission is to maintain and preserve the www.giantsofgenerosity.org lands under our supervision as a natural sanctuary for plant and animal life and provide Grant Writer environmental education for people of all ages. Seeking a skilled grant writer to assist on a www.flatrockbrook.org pro bono basis, initially. Hours are very flexible. Weekend Docent Minimum Age: 25 Assist visitors to the nature center with information about Flat Rock Brook's hiking
Want more ideas? Call the Volunteer Center at (201) 489-9454 or email [email protected]. 19 Quickbooks Volunteer or programs, on a short-term basis. Looking for a volunteer who is experienced Minimum Age: 18 with Quickbooks, 3-4 hours per week. Flexible schedule. Property Maintenance Volunteer Minimum Age: 18 Help with general seasonal maintenance and clean up of the council and camps. Also looking for professional skills (i.e. carpentry, electrician, plumbing). Need assistance with Girl Scouts of Northern building or camp maintenance or share skill New Jersey to help enhance a girl's experience. Minimum Age: 18 Paramus Office: 300 Forest Avenue
Paramus, NJ 07652 Troop Leaders/Assistant Contact: Gail Kennedy Troop Leaders (201) 967-8100 x234 Do you want to participate in exciting [email protected] activities with a small group of girls? You will share so much as the girls in your troop earn Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, awards and badges, go on field trips, and and character who make the world a better learn from community leaders and experts place. on issues important to our community. www.gsnnj.org Minimum Age: 18
Office Assistant Come into the council office and make new Habitat for Humanity of Bergen friends as you assist the staff with general office work and data entry. Volunteering can County be periodic. Focus on a specific skill (i.e 690 Kinderkamack Road cooking, sports). Oradell, NJ 07649 Minimum Age: 21 Contact: Chrystie Dursch Short Term Series Volunteer (201) 457-1020 [email protected] Do you have a particular skill or talent? Are
you looking for a chance to work with girls Habitat for Humanity works with people without a long-term commitment? Then everywhere toward the goal of eliminating come share your passion with a focused poverty housing and homelessness. Using group of girls. Series often meet for several volunteer labor and donated funds and sessions, such as 4-6 weeks, while girls materials, Habitat builds or rehabilitates houses focus on a specific skill (i.e cooking, sports). and sells them to families at cost. Minimum Age: 18 www.habitatbergen.org/
Event/Program Volunteer Construction Volunteer Do you have high energy but limited No skills are required - on the job training. availability? Choose your favorite topics, and Minimum Age: 16 help girls unleash their potential. You will
interact with girls and help them become
their best selves, usually at one day events
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Feed Our Volunteers Outreach Volunteer Volunteers needed to purchase, prepare Assist in making the community aware of and serve during morning break and lunch our services. Attend health fairs, deliver at building sites. Great family opportunity literature and hang posters. Also assist with with children 10 and older. various awareness events throughout the Minimum Age: 10 year such as Denim Day, Clothesline Project and Art and Poetry. Youth United Volunteer Minimum Age: 18 Youth ages 13-25 needed to sponsor and build houses, develop leadership skills, Volunteer Advocate advocacy, and awareness. Groups welcome Work directly with survivors of sexual abuse, and needed. their families, and friends. Respond to calls Minimum Age: 13 on our 24-hour hotline, and provide medical and legal accompaniments. Training is Office Assistant required. Help to maintain volunteer data, track Minimum Age: 18 fundraising programs, handle phone and mail correspondence. General computer work. Healing the Children Minimum Age: 25 New Jersey 112 Fifth Avenue Hawthorne, NJ 07506 healingSPACE: A Sexual Violence Resource Center Contact: Pamela DePompo 2 University Plaza, 2nd Floor Suite 208 (973) 949-5034 Hackensack, NJ 07601 [email protected]
Contact: Chrisula Tasiopoulos Healing the Children New Jersey provides (201) 888-1700 donated medical care to children in need in the [email protected] United States and throughout the world. Founded in 1981, we have cared for more than healingSPACE provides a free and confidential 31,000 children locally and globally. 24-hour hotline to survivors of sexual assault www.htcnj.org and abuse, their families, and friends. Support is available to anyone who has experienced sexual Graphic Designer violence, whether it happened hours or years Graphic designer needed on an on-going ago. basis to design invitations, posters, www.ywcabergencounty.org brochures, and other materials for program. Schedule is flexible. Please call 973-949- Office Volunteer 5034 for more information. Volunteers assist with general office tasks Minimum Age: 18 including filing, typing, and data entry. Office volunteers also assist with bulk mailings and
put together informational packets.
Minimum Age: 16
Want more ideas? Call the Volunteer Center at (201) 489-9454 or email [email protected]. 21 Member - Board of Trustees Holy Name Hospital Board members hire and supervise the 718 Teaneck Road Executive Director, ensure fiscal stability, Teaneck, NJ 07666 serve as ambassadors in the community and uphold the mission. The Board meets Contact: Marie Berthou twice per year. Board members are (201) 833-3217 expected to participate in core social events [email protected] (gala) and ancillary events (volleyball We are a community of caregivers committed to tournament, golf outing, NJ Marathon at the a ministry of healing, embracing the tradition of Shore). Catholic principles, and the pursuit of Minimum Age: 21 professional excellence and conscientious stewardship. we help our community achieve the highest attainable level of health through prevention, education and treatment. Heightened Independence www.holyname.org and Progress 131 Main Street Friendly Visitor Suite 120Hackensack, NJ 07601 Prepare meal trays, visit unit rooms, adjust TV/radio settings, converse with patients. Contact: Paula Walsh Minimum Age: 14 (201) 996-9100 [email protected] General Hospital Volunteer Working directly or indirectly with patients; Empowering people with disabilities to achieve telephone duties and clerical positions independent living through outreach, advocacy, throughout the hospital. Monday - Friday: and education. 8am - 12pm, 12pm - 4pm. www.hipcil.org Minimum Age: 18
Survey Volunteer Gift Shop Volunteer Heightened Independence in Progress Assist with sales, customers, register, stock, (HIP), Hackensack, Project Downtown etc. in gift shop. Monday-Friday: 8am-12pm, Access is looking for volunteers to survey 12pm-4pm, 4pm-8pm; Saturday and businesses along Main Street to identify Sunday: 10am-2:30pm, 2:30pm-7pm. problems of access. HIP will then reach out Minimum Age: 18 to these businesses providing information about barrier removal so their facilities are Nursing Unit Volunteer accessible to all customers. Volunteers can Assist nursing staff with clerical duties, run work alone or partner with another errands, answer patient call lights, freshen volunteer, and you can take on as little or as water, transport/discharge patients. For much as you are able. Call Nancy Hodgins Adults - Monday to Friday, 8am-12pm, at Bergen HIP, 201-996-9100, x26 or email 12pm-4pm. For Teens - Monday to Friday, her, [email protected] 4pm-6pm, Saturday and Sunday 8am-12pm, Minimum Age: 18 12pm-4pm.
Minimum Age: 15
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Menu Aide/Food & Nutrition Volunteer - TeleCare Connection Assist staff with snack trays, wrap Volunteers will visit with patients at home silverware, deliver menus or food trays upon and via computer and internet (telehome request. For Teens Only - Monday - Friday - visits) on a regular basis to help them use 4pm-6pm Saturday, Sunday - 8am-12pm, technology that supports their aging in 12pm-4pm. place. Volunteers must have good Minimum Age: 15 computer, iPad skills.
Minimum Age: 18 Minimum Age w/Adult: 12 Hygiene Project (Formerly Wrap 4 A Smile) Friendly Visitor Volunteers provide weekly, scheduled visits 773 8th Street to clients with a special need or Secaucus, NJ 07094 developmental disability. Volunteers provide Contact: Cathy Wolf companionship, socialization, and respite for (201) 223-4405 caregivers. [email protected] Minimum Age: 15 Minimum Age w/Adult: 12 To promote youth and community awareness of local issues related to poverty, through Kosher Meals on Wheels Driver distribution programs that provide hygiene, Volunteers deliver daily kosher meals to nutrition and clothing assistance to those in homebound, isolated seniors. Volunteers need. must be available 11:30 am - 1:00 pm. www.hygieneproject.org Minimum Age: 18
Contact the Hygiene Project for specific Adopt-A-Bubby/Adopt-A-Grandparent volunteer opportunities. Volunteers make weekly calls at a pre-set time, to isolated, often homebound elderly clients. Minimum Age: 18 Jewish Family Service of Minimum Age w/Adult: 12 Bergen County and North Hudson 1485 Teaneck Road Jewish Family Service of Teaneck, NJ 07666 North Jersey 1 Pike Drive Contact: Nina Ashurov Wayne, NJ 07470 (201) 837-9090 x237 [email protected] Contact: Melanie Lester (973) 595-0111 Strengthens and preserves the well being of [email protected] individuals and families; helps them effectively meet the challenges and changes through life by Jewish Family Service of North Jersey provides providing quality human services and excellent and caring professional service that professional counseling to all who call upon its strengthens family life and enhances the welfare services. of the North Jersey community in accordance www.jfsbergen.org/
Want more ideas? Call the Volunteer Center at (201) 489-9454 or email [email protected]. 23 with Jewish traditions and values. create a strong, collaborative, and vibrant www.jfsnorthjersey.org/familyandchildren.html Jewish community in Northern New Jersey, Israel and beyond. Telephone Reassurance www.jfnnj.org Volunteers make calls at a pre-set time, to isolated, homebound elderly clients, to General Volunteer assure personal well-being. We provide a central volunteer Minimum Age: 18 clearinghouse for the Bergen County Jewish community, by providing a coordinated, Friendly Visiting single entry point for volunteerism through Volunteers provide weekly or otherwise placement and projects in partnership with regularly scheduled friendly visits to JFSNJ agencies, congregations, and other clients who are older adults and/or struggle organizations. We are looking for volunteers as a result of special needs or to help us with a variety of opportunities. developmental disability. Call for information! Minimum Age: 18 Minimum Age: 13
Kosher Meals on Wheels Driver Volunteers deliver daily kosher meals to homebound, isolated seniors. Volunteers The John Fell House/Concerned must be available 11:30 am - 1:00 pm. Citizens of Allendale Minimum Age: 18 475 Franklin Turnpike Allendale, NJ 07401 Drivers/Escorts Volunteers transport and accompany Contact: Catherine Schwartz seniors to medical appointments. (201) 783-8754 Minimum Age: 18 [email protected]
Cafe Europa Volunteer The John Fell House is owned, operated and Volunteers assist in providing transportation maintained by the Concerned Citizens of to program, setting up, registering Allendale (CCA), a 501c3 non-profit dedicated to participants, serving lunch and socialization the preservation of the John Fell House as a with participants. self-sustaining community center. John Fell was Minimum Age: 18 an American patriot, ratifier of the Constitution. www.fellhouse.org
Jewish Federation of Northern Contact The John Fell House for specific New Jersey volunteer opportunities. Volunteers of all ages 50 Eisenhower Drive can help. Paramus, NJ 07652
Contact: Alice Blass (201) 820-3900 [email protected]
Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey adds value by providing the leadership necessary to
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Life Choice Hospice Hospice Companion Volunteer 65 East Route 4 Hospice companion volunteers provide River Edge, NJ 07661 companionship to our patients by spending time with them, doing a number of activities Contact: Kim Urquhart including: reading, watching TV, talking, (800) 557-7570 writing life stories, playing cards, listening to [email protected] music and more! Training required and free. Minimum Age: 18 Life Choice Hospice is a dedicated hospice Minimum Age w/Adult: 16 agency that provides compassionate high quality care. We have numerous opportunies to volunteer throughout northern NJ. Our volunteers do amazing things with our end of life Mahwah Environmental patients. Call today to learn more!! Volunteers Organization www.lifechoicehospice.com/volunteers (MEVO)
1170 Ramapo Valley Road Hospice Pet Therapy Volunteer Mahwah, NJ 07430 Looking for certified pet therapy volunteers
to visit with hospice patients with a therapy Contact: Eric Fuchs-Stengel animal. Animal must be certified with (201) 316-4888 licensed pet therapy agency. Training [email protected] required for animal handler free of charge.
