Events Calendar

In honor of Yale's Day of Service, join us for an alumni beach cleanup at Messilah Public Beach, followed by coffee at Starbucks Messilah. Families and friends are most welcome! 

Who's Coming?

Contact: Naser AL-Sayer '19 MAM

The American Red Cross will be partnering with Yale Day of Service on May 17, 2023 to perform a lifesaving mission by installing smoke alarms in apartments in Manhattan. Yale alumni can sign up to install alarms with full support and training from the American Red Cross. Yale Day of Service volunteers will be directed to create a volunteer account or sign in to an already existing account through the American Red Cross volunteer system in order to register for this program.

Fire installation location:  Historic artists residence space (Westbeth Artist Housing Complex) in Chelsea, Manhattan.  A chance to visit artists and help protect this vital and significant NYC community!  

The American Red Cross responds to over 50,000 apartment and home fires across the nation each year, providing comfort and assistance to traumatized disaster survivors. Tragically, on average, seven Americans die every day in these fires. In 3/4 of fire deaths, there is no working smoke alarm in the household. 

As a Yale Day of Service Participant, you will: 
• Help save lives by installing smoke alarms in homes and apartments through appointments in the community. 
• Provide residents with important fire prevention information and education. 

The Red Cross will support Yale Day of Service by providing: 

TRAINING: Red Cross will schedule a training session for your members that includes: Hands-on alarm installation instruction. 
• Instruction in the fire prevention education materials and information for homeowners. 
• Review of tracking forms needed to document smoke alarm installations. 

MATERIALS: The Red Cross will provide all necessary materials including fire alarms, fire prevention education materials, as well as outreach and promotional materials.  Appointments with residents desiring smoke alarm and fire training will have set appointments and will be expecting you.  

Breakfast and lunch also provided!   

SUPPORT: The Red Cross will provide you a dedicated point of contact for questions & submitting your forms. 

Contact: Arikha Moses '98 PhD

The mission of Broomfield FISH is to meet our neighbors’ basic human needs and provide them with hope and tools to rise out of poverty. FISH is a nonprofit organization that provides food, emergency financial assistance, and one-on-one mentoring support to Broomfield residents in need. In 2022, FISH provided more than 1.4 million pounds of food to 12,500+ unique people, 53% of whom were under the age of 18.

• After a brief orientation, our group of up to 8 Yale alumni volunteers will work in the cost-free, self-shop marketplace and warehouse sorting donations, stocking shelves, and repackaging bulk items. Please wear closed-toed shoes. Masks are optional.
• Volunteers will be asked to sign a waiver as part of orientation.
• Parking: FISH is located in the brick two-story building behind Wells Fargo. Please plan to park on the east side of the building and enter through the east side door marked “Volunteer and Donation Entrance.”

Who's Coming?

Contacts: Hasib Nasirullah '11 and Larissa Kusel, Broomfield FISH Volunteer Coordinator

Are you interested in learning more about an environmental and educational program in Brazil? Join us for a virtual community garden for children in Serra Grande, Bahia on May 18!

Organized in collaboration with Yale Alumni Service Corps (YASC), join Paulo Barreiro '12 MESc, grassroots activist and founder of Cachoeira, a local socio-environmental company, for a second virtual Yale Day of Service at the community vegetable garden and educational program Little Garden of All Our Dreams. The volunteer program began in 2021 to foster an Active Empathy for Life, through vegetable gardening, play and music. We are the recipient of the First Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies' grant for Community Projects in Sustainability and Climate Change that gives us funding to cover costs and strengthen community governance for 12 months.

Learn more about the evolution of the project, interact with the volunteer activists, and find out ways to get involved with the community vegetable and the community library, our key partner! In the first half of this Yale Day of Service project we will be learning about soil improvement and planting healthy foods in a rural-urban setting. In the second half the children will be drawing, and we will have a chance to speak with you where you can share your own backyard or community garden story! If you have any questions, please reach out to João. 

Voices of Climate Action
(Taiwan88 songwriting and virtual exchange program)

During this half day trip to Shiding Elementary School, you will meet not only local students, but also virtual program participants from Myanmar, Bahrain and Tunisia. You will hear participants' original songs about preserving the local culture and environment.  We will close with a guided tour around Shiding Old Town.

