Events Calendar

Saturday 5/7/22

• Yale Day of Service: International, Canada - Toronto Sorauren Park Clean-up and Gardening Day

  May 7

  10:00AM – 12:00PM

  Sorauren Park Fieldhouse

  Add to Calendar 2022-05-07T10:00:00 2022-05-07T12:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: International, Canada - Toronto Sorauren Park Clean-up and Gardening Day

  Yale Day of Service volunteers will be helping to clean up and beautify the gardens around the Sorauren Park Fieldhouse. We will be weeding, pruning, and mulching.

  Families are welcome. 

  If you have them, bring gardening tools including gloves. Don’t forget to bring a refillable water bottle.

  Street parking is available. Best TTC access is 506 College or 505 Dundas cars, or 504 bus from Dundas St. West station, getting off at the top of Sorauren Avenue; stops on both sides.

  Who's Coming?

  Contact: Rosa (Melendez) Rahimpour '01 PhD

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• Yale Day of Service: MD, Silver Spring - Make Oral Care Kits for Families with A Wider Circle

  May 7

  10:00AM – 12:00PM

  A Wider Circle (note: event will be outside in parking area)

  Add to Calendar 2022-05-07T10:00:00 2022-05-07T12:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: MD, Silver Spring - Make Oral Care Kits for Families with A Wider Circle

  Join A Wider Circle to create oral care kits for families in need. You'll work as a team to provide supplies for and assemble kits.

  Each volunteer will need to bring items to contribute to the kits. Your site coordinator will be in touch to coordinate who is bringing what from the following items: 
  Oral Care Kits
  - Toothbrushes: 100 CNT = $29 

  - Toothpaste: 6 CNT = $8

  - Floss: 144 CNT = $54 

  - Bag: 100 CNT = $12

  Volunteer Instructions:
  When you arrive, you can head directly into the main entrance (two glass double doors), but be sure to check in with a member of the volunteer team to be signed in. 

  
  1.) First time volunteering with us? Please complete the Wider Circle waiver.

  2.) What to wear? For your safety, please dress in family-friendly comfortable clothes (no political messages, please) and closed-toed shoes (sneakers are best). Our center is not fully temperature-controlled, so please dress for the weather. 

  3.) Covid Safety
  Volunteers who are 12 years and older must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to volunteer in our center. We ask that you bring either your vaccine card or a clear picture of it with you to volunteer. 
  Mask use and physical distancing are required at all times during volunteer engagements. If you have experienced any Covid-19 symptoms (list from the CDC) or if any of the below items are true, please stay home and reach out to reschedule your volunteer engagement:

  a. Do you have any reason to believe you or anyone in your household has been exposed to or acquired COVID-19 in the past 14 days? 
  b. Have you or anyone in your household tested positive or been in close proximity to any individual who tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 14 days?
  c. Have you recently been tested for COVID-19 and are awaiting results?

  4.) Parking
  We do not have parking onsite for volunteers, other than for those with mobility concerns. Here are parking directions for our offsite parking:

  Drive to - 2101 Luzerne Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (Woodlin Elementary)
  Park - Anywhere along Luzerne Ave (except #2201 &  #2203), Louis St., Louis Ave. Glen Ross Rd.
  PLEASE DO NOT PARK ON WARREN STREET 
   

  Who's Coming?

  Contact: Filippo Menossi, Maria Vera Whelan '08

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• Yale Day of Service: New York, NY - Feed the Homeless at the Bowery Mission

  May 7

  10:00AM – 12:00PM

  Bowery Mission

  Add to Calendar 2022-05-07T10:00:00 2022-05-07T12:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: New York, NY - Feed the Homeless at the Bowery Mission

  Participate in preparing lunch at the Bowery Mission, which has been serving New Yorkers experiencing hunger and homelessness since 1870.  

  Please plan to arrive by 9:45 am.  All volunteers must be vaccinated and must sign a waiver prior to arrival.    

   

  Who's Coming?

  Contact: Astrid Andre '94

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• Yale Day of Service: New York, NY - MacNeil Park (Queens) Riverkeeper Sweep Beach Cleanup (POSTPONED TO MAY 14)

  May 7

  10:00AM – 12:00PM

  Add to Calendar 2022-05-07T10:00:00 2022-05-07T12:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: New York, NY - MacNeil Park (Queens) Riverkeeper Sweep Beach Cleanup (POSTPONED TO MAY 14)

  Coastal Preservation Network is dedicated to restoring and protecting the coastal environment in Northeast Queens, improving local waterfront parks through hands-on action and advocacy, increasing public access to local waters, providing environmental education, and empowering residents to be greener in their daily lives.

