You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.  Jesus, Matt 5:14

Current Opportunities

Volunteers are needed for the following opportunities:

Love146 Task Force - To End Sex Trafficking

Love146 works domestically and internationally towards the abolition of human trafficking and child exploitation.  If you're interested in joining others from Apostles Church and working together with others in the city to bring about the end of this horrible injustice and extend the message and mercy of Christ in its place, you can register here: Task Force Registration

Restore

Restore, a Christian non-profit organization that serves sex-trafficked and prostituted women in New York, needs a webmaster volunteer to relaunch and maintain its website. Expertise in web design and programming along with a great passion for the cause is essential.  Please email

Dewitt Nursing Home

Come and join other HFNY volunteers as we sing hymns, read scripture and spend time with residents who are often abandoned or rarely visited by their families. We'll be meeting there every 2nd Sunday of the month from 2:00PM to 4:00PM.  Dewitt is located at 211 E. 79th (b/t 2nd & 3rd ), 3rd floor cafeteria. For more information or to volunteer, contact 

Bowery Mission Medical Clinic

The Bowery Mission Medical Clinic, which opperates on Wednesday nights, is looking for two Social Workers with knowledge of homeless populations, city and state benefits and job training programs. They are also in need of RN's and NP's. For more information or to volunteer, contact

Bowery Mission Park Outreach

On the first Saturday of each month we need 8 volunteers to participate in the Bowery Mission Park Outreach.  From 7:15AM to 10:30AM, come and help us offer food, shelter and residential recovery resources to our city's homeless and hungry. For more information or to volunteer, contact

New York City Relief Bus

12 Volunteers are needed to serve with the NYC Relief Bus on the second Saturday of each month from 10:00AM to 2:00PM in Bushwick, Brooklyn and the South Bronx. The Relief Bus runs mobile soup kitchens and resource centers for the city's homeless and working poor. This is a great group service opportunity! To sign up, contact

Baseball Coaches Needed

Major's Minors is an organization that serves at-risk youth in Brooklyn through the game of baseball. If you have experience in and passion for the game as well as a desire to help low-income youth reach their full potential, contact

Are you a Single Mother?

The Midtown Pregnancy Support Center is looking for single mothers to volunteer for their upcoming Single Mothers Support Group. Volunteers are needed to speak on a panel and share their experiences of motherhood. If interested, please contact (212) 689-1705.

Heathfulness in Harlem

New Song's Health and Wellness Program is looking for instructors in various alternative holistic modalities: nutrition specialists, massage therapists, yoga instructors, and certified personal trainers. Contact Vivian at (212) 222-3256 or to volunteer.

Covenant House Art Program

Reach out to women and children in need by assisting with art programs, community building and childcare. This is an ideal opportunity for groups!  Volunteer from 7:00PM to 9:00pm on the second Wednesday of each month.  For more information, contact

 Bowery Mission Needs Men's Clothes

The Bowery Mission is in need of new and packaged socks, underwear and undershirts for men, as well as new and gently used white dress shirts and business suits.  These clothes will provide professional attire for men transitioning out of homelessness and into the workforce.  Contact:

Don't Walk By

In January of 2010, hundreds of volunteers will fan out across Manhattan to offer every single street person food, blankets, and most importantly a complete "holistic residential recovery program that offers them new life in Christ" and educational, vocational and housing solutions.  The goal is to educate and mobilize New Yorkers of faith to compassionately engege homeless men, women and children throughout the city. Register as a volunteer today.

 

To view more current opportunities to serve, visit Hope for New York