Minimum Age: 18 MEVO carries out service events that heal the Minimum Age w/Adult: 16 natural environment and engage people in
stopping environmental degradation. All of our Hospice Administrative Volunteer service keeps MEVO's goals of service, Administrative volunteers assist with various sustainability and environment in mind. office tasks to support the hospice team. www.mevoearth.org Work can be done on site or off site. Flexible
hours. Training required and free. Apprentice Farmer Minimum Age: 18 Apprentices work with our Farm Manager to Minimum Age w/Adult: 16 create a just and sustainable food system
for Northern New Jersey. You’ll learn how Massage Therapist to grow a variety of food (squash, kale, Seeking licensed massage therapists to radishes, are just a few) and will have the provide gentle massage to our hospice satisfaction of teaching people about organic patients in nursing homes, assisted living farming. You’ll be volunteering outdoors: and at home. Volunteers must have a valid managing and harvesting our community license. Hospice training required and free. gardens. Minimum Age: 18
And what do you need to work for us? Reiki Volunteer 1) A desire and passion to learn organic Seeking trained Reiki practitioners to work agriculture. with hospice patients at home, in nursing 2) An availability of 4 or 5 hours at least two homes and in assisted living facilities. days a week. Hospice training required and free. Schedule 3) Commitment. is very flexible. 4) A car. Minimum Age: 18
Want more ideas? Call the Volunteer Center at (201) 489-9454 or email [email protected]. 25 To apply, fill out the online application Earth Crew Volunteer process on our website, e-mail at Volunteer outdoors cleaning up trash, [email protected]. Send your resume and planting trees, and stopping environmental cover letter in your e-mail. problems. Create communities that are Minimum Age: 18 environmentally sustainable. We need your help! Summer Farm Crew Minimum Age: 15 Spend your summer outdoors. Learn to grow your own food and teach about local organic farming. Build community gardens Meadowlink and experience all aspects of garden 144 Park Place East management. Looking for volunteers who Wood-Ridge, NJ 07075 can give 3 days per week. Minimum Age: 15 Contact: Kinga Skora (201) 939-4242 Environmental Summer Crew [email protected] Spend your summer outdoors. Clean-up badly polluted areas and develop Our mission is to implement innovative communities to be environmentally transportation programs and services that sustainable. Experience how to manage a enhance quality of life, regional mobility, and not-for-profit organization. economic opportunity for people while reducing Minimum Age: 15 traffic congestion and improving air quality. www.ezride.org Community Garden Organizer Grow organic food and teach people about Community Cars Driver local sustainable farming. Experience how to Volunteers drive our E-Z Ride cars to manage and build community gardens and provide service for seniors and people with produce great food locally. Flexible disabilities. Volunteers are covered by our schedule. insurance, and are provided with gas and Minimum Age: 15 free training. No criminal record and clean driving record are a must. Earth Crew Program Coordinator Minimum Age: 21 Every great cause needs great leaders. As Program Coordinator, you will be trained Customer Service Associate and lead all aspects of our environmental Assist with daily scheduling for senior service corps. transportation, assist with conducting Minimum Age: 15 presentations to senior community. Minimum Age: 21 Farm Maintainer Learn to grow food and teach people about organic farming. Volunteer outdoors managing and harvesting our community gardens. We need all the help we can get! Volunteers are needed all week and on weekends between 9 am and 5 pm. Minimum Age: 15
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New Hope, Inc. Northeast New Jersey 106 West Palisades Avenue Legal Services Englewood, NJ 07631 190 Moore Street
Suite 100 Contact: Carol Lavis Hackensack, NJ 07601 (201) 408-4726 [email protected] Contact: Naznin Saifi, Esq.
(201) 487-2166 New Hope is an outreach organization that [email protected] provides help to single mothers, pregnant or with their babies. It offers one-on-one mentoring, Northeast New Jersey Legal Services provides counseling, and subsidies for rent, education, free legal services for low-income, senior and and daycare. They also provide diapers, disabled county residents in order to assure that clothing, etc. for babies. All volunteers work out their legal rights are protected and that access of their own homes. to the civil justice system is not denied to clients www.newhope4lifeweb.org simply because they cannot afford a private
attorney. NNJLS provides legal representation to Corresponding Secretary individuals and families residing in Bergen, Volunteer will send out computer generated Hudson and Passaic counties in the areas of thank yous and help with other housing, family, consumer, senior, public correspondence. benefits, education, employment health, Minimum Age: 21 immigration, tax and community economic development law. NNJLS is committed to Administrative Assistant providing all individuals, including those with Volunteers help keep records of clients and limited English proficiency, with equal access to maintain a simple database of clients, our civil justice system. mentors, counselors, and volunteers. www.lsnj.org/ Volunteers work from their own homes. Minimum Age: 21 Pro Bono Attorney Highly skilled NJ-licensed attorneys needed Mentor for pro bono representation of low-income Looking for women with compassion and residents of Bergen, Hudson, and Passaic common sense. Volunteers spend 1 hour counties in a variety of civil legal matters. each week supporting a first-time, single Minimum Age: 25 mom, pregnant or with an infant. Visit and telephone counseling. Volunteers work from their own homes. Minimum Age: 21
Want more ideas? Call the Volunteer Center at (201) 489-9454 or email [email protected]. 27 North Jersey Friendship House Office Assistant 125 Atlantic Avenue Extra hands are needed weekdays at our Hackensack, NJ 07601 Mahwah office to help with mailings, data entry, filing, creation of information Contact: Kathy English packets,and a wide variety of other projects. (201) 488-2121 Minimum Age: 18 [email protected] Trail Crew Member The role of Friendship House is to assist Help build hiking trails, bridges, rock stair persons with mental, developmental, and cases, and more in various parks in NY & physical disabilities to improve their quality of NJ. life. We help individuals along the path from Minimum Age: 16 acute care to becoming functioning members of society, satisfied with their work, housing, Publication Indexer recreation, friendships, and most importantly, Create indexes for hiking guide books. Must satisfied with themselves. have prior experience indexing or working www.njfriendshiphouse.org for a publisher. Minimum Age: 21 Wellness Walk Prep Volunteers are needed to assist with special Membership Renewal/Bulk Mail event tasks. Volunteers will follow up with Coordinate monthly bulk mailing. donors, obtaining raffle prizes, and other Minimum Age: 18 outreach. Minimum Age: 18 Operation Goody Bag Community Volunteer P.O. Box 25 Provide general or specific area expertise to Paramus, NJ 07653 help the agency achieve its mission.
Minimum Age: 18 Contact: Jane Cosco (201) 391-4447 [email protected]
NY-NJ Trail Conference Our mission is to remember those we lost on 156 Ramapo Valley Road September 11th and to express support and Mahwah, NJ 07430 appreciation to our Military Men and Women, Veteran and First Responders, through the gift Contact: John Leigh of a Goody Bag. 100% of all public donations (201) 512-9348 directly fund the packing and shipping of our [email protected] Customized Brown Paper Bag Care Support Package. The NY-NJ Trail conference is dedicated to www.operationgoodybag.org developing, building,and maintaining hiking trail lands through support and advocacy. Contact Operation Goody Bag for specific www.nynjtc.org volunteer opportunities.
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Pascack Valley Meals Peace4paws on Wheels 217 Center Avenue Westwood, NJ 07675 100 Madison Avenue
Suite 3 Contact: Jennifer Cece Westwood, NJ 07675 (201) 280-8696
[email protected] Contact: Jeanne Martin
(201) 358-0050 Peace4paws is a 501(c)3 non-profit public [email protected] charity based in Northern New Jersey. Since
2007 we have been dedicated to supporting A food service program for home-bound sanctuary and forever homes for the animals residents of the Northern Valley, Pascack retired from work in research and related fields Valley, Mahwah and Ramsey, who due to age or through our foster & adoption programs. physical disability, are unable to cook for www.peace4paws.org themselves. www.pvmealsonwheels.org Contact Peace4paws for specific volunteer
opportunities. Web Master
Volunteer needed to update website on regular basis with regard to news, events, Planned Parenthood of Central and program information. Schedule is and Greater Northern New flexible. Minimum Age: 18 Jersey 196 Speedwell Avenue Board Member Morristown, NJ 07960
Board members meet 2nd Tuesday of Contact: Carol Diveny September, November, January and March (973) 539-9580 from 1 pm - 3 pm. There are no financial [email protected] obligations - board members act as route
coordinators mapping out the routes for the Protects the rights of and provides the means for Meals on Wheels drivers. every individual to control fertility and gain Minimum Age: 18 access to reproductive health care and family
life education. Arts & Crafts www.plannedparenthood.org/greater-northern- Make tray favors to be distributed with the nj/ Meals on Wheels - cards, crafts, cookies,
etc. Contact Planned Parenthood for specific Minimum Age: 10 volunteer opportunities.
Volunteer Driver Drive 1.5 hours per month, using own
vehicle to pick up food from CareOne at
Valley, 300 Old Hook Road, Westwood, or from the Christian Health Care Center, 301 Sicomac Avenue, Wyckoff, between 10 am and 11 am and deliver to area shut-ins. Minimum Age: 17
Want more ideas? Call the Volunteer Center at (201) 489-9454 or email [email protected]. 29 Pony Power Therapies, Inc. Project Plus Bergen 1170 Ramapo Valley Road County Area Mahwah, NJ 07430 355 Main Street
Hackensack, NJ 07601 Contact: Jen Caffrey
(201) 934-1001 Contact: Jill Wright [email protected] (201) 489-7066
[email protected] In a safe, nurturing environment, Pony Power
Therapies provides therapeutic riding and Project Literacy provides one-on-one tutoring to equine-assisted activities to children and adults adults who cannot read, write, or speak English. who are at risk or living with disability or The program is dedicated to promoting literacy developmental delay. as a means of promoting employment, parenting www.ponypowernj.org skills, citizenship, and further education. www.projectplus.org Barn Assistant Tack and groom horse and bring out to ring Literacy Tutor prior to lesson and accept back at end of Volunteers work one-on-one with an adult lesson. Clean tack, sweep aisle, and who cannot read, write or speak English. maintain a clean work environment. Volunteers receive 15 hours of training and Minimum Age: 14 are provided with materials and on-going support. Lead Walker Minimum Age: 18 Responsible for leading, walking alongside or spotting. Focus remains on horse. Communicate with instructor regarding horse-related questions or concerns. Read To Know Minimum Age: 14 3 Garvey Place Glen Rock, NJ 07452 Side Walker Assist in mounting and dismounting riders. Contact: Lolly Burgin Communicate when appropriate, including (201) 445-3176 verbal and non-verbal prompts. Provide [email protected] physical assistance and stabilization to rider. Minimum Age: 14 Our mission is to distribute books to young children, predominantly preschoolers, in several North Jersey communities. We provide books Experienced Horse and increase parent awareness in families that People/Forepersons often cannot afford to buy books and do not Pony Power Therapies is looking for have the time to read with their children. experienced horse handlers to volunteer www.readnowonline.org leading, grooming and assisting in other
barn-related duties. Must be at least 14 Volunteer Reading Tutor years of age and willing to commit a Volunteers provide one on one help for first minimum of 20 hours per year. graders struggling to learn to read. Minimum Age: 14 Minimum Age: 16
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Publicity Advisor Englewood Site - Work with the board to enhance publicity, 183 Williams Street including access to newspapers, writing Monday-Wednesday - 3:30 - 4:30 pm and/or editing, help with the creation of Minimum Age: 16 flyers, brochures and articles. Minimum Age: 18 Rebuilding Together Volunteer Reader PO Box 1389 Read and distribute books to children and Glen Rock, NJ 07451 their parents who are waiting for appointments. This is an opportunity to Contact: Lynn Buckingham encourage adults to read to their children. (201) 447-8886
[email protected] This activity takes place at:
Hackensack Women, Infants, Children Part of a national non-profit volunteer Nutrition Program organization that works with community Union Street, Hackensack, NJ members to rehabilitate owner-occupied, low-
1st and 3rd Mondays of month 9 am - 12 income homes, particularly for seniors, the noon, 1 pm - 3 pm disabled, veterans and families with children. Thursdays - 9 am - 12 noon, 1 pm - 3 pm www.rebuildingtogetherbergen.org/
Minimum Age: 18 Sheetrockers/Carpenters - Hurricane Minimum Age w/Adult: 16 Sandy Recovery Volunteer Reader Rebuilding Together is looking for skilled Read books to 3, 4, and 5 year old children volunteers (carpentry, sheetrocking) to help in a pre-school setting. Great opportunity for install subflooring, insulation, and sheetrock. teen volunteers! Prospective volunteers will need to contact them directly to see if there are still slots There are several sites - available and get the time, address, and plan of work. Hackensack - YMCA Day Care Minimum Age: 18 366 Main Street Monday, Tuesday and Thursday - 3:30 - Board Member 4:30 pm Meet monthly to oversee organization and serve at-large or as the chair of a committee Hackensack - (PR, in-kind donations, house selections, 291 Second Street volunteer management and recruitment). Monday - Thursday - 10:00 to 11:00 am Minimum Age: 21
Paterson - YMCA Day Care 33 Spruce Street Safety Coordinator Monday- Friday - 10:00 to 11:00 am Ensure that work done at a jobsite is done in Monday - Thursday - 3:30 - 4:30 pm a safe manner. View the home in advance, work with home team, plan for potential Paterson - hazards, and take preventive measures to 13-15 North 1st Street eliminate risks. Mondays - 10:00 to 11:00 am Minimum Age: 18 Monday-Friday - 4:00 to 5:00 pm
Want more ideas? Call the Volunteer Center at (201) 489-9454 or email [email protected]. 31 Skilled Trades people Fundraising Committee Member Carpenters, masons, tilers, painters, paint Creative people with excellent captains to teach and direct non-skilled communication skills needed to plan and volunteers at project sites. Handypersons to organize a variety of fundraising events. do emergency repairs. Research facilities, write fund requests, Minimum Age: 21 solicit donations, sell tickets, attend events. Minimum Age: 21 House Evaluations Team Skilled volunteers or home handymen and women to evaluate homes in need of repair, Rotary District 7490 particularly for emergency requests (heat, 46 Sunset Court hot water, electrical). Haworth, NJ 07641 Minimum Age: 21
Contact: Calisto Bertin House Ambassador (201) 670-6688 Volunteer has contact with the homeowner [email protected] whose house will be worked on. Represents
the homeowner's interests and The main objective of Rotary is service - in the communicates the needs of the work team. community, in the workplace, and throughout the Good communication and people skills world. Rotarians develop community service needed. Must be able to work with all ages. projects that address many of today's most Minimum Age: 21 critical issues, such as children at risk, poverty and hunger, the environment, illiteracy, and Volunteer Coordinator violence. They also support programs for youth, Organize volunteers who will participate at a educational opportunities and international home rehabilitation project on Rebuilding exchanges for students, teachers, and other Day. Good organizational skills and written professionals, and vocational and career and oral communication skills needed. development. The Rotary motto is Service Minimum Age: 21 Above Self. Our district organizes Rotary Clubs in Hudson, Passaic and Bergen County, New Logistics Coordinator Jersey. The District is here to support the Clubs. Organize materials and supplies for a home www.rotarydistrict7490.org rehabilitation project; have them broken down by task at the work site and available Contact the Rotary for specific opportunities to to volunteers. Leadership skills required; get involved! helpful to be handy and organized. Minimum Age: 21
House Captain Manage a home rehabilitation project working with skilled and general volunteers. Leadership skills needed. Construction experience or being handy is helpful. Worksites are throughout Bergen County. Minimum Age: 21
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The Salvation Army Kids Program Aide 4 Gary Road Volunteers are needed to help kids with their Union, NJ 07083 homework, serve snacks and assist in coordinating games. Contact: Judith Anderson Minimum Age: 16 (908) 851-9300 [email protected] Food Pantry Sorter Volunteers are needed to assist in the The Salvation Army is an international sorting of and bagging of food in the pantry movement and is an Evangelical part of the in preparation for distribution. Volunteers are Universal Christian Church. Its message is asked to commit to one week day per based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by month. Schedule varies. God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Minimum Age: 16 Christ and to meet human needs in His name Minimum Age w/Adult: 14 without discrimination. www.use.salvationarmy.org Food Pantry Distributor Volunteers are needed to assist with the Emergency Disaster Services distribution of food to clients at the food Volunteer pantry. Volunteers are asked to commit to Set up, cook, serve food to emergency one day per month during weekday, services/survivors. Maintain a clean working business hours. area at all times and be prepared to handle Minimum Age: 18 clean up tasks before incident dismissal. Must be able to lift 30 lbs. and be able to stand for extended periods of time. SCORE Bergen Minimum Age: 18 1 Bergen County Plaza Hackensack, NJ 07601
The Salvation Army - Contact: Lew Marchiona (201) 336-6090 Hackensack Corps Community [email protected] Center SCORE Bergen, is a non-profit, volunteer 436 Union Street association dedicated to helping small Hackensack, NJ 07601 businesses get off the ground, grow, and
achieve their goals. The services are free and Contact: Paul Valverde confidential. (201) 342-6531 www.bergen.SCORE.org [email protected]
Administrative Volunteer The Salvation Army, an international movement, Administrative Volunteer will provide various is an evangelical part of the Universal Christian support services for Northeast New Jersey Church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its SCORE chapter. Some of the volunteer ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its work may be able to be done from home. mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ Work includes: administrative, computer, and to meet human needs in his name without customer service, training and marketing. discrimination. Regular schedule is Fridays, 9 am to 12 www.salvationarmyusa.org noon but can be somewhat flexible.