  Clean the beach and help get it ready for Coastal Preservation Network’s Family Earth Fair & Kayak Launch in June. Coastal Preservation Network will provide gloves, tools and bags. Family-friendly.

  Coastal Preservation Network is giving away 180 40 pound bags of compost at this event.

  Who's Coming?

  Contact: Sam Rubin '95

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• Yale Day of Service: New York, NY - Nido de Esperanza

  May 7

  10:00AM – 12:00PM

  Nido de Esperanza

  Add to Calendar 2022-05-07T10:00:00 2022-05-07T12:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: New York, NY - Nido de Esperanza

  Nido de Esperanza is a non-profit organization that seeks to break the cycle of poverty by changing the first 1,000 days of a child’s life through nutrition, education, community and support and materials goods.

  Volunteer roles will include sorting and bundling donated clothing, packing food bags, and sorting children's books.

  • Families welcome - minimum age is 10 years old
  • Volunteers should dress comfortably and bring a water bottle
  • Nido de Esperanza is located at 41111 Broadway between 173rd and 174th streets, inside Christ Church Washington Heights. There is a red door to the left of the gates with a doorbell that has "Nido de Esperanza" on it.
  • Getting there
    • By train: A train to 175th or 1 train to 168th
    • By car: metered street parking in the area is usually available, but allow 10-15 minutes for parking if you plan to drive.
  • Volunteers are welcome to gather at a nearby place for lunch afterwards - details TBA

  Who's Coming?

  Contact: Alison Gardy '88

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• Yale Day of Service: New York, NY - Rockaway Beach, Queens (RAIN OR SHINE)

  May 7

  10:00AM – 1:00PM

  Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk

  Add to Calendar 2022-05-07T10:00:00 2022-05-07T13:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: New York, NY - Rockaway Beach, Queens (RAIN OR SHINE)

  Help prepare Rockaway Beach for the 2022 beach season! We'll be clearing sand off of access ramps and planting native perennials if we get a good crowd.  

  Afterwards, we'll have a snack on the boardwalk.

  Who's Coming?

  Contact: Eric Peterson '99

  Co-Sponsored by Yale Blue Green

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• Yale Day of Service: Virtual - Wildwatch Kenya - Save the Towers of the Savanna

  May 7

  10:00AM – 12:00PM

  Virtual - Zooniverse

  Add to Calendar 2022-05-07T10:00:00 2022-05-07T12:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: Virtual - Wildwatch Kenya - Save the Towers of the Savanna

  Join the Yale Club of Silicon Valley for a virtual safari in Northern Kenya to help study and conserve reticulated giraffe.  

  Across Africa, all giraffe populations have declined by about 40% and the reticulated giraffe by 70%. The main drivers behind the decline appear to be habitat loss and fragmentation, land degradation, and poaching. This project is coordinated by the San Diego Zoo wildlife alliance .

  Using the Zooniverse platform, we will classify images from motion activated trail cameras. after you register, we will send you the Zooniverse link. You can then identify animals on the website

  Who's Coming?

  Contact: Elizabeth Leary '14 MSN, '17 DNP

   

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• Yale Day of Service: MI, Detroit - Neighborhood Spring Clean Up

  May 7

  11:00AM – 1:00PM

  Assemble on Public Median

  Add to Calendar 2022-05-07T11:00:00 2022-05-07T13:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: MI, Detroit - Neighborhood Spring Clean Up

  Join the West Boston Blvd. Block Club Association and the Yale Club of Michigan for a neighborhood spring clean-up. A free pizza lunch will follow at 1 p.m.  

  Assemble on the public median in front of West Boston Blvd., Detroit, MI 48206.  

  To RSVP or ask questions, contact: Akosua B. Evans '90 J.D.

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• Yale Day of Service: New York, NY - Prospect Park Brooklyn "Park Pitch In: I Love My Park Day 2022" (RAIN OR SHINE)

  May 7

  11:00AM – 2:00PM

  Prospect Park Brooklyn, Specific Site TBD

  Add to Calendar 2022-05-07T11:00:00 2022-05-07T14:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: New York, NY - Prospect Park Brooklyn "Park Pitch In: I Love My Park Day 2022" (RAIN OR SHINE)

  *Please note: This site is full with a waiting list. Please consider registering for another NYC-based Day of Service Project.*

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

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

  COVID-19 Update
  In order to accommodate community groups, the staff at Prospect Park will need the following support from group leaders during volunteer events:
  ● Full vaccination against COVID-19 is now required for volunteers ages 5 and up in order to attend volunteer events at Prospect Park.
  ● Face coverings (masks) are not required for volunteers during outdoor projects.

  Contact: Andrew Burgie '87

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