All of these opportunities will contribute to volunteer credit! Click on anchor to navigate.
To verify/receive service hours, email mhshs.keyclub@gmail.com OR fill out the google form linked on the website!
The credits spreadsheet will be updated monthly.
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Ongoing/Monthly events
Central Park Conservancy
On Saturdays from September through December and April through June, students ages 13-18 are invited to give back to their community and promote good stewardship by helping the Conservancy with seasonal projects in Central Park. Projects may include raking, weeding, or mulching depending on the season.
Registration opens 2 weeks before each event. Space is limited. Advance registration is required.
https://www.centralparknyc.org/volunteer/teen-volunteer-days
MORE IN PERSON EVENTS COMING SOON AS THE YEAR PROGRESSES!
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Virtual Appreciation
Letters To Foster Children
SUBMIT ALL PICTURES & LETTERS TO LETTERSTOFOSTERCHILDREN@GMAIL.COM
We encourage you to write letters that focus on bringing support, happiness, and encouragement to those in foster care. This can include funny jokes or heartwarming messages. These letters and pictures can be either online created through platforms, such as Google Docs and Canva, or by hand (and be scanned into a pdf). We DO NOT accept any insensitive jokes or other inappropriate behavior. Also, no religious-related messages as not everyone has the same religion. To verify, forward us the email. After you do that, you will be responsible for inserting hours
March of Dimes
4 million babies are born every year. Send a note of hope to a mom or dad. Sharing your advice, experience and words of encouragement! or to healthcare providers, nurse and frontline workers to ensure that moms and babies are having the best care possible.
ZOONIVERSE:
VIRTUAL EVENT
Volunteers will be helping Zooniverse, "the world’s largest and most popular platform for people-powered research." There are many options to explore through Zooniverse: You can (but are not limited to!!) help classify wildlife through "Chimp&See," increase scientists' understanding of pelican nesting through "PELIcams," compile data on biodiversity and the commercial use of fish species through "Fishing in the Past," and more!!
****MAKE AN ACCOUNT SO THE POINTS WILL GO THROUGH & send us a screenshot of the number of classifications you made
Access this link to begin: https://www.zooniverse.org.
virtual Trivia
VIRTUAL EVENT
November 1st through June 1st
MAX hours earnings: 30 HOURS
Volunteers will identify speed limit signs through Wikispeedia's extension. Please follow the instructions on the website & you will receive a certificate of completion! To verify, you can send us an EMAIL with a screenshot OR submit the form linked below.
BEANBEANBEAN:
VIRTUAL EVENT
Volunteers will play a variety of online quizzes to earn "beans" that will translate into donations to different charities (Feeding America, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and more!) Make sure AdBlocks are turned off for the money to be donated!
Start earning "beans" at this link: https://beanbeanbean.com!
To verify, email us a screenshot of the amount of beans collected. Taken into consideration # of beans, not # of questions!
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Distributed Proofreaders
Volunteers will help convert Public Domain books into E-Books by proofreading text.
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TED TRANSLATORS & TRANSCRIBERS:
VIRTUAL EVENT
Volunteers will be creating subtitles for TED videos after watching an instructional video (https://youtu.be/1wBZupNSmR0) and submitting a TED translator and transcriber application (https://t9n.herokuapp.com/applications/new).
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VIRTUAL EVENT
Volunteers will be creating subtitles for TED videos after watching an instructional video (https://youtu.be/1wBZupNSmR0) and submitting a TED translator and transcriber application (https://t9n.herokuapp.com/applications/new)
Make an ACCOUNT & Submit a screenshot of your activity. Send via email with the number of pages transcribed & reviewed.
Miscellaneous
MINI COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT (INDEPENDENT) (receive 5-10 hours for each completed!)
Submit ideas via email to us & for some ideas, check out this link:
Be My Eyes
Connects volunteers with blind and low-vision people through a video app to provide assistance with everything from checking expiration dates to distinguishing colors to reading instructions. Download the "Be My Eyes" app today & earn volunteer hours! Verification: please send us a screenshot via email that proves your volunteerism (you can take a screenshot of call picked up and describe tasks)
Tutor local children!
https://www.passthetorchny.org/
https://linktr.ee/thegiftofwords
https://tutoringforstars.wixsite.com/mysite/be-a-tutor-application
To verify, email mhshs.keyclub@gmail.com with either a certificate of completion, a forwarded email that denotes your volunteerism, or a recorded video of each tutoring session that you have had.