Minimum Age: 18
Want more ideas? Call the Volunteer Center at (201) 489-9454 or email [email protected]. 33 Business Consultant/Mentor Activities Volunteer Provide free and confidential business Volunteers will run games, BINGO, parties, consulting support new and established, and special events for SHARE residents to small businesses. Volunteers are available help create recreational enjoyment. Fridays 9am - 12pm and other days by Minimum Age: 15 appointment only. Minimum Age w/Adult: 10 Minimum Age: 30 Guest Chef Public Relations Specialist Provide and serve dinner on a Saturday or Volunteer will maintain social media Sunday for SHARE residents. Along with accounts and provide frequent new serving dinner, visit and socialize with postings, prepare and distribute press residents. releases, work with Constant Contact, and Minimum Age: 15 promote workshops. Volunteer can work Minimum Age w/Adult: 10 from home. Schedule is flexible. Minimum Age: 30 Volunteer Gardening Project Member Volunteers will help with planting, weeding, Social Media Volunteer watering, and all things gardening as We are looking for someone to manage our needed. social media sites, provide frequent updates, Minimum Age: 15 create discussions, get people talking about Minimum Age w/Adult: 10 SCORE, post links to related articles, post workshop announcements, insert photos, Transporation Volunteer etc. You can work from home. Hours are Volunteers will drive SHARE residents to flexible. and from a specific nearby destination, Minimum Age: 18 appointment, event, or errand. Times of position vary by schedule. Minimum Age: 18 SHARE Inc.
104 Cottage Place Ridgewood, NJ 07450 Sharing the Arts PO Box 43 Contact: Marianne Bennett Ridgewood, NJ 07452 (201) 670-9605 [email protected] Contact: Karen Sheehy (201) 689-2397 SHARE Inc., a New Jersey non-profit [email protected] organization, provides an affordable, homelike environment for independent seniors within the Our mission is to enhance the lives of individuals Ridgewood community. with special needs through the performing arts. www.shareridgewood.org www.sharingthearts.com
Outreach/Publicity Volunteer Dance and Theater Volunteers Volunteer will assist with posting and Volunteers assist in the dance or theatre sending out flyers for special events, posting classes, engaging and re-directing the SHARE events online, press releases, students with special needs. advertisements, etc. Minimum Age: 16 Minimum Age: 18 Minimum Age w/Adult: 12
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Shelter Our Pets Accountant PO Box 564 We are seeking a pro bono accountant to Montvale, NJ 07645 share book keeping responsibilities with our treasurer. Volunteer will assist with annual Contact: Kristine Safatinos budget, manage organization's finances. (973) 506-9696 Knowledge of Quickbooks, Dropbox [email protected] required. Volunteer must be able to commit to 2-3 hours per month. Our mission is to provide a safe haven for the Minimum Age: 22 pets of victims of domestic violence who are fleeing abusive situations. We provided a Treasurer, Board of Directors specialized service, offering loving care and We are seeking a treasurer to join our Board shelter, either with a foster family or at an area of Directors. Duties included: board kennel, until pets can be reunited with their membership, management of finances, owners. Our long-term vision is to create development of budget and financial housing where abuse survivors can reside with policies, and procedures. Volunteer must be their pets while they rebuild their lives. able to commit to 1-2 hours per week, must www.shelterourpets.org attend all board meetings. Must know Quickbooks and be able manage depost Foster Coordinator and bank records. This position requires a The foster coordinator works with the Foster two-year commitment. Chairperson to recruite and screen potential Minimum Age: 21 foster families. This volunteer will help to maintain records, arrange for animal transport, coordinate grooming and medical Shelter Our Sisters visits, and communicate with families. 12 Overlook Avenue Volunteer must be knowledgeable about Rochelle Park, NJ 07662 animal handling, welfare and have strong
communication skills. Requires a 2-6 hours Contact: Gervonn Rice per month. (201) 498-9247 Minimum Age: 21 [email protected]
Grant Writer Works with individuals and families in need of Responsible for researching and writing services and education relating to family grants and proposals. Partcipate in budget violence. Provides temporary shelter along with review. Manage progress and update a diversified continuum of services focused on information to grantors. the attainment of safety, empowerment, and self Minimum Age: 21 sufficiency for each client. www.shelteroursisters.org Pro Bono Attorney Pro Bono Attorney will provide legal advice Administrative Support as necessary, and perfom other legal Clerical support - data entry, mailings, services as needed. Legal advice can answering phones, helping with donor involve risk management, employment cultivation. matters, laws and regulations, compliance. Minimum Age: 18 Schedule is flexible. Minimum Age: 25
Want more ideas? Call the Volunteer Center at (201) 489-9454 or email [email protected]. 35 Fundraising/Development Movers/Client Transportation Researcher Transport donated furniture or help clients Volunteers can work from home. Research move to a new location. On-call basis. Lifting local papers and internet to gather required. information about fundraising and Minimum Age: 18 development for non-profit organizations. Support Service Volunteer Minimum Age: 18 Answer hotline calls, provide client assistance, provide office support. Holiday Gift Wrapper Minimum Age: 18 Seasonal Opportunity - Christmas, Mother's Day, Father's Day. Tutor Minimum Age: 18 Provide academic support to children, Minimum Age w/Adult: 14 adolescents and mothers on a variety of subjects. Must have experience in tutoring. Donations Organizer Minimum Age: 18 Sort through items/food donations and organize them in the storage and pantry Professional Services areas. Lend your special skills to help benefit Minimum Age: 18 clients, i.e. attorney, mechanic, painter, hair stylist, carpenters, etc. Gardener Minimum Age: 18 Help with gardening and planting at the emergency shelter and transitional houses. Mentor Minimum Age: 18 Establish a one-on-one relationship with a woman or child to be a source of Grant Researcher encouragement. Consistency important. Research grant opportunities. Minimum Age: 18 Minimum Age: 18 Adopt a Room Newsletter Writer Gather a group of people to decorate, paint, Write articles on behalf of SOS. Need good outfit one of the rooms for a family moving writing skills. into transitional housing or help a family as Minimum Age: 18 they move into an apartment of their own by providing household items. Social Media Support Minimum Age: 18 Minimum Age w/Adult: 10 Experienced in use of social media (i.e. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.) to locate grants and connect to other like Job and Housing Search organizations. Help clients search for employment and Minimum Age: 18 affordable housing. Training required. Minimum Age: 18 Child Care Provide childcare services for clients so they Community Education can attend court, work, etc. Training Represent SOS at health and career fairs required. and other community-based functions. Minimum Age: 18 Provide basic domestic violence information
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and distribute brochures, resource Special Events Coordinator information, etc. Training required. Help to organize, promote, and participate in Minimum Age: 18 special events throughout the year. Minimum Age: 16 Events Volunteer Help organize fundraising events - Awards Music Volunteer Program Visitor Dinner, etc. journal preparation, event set- Individuals or groups of volunteers needed up, silent auction. to perform instrumental and/or choral music Minimum Age: 18 and conduct sing-a-longs for clients. Minimum Age: 16 Legal Advocate Provide support and encouragement for Walk-A-Thon Group Project clients involved in various stages of the legal Annual walk-a-thon. Walk, jog, skate or bike process. Must be knowledgeable about the along with adult clients with developmental legal process as it pertains to domestic disabilities or be a sponsor. violence. Training required. Minimum Age: 16 Minimum Age: 18
St. Paul's Community Spectrum for Living Development Corporation 210 Rivervale Road 451 Van Houten Street River Vale, NJ 07675 Paterson, NJ 07501
Contact: Marie Hacker Contact: Marlene Williams (201) 358-1685 (973) 278-7900 x22 [email protected] [email protected]
Assists people with developmental disabilities to The mission of St. Paul's Community achieve their full potential. Many group homes Development Corporation is to serve as an located throughout Bergen County. agent of hope, partnering with others to provide www.spectrumforliving.org needs driven services that improve quality of life
and encourage greater self-sufficiency. Education Assistant www.st.paulscdcnj.org Help adult clients improve basic academic skills (numbers, writing, reading, spelling PB&J Sandwich Maker/Soup Maker etc.) Great for Special Ed. majors. Prepare up to 75 PB&J sandwiches or soup Minimum Age: 16 for use by the Outreach Teams. Sandwiches also needed for special service events (i.e. Recreation Volunteer Point-In-Time Homeless Count in January.) Assist recreation staff with planning and This is an off-site activity with scheduled carrying out activities for clients. drop off dates. Minimum Age: 16 Minimum Age: 18
Friendly Visitor Food Drive Volunteer Visit a client at one of the residential Collect non-perishable food items for use in facilities. Go for a walk, talk or involve the St. Paul's Food Pantry. This is an off-site him/her in social/recreational activities. activity with scheduled drop-off dates. Minimum Age: 16 Minimum Age: 18
Want more ideas? Call the Volunteer Center at (201) 489-9454 or email [email protected]. 37 After School Homework Helper The ARC of Bergen & Assist children, 2nd through 5th grade, with their homework in a small group setting. Passaic Counties Minimum Age: 16 223 Moore Street Minimum Age w/Adult: 13 Hackensack, NJ 07601
Contact: Claudine Conte Emergency Men's Shelter Dinner (201) 343-0322 Server [email protected] Volunteer opportunities must be scheduled. Meal preparation and serving is done by The ARC is a private, not-for-profit organization scheduled volunteer groups. Volunteers of families, self-advocates, professionals and assist with the preparing of and serving of community members dedicated to assisting well-balanced meals each night to a group individuals with developmental disabilities and of 30-40 men residing in the shelter. their families. Minimum Age: 18 www.arcbergenpassaic.org
Seasonal Volunteers After School Program Aide Seasonal Volunteers help out during the Help our children participate in gymnastics, year with specific activities (i.e. Operation swimming, art, and music at the Special Clean Sweep, Thanksgiving Turkey Quest After School Program. Mon. and Fri., Baskets, All Wrapped Up, AmeriCorps Hawthorne; Wed., Tenafly, 3 pm - 5 pm. Members, Point-In-Time-Homeless Count.) Minimum Age: 15 Check with the agency website to see what is going on. Clerical Aid Minimum Age: 18 Assist with data entry, scheduling of interviews, mailing, answering telephone, and other general clerical functions. Opportunities available in Hackensack, Teaneck Women Train & Rutherford, and Elmwood Park. Work/TW2 Minimum Age: 16 101 Cedar Lane, Suite 201 Teaneck, NJ 07666 Craft Assistant Help with the design and/or creation of Contact: Claire Scarano crafts, to be sold in the Archive Stores in (201) 883-0055 x12 Rutherford and Elmwood Park. Assist client [email protected] artisans in the making of the craft items. Minimum Age: 16 To eliminate educational and vocational inequity in Bergen County. Computer Trainer Teach staff basic computer skills. Contact TW2 for specific volunteer opportunities. Minimum Age: 18
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Tomorrows Children's Fund Valley Home Care, Inc. 30 Prospect Avenue 15 Essex Road Hackensack, NJ 07601 Paramus, NJ 07652
Contact: Rosann Bialek Contact: Maria Salerno (201) 996-5506 (201) 291-6246 [email protected] [email protected]
Eases the pain and suffering of children fighting Provides quality health care services to patients cancer or a serious blood disorder. in their homes. www.tcfkid.com http://www.valleyhealth.com
Offsite Volunteer End of Life Doula Volunteers needed to assist with offsite End of Life Doula's provide emotional, events such as fundraisers, telethons and physical, and spiritual support to people who community fairs or showcases. are dying. The volunteers work in shifts to Minimum Age: 16 help families deal, around the clock, with the care demands as death approaches. Training provided. Minimum Age: 21 United Center/Americas Unidas Multicultural Senior Center Hospice Volunteer 101 Hudson Street Provide respite, companionship, help with Hackensack, NJ 07601 errands, child care, and bereavement support. Contact: Barbara Kloss Minimum Age: 18 (201) 336-3320 [email protected] Maternal Child Health Volunteer Give respite care to families dealing with ill Serves seniors, 60 years of age and older, by children. Help with caregiving and special offering educational, cultural, and social attention to sibling of chronically ill and activities, nutritious meals and social services to assist with infant/child care. meet their needs in a "home away from home" Minimum Age: 18 atmosphere. Minimum Age w/Adult: 18
Contact the United Center for specific volunteer Office Support Volunteer opportunities. Provide office support to various
departments as needed. Mailing,
photocopying, filing, assembling manuals,
possible phone work, and typing. Must be
mature, responsible, have good
organizational skills, and pay attention to
detail.
