How to find Volunteer Opportunities

Curious about where to volunteer? Not seeing anything you like at Berkeley just yet? The world of volunteer opportunities is at your fingertips, people! 

Here are some of our favorite sites for searching volunteer opportunities:

GreatNonprofits is a place to find trustworthy nonprofits.
Their mission is to"inspire and inform donors and volunteers, enable nonprofits to show their impact, and promote greater feedback and transparency."

Volunteer Match helps you search volunteer opportunities by zip code. 

Sparked features online volunteering for busy professionals. Make a difference on your lunch break! 

NYC Service helps you search for NYC-area volunteer opportunities by borough and interest!

  

NYC Cares connects you to myriad opportunities throughout the city. You must participate in a training session to join.

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Welcome!

Welcome to the Berkeley Cares Blog!

 

The Berkeley Cares Community Service Program is Berkeley College's social responsibility initiative that builds on the Berkeley’s long tradition of addressing important social issues. Through this program, students, faculty & staff are committed to donating hours of hands on service to the community and creating a community of care on each campus and within those neighborhoods that surround us.

As well as the following benefits to the communities which we serve:
- Help address large scale social, economic, and environmental issues
- Help people make a change in their lives

Interested in volunteering? Contact the Office of Student Development & Campus Life at your campus to see what they have planned, or suggest your own service activities!

Brooklyn:
Sherrille Shabazz: srh@berkeleycollege.edu

Middlesex:
Kevin Frey: kcf@berkeleycollege.edu

Newark:
Sandra Garcia: sdg@berkeleycollege.edu

NYC Midtown/Downtown:
Nicole Luthman: nll@berkeleycollege.edu

Paramus:
Jennifer Litvak: jrl@berkeleycollege.edu

White Plains:
Melissa Vidam: mav@berkeleycollege.edu

Woodland Park:
Ashante Barnes-Awe: aba@berkeleycollege.edu

A Sampling of Past Service Events and Projects:
City Year Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service, Project Linus, Meals on Heels, The AFSP Overnight Out of the Darkness Walk, Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, ALS Walk, Food Bank of NYC, Community Kitchen and Pantry of Harlem, Books for Africa, Covenant House, Be a Star, Harlem Hospital Toy Drive, Toys for Tots, NY Cares Coat Drive, American Cancer Society Walk, March for Babies, AIDS Walk, Riverside Park Cleanup, Junior Achievement, CUNY Citizenship Now!, Sanctuary for Families Holiday Helpers, Community Service Fair, World AIDS Day, Haiti Earthquake Relief, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief (Fundraising and Folding Cranes for StudentsRebuild.org), Buy One, Give One to the American Red Cross (Bookstore)