Helpful Hands - Support Disaster Clients

A year after Sandy, our clients are still rebuilding their lives. For many, grants from FEMA or Build It Back don’t cover all of their continuing needs. Sign up to be contacted about opportunities to assist individuals with tasks like assembling furniture, organizing, packing/moving, helping to find new housing, or accompanying elderly or disabled individuals to important appointments.

Tasks may vary widely, so we need volunteers with all different skills & backgrounds. Ages 18 & up. Contact Alex at ashwarz@metcouncil.org or 212-453-9526 for more info.

Goodbye to Devin

This past Thursday marks my last day interning at Met Council this summer. While I am exciting for the coming school year, I cannot help but feel some nostalgia. It does not seem like seven weeks have passed, nor that summer is almost over. Every day in the office was a learning experience for me: whether it was about Met Council’s services, the state of poverty in this country, or even the people who I have had the pleasure of working with. I do not know where I will be working next summer; perhaps another stint at 80 Maiden Lane is in order. What I do know, however, is that the lessons and memories of my time here will stay with me for as long as I live. I will have the poor, the unemployed, the disadvantaged on my mind, and will never take for the granted the opportunities and comforts that I have so luckily been blessed with. Met Council and the people who work there have helped me come to realize that I am one small part of a greater community and country. But, with each of us working hard, we can end poverty, strife, and hunger in New York City, in the United States, and around world. I made a difference this summer, and for that I will be forever proud.
It has been great sharing my summer internship with you.

I hope that you too will get involved with Met Council and make a positive change in NYC!