Events Calendar

Saturday 5/9/26

• Yale Day of Service: MA, Boston - Bikes Not Bombs

  May 9, 2026

  1:00-4:00pm ET ET

  Bikes Not Bombs (Jamaica Plain)

  Add to Calendar 2026-05-09T00:00:00 2026-05-09T00:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: MA, Boston - Bikes Not Bombs Come join other Yalies at Bikes Not Bombs - a non-profit that uses bicycles as a vehicle for social change to achieve economic mobility for Black and other marginalized people in Boston and the Global South. We have a fun and meaningful afternoon planned. We will be helping "strip" bikes (i.e., taking all the parts off a bike), sorting parts, and "flattening" bikes (i.e., turning the handle bars sideways for shipping). All skill-levels and ages are welcome! Youth are welcome if accompanied by an adult and can be attentive to instructions. Please wear closed-toed footwear and try to wear clothes that can get dirty. Note: we will be volunteering at the Jamaica Plain warehouse this year, not the Dorchester one. Bikes Not Bombs (Jamaica Plain) — 284 Amory Street true

• Yale Day of Service: MD, North Bethesda - So What Else Food Pantry Distribution

  May 9, 2026

  10:30-1:00 pm ET

  So What Else

  Add to Calendar 2026-05-09T00:00:00 2026-05-09T00:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: MD, North Bethesda - So What Else Food Pantry Distribution Volunteer with Yale Blue Green to turn food wasted into a solution for hunger! Where: 4924 Wyaconda Rd, North Bethesda, MD 20852 When: 10:30am to 1:00pm EDT | May 9, 2026 (Saturday) Cost: Free - Come ready and willing to help out! Volunteer with Yale Blue Green at the Saturday Outdoor Food Pantry! Every Saturday So What Else provides free food to over 1,500 people in the parking lot in front of our warehouse with the help of our incredible volunteer team. Saturday volunteers will help with the following tasks: directing traffic, checking clients in, helping with line control, attending the food tables, bagging produce, giving surveys, breaking down boxes, disposing of trash, sweeping and more. AGE RESTRICTION: This is a great opportunity for children to join. A parent or guardian must accompany children aged 10-15. Volunteers aged 16 and above can participate independently without the presence of a parent or guardian. So What Else — 4924 Wyaconda Road true

• Yale Day of Service: ME, Portland - Partners For World Health

  May 9, 2026

  9am-12pm ET

  Partners for World Health, Portland Maine

  Add to Calendar 2026-05-09T00:00:00 2026-05-09T00:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: ME, Portland - Partners For World Health 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 underserved 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 Link to PWH website: https://www.partnersforworldhealth.org/ Children 12 years and older are welcome, with parent supervision requested for those in middle school. Dress is casual but please wear close-toed shoes. Plenty of free parking available. Limit of 15 participants. Partners for World Health, Portland Maine — 40 Walch Drive true

• Yale Day of Service: MI, Brooklyn - Imagine Center Farm

  May 9, 2026

  10:00AM to 1:00PM ET

  Imagine Center Farm

  Add to Calendar 2026-05-09T00:00:00 2026-05-09T00:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: MI, Brooklyn - Imagine Center Farm Psychologist-led farm focused on skill-building, work training, & community engagement for adults with I/DD, and/or acquired brain injuries. We'll be preparing beds for planting, including raking, shoveling, and setting posts. We may also do some transplanting of plants as well. The farm has plenty of tools for us to use! The farm is located west of Manchester or south of Grass Lake, about 30 mins from Ann Arbor. true

• Yale Day of Service: MT, Bozeman - Garden Planting & Preparation with HRDC!

