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Volunteer
Opportunities at New Life Community:
For
Our Residents | For Job Training Program
| For Our Children | For
One-Time Annual Events
For Our Residents
Apartment Set-Up
Assistants
We need
individuals and/or groups who can set up an apartment before a new
family moves into it. Our apartments have a kitchen, living room,
dining room, 1-3 bedrooms and a bathroom. The set-up is usually done
once a month at the end of the month.
Donation Room
Assistants
These individuals or groups are needed to organize the clothing in our
donation room. Duties include sorting through clothes donated to NLC
and selecting business appropriate items for use by our residents.
These items then need to be put on racks in the Donation Room.
Gardeners
New Life Community is located in a remodeled elementary school. Due to
the commitment of a small number of volunteers, the building is proud
of its well-kept gardens. Our volunteers would love additional
assistance and invite all who love gardening, or who think they may
love gardening, to come and tend our gardens.
Transportation/Furniture Assistants
Residents stay at
New Life Community for four months, after which they move into their
own housing. Often our graduates need furniture. Volunteers are needed
to find furniture from donors and to help move that furniture to the
graduates' new homes. This is a great position for those who love
garage sales!
Handymen
If you like to putter
around the house and fix things, we have 14 apartments and our
maintenance technician needs help with plumbing, carpentry, painting,
etc., to maintain our apartments.
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For Our Job Training Program
Professional
Development and Job Search Instructors
Residents receive
training in job search and job readiness skills, money management and
budgeting, decision making, time management and academics. We are
looking for volunteers who can help tutor our residents in any of these
areas.
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For Our Children
Evening Childcare
On Tuesday or Thursday
evening, we need volunteers to tend to the safety and recreational
needs of a small group of children who may range in age from birth to
13 years, while their parents attend an hour class on site.
Activities
Instructors
We are looking for
volunteers who can provide our children with enriching experiences such
as creative movement, music, literacy and reading activities, and so
on. We have children who range in age from birth to 13 years and
programs should be adaptable for a wide range of age groups.
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One-Time Annual Events
Luau Block Party
Every August, New
Life Community hosts a block party for the residents and graduates of
the building as well as the residents of E. 150th and E. 152nd Streets.
The theme is a Hawaiian Luau and there is plenty of food, games, music
and arts and crafts. We need volunteers to host the various activities
and to help provide the food.
Holiday Store
Every December,
New Life Community receives donations of toys and offers its residents
and graduates the opportunity to pick out gifts for their children. The
Holiday Store remains open for a week. We need volunteers to help set
up and break down the “store” as well as to replenish it
throughout the week.
Mother’s Day
Appreciation Brunch
In May, New Life
Community celebrates our residents and graduates as mothers, by giving
them special attention, including a brunch in their honor. We need
volunteers to assist with the brunch.
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