Events Calendar

Saturday 5/10/25

• Yale Day of Service: CA, San Francisco - Lake Merced Habitat Restoration

  May 10

  6:30AM – 9:30AM ET

  Lake Merced Boathouse, San Francisco, CA

  Add to Calendar 2025-05-10T06:30:00 2025-05-10T09:30:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: CA, San Francisco - Lake Merced Habitat Restoration Come enjoy a day of service, community, and outdoors with your fellow Yalies over a morning of California-native habitat restoration, watershed restoration, and removal of invasive species at Lake Merced. We will be beautifying one of our city's parks and restoring native habitats for migratory birds at one of their critical layover spots along the Pacific Flyway. To learn more about the Pacific Flyway, check out: https://www.watereducation.org/aquapedia/pacific-flyway Meet up point: Lake Merced Boathouse Where to park: there are parking lots available at the Lake Merced Boathouse How to take public transportation: There are 2 buses available: (1) the 58 to Skyline Blvd & Harding Rd and (2) the 18 to Lake Merced & Lakeshore. Both stops are approximately a 15-20 minute walk from the meet up point. What to bring: water bottle, sun protection (e.g. sunscreen, hat, sunglasses), snacks (optional) and positive attitude! What to wear: closed toe shoes, comfortable clothes that you don't mind getting dirty Family friendly event with NO minimum age. However, all youth under 13 years of age must have an adult chaperone actively engaged in the activity alongside of them. They must be supervised at all times. In addition to signing up on the Yale Alumni website, please also please register with SF Rec and Parks via this link: https://sfrpd.my.salesforce-sites.com/SFRPDJob?sShiftId=a09Pi000002QMer Sign ups are currently limited to 15 family-friendly volunteers. Lake Merced Boathouse, San Francisco, CA — 1 Harding Road false

  

• Yale Day of Service: CA, San Francisco - St. Anthony's Foundation Meal Service

  May 10

  6:30AM – 10:30AM ET

  St. Anthony's Foundation

  Add to Calendar 2025-05-10T06:30:00 2025-05-10T10:30:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: CA, San Francisco - St. Anthony's Foundation Meal Service Founded in 1950, St. Anthony’s is the most comprehensive safety net service center in San Francisco. Every day, they provide essential services, health care, and gateways to stability to families and individuals in need. Everyone who comes through their doors joins the St. Anthony’s family and helps them create a future where all people flourish. Their mission is to feed, heal, shelter, clothe, lift the spirits of those in need, and create a society in which all persons flourish. This mission is guided by five values: healing, community, personalism, justice, and gratitude. Yale Day of Service volunteers will be working in the dining room, helping with a cafeteria style meal service. We can expect to work behind the line and as servers and bussers. St. Anthony's Foundation — 121 Golden Gate Avenue false

  

• Yale Day of Service: CA, Oakland - The Gardens at Lake Merritt

  May 10

  6:45AM – 9:00AM ET

  The Gardens at Lake Merritt in Oakland

  Add to Calendar 2025-05-10T06:45:00 2025-05-10T09:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: CA, Oakland - The Gardens at Lake Merritt The Gardens at Lake Merritt, a seven-acre collection of themed gardens, honored as one of California's top five Gardens by VIA Magazine, is conveniently located in the heart of Oakland at Lakeside Park, our nation’s first wildlife refuge. Established more than a half-century ago, the Gardens at Lake Merritt serve as a source of great regional pride, a cultural and educational center and a place to enjoy tranquility in the heart of the city of Oakland. The Gardens are poised to serve as an example of the highest standards of horticulture and historic preservation while providing enriching public programs. Lend a hand gardening, weeding, pruning, planting, or spreading mulch and compost. The exact project will be determined by the Gardens staff on the day of the event. All ages and skills welcome! The Gardens at Lake Merritt in Oakland — 666 Bellevue Avenue false

  

• Yale Day of Service: CA, Tiburon - Outdoor workday at historic Immigration Station in Angel Island State Park

  May 10

  7:30AM – 3:30PM ET

  Angel Island State Park

  Add to Calendar 2025-05-10T07:30:00 2025-05-10T15:30:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: CA, Tiburon - Outdoor workday at historic Immigration Station in Angel Island State Park For the 11th year, Yale alumni will help clean the grounds of the former U.S. Immigration Station on Angel Island, a National Historic Landmark. Yalies will clean brush, weeds, and other debris, eat the bag lunch they bring, then enjoy an educational tour from Grant Din '79, former staff with the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation. The immigration station was in use between 1910 and 1940 and processed approximately one million immigrants from 80 countries. It was primarily in use to enforce the Chinese Exclusion Acts, in effect from 1882 to 1943. Learn more at www.aiisf.org. The group will meet at 7:30 at Tiburon (parking is $5 nearby), and carpools will be available from San Francisco's Ferry Building at 6:45 a.m. Bring a lunch and water; tools will be provided (if you have favorite gloves, tools, etc. feel free to bring them). Affordable ($5) parking is down the street next to the CVS - put in 1599 Tiburon Blvd., Tiburon into your GPS. Breakfast and lunches you can take to the island are available from 7 a.m. on at Cafe Acri next to the ferry dock, but allow enough time to order and get your food. Angel Island State Park — Tiburon Blvd. and Main Street false

