Tag: volunteering

Here are some Upper West Side places where you can get a free holiday meal or volunteer this Thanksgiving.

A great way to get involved in a neighborhood community project while clearing leaves.

“Chances are there’s someone out there who needs you.”

Lisa Greenwald, a public high school teacher and Upper West Sider, started a new tradition last spring. Every Wednesday she cooks and delivers meals

Thanksgiving is coming up, and while the holiday will be different this year, nonprofits and individuals are still working to feed the hungry.

How did the author of a wildly popular children’s book series called Fancy Nancy and a girl from Washington Heights meet

Goddard Riverside, the social service nonoprofit that works with seniors and others in the neighborhood, has been delivering letters to people who live

On Saturday afternoon, Upper West Sider Mike Matthews was taking his friend, Amy (who asked that we only share her first name), out for some much-needed

It’s spring break and a lot of college students are somewhere they never expected to be — home, quasi quarantined in a pandemic

Kamal Julka and her son Rian, who are relatively new Upper West Siders, have launched an effort to help neighbors cope with the coronavirus -- in particular

Amid growing anxiety about the coronavirus, a group of high school students decided to redirect their energy from worry to helping the homeless.

Raking leaves is a meditative undertaking that can calm your soul and...who are we kidding, it's backbreaking! But leaf-raking is important and you can help out the Riverside Park Conservancy

The Upper West Side is known as a locus of volunteerism and social activism. That reputation didn’t come from nowhere.

An Upper West Side do-gooder’s effort to help one 2nd grade teacher led him to create a website enabling others to help teachers nationwide.

If you've got a strong back, a strong mind or even strong breath you can help your community. We've heard about several

Here are a few upcoming volunteer opportunities in the neighborhood.

Roll up your sleeves and get ready: Central and Riverside Parks need your help. On Saturday, both parks will be holding service days where volunteers can help clean up. More than 550 trees were damaged or destroyed in Central Park in Hurricane Sandy; the photo above shows a line of ...