There are two ways to volunteer in Lower Manhattan on Saturday, September 10 to mark the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. There's no reason why you can't do both to make it a full day of service, so please join us!
First, we need volunteers at the Hand in Hand—Remembering 9/11 event on the 10th. From check-in to traffic control to route marshals, we need lots of energetic people to make the event a success. Several shifts are available and you'll get a free t-shirt and the opportunity to be a part of a landmark event. Our partners at New York Cares are helping recruit for these roles, so please click here to register.
Second, Community Board 1 is asking you to join us after the Hand in Hand event as we give back to our neighborhood through the community service projects listed below. To participate in a community service project, please Contact: the organization directly.
Battery Conservancy
thebattery.org
The Battery Conservancy was created in 1994 as a not-for-profit educational corporation to rebuild and revitalize the Battery and Castle Clinton National Monument. The Battery remains one of the oldest public open spaces in continuous use in New York City, and the Conservancy honors and preserves this heritage by rebuilding the park’s landscape to interpret its past.
Project:
The Battery Conservancy seeks volunteers to assist with garden maintenance at the Urban Farm. Volunteers will work under the direction of the Farm Manager doing vegetable garden maintenance including weeding, pruning, tending plants, and harvesting. Volunteers may be asked to make minor repairs to the sculptural bamboo fence.
Saturday, September 10, 2011 from 2:00PM – 5:00PM
Urban Farm at Battery Park.
Contact: Camilla Hammer at 212-344-3491 or chammer@thebattery.org
The Door
door.org
Founded in 1972, The Door empowers educationally and economically disadvantaged youth to reach their potential by providing a complete range of services all under one roof. Each year nearly 12,000 young people from all five New York City boroughs come to The Door for primary health care, reproductive care, and health education; mental health counseling; legal services; GED and ESOL classes; tutoring and homework help; college preparation; career development services, job training and placement; daily meals; supportive housing services; and arts, sports and recreational activities.
Project:
The Door will open up the various studio spaces in its facility (graphic arts, ceramics, dance, and Centerspace) and engage young people and community volunteers in various community art projects around themes of peace, tolerance and unity to commemorate 9/11.
Saturday, September 10, 2011 from 2:00PM – 5:00PM
555 Broom Street, New York, NY 10013
Contact: Bailey Huguley at 212 941-9090 x 3235 or via email at bhuguley@door.org
Manhattan Youth
manhattanyouth.org
Manhattan Youth is Lower Manhattan's largest community agency and has been providing children and teenagers with academic, athletic, cultural and arts programs after-school, summertime and year round at its Downtown Community Center at 120 Warren Street and through its comprehensive after-school programs.
Project:
Manhattan Youth is tapping into the healing power of art and the spirit of rebuilding to commemorate 9/11 with a special project to beautify the waterfront at Pier 25, where a truck and barge operation associated with the World Trade Center recovery efforts operated for a year after 9/11. Come to Pier 25, and enjoy an afternoon participating in the creation of a mural at the Pier.
Saturday, September 10, 2011 from 2:00PM – 4:00PM
Pier 25 on the Hudson River at Harrison Street and West Street.
Contact: 212-766-1104
National Museum of the American Indian
americanindian.si.edu
Project:
The National Museum of the American Indian invites volunteers to join museum staff in beautifying the sidewalk in front of the U.S. Custom House, the historic landmark building where the New York branch of the museum is located. Volunteers will work in teams to pick up trash, and clean the sidewalks with water, with particular attention to the removal of gum residue. Volunteers who are interested are invited to a complimentary tour of the museum’s permanent exhibition Infinity of Nations: Art and History in the Collections of the National Museum of the American Indian at 3:30 pm after the conclusion of the project.
Saturday, September 10, 2011 from 2:00PM – 3:30PM
1 Bowling Green, New York, NY 10004
Contact: Margaret Sagan, Visitor Services Manager at 212-514-3758
or via email at saganm@si.edu
New York City Police Museum
nycpolicemuseum.org
The New York City Police Museum is a proud member of the Lower Manhattan community. The mission of the Museum is to honor the men and women of the NYPD and tell their stories to the local and international community. The New York City Police Museum was significantly affected by the terrorist attacks on September 11 as debris entered the building and employees were unable to work. Now the Museum memorializes 9/11 with a permanent exhibition “9/11 Remembered” seen by 81,000 visitors a year.
