Service Projects
Conference participants will serve the host city, alleviating needs in New York and engaging deeper into the fabric of volunteerism. Together, the thousands of conference participants will make a huge impact in the metropolitan area.
The conference conveners invite you to participate in the following service projects in the week leading up to the conference:
Pleasant Community Garden
June 22, Harlem
Volunteers will build new planter boxes, repair beds, remove diseased apple trees, beautify and enhance the existing garden.
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Ingersoll-Whitman, Ft. Green
June 23, Brooklyn
Volunteers will work with residents in this housing development to restore their vegetable and flower gardens and also create a butterfly garden.
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Marcy Houses
June 24, Brooklyn
Volunteers will work with residents in this housing development to restore their vegetable and flower gardens and also create a butterfly garden.
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Elizabeth Langley Memorial Garden
June 25, Harlem
Volunteers will beautify this community garden by planting herbs and flowers, repairing beds, and building raised planter boxes.
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Eden Village Camp Greenhouse
June 27, Putnam County, New York
Made possible by Repair the World
Volunteers will build a greenhouse at Eden Village Camp, a new environmentally-focused summer camp, that will be used year round by the Jewish Farm School. There are 12 spaces available to participate in this project. To register, please email: talya@werepair.org
NYC Cool Roofs
June 21 and June 23, Queens and Brooklyn
Sponsored by JetBlue and Con Edison
In alignment with Mayor Bloomberg's PlaNYC initiative, volunteers will install "cool roofs" to reflect heat and reduce cooling costs. This project is full.
Buffalo Greenhouse
June 24, Buffalo
Supported by Home Depot
Volunteers will help provide access to wholesome, affordable food by working on this greenhouse in a Buffalo neighborhood Visit wnyamericorps.org to register.
Euclid 500
June 26, Brooklyn, East New York
Volunteers will help to transform an empty lot into a second garden space at Euclid Garden, a community garden in East New York, Brooklyn as a prelude to the National Conference on Volunteering and Service taking place in New York City. Sign up
Jenny's Garden
June 26, Manhattan, Harlem
Volunteers will help to weed, plant, prune and rake leaves at Jenny's Garden, a community garden in Riverside Park as a prelude to the National Conference on Volunteering and Service taking place in New York City. Sign up
Public School 152
June 27, Manhattan, Inwood
Volunteers will revitalize 152 M by planting flowers, weeding, building several raised wooden planter beds and performing other gardening tasks in the garden beds surrounding the school. Sign up
Brooklyn Rescue Mission
June 27, Brooklyn, Bedford Stuyvesant
Volunteers will work on gardening tasks at Brooklyn Rescue Mission as a prelude to the National Conference on Volunteering and Service. Sign up
Hattie Carthan Garden
June 27, Brooklyn, Bedford Stuyvesant
Volunteers will be building garden beds, picnic tables and restoring the sweet potato pavilion. Volunteers will also be painting signs and weeding at this local Brooklyn garden. Take the G train to Hoyt-Schermerhorn in Brooklyn. Sign up
Inwood Hill Park
June 27, Manhattan, Inwood
Volunteers will help to rake, paint and clean-up Inwood Park as a prelude to the National Conference on Volunteering and Service taking place in New York City. Sign up
