Events Calendar

Yale School of Nursing’s 6th Annual Yale Day of Service project Newborns in Need will take place virtually from Sunday, May 1 to Monday, May 31. This year instead of being able to meet in person to pack bags of baby items for our birth center, we ask you donate to Newborns in Need. 

The fundraiser will provide newborn babies with wipes, diapers, and a baby book to help them get off on the right foot. Donations go to New Haven hospitals and clinics to distribute to mothers in need and help launch the “Newborns in Need in a Box” program in 2022. By packaging our service project as a defined toolkit with guidance (“in a box”), alumni volunteers throughout the United States can host their own Newborns in Needs service project.

With your support, YSN will provide seed funds, administrative guidance, and road-tested advice for alumni to launch a Newborn in Needs project in their community. We are excited to broaden the reach of the most popular Yale Day of Service event to bring together alumni across the country. Funds raised may go towards the financial needs that come with hosting the service project, including:

• Delivery of bags to sites
• Food for volunteers
• Backfilling baby items needed to make a complete bag

Facts & Impact

• An adequate supply of diapers can cost over $100 per month.
• In poor and low-income families, a baby can spend a day or longer in one diaper, leading to potential health and abuse risks.
• In 2019 we helped 375 newborn babies enter the world on the right foot with a bag filled with diapers, wipes, body wash, a onesie, socks, a hat, a board book, and a blanket.

This campaign is co-sponsored by Future Leaders of Yale, Yale Child Study Center, Yale Department of Pediatrics, Yale Latino Networking Group, Yale Working Women’s Network, and YaleWomen of Connecticut.

Volunteers needed to remove invasive species in the Lake Bluff Open Lands. 

Participants should bring their own work gloves and a large black garbage bag, and wear long sleeves and pants.

Everyone must wear a mask and social distancing requirements will be in place.

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Contact: Martha Arroyo '91

Callen-Lorde Community Health Center is an amazing place that cares for LGBTQ+ patients in New York City regardless of their ability to pay. CL is a lifeline for thousands of people across the city. Joining the Rainbow Walk means supporting a crucial community resource at a moment when ever more New Yorkers have come to depend on it.

To participate in this run/walk, volunteers should join the team We Stop for Eagles (named after the eagle who lives in Prospect Park) through the registration link. Then donate, and/or walk or run 5K or 10K between May 8-15.

Be sure to leave a message when you register telling us that you're with Yale Day of Service

Contact: Charlotte Brooks '93

The Yale Club at the Peninsula in consort with Destined to Win Ministries of Hampton, VA, and the Girl Scouts will be hosting a food drive to fight hunger within the 7 cities. We encourage all Yale Alumni to come out and bring non-perishable foods or donate a non-perishable tax-deductible monetary gift at the link listed above. This Day of Service site will give Yale alumni the opportunity to better serve their communities in real-time with real issues.

Contact: Dr. Elaine Harding '99 MDiv

The Yale Year of Service Senior Card Craft Project 2021 is a virtual family activity. You are encouraged to create decorative cards at home with your family that will be shared with elderly residents who are memory impaired and either living in Senior Living facilities, your neighborhood or to your own relatives.

The cards can be for any occasion – Happy Birthday, Thinking of You, tell a Joke, draw a picture… using materials you have on hand… paper, markers, crayons, stickers, glitter - whatever you think will bring a smile or cheer to a Senior who is unable to get out and about.

Please take pictures of your creations (and creators) and share them on social media using #YaleDayOfService and #YaleAlumni. If you are in the New Haven area, I would be happy to collect your cards and deliver them to a local Senior facility. Thanks for helping brighten a Senior’s day!

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Contact: Kyle Higgins, Yale School of Public Health

As we have several times this last year, we are partnering with The Mission Continues to serve our community. This beach clean-up is a great way to help the environment, develop our community, and breathe pride into where we live.

We will meet up at the dirt parking lot before you cross the bridge onto the island, on the north side of the road. There will be a number of groups participating. Wear Yale gear if you have it so that we can easily identify you!

All volunteers are expected to adhere to local and federal COVID safety precautions, including social distancing and wearing a face mask.

This project will be honoring the life and legacy of PFC Rey David Cuervo, US Army.

Contact: Megan Schirmacher '93

Note: The time of the event is 9 am - 12 pm Central Time.

In 1988, neighbors joined together to save a large parcel of land from development on the north and east sides of Cedar Lake in Minneapolis. Seeking out and inviting all interested parties to participate, the group focused on a vision-to establish a nature park in the heart of the city-and adopted a set of organizational principles for Cedar Lake Park. The Park is open for all to enjoy and makes it possible to commune with nature in the city.

Volunteers will work outdoors on clearing and lining trails, removing buck-thorn and other invasive plant species, general planting, etc. Dress for the weather and if possible, bring work gloves.

All ages welcome but adults supervise younger children.  In terms of weather will work in a light drizzle but not if raining hard or storming. 

YAANW recognizes the YAA guidelines for in person events. YAANW will insist on local health rules being enforced and does not assume responsibility for individuals' health with regard to these activities. We will be requesting masks be worn and social distancing practiced. 

Contact: Max Musicant '11 MBA

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Note: The time of the event is 9 am - 12 pm Central Time

Assist YAANW with yardwork for homes for adults with developmental disabilities. Tasks include raking the lawn, picking up sticks, trimming growth and sweeping the deck/patio.

Wingspan Life Resources is a non-profit organization that offers residential care in group homes and in-home programs to adults with developmental disabilities. The Wingspan Life Resources mission is to help individuals who are challenged by ability, health, or age, and to realize their own unique gifts, talents, and dreams. They fulfill this mission by providing individualized support services that promote personal choice, independence, dignity, and fellowship with the community.

Children able to do yard work are welcome with adult supervision.  Please wear closed-toe shoes and comfortable clothing that you do not mind getting dirty.  Dress for the weather.

YAANW recognizes the YAA guidelines for in person events. YAANW will insist on local health rules being enforced and does not assume responsibility regarding individuals' health as regard to these activities.  We will be requesting masks be worn and we will practice social distancing

Event Contact: Rudy Hokanson ’74 MDiv, '81 MBA

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This is the same site at which we have had previous Yale Day of Service programs! We do weeding, landscaping work, and some general clean-up at the Sombrero Marsh Environmental Education Center run by the nonprofit Thorne Nature Experience, Dr. Oakleigh Oak Thorne, II (Yale 1951,  1953), Founder. Oak is a Master Bird Bander, so there will be a chance to see wild birds close-up.

The address is 1466 N. 63rd St. in Boulder. Go to 63rd and Arapahoe and turn SOUTH (ignoring the No Outlet signs) and follow that street all the way to the Thorne office. Plenty of parking.

Bring the family, clothes for the weather including masks and work gloves, sunscreen, water, and a sack lunch. 

The Jump bus will take you to 63rd and Arapahoe if you don’t drive. Call Oak’s cellphone 720-224-8976 if any questions. 

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Contact: Oak Thorne II '51, '53 MS