  

• Yale Day of Service: CA, Carson - Building Character for a Brighter Future

  May 10

  8:00AM – 1:00PM ET

  James L. Welch Hall (WH), Cal State Dominguez Hills

  Add to Calendar 2025-05-10T08:00:00 2025-05-10T13:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: CA, Carson - Building Character for a Brighter Future Join The RightWay Foundation in helping foster youth explore how character development shapes future success. Volunteers will help run workshops, assist with setup and breakdown, serve as welcomers for the youth participants, and engage in meaningful conversations that spark change. The RightWay Foundation provides young adults aging out of foster care with the resources they need to thrive and build a better tomorrow, grounded in mental health, launched by supportive housing, and solidified through employment and community. RightWay is dedicated to ending the intergenerational cycle of trauma and poverty that leads foster youth to unemployment, homelessness, incarceration, and isolation. Together, we can transform foster youth futures. Friends and family welcome. We are also seeking sponsors for breakfast and lunch for our youth, speakers, and volunteers. James L. Welch Hall (WH), Cal State Dominguez Hills — 1000 E Victoria St. false

• Yale Day of Service: International, Ghana, Kintampo - Babatokuma N10 Highway Clean-up

  May 10

  8:00AM – 2:00PM ET

  Kintampo, Martin Luther Health Training School

  Add to Calendar 2025-05-10T08:00:00 2025-05-10T14:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: International, Ghana, Kintampo - Babatokuma N10 Highway Clean-up We shall clean up the highway and talk to drivers and pedestrians about road safety (Road safety campaign). bring trash bags wear mud boots Parking available at the school. Kintampo, Martin Luther Health Training School — 8 Nii Ayi St false

• Yale Day of Service: NY-Newburgh -Team Build with Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newburgh

  May 10

  8:00AM – 1:00PM ET

  Tbd site in Newburgh, NY near Calvary Church

  Add to Calendar 2025-05-10T08:00:00 2025-05-10T13:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: NY-Newburgh -Team Build with Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newburgh Join us and Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newburgh for a team build volunteer session from 8 am to 1 pm. All skill levels are welcome! Go to the event page at Giveffect to sign up (you will need to create an account and sign a waiver beforehand). Where to meet and more details will be sent out the week before—but it will be in the city of Newburgh with a coffee break at Calvary Church (120 South Street, Newburgh). Please wear some Yale gear! Tbd site in Newburgh, NY near Calvary Church — 120 South Street false

• Yale Day of Service: CT, Branford - Peabody Museum's Horse Island (MORNING SHIFT)

  May 10

  8:30AM – 1:00PM ET

  Stony Creek Ferry Dock / Horse Island

  Add to Calendar 2025-05-10T08:30:00 2025-05-10T13:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: CT, Branford - Peabody Museum's Horse Island (MORNING SHIFT)

  Join the Yale Peabody Museum on Horse Island as we maintain the property, collect trash, and improve the trail system. Horse Island, owned by the Peabody Museum, is one of the Thimble Islands in the Long Island Sound near the village of Stony Creek in Branford, CT. We'll base our operations out of the new sustainably designed research station, which is already being used by Yale students and faculty across the disciplines. 
  
  This Day of Service project is designed for adults, but family members 14 years or older who are prepared to participate are welcome to register along with their parents/guardians.
  
  Parking is limited at the Stony Creek dock area; plan to arrive 15-20 minutes early to find parking. Participants should prepare to encounter uneven terrain and poison ivy as well as ticks. A hat and sunscreen are recommended, and volunteers should wear supportive, closed-toe footwear and comfortable outdoor work clothes that can get dirty.

  
  Participants will catch the ferry from the Stony Creek Dock at 8:30 am and receive an orientation on Horse Island at 9:00 am. You will be able to choose the projects(s) you'd like to work on for the morning. Please feel free to bring a picnic lunch to enjoy on the grounds. You'll return to the Stony Creek Dock between 12:30 and 1:00 pm.
  
  The program will run in light rain, but in the event of significant inclement weather we will move to our rain dates of Friday, May 16, and Saturday, May 17, please hold those on your calendar if possible! 
  
  Due to space limitations, this event will only be able to accommodate 12 volunteers.

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

  May 10

  8:30AM – 12:00PM ET

  Thomas Edison National Historical Park

  Add to Calendar 2025-05-10T08:30:00 2025-05-10T12:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: NJ, West Orange - Thomas Edison National Historical Park Clean-up The 2025 YCCNJ Yale Day of Service at the Thomas Edison National Historical Park (211 Main Street, West Orange, NJ 07052) will be on Saturday, May 10th. We will be working on the grounds of Edison's Glenmont Estate cleaning up/pruning/removing dead bushes. It is rain or shine so please check the weather and dress accordingly. Bring work gloves and reusable water containers. 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 entrance. We expect to drive from the parking lot to the estate to start work around 9am. Thomas Edison National Historical Park — 211 Main Street false