
Note on Volunteering During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNTIES |
United Way of Tompkins County
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Remote Opportunity
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United Way of Tompkins County | (uwtc.org) Application link: |
Volunteer Coordinator Contact Information Gregg Houck, Interim Director of Community Impact Email: ghouck@uwtc.org Phone: 607-272-6286 |
Description of Volunteer Opportunity Community Care Fund Grant Application Reviewers United Way of Tompkins County is currently seeking volunteers for the Community Care Fund Review Teams. Each year community volunteers generously give their time and talent to serve as reviewers in the United Way Community Care Fund investment process. Reviewers will be responsible for reading funding applications, making funding recommendations, and reviewing the progress of the programs once funded.
This is an opportunity for you to: • Contribute positively to the community; • Help ensure that United Way investments have the greatest impact possible; • Learn about the United Way of Tompkins County and many other local non-profits; • Network with other peers with various backgrounds and a shared desire to serve the community. All non-profit agencies serving individuals in Tompkins County are invited to apply for funding for programs fitting the current UWTC funding priorities. Once reviewer applications are received, they are then divided into individual review teams. Each team will be assigned a group of CCF applications to review. Reviewers will complete a scoring rubric for each application their team is assigned. Teams discuss applications and rubrics in depth, and ultimately make funding recommendations to all assigned applications. |
Sciencenter The Sciencenter is a non-profit informal science education institution in Ithaca, NY. We are a nationally recognized museum, hosting 100,000 guests on-site each year and reaching over 1.5 million people worldwide through traveling exhibitions and outreach programs. Volunteers, interns, and work study students are an integral part of our team. |
On-site Sciencenter, 601 1st Street, Ithaca, NY 14850
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Application link: https://forms.gle/stDKkRB1zFy8jgwc8 |
Volunteer Coordinator Contact Information Kimberly A. Griffiths, Volunteer Program Manager Email: |
Description of Volunteer Opportunity Sciencenter Education Programming Assistant Position Description: Programming Assistants enhance guests’ experiences on the museum floor by: Programming Assistants may also choose to help out with on-site Special Events or off-site outreach, as their schedule allows. Is this opportunity ongoing? Qualifications |
YMCA of Ithaca & Tompkins County: Neighborhood Food Hub and Farm Stand
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50 Graham Rd W, Ithaca, NY 14850 Farm Stand located in the north parking lot (towards Ciao!) |
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Volunteer Coordinator Contact Information Teresa Morehouse Associate Executive Director Email: tmorehouse@Ithacaymca.com |
Description of Volunteer Opportunity Mondays, Fridays 12:30-4:30, occasional mornings for food pick-ups or deliveries Tasks include stocking shelves and refrigerators, sweeping and tidying up distribution areas, restocking items throughout the day, breaking down cardboard boxes from deliveries, greeting/checking in guests and handling crowd control, ensuring fair distribution of items, assisting guests with mobility challenges, occasionally picking up food donations from local grocers/bakeries/restaurants. |
Get Your GreenBack Tompkins (a program of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County) GYGB works collaboratively to help people, especially those with limited income, and organizations, take high impact steps that simultaneously reduce our community’s carbon emissions, save money and create a socially-just, local economy. |
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Volunteer Coordinator Contact Information |
Description of Volunteer Opportunity Over a period of nine months, Energy Navigators help residents and students increase their energy Is this opportunity ongoing? Qualifications |
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New Roots Charter School and the CCE-Tompkins County Farm to School Program New Roots Charter School prepares a diverse student body to embrace the opportunities of citizenship, work, and life-long learning in the 21st century. |
Locations vary |
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Volunteer Coordinator Contact Information Chloe Boutelle CCE-Tompkins County Farm to School Coordinator ceb367@cornell.edu
(518) 275-8030
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Drivers Needed to Help Students Learning Remotely
New Roots Charter school's farm to school meal program is looking for volunteer drivers to deliver school meals to their remote learning students in the surrounding region!
When: Monday/Wednesday mornings, estimated time frame: 10 AM-12 PM
Where: Pick up meals at the school kitchen and bring them to the assigned location (s).
Is this opportunity ongoing? Yes
What qualifications are you looking for volunteers to have?
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Second Wind Cottages Second Wind Cottages' houses and walks with people towards restored lives. |
1435 Elmira Rd. Newfield NY 14867 |
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Volunteer Coordinator Contact Information |
Volunteers Needed for Variety of Projects
1. Meal Prep Volunteers- We need people that are willing to make lunch (or provide lunch) for 10-12 people on Wednesday's from now until the weather changes. The meal can be made/procured on or off-site, but needs to be either delivered to site or picked up by noon on Wednesday. Preferences can be discussed at time of inquiry.
2. Builder/Handy-Person Volunteers- On Wednesday's we are building and assembling a multi-bay garage. We are looking for people that are willing to get their hands dirty. No construction experience needed.
3. Housekeeping Volunteers- Groups of people willing to clean cottages that are being flipped for a new resident. The cottages will be in broom swept condition and require a deep cleaning prior to new residents moving in. Cleaning supplies, gloves, etc. are provided. This is on-site but your group does not need to directly interact with anyone if they choose not to.
Is this opportunity ongoing? Yes
Additional COVID-19 Information:
Each volunteer should email secondwindcottages@gmail.com and the volunteer coordinator will have a phone conversation regarding our current status of on-site mask wearing, what is required of our on-site residents in regards to covid-19 precautions, and the needs of the volunteer coming on-site to make sure the agency can accommodate what is needed.
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Loaves & Fishes of Tompkins County Loaves & Fishes of Tompkins County is a Christian ministry which provides a place for free meals, hospitality, companionship and advocacy for those in need, regardless of their faith, beliefs, or circumstances. |
St. John’s Episcopal Church 210 N. Cayuga Street Ithaca, NY |
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Volunteer Coordinator Contact Information |
Loaves & Fishes Seeks More Volunteers During Coronavirus Situation Help is needed to prepare free meals to go. Our staff and volunteers are committed to safely working together to continue our ministry to provide free meals to all Tompkins County residents during the Coronavirus situation. When: Shifts are 2.5 hours at different times Monday-Friday Volunteers Need to:
• Be at least 25 years old.
• Live with no more than two other people.
• Have no one in household or immediate social circle has been ill in the past 14 days.
• Have no one in household has been in close proximity of someone who has been tested for COVID-19 in the past 14 days.
• Not have a chronic medical condition that would increase your risk during this time of COVID-19 Travel restrictions also apply
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Family Reading Partnership
Family Reading
Partnership
delivers programs
and materials designed to empower families to playfully engage with their young children as a pathway to literacy in Tompkins County.
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Remote Opportunity
w/ a drop-off of books to:
54 Gunderman Road
Ithaca, New York 14850
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Phone: 607-277-8602
Email: office@familyreading.org
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Collecting and Donating Gentley Used Children's Books
FRP has been working with school teachers and liaisons, food pantries, Head Start, and medical providers to get books safely to families during this time. As their office has been closed we have been unable to accept book donations and we're running low on our supply.
When are drop-offs?
Wednesday from 11am-2pm. This will be a no-contact drop-off. Specific instructions for how to donate can be found on their website.
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Mutual Aid Tompkins: Immediate Needs
We are neighbors concerned about our communities and helping to make sure those most vulnerable and affected by COVID-19 get the support they need. |
Remote Opportunity |
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Send a Smile Help raise the spirits of some of those who are isolated and lonely. Send a photo of artwork, a letter/story/poem or a video that can be shared to residents living alone who have requested some spirit-lifting. Send submissions to: SendASmileTompkins@gmail.com |