Minimum Age: 18
Want more ideas? Call the Volunteer Center at (201) 489-9454 or email [email protected]. 39 Pet Therapy Volunteer Provide animal-assisted friendly visits to Office Support patients and/or their families. Must have Provide general clerical assistance, i.e., certificate of pet therapy training course. mailings, filing, collating, photocopying, Minimum Age: 18 faxing, performing data entry and phone work, to various departments at the hospital Junior Volunteer and off-site facilities in Ridgewood and Help by collating charts, photocopying, Paramus. assembling manuals, mailing, filing, possible Minimum Age: 18 computer work. Must be responsible. Weekdays 8am - 5pm, Weekends 10am - 4pm. Vantage Health System Minimum Age: 14 2 Park Avenue Dumont, NJ 07628
Valley Hospital Contact: Vicki Sidrow (201) 567-0059 223 N. Van Dien Avenue [email protected] Ridgewood, NJ 07450
Our mission is to provide high quality, Contact: Kaitlyn Hipshman comprehensive healthcare services while (201) 447-8135 empowering individuals and families to achieve [email protected] wellness.
www.vantagenj.org The Valley Hospital serves the community by healing and caring for patients, comforting their Program Volunteer families, and teaching good health. Assist staff with client activities. Engage in www.valleyhealth.com socialization with clients.
Minimum Age: 21 Cashier/Salesperson/Wait Staff
Assist as a cashier, waiter, waitress, or hostess in Kurth Cottage. All shifts; assist Board Member with retail sales in Kurth Cottage Gift Shop, Experience in fundraising and public evenings and weekends. relations required. Candidates will help set Minimum Age: 18 organization policy, carry out fiduciary responsibilities, support the mission, participate in committees, act as Patient/Family/Visitor Service ambassador to the community, and support A variety of positions are available: Greet fundraising efforts. No financial obligations. and direct patients and visitors; deliver Orientation/training is provided. newspapers, flowers and mail; assist on Minimum Age: 18 nursing units and in the Emergency Room;
transport patients in wheelchairs; serve as
liaisons to families in waiting areas and di
Minimum Age: 18
Want more ideas? Call the Volunteer Center at (201) 489-9454 or email [email protected]. 40
C.L.A.S.P. Volunteer Shopping for Seniors - Provide companionship and support for CHEER Program people with mental health problems in the Weekly visit to a senior to do grocery CLASP (Come and Link with A Special shopping for the client. Volunteers must Person) program. Some driving required. have their own transportation. 2 hours per Training is provided. Hours are flexible. week, daylight hours. Great opportunity for Minimum Age: 21 parent and teen to do together. Minimum Age: 18 Grant Writer Minimum Age w/Adult: 15 Aid in formulating a template for submission of grants to foundations. Familiarity with Office Assistant mental health services a plus. Masters Help with mailing, computer scanning, degree level students with experience are general clerical assistance. welcome. On-the-job training available. Minimum Age: 18 Minimum Age: 21 Minimum Age w/Adult: 16
Board Member
Attend regularly scheduled meetings, Visiting Homemaker Home represent agency to community, participate Health Aide Service of Bergen in fundraising. Meetings are held the 3rd Wednesday, every other month from 8am - County 9am. 298 Union Street Minimum Age: 21 Hackensack, NJ 07601
Contact: Michele Ogden (201) 488-0041 x15 Volunteer Center of [email protected] Bergen County Our mission is to provide quality in-home and 64 Passaic Street community services for individuals who are Hackensack, NJ 07601 unable to care for themselves or need assistance. The Volunteer Center of Bergen County www.VHSBC.com strengthens the community by connecting people through service and developing civic CHEER Caller leaders. CHEER Callers will provide scheduled www.bergenvolunteers.org/ phone calls by volunteers to homebound seniors and disabled persons in Bergen Disaster Volunteer County. The purpose of CHEER Callers is The Volunteer Center coordinates the to help eliminate the isolation feeling by the Bergen County VOAD (Voluntary elderly and disabled. Callers share Organizations Active in Disaster) and leads happiness, hopefulness and the VOAD's Long Term Recovery encouragement. Committee that is helping individuals and families impacted by Hurricane Sandy. Schedule of calls is to be determined by Minimum Age: 18 volunteer and client. Minimum Age w/Adult: 16 Minimum Age: 21
Want more ideas? Call the Volunteer Center at (201) 489-9454 or email [email protected]. 41 Bergen Bike Tour Volunteer make a significant difference in the life of the Join in Bergen County's premiere bike event mother, her children and the volunteer. in the fall. Volunteers are needed for set-up, Hours are flexible. Stimulating training clean-up, food service, goody bag filling, and provided, and a background check is cheering on the riders! Shifts are available. required. One-year commitment requested. Great opportunity for scouting groups, Spanish-speaking mentors are needed! school groups, families, corporate groups. Minimum Age: 21 Minimum Age: 14
Chore Service Mentoring Youth Contact: Maureen McCormick Contact: Faith Samples-Smart (201) 489-9454 x126 (201) 489-9454 x115 [email protected] [email protected]
Mentoring Youth engages adult men and The Chore Service is comprised of volunteer women who serve as mentors to youth who handymen and handywomen who perform have experienced abuse, neglect or minor home repairs that keep the elderly isolation. The goal is to help youth see and and people with disabilities safe in their take steps toward achieving a brighter homes. future. Chore Handyman/Handywoman Mentor Volunteers need to be able to perform the kind of repairs that most able-bodied Serve as a mentor and positive role model homeowners can do: put in/take out air to a child. Screening, including conditioners, install grab bars, fix leaky fingerprinting, police and background faucets, install weatherstripping, etc. Ability checks, is required. Comprehensive training to be scheduled for a regular crew each provided to all volunteers. One year week is preferred. commitment. 2-3 hours per week at a time Minimum Age: 18 mutually agreeable to you and the child. Minimum Age: 18
Mentoring Moms Non Profit Training Contact: Cindy Andrake Contact: Debbie Emery (201) 489-9454 x123 (201) 489-9454 x 118 [email protected] [email protected]
Provides training to volunteer management Mentoring Moms is comprised of caring, professionals, non-profit staff, boards of adult women who serve as encouraging directors and individuals interested in friends and helpful mentors to overwhelmed serving on boards. mothers who are striving to improve life and parenting skills so they can better sustain Facilitator/Trainer their families. Volunteers are needed to teach 1/2 day
classes on topics relevant to non-profit Mentoring Mom management including fundraising, board Encourage and support overwhelmed development, marketing, evaluation, etc. mothers. Two to three hours a week can Minimum Age: 21
Want more ideas? Call the Volunteer Center at (201) 489-9454 or email [email protected]. 42
West Bergen Mental Healthcare Care Giver Assistant 120 Chestnut Street Assist in caring for infants and toddlers. Help Ridgewood, NJ 07450 with feeding, playing with children, assisting staff at nap time, and when going outdoors. Contact: Tracey DeMarco 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm. (201) 444-3550 Minimum Age: 18 [email protected]
The mission of West Bergen Mental Healthcare Women's Rights is to promote psychological health and personal growth. Through comprehensive treatment and Information Center supportive services we respond to the needs of 108 West Palisade Avenue our clients and the communities we serve. Englewood, NJ 07631 www.westbergen.org Contact: Doris Baran Hirsch Clerical and Mailing Volunteer (201) 568-1166 Volunteers are needed to help with mailing [email protected] for special events throughout the year. Dates for these mailings and stuffing parties Helping women and their families achieve self are determined around the event dates. sufficiency. Minimum Age: 18 www.womensrights.org
General Volunteer for Bilingual Enrollment Assistant Development Dept. Ongoing opportunity for volunteers to assist in providing enrollment information, Possible positions include envelope stuffing placement testing and registration for ESL and labeling, mailing assistance. program and citizenship education classes. Minimum Age: 18 Volunteers must speak English and Spanish
fluently. Minimum Age: 21 West Side Infant Day Care and Parenting Program Evening Receptionist Volunteers will work at reception desk, greet 192 W. Demarest Avenue visitors, answer phones. Englewood, NJ 07631 Minimum Age: 25
Contact: Darlene Serrano (201) 568-2571 Fundraising/Research Assistant [email protected] Help research potential, new funding sources. Market the center's mission to Daycare and teen parent program offering potential donors. services for mothers, 13 to 21 years of age and Minimum Age: 18 children six weeks to 2 1/2 years old. West Side Infant and Teen Parent program also provides Handyperson/Maintenance counseling sessions, life skills programs and day Assist with minor repairs and building- care services. related projects on an as-needed basis. www.westsideinfantdaycare.com Minimum Age: 18
Want more ideas? Call the Volunteer Center at (201) 489-9454 or email [email protected]. 43 Shared Housing Provider Computer Teacher's Assistant The Shared Housing Project utilizes existing Volunteers provide assistance to adult housing to provide affordable housing students learning Microsoft Office and/or job options for single parents and others. searching online. Bilingual (Spanish/English) Minimum Age: 21 a plus. Volunteer who can also speak Spanish needed on Thursdays from 6:30 - Lunch and Learn Speakers 8:30 pm. Can you spare an hour during your busy Minimum Age: 18 working day? Employers and others needed Minimum Age w/Adult: 16 to help prepare our office technology students for the business world. Minimum Age: 21 YMCA of Greater
Workshop Presenter Bergen County Share your expertise with others. Facilitate 360 Main Street day or evening workshops on educational Hackensack, NJ 07601 and informative topics relevant to women and families - health and wellness, self- Contact: Mary Sullivan development, and education. (201) 487-6600 x213 Minimum Age: 16 [email protected]
Front Desk Receptionist The Y is, and always be, dedicated to building healthy and secure children, adults, families and Help with the Front Desk. Must be good with communities. people. Responsibilities include: answering www.ymcagbc.org phones, filing, data entry. Front desk
experience and ability to speak some Spanish a plus. Volunteer Coordinator Minimum Age: 25 Coordinate interviews and help engage new volunteers. Preferred work schedule - 5-10 hours per week, 2 days per week. ESL Tutor Minimum Age: 18 Help our ESL and Citizenship Students
practice their English speaking and listening skills through one-on-one conversation and Homework Center Counselor other fun activities. Tutors also needed for Seeking responsible teens/adults to assist math and grammar. 5th, 6th, and 7th graders with homework as Minimum Age: 18 well as supervise them in the youth lobby from 3:00 to 5:30 pm. Minimum Age: 16 Career Closet Volunteer
Help job-seeking clients search for interview outfits at Agency clothes closet. Also sort Front Desk/Reception/Clerical and organize donated clothing. Provide important customer service to Minimum Age: 15 members by giving out information on membership and programs. Minimum Age: 18
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Program Volunteer Youth Consultation Service - Assist in YMCA programs, set up equipment, and assist instructor. Kilbarchan Center Minimum Age: 17 18 East 39th Street Paterson, NJ 07514
Day Care Aide Contact: Ruth Harper Assist teachers with children ages 2-5. (201) 678-1312 Minimum Age: 16 [email protected]
Karate Aide Advocates for, educates, shelters, and cares for Volunteers will help participants (ages 4-8) children in need and their families so that each follow directions. Classes are Tuesday and can further develop the skills, self-worth, and Thursday, 5-7 pm and Saturdays 10-11:30 hope necessary for success within their am. communities. Minimum Age: 13 www.ycs.org
Mentor Youth Consultation Service - Mentor a teenage boy living in a long-term group home. One year commitment. Holley Center Training provided. 235 Main Street 3rd Floor Minimum Age: 21 Hackensack, NJ 07601 Homework Tutor Contact: Kathleen Mongon Tutor teenage boys. Volunteers will work (201) 678-1312 x128 with staff to obtain assignments. Three [email protected] month commitment.
Minimum Age: 21 Advocates for, educates, shelters, and cares for children in need and their families so that each can further develop the skills, self-worth, and hope necessary for success within their community. Positions available at facilities throughout Bergen County. www.ycs.org
Mentor Mentor a child/teen living in a long-term residential group home in Hackensack. One year commitment, two-hour weekly minimum required. Minimum Age: 21
Want more ideas? Call the Volunteer Center at (201) 489-9454 or email [email protected]. 45 YWCA Bergen County Adolescent Girls Conference 2 University Plaza, Suite 208 Planning Committee Hackensack, NJ 07601 Help us empower girls in our community! The YWCA's Girls Conference Committee Contact: Barbara Mazzella invites volunteers to join us in planning our (201) 881-1750 spring conference for Bergen County girls [email protected] ages 11-17. Meets once a month. Minimum Age: 18 The YWCA Bergen County is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity YWCA Rodie Child Care Center for all. 98 Pleasant Avenue www.ywcabergencounty.org Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
Power of Us Benefit Planning Contact: Diane Eide Committee (201) 236-3126 The YW's annual fall fundraiser to benefit [email protected] our mission-based programs honors local organizations that also live our mission. The Rodie Child Care Center provides child care Volunteers will assist with planning and for working parents. soliciting silent auction items. Committee meets once a month. Please call for information about volunteer Minimum Age: 18 opportunities.
