BARNARD REACH OUT

Barnard Reach Out
Volunteer Registration Form

Welcome to Barnard College...
now let's get out beyond the campus gates and do some good!

Barnard Reach Out (BRO) is your chance to immerse yourself in New York City, meet new friends, and volunteer with a local nonprofit. We'll match you with community-based organizations to complete service projects and have an impact. Join hundreds of your classmates in making a difference for your new home!

This year, BRO is taking place on Saturday, September 12 and Sunday, September 13.
The registration deadline has been extended!
Register by Thursday, September 10 at noon.



Important Information:

  • Volunteer opportunities are first-come, first-served. Once an opportunity is full, you will receive an error message if you try to select it. Please choose another.

  • The times listed below are the actual project start/end times.  You will be required to meet with your group before the start time; your group leader will be in touch to let you know your meeting time. Breakfast will be provided.

  • Metrocards to travel to your service project will not be provided.

  • If you have any questions, please contact Adeline Medeiros, Associate Director of Civic Engagement, at 212-854-2033 or adelinemedeiros@barnard.edu.

Saturday, September 12th Projects

Chemo Comfort (11:00am-1:00pm) (8 Volunteers): 
Chemo Comfort provides resources that enable cancer patients to take positive, comforting measures for themselves, thereby empowering patients at a time when so much feels out of their control. Volunteers will prepare kits of products to help cancer patients manage the side effects of treatment. These kits will be shared with treatment organizations throughout the greater NYC area, which means you will have an immediate, positive impact on your community!
 
City Harvest (8:45am-12:00pm) (10 Volunteers per Market): 
City Harvest is the world's first, and the city's only, food rescue organization, working to end hunger across all five boroughs. At our Mobile Markets, volunteers help to distribute fresh produce free of charge in a farmers market setting to eligible residents. Volunteers are stationed at 3-4 market tables, each supplied with thousands of pounds of fresh produce. Volunteers are responsible for weighing and bagging produce, greeting residents and distributing fresh, healthy produce! All volunteers must be 18 or older. You will either volunteer at St. Mary's Mobile Market or Melrose Mobil Market, both in the Bronx.
 
Citymeals-on-Wheels (9:45am-12:00pm) (20 Volunteers): 
Citymeals-on-Wheels provides a continuous lifeline of nutritious food and human company to homebound elderly New Yorkers in need, helping them to live with dignity in their own familiar homes and communities. Volunteers will deliver nutritious meals to our homebound seniors, on foot, within walking distance of the senior center. Rain or shine, the meals must be delivered - so we hope you'll join us to bring a warm meal and a warm smile to our elders!
 
FPA-Foundation (1:00pm-4:00pm) (15 Volunteers): 
The FPA-Foundation advocates, educates, and empowers the community to enhance their voice and leadership in the community on social justice issues. Volunteers will help with community organizing activities, including outreach and the distribution of flyers.
 
LifeForce in Later Years (10:30am-1:30pm) (10 Volunteers): 
As a new addition to the Barnard & Columbia community, wouldn't it be great to connect with the alumnae, professors, and New York City natives that came before you? By volunteering with LifeForce in Later Years (LILY), you'll have a chance to connect with local elders to hear their stories, learn from their experiences, and provide the support & companionship they need. LILY is holding a recruitment event and is in need of volunteers who can be actively engaged in recruiting from the community. Volunteers should feel comfortable speaking one-on-one or to small groups about the LILY mission. 
 
Riverside Park Conservancy (10:00am-1:00pm) (15 Volunteers): 
The Riverside Park Conservancy works to restore, maintain, and improve Riverside Park in partnership with the City of New York for the enjoyment and benefit of all New Yorkers. Volunteers will be working in Sakura Park and on Claremont Avenue to clean neglected horticulture beds, do some weeding, and tidy up the area.
 
St. Mary's Episcopal Church (12:00pm-4:00pm) (8 Volunteers): 
St. Mary's Outreach Soup Kitchen, a program of St. Mary's Episcopal Church, is part of the 30+ year old food program which helps to alleviate hunger in our West Harlem neighborhood. Volunteers will work along with St. Mary's staff & staff from the Columbia-sponsored free medical and dental clinic to take lunches to areas where hungry and homeless people gather. We offer food and information about the clinic, clothing, free movies and other services available at St. Mary's.
 
Transdiaspora Network (11:00am-2:00pm) (2 Volunteers): 
Transdiaspora Network (TDN) works to create and communicate culturally oriented solutions to the next generation of leaders fighting HIV/AIDS in local communities. Volunteers will help a TDN intern co-facilitate a focus group for the TDN Fashion Your Health Club. This new community-oriented project will engage low-income background high school girls in a conversation about combining fashion and health to promote self-esteem.

