Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Spring Planting in Brooklyn
Carlton Residence is another Met Council housing site that is located in Brooklyn. On Wednesday of AmeriCorps Week, 8 VISTA’s got down and dirty and spent the afternoon making the backyard of the building look beautiful! They planted over 20 plants and flowers.
Food Packaging in Canarsie
A few VISTA’s all met in Canarsie at Met Council’s food warehouse on Tuesday morning of AmeriCorps Week to help package food. The warehouse distributes more than 13,000 kosher food packages each month to families all throughout the metro area and they are always in need of volunteers. On Tuesday morning alone, the VISTA’s made over 300 food packages. Thank you VISTA’s for taking the journey out to Canarsie!
Organizing the Library at a Senior Residence
On Monday, May 12th, students from the High School for Public Service and AmeriCorps volunteers organized the library at one of Met Council’s housing sites in Manhattan. The library is fairly large and has an extensive array of books, however not many of the residents are able to use it because they do not know what books are in the library nor is there a system to find books. The volunteers labeled the books and entered the books into a database to make it more useable for the residents. Thank you to all the volunteers for all your help. I am sure the residents appreciate it!
AmeriCorps Kick Off at Tompkins Sq Park
In celebration of AmeriCorps Week (May 11-18th), Met Council and other supporting AmeriCorps organizations hosted a variety of volunteer projects which were all a success! To start the week off, participating AmeriCorps organizations joined in for a Kick Off event at Tompkins Square Park on Sunday, May 11th. The event consisted of the organizations recruiting for their volunteer projects and with promotion of the AmeriCorps program. In addition, the NY Blood Center Mobile came out and we reached our goal of obtaining 40+ donors. The Kick Off was definitely a success and we hope it will continue to grow in the upcoming years.
Goldman Sachs Employees Build a Children's Library
As part of Goldman Sach’s Community Team Works program, GS employees have the opportunity to volunteer for a full day and get paid for it! This year, GS is sponsoring five volunteer projects with Met Council and they will not only provide their employees as volunteers, but will also fund the projects. On May 8th, the first project took place with the volunteers completing a children’s library for our homeless shelter in Jamaica. The volunteers sorted through the books, catalogued them, and also built a bookshelf! We thank GS for their support and we look forward to the future GS projects to come.
Friday, May 9, 2008
AmeriCorps Week Volunteer Projects
May 11-18, 2008 is AmeriCorps Week and to celebrate Met Council will be hosting a variety of volunteer projects. If you are interested in the following, please contact Ericka at (212)453-9685 or ebuyco@metcouncil.org. Hope you can spare some time to volunteer!
Catalog Library at Senior Residence
Location: Linda and Jerry Spitzer Residence
351 East 61st Street, Manhattan 10021
Date: Monday May 12th
Time: 11-3pm
Number of Volunteers Needed: 12
Description: Met Council owns and operates low income housing sites throughout all the five boroughs. At our East 61st Street building there is a large library in the community room, however not many of the residents use it because it is not organized and it is hard to find books. With our new catalogue system, each book will be categorized accordingly and will be entered into a database to make the library more usable. Volunteers for this event will be labeling and making card catalogues for each book. Volunteers do not need to bring any additional equipment or tools for this event. Lunch will be provided.
Food Packaging in Canarsie
Location: 5361 Preston Court, Brooklyn NY 11234 (Between East 56th and Foster Ave.)
Date: Tuesday May 13th
Time: 10-1pm
Number of Volunteers: 10 (max)
Description: Our food warehouse is located in Canarsie. Volunteers create family sized kosher food packages, which are distributed to 13,000 families throughout New York City a month.
Spring Planting at Carleton Residence
Location: Carleton Residence
89 Carlton Ave. (Fort Greene Brooklyn)
Date: Wednesday May 14th
Time: 11-4pm
Number of Volunteers Needed: 12-15
Description: If you would like to brighten up one of Met Council’s low income housing sites, then come help with some spring planting! Prepared to get down and dirty while working with soil and planting colorful flowers and a variety of veggies. Volunteers do not need to bring any additional equipment or tools to this event. Lunch will be provided.
Card Making for Homebound Seniors
Location: Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty (main office)
80 Maiden Lane, 21st Floor, Manhattan 21st Floor
Date: Friday, May 16th
Time: 11:00-2:00pm
Number of Volunteers Needed: 15-20
Description: Met Council owns and operates low income housing sites throughout all the five boroughs. Many of the residents at these sites are homebound seniors. A lot of these seniors have no family nearby and are often isolated from society. By making cards for these seniors, it will show that someone cares for them.
Canarsie Bridges Festival
Location: 9502 Seaview Avenue in Canarsie (Brooklyn)
Date: Sunday, May 18
Time: 1-4pm
Description: This will be the festival's 10th year and features free rides, games, basketball, face-painting, balloons, and refreshments. Volunteers would help the JCC of Canarsie flipping hot dogs, painting faces, inflating balloons, playing basketball, and ensuring that the festival runs smoothly.
Organization: JCC of Canarsie
Contact Info: Ruby at (718) 495-6210
Catalog Library at Senior Residence
Location: Linda and Jerry Spitzer Residence
351 East 61st Street, Manhattan 10021
Date: Monday May 12th
Time: 11-3pm
Number of Volunteers Needed: 12
Description: Met Council owns and operates low income housing sites throughout all the five boroughs. At our East 61st Street building there is a large library in the community room, however not many of the residents use it because it is not organized and it is hard to find books. With our new catalogue system, each book will be categorized accordingly and will be entered into a database to make the library more usable. Volunteers for this event will be labeling and making card catalogues for each book. Volunteers do not need to bring any additional equipment or tools for this event. Lunch will be provided.
Food Packaging in Canarsie
Location: 5361 Preston Court, Brooklyn NY 11234 (Between East 56th and Foster Ave.)
Date: Tuesday May 13th
Time: 10-1pm
Number of Volunteers: 10 (max)
Description: Our food warehouse is located in Canarsie. Volunteers create family sized kosher food packages, which are distributed to 13,000 families throughout New York City a month.
Spring Planting at Carleton Residence
Location: Carleton Residence
89 Carlton Ave. (Fort Greene Brooklyn)
Date: Wednesday May 14th
Time: 11-4pm
Number of Volunteers Needed: 12-15
Description: If you would like to brighten up one of Met Council’s low income housing sites, then come help with some spring planting! Prepared to get down and dirty while working with soil and planting colorful flowers and a variety of veggies. Volunteers do not need to bring any additional equipment or tools to this event. Lunch will be provided.
Card Making for Homebound Seniors
Location: Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty (main office)
80 Maiden Lane, 21st Floor, Manhattan 21st Floor
Date: Friday, May 16th
Time: 11:00-2:00pm
Number of Volunteers Needed: 15-20
Description: Met Council owns and operates low income housing sites throughout all the five boroughs. Many of the residents at these sites are homebound seniors. A lot of these seniors have no family nearby and are often isolated from society. By making cards for these seniors, it will show that someone cares for them.
Canarsie Bridges Festival
Location: 9502 Seaview Avenue in Canarsie (Brooklyn)
Date: Sunday, May 18
Time: 1-4pm
Description: This will be the festival's 10th year and features free rides, games, basketball, face-painting, balloons, and refreshments. Volunteers would help the JCC of Canarsie flipping hot dogs, painting faces, inflating balloons, playing basketball, and ensuring that the festival runs smoothly.
Organization: JCC of Canarsie
Contact Info: Ruby at (718) 495-6210
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