Special Projects Assistant Assist our Human Resources Director with special projects including researching HR best practices, coordinating focus groups, assisting with focus groups, documenting focus groups results, and assisting with document formatting. This position is temporary and requires working on weekdays. Minimum Age: 25
Special Swim Volunteers Our Special Swim program is staffed by volunteers who swim one-on-one with children/adults with mental and physical challenges. Perfect for students in need of community service hours. Minimum Age: 12
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Additional Agencies with Volunteer Opportunities
Allies, Inc. Gilda’ Club of Northern Palisades Medical Center Alpine Learning Group New Jersey Palisades Virtuosi Alzheimer’s Association of Halutz Passaic Valley Hospice Greater NJ Chapter Hearts and Crafts Counseling Paterson Habitat for Humanity Art Center for Northern Hoboken Shelter Paterson YMCA New Jersey HOPE Community Ramapo Bergen Art In Motion Development Center Animal Refuge Asian Women’s Christian Humane Society of Rockland Family Shelter Association Bergen County Sharsheret Bergen County Health Jawonio Foundation Social Services Association Care Center Jersey Cares of Ridgewood Bergen County PAC Juvenile Diabetes Special Olympics Boy Scouts of America, Research Foundation Bergen County Northern New Jersey Kula for Karma Superior Court of New Jersey Broadway Adult Medical Lambert Castle Table to Table Day Care Leukemia and Teaneck Creek Conservancy Camp Acorn Lymphoma Society Tenafly Nature Center Camp Nejeda Liberty Science Center Thomas J. Riley Senior Center Camp Sunshine and Life Source Hospice United Cerebral Palsy Camp Snowflake Lillian Booth Actors Association of New Jersey Cancer Care Inc. Fund Home Care One at the Cupola Lupus Foundation of America Catholic Charities of the – New Jersey Chapter Archdiocese of Newark Lutheran Braille Workers Catholic Family and of America Community Service Meadowlands Hospital Center for Family Resources Medical Center Center for Modern Mental Health Association Dance Education of New Jersey Cerebral Palsy of North Jersey Muscular Dystrophy Christian Health Care Center Association Closter Animal Welfare New Concepts for Living Society New Jersey Audubon Comedy Cures New Jersey Choral Society Compassionate Care Hospice New Jersey Community Cultural Association of Development Corporation Brazilian Arts New Jersey Foster Department for Persons with Grandparents Program Disabilities – Catholic New Jersey Historical Society Charities New Jersey Veterans Home Dial Inc. NJ Center for Tourette Emmanuel Cancer Foundation Syndrome and Associated Englewood Hospital and Disorders Medical Center OASIS – Haven for Women Eva’s Village and Children Friends of the Hermitage Oradell Health Care Center Garretson Forge and Palisades Interstate Farm Restoration Park Commission
Want more ideas? Call the Volunteer Center at (201) 489-9454 or email [email protected]. 47 Volunteer Center Program
About the Volunteer Center of Bergen County Do Good….Feel Good
The Volunteer Center of Bergen County was founded by the Junior League of Bergen County in 1966.
Our Mission The Volunteer Center of Bergen County strengthens the community by connecting people through ser- vice and developing civic leaders.
We Value . . .
PEOPLE and believe that through volunteer service people have the capacity to enrich their own lives and improve the quality of life in their communities.
DIVERSITY and recognize that all people have time and talents to share, and that communities are strengthened when people connect across their differences through volunteer service.
COLLABORATION and realize that we are at our best when we collaborate.
EXCELLENCE and commit to implementing innovative and effective strategies, holding our- selves accountable for results, and sharing our knowledge and best practices with others.
Our Programs
Community Services
Every year we facilitate more than 150,000 searches for volunteer opportunities at hundreds of public and private nonprofit agencies in and near Bergen County. We help individuals and groups of every description, including students, school groups, community, civic and faith- based organizations. We publish the popular Guide to Volunteering which lists hundreds of volun- teer opportunities plus “how to’s” and ideas for projects. A wealth of information is also posted online at our website: www.bergenvolunteers.org.
All Wrapped Up Holiday Giving Program provides volunteer donors with “wish lists” from needy fami- lies and individuals during the holiday season; the volunteers then go shopping to provide gifts – every- thing from toys to warm clothing to gift cards. All Wrapped Up annually generates more than $400,000 in resources to help more than 4,000 people during the holidays.
Agency Services We provide trainings to help nonprofit, faith-based and community groups build their capacity to provide services. We offer the popular Volunteer Management Training Series as well as workshops on Board roles and responsibilities.
The Volunteer Center makes it a point to recognize outstanding volunteers for their contributions to our community. Public and private nonprofit agencies, including schools, libraries, hospitals and communi- ties of faith, are invited to bring volunteers to Celebrate Volunteers, a community wide celebration dur- ing National Volunteer Month in April.
Agency Members of the Volunteer Center have their volunteer positions listed in our dynamic search- able online database, have current volunteer needs posted on our home page and receive deep dis- counts for training.
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Business Volunteer Connect
Business Volunteer Connect consults with businesses of all sizes who wish to engage employees in the community through volunteer service. From customized volunteer projects to skills-based volun- teering to guidance and expertise on creating or enhancing an employee volunteer program, Business Volunteer Connect provides critical support to anyone tasked with managing employee engagement.
The Business Volunteer Council (BVC) is a dues-supported membership organization open to any company that has or wants to create or enhance an employee engagement program. The focus of the BVC is professional development, networking and sharing of best practices for program managers; BVC member companies also receive many Business Volunteer Connect programs and services at no charge or at a discount.
Direct Volunteer Services
Chore Service is comprised of crews of volunteers who provide minor household repairs to help the elderly and people with disabilities remain safe and living independently in their own homes. There is no charge except for materials. Most of the Chore handypeople – both men and women help – are re- tirees.
Bergen Mentors trains, screens and provides ongoing supervision for adults who serve as mentors in two programs:
Mentoring Youth helps abused and/or neglected children. Men and women serve as mentors, friends, and role models, helping troubled children see and take steps to achieve a brighter future.
Mentoring Moms help low-income mothers who are struggling to provide for their families and who need guidance in parenting and life skills.
Bergen LEADS is a dynamic civic leadership program for 30 adults each year. The year-long curricu- lum tackles the challenging issues affecting Bergen County, helps participants explore and develop their leadership skills, and imparts in each participant a sense of trusteeship for our community. Bergen LEADS alumni remain engaged through forums, service activities and networking events, and share their expertise as speakers, mentors and coaches.
Disaster Response
The VC coordinates the Bergen County VOAD (Volunteer Organizations Active in Disaster), which is an affiliation of community and faith-based organizations that work together to prepare for and respond to disasters. Out of the VOAD has come a multifaceted response to Hurricane Sandy (see page 50).
For Information about the Volunteer Center or any of our programs and activities:
Email [email protected] or call 201-489-9454. www.bergenvolunteers.org
49 Volunteer Center Program HURRICANE SANDY HELP
The Bergen County VOAD Hurricane Sandy Long Term Recovery Committee (LTRC) is a network of 50+ organizations including nonprofits, government, volunteers, and faith-based organizations, all working together to meet the storm recovery needs of Bergen County residents. Thousands of Bergen County residents were affected by Hurricane Sandy (most with wind, tree, and flood damage), and over 1,000 have applied for help from the LTRC. We provide a broad range of services including home repair, case management, financial as- sistance, replacement of belongings, emotional support, and mold remediation. We are headquartered at the Storm Recovery Information Center located in Moonachie, one the hardest-hit communities in New Jersey. Since the storm, volunteers have contributed nearly 80,000 hours of hard work helping residents and rebuilding communities. Information about our services and members can be found at www.bergenvoad.org.
Location: Recovery Information Center, 221 Moonachie Road, Moonachie, NJ (201) 470-3143 Volunteer Manager: Marisa Santiago - [email protected]
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Meals for Hungry Volunteers: groups are needed to provide lunches for volunteer groups of varying sizes. Delivery will need to be made to work-sites in the affected areas (southern Bergen County). Field Contacts: volunteers are needed to assist the case management staff at the Recovery Information Center in Moonachie. Field Contacts conduct intake interviews, provide information to clients on hurricane recovery resources, and perform other administrative duties like data entry and appointment setting. Field Contacts must be compassionate, patient, and have good listening skills. Volunteer Team Leaders: Experienced and confident volunteers are needed to help lead small groups of other volunteers on small projects doing storm damage repairs. Painting, sanding, waterproofing, and clean ups are typical volunteer jobs. Leaders are mostly needed on weekdays but weekends are also available. Special Events: we have many special volunteer opportunities available throughout the year. To find out about current opportunities, visit our website at www.bergenvoad.org and click on the “Give Help” page. You’ll also be able to register to be notified of future volunteer projects.
For more information on volunteer opportunities, visit the “Give Help” page of our website at www.bergenvoad.org, or contact Volunteer Manager Marisa Santiago at [email protected].
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Volunteers with the Chore Service perform minor household repairs that help keep Bergen County residents age 60 and over and people with disabilities safe in their own homes.
Volunteer handymen and handywomen go on service calls one day a week from 8:30 am to 2:00 pm in a Chore van. Each volunteer is part of a crew consisting of one or two other volunteers and a driver. Skills required are the basic skills that most homeowners need to maintain their own homes.
Chore is a great volunteer opportunity for retirees and people with some free time during the workday. Back-up handypersons are welcome!
Chore is a recipient of the prestigious NJ Governor's Award for Volunteer Service to Seniors.
Call: 201-489-7790 for further information E-mail: [email protected]
The Chore Service is a program of the Volunteer Center of Bergen County
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Be a Part of the Next Class of LEADers APPLICATIONS DUE in APRIL (every year)
www.bergenleads.org
Bergen LEADS is a community leadership program designed to provide acknowledged and aspiring leaders with the knowledge and skills they will need to carry our community into the future. Bergen LEADS consists of monthly seminars beginning in September and ending with a graduation ceremo- ny in June. Seminars focus on:
Issues of critical importance to Bergen County Assessment and development of leadership skills Developing a sense of trusteeship for our community and its future
Each class is comprised of 30 people who represent the demographic diversity of Bergen County; we seek broad representation from the government, corporate and nonprofit sectors as well as rep- resentatives of various ethnic, racial, immigrant, political and religious communities and all socioeco- nomic levels. Applications are due in April. The tuition fee for participation in Bergen LEADS is $2,000 per person; scholarships are available based on financial need and available funds. Bergen LEADS is designed for adults who have demonstrated leadership at work or through service activities in the community.
For information and to obtain an application, call 201-489-9454, ext. 119, or go online to www.bergenleads.org.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 2014 and 2015!
Bergen LEADS is a program of the Volunteer Center of Bergen County
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Doing Business and Doing Good
The Business Volunteer Council mobilizes thousands of employee volunteers every year with a specific focus on impacting the lives of low-income children and families. BVC activity revolves around annual strategic initiatives and customized volunteer projects designed to address literacy, hunger and health. Through these initiatives, the BVC has raised more than $1.5 million in 14 years. The BVC also provides a forum for networking and sharing best practices for professionals in the field of workplace volunteerism.
2014 Business Council Members:
Beverly Aginar (AXA Advisors) FizGig Workforce Solu ons Rockland Electric Company Ameriprise Henderson Associates Sealed Air Bank of New Jersey Hudson City Savings Bank Sharp Electronics BD IKEA Spectra Laboratories BMW of North America LLC Jack Daniels Motors State Farm Insurance Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman & Janome America TD Bank Leonard, PA JD Communica ons LLC The Reader’s Digest Associa on Community Bank of Bergen County Konica Minolta Triangle Manufacturing Compensa on Solu ons KPMG LLP UHY Advisors Five Star Premier Residences of Pearson Educa on United Water Teaneck PSEG Services Corpora on Wells Fargo Advisors
These companies are leaders in meeting community needs— and your company can join them by becoming a member of the BVC. For more information, please contact Ellen Lutvak at 201-489-9454 ext. 133 or [email protected].
Executives have issued a clear verdict that “corporate citizenship delivers real business results. It doesn't just make firms look good and employees feel good. It helps to achieve business goals such as increasing market share and managing risk.” —Commitment to Value: The State of Corporate Citizenship 2012. Boston College Center for Corporate
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April 2015 Training & Education Center at Bergen Community College Paramus 6:00- 8:00 PM
Celebrate Volunteers is an annual recognition of the many great ways volunteers make our community a better place in which to live, work, go to school and worship.
Agencies, schools, libraries, hospitals, senior centers and religious organizations throughout Bergen County are invited to bring their most outstanding volunteers to a big, public celebration. Join in the festivities and celebrate together! We’ll have music, gifts and fun for everyone. For more information call at 201-489-9454, ext. 118.
If you insist on measuring yourself, place the tape around your heart rather than your head. Carol Trabelle Volunteerism quotes
Visit us on the web at www.bergenvolunteers.org and click Events and then Celebrate Volunteers!