Project:
The Museum has recently completed a capital restoration project to restore the 100 year old landmarked building that once housed New York City's 1st precinct. Volunteers are needed to come help repaint the Museum's office area.
100 Old Slip, New York, NY 10005
Saturday, September 10, 2011 from 2:00PM – 5:00PM
Contact: Elana Hart at (212) 480-3100 x 116 or email ehart@nycpm.org
New York City Rescue Mission
nycrescue.org
The New York City Rescue Mission was the first homeless shelter in NYC to open its doors every day to alcoholics and the underserved poor. It has been providing food, shelter, and clothing to the needy of NYC since 1872.
Project:
Come help out during the Mission's evening meal service for homeless and needy people. Volunteers are needed to help the chef with food preparation, to help serve the meals in the dining room, and to clean the dining room after the meal.
90 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10013
Saturday, September 10, 2011 from 3:30PM – 7:00PM
Contact: Anita VarnHagen, Volunteer Coordinator at 212-226-6214 x 107
New York Downtown Hospital
downtownhospital.org
New York Downtown Hospital delivers state-of-the-art healthcare with the intimate attention and compassion of a community hospital. It is the closest acute care hospital for residents of Lower Manhattan.
Project:
Join New York Downtown Hospital Staff and Volunteers on the afternoon of Saturday, September 10th, to create hand-crafted mementos for our patients, families, doctors, and nurses who will not be able to participate in "Hand in Hand—Remember 9/11" onsite. Following the crafts activity, volunteers will collect messages and mementos from patients and hospital staff to post on the "Wall of Remembrance."
New York Downtown Hospital, 2nd floor Boardroom and Patient Service Areas, 170 William Street (between Beekman and Spruce Streets), New York, NY 10038
Saturday, September 10, 2011 from 2:30PM – 4:30PM
Contact: Cora Fung, Development Office at 212-801-1723 or cora.fung@downtownhospital.org
New York Public Library, Battery Park City Branch
nypl.org/locations/battery-park-city
The Battery Park City Branch of the New York Public Library opened in 2010 as the New York Public Library’s first green LEED certified branch in Manhattan.
Project:
Once a week, every Friday at 3:30PM from May 2011 through August 2011, the Battery Park City Branch of the New York Public Library has been hosting The Peace Crane Project, an origami program for people of all ages in the community. Volunteers are invited to participate in and help facilitate the library’s Peace Crane Day on September 10th. Participants will write remembrances or thoughts on paper and learn how to transform the paper into origami cranes. The library will provide instruction and materials. There will be an exhibition of the cranes displayed during the month of September 2011 in remembrance of the tenth anniversary of September 11th.
175 North End Avenue (at Murray Street), New York, NY 10282
Saturday, September 10, 2011 from 12:00PM – 4:00PM
Contact: Billy Parrott or Anne Barreca at 212-790-3499
University Settlement and Chinatown YMCA at the Houston street Center
http://hsc.universitysettlement.org/hsc/ and .ymcanyc.org/chinatown
Launching the settlement house movement in America 125 years ago, University Settlement continues to set the standard with integrated programs for the whole family in early childhood education, youth development, after-school programming, adult education, mental health, older adults programming, arts education, community building, crisis intervention and homelessness prevention.
Project:
The Houston Street Center seeks individuals interested in volunteering over the course of the year, at both University Settlement and the Chinatown YMCA, to take a tour of our site, learn about our programs, identify an area in which to volunteer, and sign up! For those that come by, and in partnership with the Creative Center at University Settlement, an one-day art project commemorating 9/11 and remembering all who serve their communities will also be taking place at the Center.
273 Bowery, New York, NY 10002
Saturday, September 10, 2011 from 10:00AM – 12:00PM
Contact: Christine Femia, Site Coordinator at 212-475-5008 or via email at cfemia@universitysettlement.org
Tribute WTC Visitor Center
tributewtc.org/index.php
The Tribute WTC Visitor Center offers visitors to the World Trade Center site a place where they can connect with people from the September 11th community through walking tours, exhibits and programs.
Project:
The Tribute Center needs volunteers to assist in reading and sorting visitor cards. These poignant statements written with care by visitors from around the world are catalogued and preserved by the center.
Saturday, September 10, 2011 from 2:00PM – 4:00PM
Contact: Nancy Gamerman at 212-442-3520x112 or ngamerman@tributewtc.org
