Events Calendar

Saturday 5/10/25

• Yale Day of Service: CA, San Jose - Second Harvest of Silicon Valley

  May 10

  11:00AM – 2:00PM ET

  Social Services Agency - CalWORKS 

  Add to Calendar 2025-05-10T11:00:00 2025-05-10T14:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: CA, San Jose - Second Harvest of Silicon Valley Volunteer to Build a Hunger Free Community. Right now, an average of about 500,000 people a month rely on Second Harvest for access to nutritious food. Their mission is to end hunger in our community. Volunteers, donors and supporters help provide food to families, multi-generational households, seniors and college students. They offer more than just nourishment, they are helping people in our own community feel a little more secure and find joy in the pleasure of cooking and sharing a meal with loved ones. We will distribute food at the Social Services Agency - CalWORKS in San Jose. Please arrive early. Carpooling is encouraged. Wear closed-toe shoes. Sleeveless shirts and sandals are not permitted. Dress for the weather. Most food distribution sites are outdoors. Bring water and snacks. If you need verification for service hours, our staff can only sign Second Harvest timecards. If you need to cancel, use your personal page. Volunteers for this shift must be at least 13 years old. Adult guardians are required to actively volunteer with teens 15 and under. Electronic parental permission is required in advance for volunteers under 18. Please register on volunteer hub AND with Second Harvest - https://shfb.tfaforms.net/202?GID=a0WQo00000BrDFJMA3 Limited to 19 participants. This will likely fill so register today. Email us at Yaleclubofsiliconvalley@gmail.com with any questions Social Services Agency - CalWORKS  — 1879 Senter Road false

• Yale Day of Service: International, Sydney, Australia-Fighting Senior Loneliness

  May 10

  11:00AM – 12:00PM ET

  Balmain Library

  Add to Calendar 2025-05-10T11:00:00 2025-05-10T12:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: International, Sydney, Australia-Fighting Senior Loneliness For the Yale Day of Service, the Yale Club of Australia will be fighting senior loneliness by writing letters to people in aged care. Receiving handwritten messages of love, hope, and joy brings seniors connection and improves their mental and physical health. We invite you to join us in person! Bring your own greeting cards to write in, and we'll provide the stamps and art supplies. Balmain Library — 320 Darling St false

• Yale Day of Service: MI, Detroit – Community Gardening Project

  May 10

  11:00AM – 1:00PM ET

  West Boston Boulevard Block Club Association

  Add to Calendar 2025-05-10T11:00:00 2025-05-10T13:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: MI, Detroit – Community Gardening Project

  The Yale Club of Michigan will team up with the West Boston Boulevard Block Club Association and Motor City Makeover to weed approximately 11 flower beds and plant flowers in the city-owned medians in this historic neighborhood. Volunteers should bring gardening tools (rakes, shovels, clippers, hoes, gardening gloves). This is a family friendly event. Lunch will be served at 1:00.

  West Boston Boulevard Block Club Association — 2035 West Boston Boulevard false

• Yale Day of Service: NY, Brooklyn - Prospect Park Brooklyn

  May 10

  11:00AM – 2:00PM ET

  Prospect Park Brooklyn

  Add to Calendar 2025-05-10T11:00:00 2025-05-10T14:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: NY, Brooklyn - Prospect Park Brooklyn YDOS which coincides with I Love My Park Day, held the first Saturday in May, attracts thousands of volunteers from across the state to participate in cleanup, improvement, and beautification events at New York State parks, historic sites and public lands. Join Prospect Park Alliance as we support this effort in a volunteer cleanup day. Volunteers will support the park in a variety of tasks, such as painting benches, edging pathways, litter removal and more! Prospect Park Brooklyn — 11th Street and Prospect Park West false

• Yale Day of Service: NY, New York-Gardening at Five Star Gardens

  May 10

  11:00AM – 1:00PM ET

  Five Star Gardens

  Add to Calendar 2025-05-10T11:00:00 2025-05-10T13:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: NY, New York-Gardening at Five Star Gardens Volunteers will support the gardeners to move soil, gravel, and mulch, clean the pond, install weed barriers, and plant native flowers. Essentials to Bring: Water, food, sun protection, clothing you don't mind getting dirty in, closed-toed work shoes. Five Star Gardens — 252 W 121st Street false

• Yale Day of Service: NY-Virtual: Hear Your Song: Join Us in Empowering Youth Songwriters Living with Serious Illness