Sunday, September 13th Projects

FPA-Foundation (1:00pm-4:00pm) (15 Volunteers): 
The FPA-Foundation advocates, educates, and empowers the community to enhance their voice and leadership in the community on social justice issues. Volunteers will help with community organizing activities, including outreach and the distribution of flyers.
 
Goddard Riverside Community Center (9:30am-12:30pm) (20 Volunteers): 
Goddard Riverside Community Center, one of the city’s oldest settlement houses, provides vital services including food and housing; outreach to the homeless; programs for mentally ill individuals; and comprehensive educational and cultural programs for children, youth, and older adults. Volunteers will work with the Home Delivered Meals program, which provides a daily, nutritious meal to frail homebound seniors living on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.  
 
GrowNYC (10:00am-2:00pm) (20 Volunteers): 
Help GrowNYC green one of New York's biggest events of the year - the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure! We’ll coordinate recycling and composting, as well as educate festival goers on the importance of environmental stewardship. We believe everyone can make a difference and we rely on dedicated volunteers who are interested in inspiring others. We'll provide snacks, water, t-shirts and training, you just bring your smiling self!
 
LifeForce in Later Years (10:30am-1:30pm) (10 Volunteers): 
As a new addition to the Barnard & Columbia community, wouldn't it be great to connect with the alumnae, professors, and New York City natives that came before you? By volunteering with LifeForce in Later Years (LILY), you'll have a chance to connect with local elders to hear their stories, learn from their experiences, and provide the support & companionship they need. LILY is holding a recruitment event and is in need of volunteers who can be actively engaged in recruiting from the community. Volunteers should feel comfortable speaking one-on-one or to small groups about the LILY mission. 
 
Lower East Side Ecology Center (10:00am-1:00pm) (30 Volunteers): 
The Lower East Side Ecology Center offers community based recycling programs as well as environmental education and stewardship opportunities to empower New Yorkers to contribute to a more sustainable NYC. Volunteers will help remove invasive weeds from planting beds along the East River, and mulch beds with wood chips to prevent establishment of weeds.
 
Manhattan Chamber of Commerce (11:00am-5:00pm) (6 Volunteers): 
The Manhattan Chamber of Commerce (MCC) advocates for, connects, and educates the business community in Manhattan, and also has two non-profit arms: The MCC Community Benefit Fund and MCC Foundation. Join the MCC for a fun day in the sun by working at their booth at the 3rd Ave. Street Fair! Volunteers will sell raffle tickets, manage photos with Statue of Liberty, hand out materials about the MCC, work with the Ruppert Park booth, and take donations.

Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure (7:00am-1:00pm) (15 Volunteers): 
Work one-on-one with cancer survivors at Survivor Village, one of the most inspiring sections of the biggest Race for the Cure in America! Volunteers will distribute special survivor t-shirts, snacks, drinks, and gifts, and keep the tent stocked, clean, and organized. Requires a welcoming and positive attitude throughout Race day! **Volunteers will meet at 6:15am on the Barnard campus to travel to Survivor Village in Central Park. Breakfast will be provided on site.

Transportation Alternatives (12:00pm-5:00pm) (20 Volunteers): 
Transportation Alternatives works to reclaim New York City’s streets from the automobile and to advocate for bicycling, walking, and public transit as the best transportation alternatives. Each year, they hold the NYC Century Bike Tour - the biggest, baddest bike tour in New York City, during which 7000 cyclists take to the streets to ride New York City’s only all-urban century tour. Our Astoria Park volunteers help ensure that our busiest rest stop runs smoothly. They prepare and pass out water and snacks, direct the flow of bike traffic, and cheer riders on as they head out for the last leg of their journey. Whether you’re a cyclist, walker, driver, weight-lifter, or PB&J-maker extraordinaire, we have a job for you.

Registration

I am a: *
Please select the service opportunity you would like to volunteer for.
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I am interested in serving as a group leader for my group.
Group leaders will reach out to group members before the service trip to make sure that everyone knows where to meet and will take pictures at the site (cell phone pictures are fine!). They will also have Adeline's contact information so they can get in touch in case of any issues. *
By checking this box, I agree to:
+  Volunteer with Barnard Reach Out on September 12th and/or September 13th.
+  Meet with my group at a designated time prior to the listed service start time. I understand that this time will be communicated to me before BRO. *
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