Events Calendar

The Yale Club of Western Michigan will be spending a full day with two local nonprofit organizations - Home Repair Services and Disability Advocates of Kent County of Michigan to build (from scratch to finish) a handicap access ramp for a needy family in Grand Rapids.  

The completed ramp will enable the handicapped resident independent access to their home for the first time. 

Details regarding the project site and other relevant information will be provided to all volunteers upon registration.

Who's Coming?

Contact: Ping Liang '81 MPPM or Tim Liang '77 MA, '82 MPPM President of the Yale Club of Western Michigan

Join the Yale Club of Argentina to help paint and refurbish La Casa del Joven Community Center, where low income families get health, education and recreation assistance provided by volunteers. 

Restock & Cleaning @ The Hub

Please join your Yale Chicago friends for a day of volunteering with Lakeview Pantry!

We will be unloading and sorting through donations of food arriving at the Lakeview Pantry warehouse. We will also inventory items and put them away. We will pull orders to be sent to other pantry locations and load them into vans. We will provide additional warehouse support tasks as needed.

After the volunteering event, our Yale Chicago alumni group may go to a local restaurant or bar for a social outing if there is enough interest in doing so.

Attire:
Closed-toed shoes are required. Volunteers are encouraged to wear comfortable clothing (something that can get a little messy). Gloves will be provided on site.

Covid-19 Protocols:
To help keep volunteers and staff safe, Lakeview Pantry requires all volunteers to submit proof of vaccination. Face coverings are required at all volunteer shifts. 

Registration:
This event is limited to 10 volunteers. Please sign up in advance using the "Registration" button above. Please do not register unless you are sure that you will be able to participate, since volunteer spots are limited. Please contact Yale Chicago with any questions about this event. 

Contact: Alexandra Newman '05

Willing Hearts operates a soup kitchen that prepares, cooks and distributes meals island-wide, every day of the year. Beneficiaries include low income families and migrant workers in Singapore. The number of meals being cooked daily is around 11k.

Volunteer with fellow Yalies at the soup kitchen, and help prepare vegetables, etc. Guests from ages five years old and up are welcome (all those up to 16 years old should be supervised by adults). Given social distancing measures, walk-in volunteers who do not register beforehand are not allowed in the soup kitchen.

Weekend slots are booked out months in advance. If you can make it for at least 2 hours, please consider signing up!

Who's Coming?

Contact: Sarah Ong '11

Please join us in conducting mock college-admission interviews with high school students participating in College Vision's summer program. College Visions is a Providence non-profit that seeks equitable access to higher educational opportunities for all historically underserved communities.

Alumni and their family and friends are welcome. Prior college interviewing experience is not required. Online orientation will be available live and recorded prior to the interview dates. Each each of the two days will be divided into two blocks, 9:00 to 10:30 and 10:30 to 12:00. You may sign up for one or more of the four blocks.

This event is the first for the new Rhode Island Alumni Service Corp, conceived by the Yale Association of Rhode Island to be a way to combine the forces of all alumni clubs in our area to tackle larger service projects.

I Wish To Be Useful: How You Can Make a Difference by Volunteering with Yale Day of Service

A conversation with Yale Day of Service Co-Chairs and Regional Directors

Join us for a conversation as part of Celebrate Service Week with Yale Day of Service Regional Directors Aliyar Fouladkhah '14 MPH (Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia), Alexia Robinson '13 MBA (Washington, Oregon), and Natalie Silverstein '96 MPH (New York City) to learn more about their experiences as Day of Service regional directors. They will share their thoughts - how they got involved initially, what attracted them to this role, the challenge and the shift to virtual service projects during the pandemic, the transition back to in-person projects - and how to move forward. Whether you are interested in becoming a regional director or simply organizing a project, join us and learn more about how accessible and worthwhile getting involved with Day of Service is.The panel will be moderated by Yale Day of Service Co-Chairs Karen Green '78 and Rob Greenly '83 MBA.

*REGISTRATION IS FULL!*

If you’ve ever seen the beautiful Pasadena Rose Parade floats on TV, you might be surprised that they were put together with the help of volunteers like you! Every year, thousands of volunteers hand-glue seeds, bark and flowers on the Pasadena Rose Bowl floats before their national tv debut. Now is your chance to be one of them!

The Yale Club of Los Angeles is gathering to decorate for Kaiser Permanente, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, or Donate Life floats! Come decorate a float in a fun, hands-on Day of Service activity with fellow alums in this annual Pasadena tradition while giving back to these important organizations.

Details:

• Family and friends 12 and older are welcome.
• Bring a pair of gardening or work gloves 
• Some snacks, water, and limited supplies will be provided; please bring your own as well

Contacts:
Marcos Luis '07

Tiffany Liao '22

Who's Coming?

*This service project is closed*

Y2Y provides meals and overnight shelter for homeless young adults in the Cambridge area. Normally staffed by undergraduates, the shelter is always in need of volunteers during school breaks.

This March, YaleBoston has committed to provide volunteer coverage for a dinner shift on Thursday the 16th. Volunteers will prepare and serve meals, clean the space, and assist the shelter staff in other tasks as needed.

For more information visit the Y2Y website!

Contact: Brian Hoefling '12