This Week at CUNY - June 20, 2013

Best of the Week

City Harvest Collection

Help City Harvest make collections on the closing day of the Fancy Food Show at the Javits Center. Volunteers are needed to collect perishable and nonperishable food donations, which will be loaded onto City Harvest trucks for distribution to emergency food programs throughout the city. More »

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Tree Planting in NYC

April is MillionTreesNYC month and more volunteers are needed to join with others across the five boroughs to plant 20,000 in a single weekend. More than 650,000 trees have already been planted in New York City and with the help of dedicated volunteers we are well on our way. More »

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Become a Park Volunteer

Partnerships for Parks, a joint initiative of City Parks Foundation and NYC Parks, is coordinating weekend volunteer projects across the five boroughs. These projects will be led by various divisions of NYC Parks, as well as by community organizations, offering a wide range of volunteer opportunities including painting, planting and clearing debris. On April 20 volunteers are needed to help clean up Randall's Island Park. More »

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Get Outside and Ride a Bike!

Bike New York is a nonprofit organization that provides free classes to New Yorkers in all five boroughs, teaching them how to ride a bike for the first time. Classes are taught all over the city, every weekend, from April to October. The only reason Bike New York can provide this service to thousands of new cyclists is because of volunteer instructors like you. More »

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Volunteer with NYC Parks

Partnerships for Parks, a joint initiative of the City Parks Foundation and NYC Parks, is coordinating a listing of open-to-the-public, weekend volunteer projects that continue throughout the spring across the five boroughs. Volunteers are needed on Sunday, April 7, to help clean up Alley Pond Park in Queens. Projects will be led by various divisions of NYC Parks, offering a wide range of volunteer opportunities including painting, planting, and clearing debris. More »

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Get Trained in CPR!

NYC Service and the FDNY have launched CPR Training, an initiative to increase the number of New Yorkers trained in CPR, who pledge to share their knowledge with five other people. The FDNY Mobile CPR Unit will host bystander CPR Training sessions at your location for groups of 20 or more volunteers. More »

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