Events Calendar

Saturday 5/10/25

• Yale Day of Service: OH, Cleveland - "Sound the Alarm" with Cleveland Fire and Cleveland Red Cross

  May 10

  9:00AM – 1:00PM ET

  CLEVELAND FIRE STATION No. 31

  Add to Calendar 2025-05-10T09:00:00 2025-05-10T13:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: OH, Cleveland - "Sound the Alarm" with Cleveland Fire and Cleveland Red Cross We will work in teams of 3-4 to install smoke detectors in a neighborhood that Cleveland Fire has identified as having many homes in need of new, operable smoke detectors to save lives. Some on the teams will install the detectors while others record the number of smoke detectors installed and educate residents on fire safety. Please arrive on time to be included on a team and get instructions from Fire personnel, as well as some refreshments before the event starts. Youth ages 16-17 are welcome to participate, with adult supervision by a parent or guardian, but will need to register separately, be present for the 9 a.m. training with other volunteers, and submit parental consent to volunteer plus acknowledgement and agreement to Red Cross policies. Yale Cleveland has partnered with Cleveland Fire and the Cleveland Red Cross on this project for the last three years. It truly saves lives. Please register directly with the Red Cross AND through Yale Day of Service (by clicking "sign up"on this page) so we know how many Yale alums to expect! Contact: Betsy Sullivan '74, '76 MA CLEVELAND FIRE STATION No. 31 — 925 East 152nd Street false

• Yale Day of Service: Tennessee, Memphis - Yale Club of Memphis Service Project

  May 10

  9:00AM – 2:00PM ET

  Empower Memphis Career & College Prep

  Add to Calendar 2025-05-10T09:00:00 2025-05-10T14:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: Tennessee, Memphis - Yale Club of Memphis Service Project

  Join us on Saturday, May 10th for the global Yale Day of Service! This will be a great chance to give back to our community and reconnect with Yalies living in Memphis.  We're excited to be volunteering at Empower Memphis Career & College Prep as they get ready to welcome students into their building this fall. We'll be helping out with painting, gardening work, and furniture assembly.
  
  Come anytime from 9-2pm, on-site parking is available, and plan to wear comfortable clothes you don't mind getting paint or dirt on.

  Contact: Binh Doan '12 B.A

  Empower Memphis Career & College Prep — 4775 American Way false

• Yale Day of Service: CT, Norwalk - Food packing event with Filling in the Blanks

  May 10

  9:30AM – 11:30AM ET

  Filling in the Blanks Warehouse

  Add to Calendar 2025-05-10T09:30:00 2025-05-10T11:30:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: CT, Norwalk - Food packing event with Filling in the Blanks Filling in the Blanks fights childhood hunger by providing children in need with weekend meals. This activity will be packing food that is distributed each week. Filling in the Blanks Warehouse — 346 Main Avenue, Suite #3A false

• Yale Day of Service: FL, Miami - Lotus House Women's Shelter

  May 10

  9:30AM – 1:00AM ET

  Lotus House Women's Shelter

  Add to Calendar 2025-05-10T09:30:00 2025-05-10T01:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: FL, Miami - Lotus House Women's Shelter Lotus House Women's Shelter — 217 NW 15th St false

• Yale Day of Service: LA, New Orleans - Okra Abbey Community Garden

  May 10

  9:30AM – 12:00PM ET

  Okra Abbey Community Garden

  Add to Calendar 2025-05-10T09:30:00 2025-05-10T12:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: LA, New Orleans - Okra Abbey Community Garden

  Okra Abbey is a community garden in Carrollton. We will be pulling weeds and harvesting produce in the garden. Gloves will be provided if you don't have them. Snacks and water will also be provided. 

  All ages are welcome and we will have age appropriate projects for the younger volunteers.  Parents must accompany their kids.  

  Contact: Sarah Gorham Hunter '91

  Okra Abbey Community Garden — 1800 Monroe Street false

• Yale Day of Service: CO, Broomfield - Broomfield FISH

  May 10

  10:00AM – 12:00PM ET

  Broomfield FISH Marketplace and Warehouse

  Add to Calendar 2025-05-10T10:00:00 2025-05-10T12:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: CO, Broomfield - Broomfield FISH Broomfield FISH is looking for people to help with "Stamp Out Hunger," one of FISH’s largest food drives of the year. In conjunction with postal carriers from the two post offices in Broomfield and the Northglenn Post Office (118th and Washington), the organization expects to collect more than 60,000 pounds of non-perishables and needs help moving and sorting food. They are looking for volunteers at 4 locations. Please register directly at https://signup.com/go/KZQNjSu AND on the Yale Day of service site. Broomfield FISH Marketplace and Warehouse — 6 Garden Center false

• Yale Day of Service: CT, New Haven - East Rock Spring Clean-Up

  May 10

  10:00AM – 12:00PM ET

  Trowbridge Environmental Center

  Add to Calendar 2025-05-10T10:00:00 2025-05-10T12:00:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: CT, New Haven - East Rock Spring Clean-Up Join Friends of East Rock Park members and park staff for spring park maintenance including clearing brush, planting bulbs, and trash pick-up. Come prepared for outdoor work, bring water and gloves if you have them. Tools provided. Steady rain cancels. Children welcome. Trowbridge Center is near the corner of Orange and Cold Spring. On-street parking available. Trowbridge Environmental Center — College Woods false

• Yale Day of Service: CT, New Haven - Flower-planting at Roberto Clemente Academy

  May 10

  10:00AM – 11:30AM ET

  Roberto Clemente Academy

  Add to Calendar 2025-05-10T10:00:00 2025-05-10T11:30:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: CT, New Haven - Flower-planting at Roberto Clemente Academy One of New Haven's public schools has three raised beds in need of some TLC. All ages and levels of gardening experience welcome.  Roberto Clemente Academy — 360 Columbus Ave. false

• Yale Day of Service: CT, New Haven - Senior Card Making

  May 10

  10:00AM – 11:30AM ET

  Chatham Place at Mary Wade

  Add to Calendar 2025-05-10T10:00:00 2025-05-10T11:30:00 America/New_York Yale Day of Service: CT, New Haven - Senior Card Making You are invited to join us for a fun card making event with residents of Chatham Place at Mary Wade. Materials will be provided to create decorative cards for the residents to display or give away. All ages are welcome to participate. You are invited to join us for a fun card making event with residents of Chatham Place at Mary Wade. Materials will be provided to create decorative cards for the residents to display or give away. All ages are welcome to participate. Due to room capacity, the number of volunteers is limited to 6. Light refreshments will be provided. If you are unable to join us, please create decorative cards at home with your family that can be shared with elderly residents who are memory impaired and either living in Senior Living facilities, your neighborhood or your own family and friends. The cards can be for any occasion – Happy Birthday, Thinking of You, tell a Joke. Draw a picture using materials you have on hand such as 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. Chatham Place at Mary Wade — 138 Clinton Ave false