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NON-PROFIT TRAINING
LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS ESSENTIALS OF VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT WE’RE ON BOARD - CUSTOMIZED, ON-SITE TRAINING Three-hour, highly-interactive board workshop that includes: CUSTOMIZED, ON-SITE TRAINING Responsibilities of non-profit boards and individual Three-hour course for all staff members who manage or members work alongside volunteers in non-profit and government Financial and fundraising responsibilities of non-profit agencies. Delivered by veteran volunteer managers, the boards workshop will prepare you to develop and implement a Strategic planning for the organization new volunteer program or improve and strengthen an Board and committee structure existing one. Leadership development Understanding volunteering and current trends Risk management The foundation of the training is a board self-assessment, The needs assessment and planning your program which your board members will complete individually and then The ins and outs of launching your program as a group. The ensuing discussion will encompass the items Running a successful program outlined above, and result in identification of some issues the $500 agency needs to address and strategies for doing so. The fee includes a one-hour follow-up session 6 to 12 months after the CERTIFICATE IN VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT initial workshop. FFERED THROUGH ERGEN OMMUNITY OLLEGE $500 O B C C CONTINUING EDUCATION BOARDLINK - SPONSORED BY BERGEN LEADS The Volunteer Center of Bergen County and Bergen Give back through board service. Learn how at BoardLink, a Community College have joined together to present the one-day workshop on board service for individuals who wish Certificate in Volunteer Management. This highly- to serve on a non-profit board and for those already en- interactive series will help non-profit, government, gaged as a board member. community, and faith-based organizations to more You'll hear from experts in the field about: effectively recruit, train, manage, and engage volunteers to aid in solving serious social problems. For more NON-PROFITS AND GOVERNANCE information or to sign up for the Certificate in Volunteer Non-profit Sector: history, role, economic impact Management series, visit Bergen Community College at Board Structure: bylaws, committees, meetings www.bergen.edu/continuinged Roles & Responsibilities: collective board, individual members Board and Leadership Development VOLUNTEER MANAGERS’ ROUNDTABLES Strategic Planning Keep your skills sharp, find out about new ideas, share Board/staff Relations: CEO/board chair partnership, other resources, and gent answers to your questions about staff making the most of your volunteer workforce. Join us for THE DUTIES OF CARE, LOYALTY & OBEDIENCE bi-monthly lunchtime discussions on volunteer Fiduciary Responsibility: financial statements, budgeting, Form management. 990, audit risk Management: directors' and officers' Insurance, FREE liability coverage.
BOARD BITES - CUSTOMIZED, ON-SITE TRAINING One-hour presentations on a variety of subjects, including: Board Roles & Responsibilities For More Information The Board's Role in Fundraising Find out about our next training session or Roundtable by visiting us online at Ethics/Lobbying and Advocacy www.bergenvolunteers.org, or sign up for Board Governance Committee our training calendar by emailing Understanding Non-profit Financial Statements [email protected]. Succession Planning Other topics as requested Each of the workshops and can easily be conducted during a board meeting. $250 each 55 Volunteer Center Program
WANTED! Volunteers and riders!
For more information, call 1-877-BER-BIKE or visit www.bergenbiketour.org
The 19th Annual Bergen Bike Tour Sunday, September 28, 2014 Darlington Park, Mahwah NJ
Family Fun Pre-Ride Breakfast and Picnic 10, 25 & 50 mile routes Kids’ Ride
Free shirts and goody bags for every rider! Proceeds benefit the Volunteer Center and Tomorrows Children's Fund at Hackensack University Medical Center
LINK Bergen Our newest signature event! We’re taking our 20 years of experience in presenting first-class golf outings to Hackensack Golf Club, Oradell, where we’ll be hosting the greatest golf event in Bergen County! July 21, 2014
For more information call Lauren Turiello at 201-489-9454, ext. 130, or email [email protected]
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All Wrapped Up Holiday Giving Program
The Volunteer Center’s All wrapped Up holiday giving program matches hundreds of individuals and families in need with volunteer donors who provide gifts during the holiday season.
If you would like to participate, please visit our website www.bergenvolunteers.org or call 201-489-9454.
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THE VOLUNTEER CENTER OF BERGEN COUNTY’S 23rd ANNUAL DERBY DAY PARTY
Save the Date! Saturday May 2, 2015
Get your glad rags on, don your most festive hat and enjoy a fun-filled afternoon with great food, good times, and the Kentucky Derby!
For information, call the Volunteer Center at 201-489-9454, ext. 130 or visit www.bergenvolunteers.org. Proceeds benefit The Volunteer Center of Bergen County
Without community service, we would not have a strong quality of life. It's important to the person who serves as well as the recipient. It's the way in which we ourselves grow and develop.
-Dr. Dorothy I. Height President and CEO of the National Council of Negro Women
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Many towns rely on volunteers to provide essential emergency services.
Volunteer Fire Department
Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
Volunteer Ambulance Squad
You Can Help!
Check the “government pages” of your telephone directory or your town’s web- site.
Do It Today!
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Help senior citizens and people with disabilities in recreation programs in nursing homes and group residences: Help with arts and crafts, special events, dances, game nights Hold musical, dance or dramatic performances -- throw a prom! Be a friendly visitor - in person or "phone friend" Start a current events discussion group Help with an in-house newsletter Be a pen pal. Write letters or cards for disabled seniors Decorate and make centerpieces for a holiday Put together an art show - student art, resident art Make cards, tray favors or placemats for Meals On Wheels recipients, nursing homes, and senior residences Rake leaves or shovel snow, plant flowers, weed, mow grass Run errands, wash windows, clean gutters Read to someone with poor vision – newspaper, favorite book, mail Help residents learn to use computers and connect with social media
Collect Stuff at school or with your youth group. Collect: Children's books for a nursery school, elementary school or book sale Paper products (towels, napkins, tissues) Cleaning supplies Personal care products (shampoo, soap, toothbrushes, etc.) Disposable diapers and/or infant formula New socks and underwear for children or for the homeless Coats/hats/mittens (new or gently used) Coupons for food, soap, etc. Food – non-perishables like peanut butter, tuna, canned soup, etc.
Help the environment Clear a stream, help with trail maintenance, general cleanup Adopt a park: pick up litter, plant flowers, pull weeds Make pine cone/peanut butter "ornaments" for birds in winter Make newspaper "logs" for fireplace burning Learn about conservation of water, gas, oil Teach children in day care or after school programs how they can help the environment by keeping the heat down, shutting off water, not littering, etc. Decorate "recycling" or "scrap paper" boxes for classrooms and offices Hold a "found art" exhibit of re-usable or recycled items. Organize a "pass it on" day at school (Organized hand-me-downs - sports equipment, books, etc.) Clean up a vacant lot. Plant flowers, trees, etc.
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Help children Collect things like used bikes or toys; repair and clean them and give them to an agency that helps homeless children and families. Sort, wash, and repair toys at an agency, day care center, or after-school program Help out at an after-school program, day care center, or religious school Supervise playground activities Tutor Be a "study buddy" to a kindergartner or first grader Make puppets and put on a show for a day care center Direct a show with the children as the stars! Help with recreation activities Hold sports clinics Organize a basketball or soccer tournament Help a coach/be a coach Paint murals -- paint over graffiti Organize a concert, show or "battle of the bands" Host a "movie night" at an agency (include popcorn and theme props)
Help fight hunger Collect food and take it to a food pantry Sort and shelve food at a food pantry Help assemble food baskets for needy families
Help at museums, theaters, concerts, historic sights Usher or be a guide Help with sets Help with publicity, distribute flyers, sell tickets, etc.
STUDENTS CAN . . . do all sorts of useful tasks Help in an office with data entry, filing, typing and answering phones Help with mailings -- get some friends and have a mailing party! Help with publicity by making posters and flyers and distributing them Organize, or help with fundraisers: car washes, bake sales, walk-a-thons, bike-a- thons Help seniors at agencies learn hoe to use smart phones, iPads, e-mail, and the Internet.
61 YOUTH VOLUNTEER WEB SITES Here are some great sites that offer information about volunteering, service learning and getting involved in local and worldwide communities. Learn what other students are doing to make a difference.
This is only a start, there are many other resources out there!
Americorps www.americorps.gov American Adventure Service Corps. www.taasc.net Amigos de las Americas www.amigoslink.org Boy Scouts of America www.scouting.org Boys and Girls Clubs of America www.bgca.org Bright & Beautiful Therapy Dogs www.golden-dogs.org charity: water www.charitywater.org City Year www.cityyear.org Do-Something www.dosomething.org Four H Council www.fourhcouncil.edu generationOn www.generationon.org Girl Scouts of America www.girlscouts.org Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind www.guidedog.org Habitat for Humanity www.habitat.org/youthprograms Kids Can Make a Difference www.kidscanmakeadifference.org Kids Care Clubs www.kidscare.org Learn and Serve America www.learnandserve.gov Locks of Love www.locksoflove.org Mobilize www.mobilize.org National Youth Leadership Council www.nylc.org NYC Service www.nycservice.org Performing Hearts www.performinghearts.com Random Acts of Kindness www.actsofkindness.org Service Leader www.serviceleader.org The Big Help (Nickelodeon TV) www.nick.com/thebighelp The Giraffe Project www.giraffe.org Volunteers of America www.voa.org World Fit For Kids www.worldfitforkids.org YMCA Center for Asset Development www.theassetedge.net Youth Service America www.ysa.org Youth Venture www.youthventure.org Youth Volunteer Corps of America www.yvca.org
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Volunteering offers your family a chance to spend quality time together. A time to learn, laugh and love together. It offers an opportunity to discuss issues like homelessness, the environment and why some people need more help than others. Volunteering teaches compassion.
Before you begin STEP 1 - Choose a volunteer direction. Decide what type of volunteer activity might in- terest your family. Start with a volunteer activity that is familiar to you; an activity that pre- sents a bit of “a challenge”; or one that lets you blend your skills and interests with new op- portunities.
STEP 2 - Call the agency and find out the age requirements; each agency is different and can accommodate different age groups. Our Guide to Volunteering provides names and phone numbers of agencies in and around Bergen County. It’s also important to find out if what you would like to do fits with the agency’s mission.
Another option is to “invent” a volunteer project of your own. For examples please see the next page.
Is doesn’t matter how big or small your family is. Family volunteering can be done with one parent and a child, or mom and dad can get the entire family involved from kids as young as 6 or 7. Parents, if you have several chil- dren, the time may come when you want to focus on an individual son or daughter. Sharing a volunteer project as a twosome may be the key to helping each child feel as if they are making an impact where they feel most strongly.
So, why do families volunteer? To meet new people and make new friends To share family values To have an impact while getting credit toward school or scholarship goals To be part of a team To share talents To keep skills alive To build confidence To relieve stress from their daily routines To feel proud To have fun...together!
National Family Volunteer Day is in November! Check out bergenvolunteers.org for our latest family projects!
64 Family Volunteering Projects *Always check with local organizations to ensure your help is needed. Age requirements vary at every organization.
Families with Preschool age children Participate in a Fundraising Walk-a-thon and Bike-a-thons. Attend local community events that honor and acknowledge special groups such as veteran’s, police officers, firemen or victims. Create cards for special occasions, or just “thinking of you” and provide to nursing homes, hospitals, veteran homes, and meals-on-wheels programs. Prepare cookies or cupcakes and deliver them to your local police, fire or EMS squad. Organize a collection of clothing or food for local food pantries or homeless shelters. Organize a collection of school supplies for low income children. Collect art supplies for kids in shelters or hospitals. Or make coloring books from downloadable web pages.
Families with Elementary age children Can someone in your family sing? Dance? Play a musical instrument? Bring your talent, your pet, or just your smile and visit residents at a nursing home. Plant or tend to a garden at a nursing home or group home for people with disabilities. Help clean up at a local park, nature preserve or riverbank. Organize a lemonade stand or bake sale and donate the proceeds to a local charity. Volunteer at an animal shelter to help wash, walk and play with the animals in the shelter. Join or organize a reading group at your local library or go around to local retirement communities and offer to read to the clients. Organize a collection of care packages to send to the troops over seas. Go grocery shopping for an elderly or disabled neighbor. Read books to blind children or adults. Build a dog park on a vacant piece of town land. Recycle - organize a drop off for clothes and coats, cans and bottles, bicycles, cell phones, ink car- tridges or computers. Collect donated sports equipment for low-income schools, shelters, and after school programs.
Families with Middle School/High School age children Work on the repair and construction of homes for people in need or following a disater. Clean or paint a room in a nursing home or group home for people with disabilities. Sort or package food at a local food pantry. Prepare and/or serve food at a local shelter. Clean up graffiti along roadways. Join or start a neighborhood or community recycling program. Volunteer as ushers in a community theater. Volunteer in the gift shop of a local museum. Help install and check smoke alarms in elderly and disabled neighbors’ homes. Organize a collection of prom dresses and accessories for low income teens. Organize a “beauty day” at a shelter with free haircuts and manicures.
*Thank you to Disney for some of these fantastic ideas (Disney.go.com).
65 GROUP PROJECT IDEAS
There’s power in numbers, so gather your family, friends, club members or co-workers and get something done!
FIX IT UP! Repair/renovate homes of the elderly, disabled or disadvantaged or following a disaster. Scrub, paint and/or landscape a school or religious organization’s building Adopt a bedroom in a shelter; paint and decorate Build shelves in a food pantry
GARDENING/OUTDOOR Reclaim an abandoned or rundown playground Plant and maintain flower beds at a school or shelter Paint over graffiti Clear trails at a nature center or park Create a community garden and donate the produce to feed the homeless Clean up a park or neighborhood Paint playground equipment and picnic tables at a school or park Build a playground Adopt-a-Beach Adopt-a-Highway
MISCELLANEOUS Organize voter registration centers Fight air pollution; get bike racks installed at commuter train or bus stations Help restore a historic building Plan a party for a senior center, homeless shelter or daycare center Adopt a school Sponsor/produce a Senior Citizen Prom Decorate a nursing home for a holiday Serve a meal at a homeless shelter Send cards to homebound seniors or residents of a long-term care facility Put together a team and participate in a walk, run or bike event Sort and pack food at a food pantry Make tray favors for Meals on Wheels clients Sponsor a blood drive Play a softball game with residents of a group home Stage a talent show or theatrical performance at a senior center or nursing home Help seniors and the disabled heat-proof their homes during summer heat waves (information about how to do this is available through Bergen County Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster sponsored by the Volunteer Center of Bergen County.)