  May 10

  11:00AM – 12:00PM ET

  Zoom

  Add to Calendar 2025-05-10T11:00:00 2025-05-10T12:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: NY-Virtual: Hear Your Song: Join Us in Empowering Youth Songwriters Living with Serious Illness This Yale Day of Service, celebrate the voices of youth living with serious illnesses and let them know that their stories matter! Hear Your Song is a national nonprofit co-founded by Yale undergraduates in 2014 with the mission of empowering children and teens with serious illnesses and complex health needs to make their voices heard through collaborative songwriting. Since the start of the pandemic, Hear Your Song has expanded to serve kids around the country and beyond, helping over 650 kids write songs about anything they want in any style they imagine, from rock anthems about loving pasta to jazz tunes about living with epilepsy. At this virtual event, you'll have the opportunity to give feedback to our youth songwriters through written, audio, and video messages that let kids know their songs and stories have been heard! You'll also be able to learn more about Hear Your Song's Yale-driven history, from our founders to our current undergraduate volunteer community. This is a family-friendly event, too — kids ages 6 and up are more than welcome to participate and explore the songs! Zoom Link here - https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88043806694 false

• Yale Day of Service: IL, Chicago – Nourishing Hope Food Pantry

  May 10

  11:30AM – 3:00PM ET

  Nourishing Hope - The Hub

  Add to Calendar 2025-05-10T11:30:00 2025-05-10T15:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: IL, Chicago – Nourishing Hope Food Pantry Join Yale Chicago at Nourishing Hope (formerly Lakeview Pantry) for a special Yale Day of Service Event! Nourishing Hope (formerly Lakeview Pantry) Gleaning & Sorting @ The Hub Saturday, May 10, 2025 11:30 am - 3 pm Central 5151 N. Ravenswood Ave. Chicago, IL 60640 10 volunteer spots are available - registration is first come, first served. All volunteers must be registered and follow the steps below to volunteer with Yale Chicago at Nourishing Hope. Volunteer spots left unregistered will be released 2 business days before the shift at 9 am to other volunteers. DETAILS: Register as a first-time volunteer at this Registration Form Link: https://lakeviewpantry.my.site.com/volunteer/s/group-registration?group_code=2619 Returning volunteer: Login into your personal volunteer site (link here: https://www.lakeviewpantry.org/volunteer/existing-volunteers/), click Volunteer Calendar, and enter the group code 2619 under "I have a Group Code." Watch this helpful video! https://youtu.be/tou-bRF0i8Y Sort through donations of food and non-food items arriving at our warehouse. Check items for quality and box by item type. Help keep the warehouse clean and organized. Volunteers need to be able to stand for the majority of the shift and occasionally lift 15 lbs. Closed-toed shoes are required. Volunteers are encouraged to wear comfortable clothing - something that can get a little messy. Helpful Volunteer Q & A's Q: I need to cancel my sign-up. A: You can cancel on your personal site. Just enter your first name, last name, and email address. Once you receive your personal site link you can cancel your shift under the "Scheduled Volunteer Shifts" tab. Q: I would like to volunteer for another volunteer shift at Nourishing Hope! A: We would absolutely love to see you again! You can sign up on your personal site. Just enter your first name, last name, and email address. Once you receive your personal site link you can sign up under the "Volunteer Calendar" tab. (Hint: you can always reuse the personal site link that is emailed to you). More Questions? Contact Alexandra Newman '05 (alexandra.newman@gmail.com) and Nourishing Hope (volunteergroups@nourishinghopechi.org). Nourishing Hope - The Hub — 5151 N. Ravenswood Ave. false

• Yale Day of Service: VT, Burlington- COTS- Daystation Lunch

  May 10

  11:30AM – 1:30PM ET

  COTS

  Add to Calendar 2025-05-10T11:30:00 2025-05-10T13:30:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: VT, Burlington- COTS- Daystation Lunch The Daystation is a daytime center for unhoused adults. It is a safe and warm refuge from the streets, connecting people with services, resources, and housing. Hot lunch is served daily, and community partners come here to meet with guests and provide services. Bring a potluck dish to share or a box of rice or pasta to prepare, come play some music or just bring your good spirits. Max number or volunteers is 8. COTS — 95 North Avenue false

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

  May 10

  12:00PM – 3:00PM ET

  Bikes Not Bombs Warehouse

  Add to Calendar 2025-05-10T12:00:00 2025-05-10T15:00:00 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, "flattening" bikes (i.e., turning the handle bars sideways for shipping), and cleaning the warehouse. All skill-levels and ages are welcome! Youth under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. Please wear closed-toed footwear and try to wear clothes that can get dirty. Learn more about Bikes Not Bombs on their website (https://bikesnotbombs.org). The warehouse is accessible by public transit (multiple buses stop out front; Fairmount Commuter Rail to Four Corners/Geneva) and by car. On-street parking is available. Bikes Not Bombs Warehouse — 10 Harvard Street false