Events Calendar

*Postponed due to weather. Please contact Alicia Kershaw for alternate dates.*

GallopNYC offers therapeutic riding lessons to people with disabilities, veterans and seniors.

Volunteers will spend an afternoon at our stables, and meet our horses and riders.  Activities could include:

• Assisting riders by walking alongside them as they ride.   
• Grooming horses 

Children 8 + welcome to join their parents.  

Who's Coming?

Contact: Alicia Kershaw '78 JD

Yale alumni families and friends of the Association of Asian American Yale Alumni (AAAYA.org) have volunteered at this school since 2007. This year AAAYA is pleased to partner with YaleWomenNYC for the annual Yale Day of Service. Activities include clearing and planting the school gardens, restoring and painting school murals and assisting Principal Alice Hom with diverse school tasks. The event is family friendly and adults/children of all ages are invited to join.

In addition to the YDOS - we also recruit bi-lingual alumni (Cantonese, Mandarin & other Chinese dialects) who can volunteer to interpret @ parent/teacher conferences. This school - named after Yung Wing (Yale Class of 1854)  -  has one of the largest immigrant school populations in the nation. The school's renowned "Theater Club" has performed at the AAAYA Lunar Banquet (where we raise $$ to support 2 summer fellowships for Yale College students, assigned to local NYC non-profit organizations serving the AAPI community).  See this recent documentary about the school & the theater club.

Who's Coming?

Contact: Rocky Chin '71 M.Arch; Emily Shuey '07

Mott Haven Fridge Network rescues excess, unsold produce from the biggest produce market in the United States and their growing volunteer task force delivers this bounty to over 25 communities in need, ensuring that fresh and healthy produce makes its way to neighbors in need that other food assistance programs don't reach.  

Join fellow Yalies and their families to sort, pack, and deliver fresh produce to New Yorkers in need!  We'll start the day by unloading a truck filled with excess, unsold produce rescued from the biggest produce market in the US!  Then, we'll sort our beautiful bounty and prepare it for delivery!  

Vehicle required!  
Once the produce is unloaded and sorted for delivery, we'll depart in our personal vehicles to pre-arranged delivery destinations, ensuring that fresh and healthy produce makes its way to communities in need.  We will meet in the back of a shopping center parking lot (right behind Burlington Coat Factory) so there is ample parking!  

Preparation needs: Dress for the weather; the entire event is outdoors!  

Space/capacity limits:  25 families 

Contact: Ji Wun Kim '98 / Dan Zauderer (Mott Haven)

Since 1983, Xavier Mission has welcomed, served, and empowered guests with dignity and respect. Founded by the Church of St. Francis Xavier in 2012, the Mission became an independent, secular, for-impact organization. Today, Xavier Mission operates six community outreach programs that provide a continuum of services to those facing difficult times.

The PM shift is the meal service. Volunteers will perform tasks such as:

• Putting hot meal items (entrée, bread, juice, coffee, dessert, etc.) on trays
• Working at food stations giving out extras—e.g., coffee, bread, water, etc.
• Washing, rinsing, and drying trays
• Cleaning tables and chairs and sweeping the floors

Current COVID-19 Restrictions:

• ALL VOLUNTEERS MUST HAVE RECEIVED A COVID-VACCINE BOOSTER IN ORDER TO VOLUNTEER.
• VOLUNTEERS MUST PROVIDE PROOF OF VACCINATION & BOOSTER UPON ARRIVAL.
  • Accepted forms of proof are the 1) NYS Excelsior Pass, or 2) a CDC Vaccination Card (or photocopy of the card) plus Photo ID.

Contact Andrew Burgie '87 to register. Slots are limited to 10 volunteers.

Come join the Yale Latino Alumni Network of the Tri- State and Y Tu Tambien as we help 40+ high school students explore Yale, the college application process, life at Yale, and career choices.

Alumni will talk with high school students in small groups and give advice on building a college list, how to explore colleges and degree programs, and talk about their life at Yale and how Yale influenced their career choices.  

This event will likely take place at Rockefeller park in Tribeca, NYC. The rain location will most likely be Ripley Grier Studios. If covid cases should rise to alarming levels in NYC during that time, we will default to a interactive zoom presentation.  

Interested alumni must email Juan Carlos Salinas '03 MFA to confirm attendance, and to receive latest updates for the event location. 

Urban Outreach Center NYC is a food pantry located in NYC’s upper east side.  Urban Outreach’s mission is to create spaces of justice-centered hospitality where low-income New Yorkers can access the necessities and connections they need to thrive.  Their vision is to end the hunger gap in East Harlem and the Upper East Side by connecting New Yorkers with the  healthy food and social services they need, with the dignity they deserve.

The work will include assisting with loading in food deliveries and helping to distribute the food.  It will be about 4.5 hours (from 8:45am to 1:15PM), which will include clean-up at the end. Volunteers should wear comfortable clothing and shoes. Coffee and tea will be served throughout the shift.

Who's Coming?

Contact: Ji Wun Kim '98

THIS EVENT IS RAIN OR SHINE

Spruce up Prospect Park on this national day of service by taking part in a variety of Prospect Park Alliance improvements, from painting benches, edging pathways, cleaning litter and more.  

To register, please contact Andrew Burgie directly to make sure you are on the Yale Alumni team.

I Love My Park Day, held the first Saturday in May, attracts thousands of volunteers from across the state to participate in cleanup, improvement, and beautification events at New York State parks, historic sites and public lands.

Join Prospect Park Alliance as we support this effort in Brooklyn’s Backyard.

Contact: Andrew Burgie '87

GallopNYC offers therapeutic horsemanship programs to New Yorkers with disabilities and special needs, including veterans, seniors, and at-risk youth. Volunteers support our programs by working with our riders in their lessons and providing care for our therapeutic horses. Our Sunrise Stables is in a verdant NYC park - join us for a fun day! 

Volunteer requirements
Age 16+ or by special permission
Ability to stand and walk for an extended period (at least 30-minute intervals) 
Ability to briefly jog with the horse and rider
Ability to lift at least 25lbs
Interest in kids, people with disabilities, animals, and the outdoors is encouraged! No experience is necessary. We provide all required training.

Who's Coming?

Contact: Alicia Kershaw '78 JD

Grab a Yalie, friend, or family member (or two!) and visit one of three Blood Donation Centers to give the greatest gift - a donation of life-saving blood.  Register online at the NY Blood Center. Locations and specific times below:

Grand Central Donor Center
Chanin Building, 115 East 41st St
8:30am-2:30pm

Upper East Side Donor Center
310 East 67th St
8:15am-2:15pm

Brooklyn Donor Center
30 Flatbush Ave
9am-3pm