66 DONATIONS
Looking to donate goods? Call the agencies directly to see if they can accept your donation. CALL BEFORE YOU COLLECT!
Food: Center for Food Action (CFA) www.cfanj.org Englewood 201-569-1804 Hackensack 201-883-9375 Saddle Brook 201-703-9857 Mahwah 201-934-5085 Hoboken Clergy Shelter 201-656-5069 Every town in Bergen County has a local food pantry. Try your town by calling your municipalities health department.
CLOTHING (new or in very good condition): American Red Cross of Northern New Jersey 973-797-3300 Buddies of NJ 201-489-2900 www.njbuddies.org Women’s Rights Information Center 201-784-7441 www.womensrights.org Salvation Army 973-621-9560 Hoboken Clergy Shelter 201-656-5069
FURNITURE: Goodwill Home & Mission - 973-621-9560 Bergen County’s United Way - 201-291-4050 www.bergenunitedway.org Eastern Christian Children’s Retreat - 201-848-8005 x230
www.eccretreat.org
CARS: American Red Cross Northern New Jersey 973-797-3300 American Children’s Cancer Association 888-788-4673 Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation 201-568-4838 www.jdrf.org Make-A-Wish 1-877-717-9474 www.wheelsforwishes.org Kidney & Urology Foundation of America 800-63-DONATE www.kidneyurology.org America’s Car Donation Charity Center - www.donateacar.com
OTHER: Hoboken Clergy Shelter - 201-656-5069 - www.hobokenshelter.org Paper products such as: Paper and plastic plates, hot and cold cups, napkins, plastic utensils, garbage bags (55 gallon), and toilet paper, brand new socks.
67 COLLECTIONS
Collections are a great way to really help! Organize a collection in your workplace, school or club and help agencies benefit from the collective efforts of everyone in your group.
Identify a need and identify an agency that will be able to use what you collect. Speak with the agency before you begin your collection to find out specifically what they Useful need, and to make drop-off or pickup arrangements for the Tips items collected.
Set a goal (bags, boxes, pounds) and schedule the collection to take place on a specific date(s). Generally, it is better to conduct a collection over a short time-span so that people in your group will feel some urgency to get the job done.
Make a splash! Hold a kickoff, use props to publicize the drive and use every way possible to tell people about what you’re doing. For instance, wheel in a grocery cart filled with groceries to call attention to the fact that you’re having a food drive. Place an article in your newsletter, put posters on bulletin boards, hand out flyers, put stuffers in paychecks or mailboxes and TALK, TALK, TALK about the collection.
Designate a collection site that is easily accessible to everyone. The spot should be secure so that the items collected reach their intended audience.
Continually update people on the progress of the collection effort, and state how much farther you have to go to reach your goal. Use a “thermometer” chart!
Get as many people as possible involved in getting the items to the agency. If the agency picks up what your group has collected, arrange a welcoming party when they arrive. If you’ll be delivering what you’ve collected to the agency, take as many people as possible along for the ride. Don’t forget the camera – this is a perfect photo op!
After it’s all over, make sure to thank everyone who participated and let them know how successful the drive was. Include how much was collected, any photos and thank you letters or feedback from the agency.
Evaluate your efforts, talk about what worked and what needs improvement, and then start planning for your next collection!
Remember – contact the agency BEFORE you begin to collect!
68 Agencies That Accept Collected Items
AGENCY/LOCATION ITEMS
Baby Basics Baby care items: diapers, new bottles, etc. Ridgewood - 201-261-5970 Baby food
BCCAP Child Development Center Clothes, school supplies/arts Hackensack – 201-342-2936 and crafts, toys, books, magazines, games
Buddies of NJ Clothes, toiletries, phones cards, Hackensack – 201-489-2900 Food
Centers for Food Action Clothes, food, toiletries, can openers Mahwah – 201-529-2029 Toiletries, Baby care items Hackensack – 201-883-9375 Phone cards, gas cards Saddle Brook – 201-703-9857 Pet supplies, school supplies Englewood – 201-569-1804
Children’s Aid & Family Services Diapers, Similac Powder Formula Paramus – 201-261-2800 Mobile phone cards, Batteries Hair Salon gift cards (Ethnic Hair) New First Aid Kits, New Suitcases
Emmanuel Cancer Foundation Toys, toiletries, school supplies Midland Park – 201-612-8118 Books, magazines, games Cleaning supplies, towels, DVDs Small appliances in good condition Pet food, Ensure, sheets
Hoboken Clergy Shelter Clothes, toiletries, food, towels Hoboken – 201-656-5069
Humane Society of Bergen County Pet supplies, old towels, Lyndhurst – 201-896-9300 cleaning supplies
Ramapo-Bergen Animal Refuge Pet supplies, old towels Oakland – 201-337-5180 For complete list visit rbari.org
St. Clare’s Social Services Clothes, toys, toiletries, Newark – 973-643-0400 Baby care items, baby food, School supplies, arts and crafts
Teaneck Baby Gamesh Gently used toddler and baby items Teaneck, 718-753-6275 (toys, strollers, walkers, etc.)
YCS Holley Center Foundation Center Clothes, toys, school supplies, Hackensack – 201-678-1312 Arts and crafts ONLY NEW ITEMS
69 healingSPACE ...... 21 Agency Listing (Alphabetical Listing) Healing the Children New Jersey ...... 21-22
Heightened Independence and Progress (HIP) ...... 22 55 Kip Center ...... 1 Holy Name Hospital ...... 22-23 Adler Aphasia Center ...... 1-2 Hygiene Project (formerly Wrap 4 A Smile) ...... 23 Alliance Against Homelessness of Bergen County ...... 2 Jewish Family Service of Bergen County and American Red Cross ...... 3 North Hudson ...... 23 Areyvut ...... 3-4 Jewish Family Service of North Jersey ...... 23-24 Art School at Old Church ...... 4 Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey ...... 24 Arts Horizons...... 4 The John Fell House/Concerned Citizens of Allendale .. 24 Aviation Hall of Fame of New Jersey ...... 4-5 Life Choice Hospice ...... 25 Bergen Center for Child Development ...... 5 Mahwah Environmental Volunteers Organization Bergen County's United Way ...... 5 (MEVO) ...... 25-26 Bergen County Historical Society ...... 6 Meadowlink ...... 26 Bergen County Hurricane Sandy Long Term Recovery ...6 New Hope, Inc...... 27 Bergen Family Center ...... 7 Northeast New Jersey Legal Services ...... 27 Bergenfield Public Library – Literacy Volunteers ...... 7 North Jersey Friendship House ...... 28 Bergen Regional Medical Center ...... 7-8 NY-NJ Trail Conference ...... 28 Bergen Volunteer Medical Initiative ...... 8 Operation Goody Bag ...... 28 Be-Whole Incorporated ...... 9 Pascack Valley Meals on Wheels ...... 29 Bilingual Parent Outreach Office – Hackensack Peace4Paws ...... 29 Board of Education ...... 9 Planned Parenthood of Central and Greater Bright Side Manor ...... 9-10 Northern New Jersey ...... 29 Buddies of New Jersey, Inc.(NJ Buddies ...... 10 Pony Power Therapies, Inc...... 30 Call Us Clowns ...... 10 Project Plus Bergen County Area ...... 30 Care Plus NJ, Inc...... 10 Read To Know ...... 30-31 CASA for Children of Bergen County ...... 11 Rebuilding Together ...... 31-32 Center for Food Action (CFA) ...... 11 Rotary District 7490 ...... 32 CFA – Carlstadt ...... 11 The Salvation Army ...... 33 CFA – Englewood ...... 11-12 The Salvation Army - Hackensack Corps CFA – Fairview ...... 12 Community Center ...... 33 CFA – Hackensack ...... 12 SCORE Bergen ...... 33-34 CFA – Northwest ...... 12 SHARE Inc...... 34 CFA – Ridgefield ...... 12 Sharing the Arts ...... 34 CFA – Ringwood ...... 12 Shelter Our Pets ...... 35 CFA - Saddle Brook ...... 13 Shelter Our Sisters ...... 35-37 Children's Aid and Family Service ...... 13 Spectrum for Living ...... 37 City Green ...... 13-14 St. Paul's Community Development Corporation ..... 37-38 Community Blood Services ...... 14-15 Teaneck Women Train & Work /TW2 ...... 38 Comprehensive Behavioral Healthcare ...... 15 The ARC of Bergen & Passaic Counties ...... 38 The Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers ...... 15 Tomorrows Children's Fund ...... 39 The Dackks Group For Supportive Housing ...... 15-16 United Center/Americas Unidas Multicultural Diabetes Foundation, Inc...... 16-17 Senior Center ...... 39 Eastern Christian Children's Retreat ...... 17 Valley Home Care, Inc...... 39-40 ECLC of New Jersey ...... 17-18 Valley Hospital ...... 40 Fair Housing Council of Northern New Jersey ...... 18 Vantage Health System ...... 40-41 Family Promise of Bergen County ...... 18 Visiting Homemaker Home Health Aide Family Promise – Youth Council for the Homeless ...... 19 Service of Bergen County ...... 41 Flat Rock Brook Nature Association ...... 19 Volunteer Center of Bergen County ...... 41-42 Giants of Generosity ...... 19-20 Chore Service ...... 42 Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey ...... 20 Mentoring Moms ...... 42 Habitat for Humanity of Bergen County ...... 20-21
Want more ideas? Call the Volunteer Center at (201) 489-9454 or email [email protected].
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Mentoring Youth ...... 42 Glen Rock Non Profit Training ...... 42 Read To Know ...... 30-31 West Bergen Mental Healthcare ...... 43 Rebuilding Together ...... 31-32 West Side Infant Day Care & Parenting Program ...... 43 Hackensack Women's Rights Information Center ...... 43-44 Bergen Volunteer Medical Initiative ...... 8 YMCA of Greater Bergen County ...... 44-45 Bilingual Parent Outreach Office – Hackensack Youth Consultation Service - Holley Center ...... 45 Board of Education ...... 9 Youth Consultation Service - Kilbarchan Center ...... 45 Buddies of New Jersey, Inc. (NJ Buddies) ...... 10 YWCA Bergen County ...... 46 CASA for Children of Bergen County ...... 11 YWCA Rodie Child Care Center ...... 46 Center for Food Action – Hackensack ...... 12 Chore Service ...... 42 The Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers ...... 15 Fair Housing Council of Northern New Jersey ...... 18 Geographical Listing Habitat for Humanity of Bergen County ...... 20-21 healingSPACE: A Sexual Violence Resource Center .... 21 Allendale Heightened Independence and Progress ...... 22 The John Fell House/Concerned Citizens of Allendale .. 24 Mentoring Moms ...... 42
Mentoring Youth ...... 42 Bergenfield Non Profit Training ...... 42 Areyvut ...... 3-4 Northeast New Jersey Legal Services ...... 27 Bergenfield Public Library - Literacy Volunteers ...... 7 North Jersey Friendship House ...... 28
Project Plus Bergen County Area ...... 30 Carlstadt The Salvation Army - Hackensack Corps Center for Food Action ...... 11 Community Center ...... 33
SCORE Bergen ...... 33-34 Clifton The ARC of Bergen & Passaic Counties ...... 38 City Green ...... 13-14 Tomorrows Children's Fund ...... 39
United Center/Americas Unidas Multicultural Cresskill Senior Center ...... 39 Giants of Generosity ...... 19-20 Visiting Homemaker Home Health Aide Service of
Bergen County ...... 41 Demarest YMCA of Greater Bergen County ...... 44-45 Art School at Old Church ...... 4 Youth Consultation Service - Holley Center ...... 45
YWCA Bergen County ...... 46 Dumont
Vantage Health System ...... 40-41 Haworth Elmwood Park Bergen Center for Child Development ...... 5 Be-Whole Incorporated ...... 9 Rotary District 7490 ...... 32
Englewood Ho Ho Kus Bergen Family Center ...... 7 ECLC of New Jersey ...... 17-18 Center for Food Action ...... 11-12 8 Flat Rock Brook Nature Association ...... 19 Lyndhurst Jewish Family Service of North Jersey ...... 23-24 Comprehensive Behavioral Healthcare ...... 15 West Side Infant Day Care & Parenting Program ...... 43 Women's Rights Information Center ...... 43-44 Mahwah Center for Food Action – Northwest ...... 12 Fairview Mahwah Environmental Volunteers Organization Center for Food Action ...... 12 (MEVO) ...... 25-26
Want more ideas? Call the Volunteer Center at (201) 489-9454 or email [email protected].
