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DogFest Walk 'n Roll events take place in cities across the country. Help make the mission possible by joining us in Silicon Valley at this fun-filled, family-friendly festival and walk that celebrates the bond between people and their dogs.

These volunteer-driven events provide many opportunities to create new skills while advancing a cause you believe in - helping enhance the independence of people with disabilities. You can help plan the event in a variety of capacities, be an individual online fundraiser, volunteer on the day of the event, or all three!

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DogFest Walk 'n Roll is the signature national event of Canine Companions, taking place in 30+ cities across the country. It's a fun-filled, family-friendly festival and walk that celebrates the bond between people and their dogs while advancing the mission of Canine Companions for Independence.

This volunteer-driven event provides many opportunities to create new skills while helping a cause you believe in. You can help plan the event in a variety of capacities, be an individual online fundraiser, volunteer on the day of the event, or all three!

Please visit http://www.cci.org/dogfest to learn more.

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Imagine that by volunteering time and talent as a mentor, Microsoft’s employee matching program can add up to enough funding to put a girl through college in Kenya, Rwanda and India!

The Global Give Back Circle is a circle of empowerment propelled by women from all parts of the globe who give back time and talent to girls from marginalized communities; amazing girls who refuse to accept the hand destiny tried to deal them. This is accomplished through a long distance mentoring process, driven by role model women mentors who empower girls to realize their dreams and goals while coaching them on the implementation of give back commitments to their communities.

While in high school, each girl is assigned a dedicated mentor who writes to her on a regular basis, encourages her in her studies, helps her explore possibilities and helps her realize her full potential as a global citizen.

While no previous mentoring experience is required, it is important that mentors commit to send at least two thoughtful letters/emails each month for at least one year – ideally for much, much longer. It is quite typical for mentors and mentees to communicate more frequently than twice a month, as the relationship deepens and a mentor’s advice and guidance are actively sought by the mentee.

Mentors are asked to complete a short application, read and agree to the mentor rights, responsibilities and rules, and commit to log their mentoring hours each month to help offset the cost of their mentee's college education.

The average mentoring/volunteer commitment is 1 hour a week. If you share our passion in wanting to help a girl realize global citizenship through mentoring, please apply via our website at: http://www.globalgivebackcircle.org/get-involved/mentor-a-girl/ for an application and a complete overview of the program and mentoring journey.

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There are many opportunities to help raise a Brigadoon Service Dog puppy! Puppy raising is an amazing opportunity to help make an impact in someone's life. By helping raise a puppy, you are socializing the puppy to new situations, teaching the puppy household manners, and being one of the first few people to influence a dog who will go on to great things in someone's life!

You can learn more about the opportunities here: http://www.brigadoondogs.org/#!raise-a-puppy/c23kd

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Puppy Raiser	6	n/a	n/a

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On July 25th we are hosting a family festival for our students and families. We are looking for one volunteer who has photography experience to take photographs, and several volunteers to assist our teachers with set up and clean up of festival and to assist teachers and families during festival activities (arts and crafts, games, a dunk tank, etc). Volunteers do not have to have experience with special education but do need to have a great sense of humor and be physically able to run, jump, and be outside for 3+ hours.

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General	10	n/a	n/a

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The Assistance League of the Bay Area runs the program Operation School Bell in partnership with four area school districts in Harris and Galveston Counties in TX. Operation School Bell is a program where partner schools refer students in need with new, school appropriate clothing to the Assistance League of the Bay Area. Each student (preK 3 yr old through high school seniors) receives 5 shirts, 3 pairs of pants, underwear, socks, a hygiene kit, and a Payless voucher for shoes From the Assistance League of the Bay Area.
We believe it is important for students to have new, appropriate school clothes so they may have a good self-esteem and be prepared for learning versus worrying about how they appear to those around them.
This particular volunteer opportunity is an offsite dressing day where the Assistance League of the Bay Area brings the clothing, etc. to Rizzuto Elementary School in La Porte, TX during their preK registration day. We come to the school because many of the families don't have transportation to our distribution center and/or because this is their first experience in the school system do not understand the process.
The students/families will come throughout the day to complete the qualification process for PreK schooling. If they qualify and are deemed in need by the school personnel, they will be referred to the Operation School Bell area to be dressed. Assistance League of the Bay Area members and community volunteers will then assist the students with filling out paperwork, being fit with clothing, and checking out. Volunteers may also assist with set-up and tear down.
We anticipate dressing 150-200 students during the day.