  May 9, 2026

  9:00 am - 12:00 pm ET

  HRDC/Story Mill Learning Garden

  Add to Calendar 2026-05-09T00:00:00 2026-05-09T00:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: MT, Bozeman - Garden Planting & Preparation with HRDC! Come join other Yale alumni and the HRDC in cleaning up the HRDC Garden (aka Story Mill Learning Garden)! May 9th from 9 am - 12 pm. We will be weeding, prepping the garden beds for planting, and planting. Family (all ages) and friends welcome! We will be having lunch together at Shine afterwards. HRDC (https://www.thehrdc.org/) is a community-focused nonprofit that works to build a better community by fighting poverty and offsetting the high cost of living for our hardworking neighbors in Southwest Montana. Please bring gardening gloves if you have them, hat/sunscreen, water, and wear weather-appropriate clothing. Please park in the main Story Mill parking lot off of Bridger Drive. HRDC/Story Mill Learning Garden — 698 Bridger Drive true

• Yale Day of Service: NJ, West Orange - Thomas Edison National Historical Park Clean-up

  May 9, 2026

  8:30am to Noon ET

  Thomas Edison National Historical Park

  Add to Calendar 2026-05-09T00:00:00 2026-05-09T00:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: NJ, West Orange - Thomas Edison National Historical Park Clean-up We will be working on the grounds of Thomas Edison’s Glenmont Estate cleaning up/pruning/removing dead bushes. The event is rain or shine so please check the weather and bring work gloves. Parental consent forms are needed for those under 18. Coffee/donuts will be provided starting around 8:30 in the parking lot across from the 211 Main Street park entrance. We expect to drive from the parking lot to the estate at 9am. Thomas Edison National Historical Park — 211 Main Street true

• Yale Day of Service: NM, Santa Fe - Santa Fe Animal Shelter

  May 9, 2026

  1 -3 pm ET

  Santa Fe Animal Shelter

  Add to Calendar 2026-05-09T00:00:00 2026-05-09T00:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: NM, Santa Fe - Santa Fe Animal Shelter The Yale Association of New Mexico will participate in the Yale Day of Service on Saturday, May 9 in Santa Fe. The Yale Day of Service is a global event that welcomes Yale Alumni, family, and friends to work together to make their communities - a better place. Join us in person in Santa Fe. We will walk and socialize dogs to prepare them for their future furrrever homes. Wear dog-friendly clothing and bring hats and sunscreen. Children 13 and older are welcome to attend. Meet in the Adoptions Lobby. Santa Fe Animal Shelter — 100 Caja del Rio true

• Yale Day of Service: NV, Carson City - NALC and FISH; Letter Carrier's Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive

  May 9, 2026

  Carson City Post Office and FISH Headquarters

  Add to Calendar 2026-05-09T00:00:00 2026-05-09T00:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: NV, Carson City - NALC and FISH; Letter Carrier's Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive The NALC organizes the largest single day nationwide Food Drive in collaboration with local food banks. FISH is a local organization which runs a food bank, emergency and transitional housing, life skills and employment training, and medical visual and dental services to those in need. NALC and FISH are collaborating to organize this event in Carson City, and they need volunteers to organize and pack donations both at the post office and at FISH's location. They are looking for teams of 4-8 to volunteer in 2 hour blocks from 12-2, 2-4, and 4-6pm on May 9th. Additionally anyone can donate simply by leaving non-perishable foods with their mail or outside their door that day. Carson City Post Office and FISH Headquarters — 1111 S. Roop St (USPS), Carson City, NV 89701 true

• Yale Day of Service: NV, Las Vegas - Toni's House Transitional Housing

  May 9, 2026

  8:30 am-10:30 PT ET

  Toni's House

  Add to Calendar 2026-05-09T00:00:00 2026-05-09T00:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: NV, Las Vegas - Toni's House Transitional Housing Volunteers will have two options. Option #1: Arrive at Toni's House at 8:30 am and sort donations and clean/tidy/prepare the backyard for a mother's day brunch. Event will end at 10:30. Option #2: Arrive at Toni's House at 7:30 am. Volunteers with sort donations, load a trailer, and head over the the City's Homeless Courtyard to participate in the Giving Project. Volunteers will help Toni's House distribute clothes and shoes to the unhoused/under-resourced families. Toni's House — 1410 N. Tonopah Drive true