71 NY-NJ Trail Conference ...... 28 River Vale Pony Power Therapies, Inc...... 30 Spectrum for Living ...... 37
Maywood Rochelle Park Adler Aphasia Center ...... 1-2 Shelter Our Sisters ...... 35
Montvale Rutherford Community Blood Services ...... 14-15 55 Kip Center ...... 1 Shelter Our Pets ...... 35 Saddle Brook Moonachie Center for Food Action - Saddle Brook ...... 13 Bergen County Hurricane Sandy Long Term Recovery ...6 Saddle River Paramus Call Us Clowns, Inc...... 10 Bergen County's United Way ...... 5 Bergen Regional Medical Center ...... 7-8 Secaucus Children's Aid and Family Services, Inc...... 13 Hygiene Project (formerly Wrap 4 a Smile ECLC of New Jersey ...... 17-18 Foundation, Inc)...... 23 Diabetes Foundation, Inc...... 16-17 Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey ...... 20 Teaneck Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey ...... 24 Bright Side Manor ...... 9-10 Operation Goody Bag ...... 28 Holy Name Hospital ...... 22-23 Valley Home Care, Inc...... 39-40 Jewish Family Service of Bergen County and North Hudson ...... 23 Paterson St. Paul's Community Development Corporation ..... 37-38 Teterboro Youth Consultation Service - Kilbarchan Center ...... 45 Aviation Hall of Fame of New Jersey ...... 4-5
Ramsey Union The Dackks Group For Supportive Housing ...... 15-16 The Salvation Army ...... 33
Ridgefield Upper Saddle River Center for Food Action – Ridgefield ...... 12 YWCA Rodie Child Care Center ...... 46
Ridgewood Washington Township American Red Cross ...... 3 Alliance Against Homelessness of Bergen County ...... 2 Family Promise of Bergen County ...... 18 Family Promise - Youth Council for the Homeless ...... 19 Wayne SHARE Inc...... 34 Jewish Family Service of North Jersey ...... 23-24 Sharing the Arts ...... 34 Valley Hospital ...... 40 Westwood West Bergen Mental Healthcare ...... 43 Pascack Valley Meals on Wheels ...... 29 YWCA Bergen County ...... 46 Peace4Paws ...... 29
Ringwood Woodcliff Lake Center for Food Action – Ringwood ...... 12 New Hope, Inc...... 27
River Edge Wood-Ridge Bergen County Historical Society ...... 6 Meadowlink ...... 26 Life Choice Hospice ...... 25 Wyckoff Eastern Christian Children's Retreat ...... 17
Want more ideas? Call the Volunteer Center at (201) 489-9454 or email [email protected].
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Issue Area Civic & Community American Red Cross ...... 3 Bergen County's United Way ...... 5 Animals Be-Whole Incorporated ...... 9 Peace4Paws ...... 29 Fair Housing Council of Northern New Jersey ...... 18 Shelter Our Pets ...... 35 Giants of Generosity ...... 19-20
New Hope, Inc...... 27 Adult Education Rotary District 7490 ...... 32 Bergenfield Public Library - Literacy Volunteers ...... 7 The Salvation Army - Hackensack Corps Community Bilingual Parent Outreach Office – Hackensack Board Center ...... 33 of Education ...... 9 St. Paul's Community Development Corporation ..... 37-38 Mentoring Moms ...... 42 Volunteer Center of Bergen County ...... 41-42 Mentoring Youth ...... 42 YMCA of Greater Bergen County ...... 44-45 Project Plus Bergen County Area ...... 30
Teaneck Women Train & Work/TW2 ...... 38 Disaster & Emergency Service Women's Rights Information Center ...... 43-44 American Red Cross ...... 3
Bergen County’s United Way ...... 5 Arts & Culture Bergen County Hurricane Sandy Art School at Old Church ...... 4 Long Term Recovery ...... 6 Arts Horizons...... 4 Operation Goody Bag ...... 28 Aviation Hall of Fame of New Jersey ...... 4-5 Rotary District 7490 ...... 32 Bergen County Historical Society ...... 6 The Salvation Army ...... 33 Be-Whole Incorporated ...... 9
Call Us Clowns, Inc...... 10 Environment The John Fell House/Concerned Citizens of Allendale .. 24 City Green ...... 13-14 Sharing the Arts ...... 34 Flat Rock Brook Nature Association ...... 19
Mahwah Environmental Volunteers Organization Children & Youth Education (MEVO) ...... 25-26 Areyvut ...... 3-4 NY-NJ Trail Conference ...... 28 Arts Horizons...... 4
Bergen Center for Child Development ...... 5 Faith-Based Service Be-Whole Incorporated ...... 9 Areyvut ...... 3-4 CASA for Children of Bergen County ...... 11 Eastern Christian Children’s Retreat ...... 17 Children's Aid and Family Services, Inc...... 13 Jewish Family Service of Bergen County City Green ...... 13-14 and North Hudson ...... 23 Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey ...... 20 Jewish Family Service of North Jersey ...... 23-24 Jewish Family Service of Bergen County and Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey ...... 24 North Hudson ...... 23 The Salvation Army ...... 33 Jewish Family Services of North Jersey ...... 23-24 The Salvation Army - Hackensack Corps Community Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey ...... 24 Center ...... 33 Mentoring Moms ...... 42 St. Paul's Community Development Corporation ..... 37-38 Mentoring Youth ...... 42
Read To Know ...... 30-31 Family Services Sharing the Arts ...... 34 American Red Cross ...... 3 St. Paul's Community Development Corporation ..... 37-38 Bergen Center for Child Development ...... 5 Westside Infant Day Care & Parenting Program ...... 43 Be-Whole Incorporated ...... 9 YMCA of Greater Bergen County ...... 44-45 The Dackks Group For Supportive Housing ...... 15-16 Youth Consultation Service - Holley Center ...... 45 Eastern Christian Children’s Retreat ...... 17 Youth Consultation Service - Kilbarchan Center ...... 45 ECLC of New Jersey ...... 17-18 YWCA Bergen County ...... 46 Family Promise of Bergen County ...... 18 YWCA Rodie Child Care Center ...... 46 Family Promise Youth Council ...... 19
Giants of Generosity ...... 19-20
Want more ideas? Call the Volunteer Center at (201) 489-9454 or email [email protected].
73 Habitat for Humanity of Bergen County ...... 20-21 Housing healingSPACE: A Sexual Violence Resource Center .... 21 Alliance Against Homelessness of Bergen County ...... 2 Jewish Family Service of Bergen County Bergen County’s United Way ...... 5 and North Hudson ...... 23 The Dackks Group for Supportive Housing ...... 15-16 Jewish Family Service of North Jersey ...... 23-24 Habitat for Humanity of Bergen County ...... 20-21 Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey ...... 24 North Jersey Friendship House ...... 28 Mentoring Moms ...... 42 Rebuilding Together ...... 31-32 Mentoring Youth ...... 42 SHARE Inc...... 34 The Salvation Army ...... 33 Women’s Rights Information ...... 43-44 The Salvation Army - Hackensack Corps Community Center ...... 33 Hunger & Homelessness Shelter Our Sisters ...... 35-37 Alliance Against Homelessness of Bergen County ...... 2 Spectrum for Living ...... 37 American Red Cross ...... 3 St. Paul's Community Development Corporation ..... 37-38 Buddies of New Jersey, Inc. (NJ Buddies) ...... 10 The ARC of Bergen & Passaic Counties ...... 38 Centers for Food Action ...... 11-13 West Side Infant Day Care & Parenting Program ...... 43 The Dackks Group For Supportive Housing ...... 15-16 Women's Rights Information Center ...... 43-44 Family Promise of Bergen County ...... 18 YMCA of Greater Bergen County ...... 44-45 Family Promise - Youth Council for the Homeless ...... 19 YWCA Bergen County ...... 46 Pascack Valley Meals on Wheels ...... 29 The Salvation Army ...... 33 Health & Wellness The Salvation Army- Hackensack Corps 55 Kip Center ...... 1 Community Center ...... 33 Adler Aphasia Center ...... 1-2 Shelter Our Sisters ...... 35-37 Bergen Regional Medical Center ...... 7-8 St. Paul's Community Development Corporation ..... 37-38 Bergen Volunteer Medical Initiative ...... 8 Bright Side Manor ...... 9-10 Internships & Employment Care Plus NJ ...... 10 SCORE Bergen ...... 33-34 Community Blood Services ...... 14-15 Teaneck Women Train & Work/TW2 ...... 38 Comprehensive Behavioral Healthcare ...... 15 Women’s Rights Information ...... 43-44 The Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers ...... 15 YWCA Bergen County ...... 46 Diabetes Foundation, Inc...... 16-17 Eastern Christian Children's Retreat ...... 17 Justice & Legal Services healingSPACE: A Sexual Violence Resource Center .... 21 CASA for Children of Bergen County ...... 11 Healing the Children New Jersey ...... 21-22 Northeast New Jersey Legal Services ...... 27 Heightened Independence and Progress ...... 22 Holy Name Hospital ...... 22-23 Senior Services Hygiene Project (formerly known as Wrap 4 a Smile) .... 23 55 Kip Center ...... 1 Jewish Family Service of Bergen County and Adler Aphasia Center ...... 1-2 North Hudson ...... 23 Bright Side Manor ...... 9-10 North Jersey Friendship House ...... 28 Chore Service ...... 42 Pascack Valley Meals on Wheels ...... 29 Jewish Family Service of Bergen County and Planned Parenthood ...... 29 North Hudson ...... 23 Pony Power Therapies, Inc...... 30 Jewish Family Service of North Jersey ...... 23-24 Spectrum for Living ...... 37 Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey ...... 24 Tomorrows Children's Fund ...... 39 Meadowlink ...... 26 Valley Home Care, Inc...... 39-40 Pascack Valley Meals on Wheels ...... 29 Valley Hospital ...... 40 SHARE Inc...... 34 Vantage Health System ...... 40-41 United Center ...... 39 West Bergen Mental Healthcare ...... 43 Visiting Homemaker Home Health Aide Service of YWCA Bergen County ...... 46 Bergen County ...... 41
Want more ideas? Call the Volunteer Center at (201) 489-9454 or email [email protected].
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Sports & Recreation Youth Opportunities (ages 12 -17) YMCA of Greater Bergen County ...... 44-45
YWCA of Bergen County ...... 46 55 Kip Center ...... 1
Adler Aphasia Center ...... 1-2 Technology Alliance Against Homelessness of Bergen County ...... 2 55 Kip Center ...... 1 American Red Cross ...... 3 Adler Aphasia Center ...... 1-2 Areyvut ...... 3-4 Aviation Hall of Fame ...... 4-5 Art School at Old Church ...... 4 CASA for Children of Bergen County ...... 11 Arts Horizons...... 4 Diabetes Foundation Inc...... 16-17 Aviation Hall of Fame of New Jersey ...... 4-5 Family Promise of Bergen County ...... 18 Bergen Regional Medical Center ...... 7-8 Giants of Generosity ...... 19-20 Be-Whole Incorporated ...... 9 Jewish Family Service of Bergen County and Bright Side Manor ...... 9-10 North Hudson ...... 23 Buddies of New Jersey, Inc. (NJ Buddies) ...... 10 Jewish Family Service of North Jersey ...... 23-24 CASA for Children of Bergen County ...... 11 Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey ...... 24 Centers for Food Action ...... 11-13 SCORE Bergen ...... 33-34 Children’s Aid and Family Services ...... 13 Shelter our Sisters ...... 35-37 City Green ...... 13-14 The ARC of Bergen & Passaic Counties ...... 38 Community Blood Services ...... 14-15 Volunteer Center of Bergen County ...... 41-42 Diabetes Foundation, Inc...... 16-17 Women’s Rights Information ...... 43-44 Eastern Christian Children's Retreat ...... 17 Family Promise of Bergen County ...... 18 Family Promise - Youth Council for the Homeless ...... 19 Flat Rock Brook Nature Association ...... 19 Habitat for Humanity of Bergen County ...... 20-21 healingSPACE: A Sexual Violence Resource Center .... 21 Holy Name Hospital ...... 22-23 Hygiene Project (formerly known as Wrap 4 a Smile) .... 23 Jewish Family Service of Bergen County and North Hudson ...... 23 Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey ...... 24 The John Fell House/Concerned Citizens of Allendale .. 24 Mahwah Environmental Volunteers Organization (MEVO) ...... 25-26 NY-NJ Trail Conference ...... 28 Operation Goody Bag ...... 28 Pascack Valley Meals on Wheels ...... 29 Peace4Paws ...... 29 Pony Power Therapies, Inc...... 30 Read To Know ...... 30-31 The Salvation Army - Hackensack Corps Community Center ...... 33 SHARE Inc...... 34 Sharing the Arts ...... 34 Spectrum for Living ...... 37 St. Paul's Community Development Corporation ..... 37-38 The ARC of Bergen & Passaic Counties ...... 38
Tomorrows Children's Fund ...... 39 Valley Home Care, Inc...... 39-40
Volunteer Center of Bergen County ...... 41-42
Want more ideas? Call the Volunteer Center at (201) 489-9454 or email [email protected].
75 Women's Rights Information Center ...... 43-44 Agencies with Opportunities for YMCA of Greater Bergen County ...... 44-45 YWCA Bergen County ...... 46 Court Ordered Volunteers YWCA Rodie Child Care Center ...... 46 American Red Cross ...... 3 Centers for Food Action ...... 11-13 Agencies with Family Friendly Diabetes Foundation ...... 16-17 Flat Rock Brook Nature Center ...... 19 Opportunities Habitat for Humanity of Bergen County ...... 20-21 Jewish Family Service of Bergen County and 55 Kip Center ...... 1 North Hudson ...... 23 Adler Aphasia Center ...... 1-2 St. Paul’s Community Development Corporation ..... 37-38 Bergen Regional Medical Center ...... 7-8 Bright Side Manor ...... 9-10 Buddies of New Jersey, Inc. (NJ Buddies) ...... 10 Call Us Clowns ...... 10 Centers for Food Action ...... 11-13 City Green ...... 13-14 Diabetes Foundation ...... 16-17 Eastern Christian Children’s Retreat ...... 17 Family Promise of Bergen County ...... 18 Flat Rock Brook Nature Center ...... 19 Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey ...... 20 Habitat for Humanity of Bergen County ...... 20-21 Jewish Family Service of Bergen County and North Hudson ...... 23 Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey ...... 24 Mahwah Environmental Volunteers Organization (MEVO) ...... 25-26 North Jersey Friendship House ...... 28 NY-NJ Trail Conference ...... 28 Pascack Valley Meals on Wheels ...... 29 Rebuilding Together ...... 31-32 Salvation Army – Hackensack Corps Community Center ...... 33 Shelter Our Sisters ...... 35-37 Visiting Homemaker Home Health Aide Services of Bergen County ...... 41 Volunteer Center of Bergen County ...... 41-42
Want more ideas? Call the Volunteer Center at (201) 489-9454 or email [email protected].
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