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11:00 Am Shift	6	n/a	n/a
1:00 PM Shift	6	n/a	n/a
3:00 PM Shift	6	n/a	n/a
5 :00 PM Shift	6	n/a	n/a

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Jet City Improv is currently looking for board members to serve as the leadership for their 501c3 non-profit.
If you are a fan of improv, and like to laugh, this is the organization to get involved with!

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We are looking for talented, focused, driven, self-motivated volunteers to join us on our trips to the rural highlands of Papua New Guinea to work in a variety of roles ranging from project management, health care, engineering, education, construction, and many others. We need your help fulfilling our mission "to deliver ethical, sustainable, multidisciplinary solutions to improve the lives of people living in the poorest and hardest to reach regions of the world, by partnering local communities, NGOs and governments with volunteers, organizations and technologies." If you're interested in also taking a leadership role as a project leader or manager, please let us know. Specifically, we are building rainwater catchment systems, toilets, hand wash stations, solar power charge stations, and water testing and distribution systems. We are delivering prosthetic hands, medical supplies, medical equipment, water filters and water testing kits. We are establishing programs for sustainable delivery of vaccination, anti-worm medications, and other health initiatives. We are developing curricula for water sanitation hygiene education, basic health promotion, and continuing medical and nursing education. Please join us in our unique, multi-faceted approach to deliver a sustainable and ethical solution to help those who are unfortunate to live in one of the poorest and hardest to reach places in the world.

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At Transfernation we aim to ensure that extra food from events goes to homeless shelters and soup kitchens to support those with the greatest need. In order to make this happen on a wide-scale we need your help in going to event locations, picking up the excess food, and bringing it to a designated social institution and picking up a donation receipt. For instance this could be bring 40 boxes of extra pizza from a company launch to The Bowery Mission (real case). These are short volunteer activities which take around an hour maximum. If you are interested please help us get a feel for your availability and preferences by filling out our Volunteer Interest Form Here: http://goo.gl/forms/aoOMsEnW9q. This is non-binding and is solely so that we can best work to accomodate your commitments so that we only reach out to you in times you may be available. We will always confirm whether you are available week of.

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Qualifications/Requirements: General business knowledge and a sincere interest / passion in making a meaningful difference for underserved, at-risk children in Mount Vernon, NY. Serve as a support advocate, volunteer for one of the several 501 (c)(3)’s boards willing to share your time, talent and treasure.

Mount Vernon Technology & Science Youth Center for Advancement will directly enhance STEM based education specifically for the underserved students of the Mount Vernon Public School System of which 93% are African American or Hispanic. Working in partnership with our public school leadership, every one of the more than 9,000 students will visit the center at least two times per school year for a three-hour guided tour of the interactive exhibits. In addition, we will provide a broad range of after-school, weekend and summer educational programs specific to STEM. We will also provide tutoring, mentoring, internships and community / parent engagement programs. To support transformational change, we will collaborate with a host of partners for the delivery of a curriculum that will have considerable impact on K-12 students’ exposure, access and success specific to STEM learning. The center will also provide an invaluable resource to all children of Westchester County and the region

Let’s Change the Future for Mount Vernon Youth!
The Mount Vernon Technology & Science Youth Center for Advancement

The Challenge
For many reasons, children in Mount Vernon are falling behind at an alarming and accelerating rate as they progress through the school system’s various milestones. The outlook for them is bleak unless we successfully intervene and interrupt this downward spiral. Evidence, including state standardized test scores, suggests they are not prepared for participation in our global economy, especially regarding STEM-based subject matter. The results are and will continue to be a community with higher than average poverty, unemployment and crime.

The Mission
Our mission is to introduce the marvels of science to children on a systematic, frequent and regularly scheduled basis, enabling them to experience, explore and personalize the resulting discoveries. Science centers embedded in the community, embraced by the school system and freely available to children, parents and teachers alike have proven to be successful interveners needed in the metropolitan areas around the country. We seek to duplicate and expand the success of those centers in Mount Vernon.

The Center
Our vision of success includes directly impacting the lives of the 9,000 underserved students attending public school in Mount Vernon each year with a state-of-the-art facility that is embraced by current and succeeding generations of students, parents, the school system and the surrounding corporate community. Our facility will impact academic studies and outcomes and influence career choices for years to come, further validating the community value and impact of such well-thought-out initiatives for urban areas.

“Above all we need, particularly as children, the reassuring presence of a visible community, an intimate group that enfolds us with understanding and love, and that becomes an object of our spontaneous loyalty, as a criterion and point of reference for the rest of the human race.”
—Lewis Mumford


The rewards are endless so if you are willing and ready to help us make a difference, please contact Gerald Dennis, campaign director, at 914-888-7556 or gdennis@mvtsc.org.

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Board Members	5	n/a	n/a