Playtime With Kids! PLUS: BBQs, Internships, and More...

Local volunteer opportunities as of August 14, 2025

STAFF PICKS THIS WEEK (& BEYOND):

VOLUNTEERS TO PLAY WITH KIDS

5 Steps to Five

8/19 @ 9:00am; Tuesdays

Port Chester

REACH OUT AND READ VOLUNTEERS

Open Door Care Network

Flexible schedule

Throughout Westchester

PATIENT COMPANIONS

Northern Westchester Hospital

Weekly

Mount Kisco

PROGRAM INTERNS

DOROT Westchester

Weekdays

White Plains

College students only

COMMUNITY DAY & BBQ

Family Services of Westchester

9/1 @ 11:30am & 2:30pm

Hartsdale

NAMI ROCKLAND 5K RUN AND WALK

NAMI Rockland

9/14 @ 6:45am

Valley Cottage

9/11 SERVE + REMEMBER 

Each year, we remember those who served and those we lost on September 11, 2001 with family-friendly service projects, such as making blankets for children, donating blood, and packing meals. Help us honor their memory by lifting up our community through volunteerism.

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RESUME-BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES:

WAITLIST COORDINATOR

IFCA Housing Network

Weekly

Ossining

BILINGUAL GREETERS

Open Door Care Network

Flexible schedule

Ossining

OFFICE VOLUNTEERS

Alzheimer's Association

Flexible schedule

Purchase

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LONG-TERM OPPORTUNITIES:

VOLUNTEER DRIVERS & COORDINATORS

New Rochelle Cares

Flexible schedule

New Rochelle

PUPPY RAISERS & HOME LITTER CARE

BluePath Service Dogs

Flexible schedule

Remote

DISCUSSION LEADERS FOR OLDER ADULTS

DOROT Westchester

Multiple opportunities

White Plains

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ONE-DAY OPPORTUNITIES:

CLEAN RIVER PROJECT

Westchester Parks Foundation

8/16 & 8/23 @ 10:00am

White Plains/Tuckahoe

ACCESS NATURE PROJECT

D.I.G. Farm

8/22 @ 9:30am

North Salem

COMMUNITY CLOTHES SORTING DAY

The Sharing Shelf

9/11 @ 10:30am

Port Chester

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GROUP OPPORTUNITIES:

MARSH CLEANUP

Westchester Parks Foundation

8/20 @ 10:00am

Rye

WAKANDA CELEBRATION

Wakanda Celebration Inc.

8/30 @ 11:00am & 3:30pm

Mount Vernon

Register by 8/24

INVASIVES AND MEADOW MAINTENANCE

Ward Acres Conservancy

9/13 @ 12:00pm

New Rochelle

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YOUTH-FRIENDLY OPPORTUNITIES:

PAINTING AT THE FARM

Muscoot Farm

8/19 & 8/26 @ 10:00am

Katonah

BULLPEN PREP

Muscoot Farm

8/24 @ 9:00am

Katonah

YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD

One Paso

Monthly

Yonkers

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DRIVING OPPORTUNITIES:

DELIVERY DRIVERS

People's Pantry of Westchester

Monthly

Armonk & Mount Vernon

DRIVERS FOR OLDER ADULTS

RideConnect of FSW

Flexible schedule

Throughout Putnam Valley

HEALTH APPOINTMENT DRIVERS

TRA

Flexible schedule

Garrison

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DONATION DRIVES:

BAGS OF LOVE DONATION DRIVE

914Cares

Armonk drop-off

Register by 9/14

BEDDING DONATION DRIVE

Sleep in Heavenly Peace

Flexible schedule

Rye drop-off

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