Itinerary:
13:00 Bus pickup at Taipei Main Station
14:00 《Voices of Climate Action》Showcase 
15:30 Shiding Guided Tour: Qingshan Trail, Old Street, Shunji Temple
16:30 Return

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Who's Coming?

Contact: Kaiyin Huang

Day of service in Manila’s second largest slum, San Andres Bukid, with BANTU Philippines – a NGO that uses the art of Capoeira Angola to empower vulnerable children & young people by helping them develop important behavioral and social skills as well as teaching them critical thinking.

Casa BANTU is our new community center, where we’re expanding our services to the community, including regular school tutoring and special programs, including financial literacy, women’s rights, and more.

What to bring:

• Please wear comfortable clothes and shoes – you will be moving!
• Bring your own water bottle. There will be clean drinking water and restrooms at the community center.
• If you have extra books (Tagalog or English) or games – you’re welcome to donate to the center. We have young kids as well as older youth, so all levels are welcome.

A full list of details is available in this google doc if volunteers wish to review the day's activities.

Who's Coming?

Contact: Diana Connett '11 MA, '12 MEM

Sorting, Evaluating and Repackaging Medical Supplies
 
PWH collects thousands of pounds of medical supplies every day and all of it needs to be evaluated, sorted, and repacked before it can be loaded in containers and sent to under served populations in the developing world.  Tasks can include:
 
•    Sorting - opening bags and boxes and sorting items into general category bins
•    Sorting - further sorting general category bins into bins of more restrictive categories
•    Counting, bagging and labeling similar items
•    Creating kits of supplies (respiratory kits, surgical kits, birthing kits, etc.)
•    Packing, sealing and labeling boxes for shipment

Children 12 years and older are welcome, with adult supervision requested for those in middle school. 

Please wear casual dress but no open toed shoes.

Plenty of free parking available by the warehouse.

Who's Coming?

Contact: Vicky Stoneman '88 MBA

For Yale CLE's traditional Day of Service project, we will be on the "repack" line Saturday, May 20, at the Greater Cleveland Food Bank's new distribution center for a fruitful, fun, and greatly needed effort to help the regional food bank meet the rising hunger needs in six Northeast Ohio counties. Chairs will be available for those who need to sit while they work.

There is a limit of 10 for this event, so sign up soon! After registering through this Yale Day of Service event site, please also register with the Food Bank. 

Volunteers must be 14 years or older and must wear closed-toe/closed-heel shoes. 

This event is hosted by Yale CLE, AAAYA-Northeast Ohio chapter, YaleWomen Cleveland, Yale Black Alumni Association, GSAA

Who's Coming?

Contact: Betsy Sullivan '74, 76 MA

Volunteers will be assisting with the Cold Food Sort operation on Saturday, May 20th in participation with Yale Day of Service. Maximum number of volunteers is 15.

Details:

• ALL warehouse volunteers must wear close-toed shoes. Volunteers wearing sandals or flip-flops will not be allowed to volunteer.  
• We have jackets and gloves available onsite, but please bring cozy layers to work the Cold Food Sort shift.    
• Bags, purses and backpacks are not allowed in the warehouse. Lockers are available, or we request that you leave these items in a locked vehicle.   
• In efforts to remain as environmentally friendly as possible, we encourage volunteers to bring their own reusable water bottle.  

Parking: 

• Your volunteer shift will take place at 331 Great Circle Road in Nashville. Please arrive at least 10 minutes prior to your shift.  
• Limited parking is available in the Second Harvest lot. We encourage volunteers to carpool whenever possible.

Covid-19 Policy: Masks are currently optional for all volunteers, but we ask that you please refrain from coming in if any of the statements below pertain to you: 

• In the past 24 hours, I have experienced COVID-19 symptoms (e.g., fever, new or worsening cough, shortness of breath, sore throat, diarrhea, etc.).  
• I am currently waiting on results from a COVID-19 test.
• I am unvaccinated, I have been in close contact with a person diagnosed with COVID-19
• More information on our COVID policies is available online.

Who's Coming?

Contact: Dr. Aliyar Fouladkhah '14 MPH