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Holiday Volunteer Opportunities: Association For The Help of Retarded Children - Plainview Lenny Jiraputo 516-293-1111 The Nassau Chapter of AHRP has approximately 100 families of participants who cannot afford to purchase food items for Thanksgiving. Please help by donating turkeys and turkey gift certificates, bagged stuffing, canned peas & beans, gravy, yams, etc. ************************************************************************************ Coats For Kids - National Cleaners Association Arthur Epstein, Randi's Cleaners 516-746-0823 Coats (all sizes) may be dropped off at many locations until December 15th. Volunteers also needed to pick up bags of coats from schools and deliver them to cleaners. ************************************************************************************ Community Social Action Council - Oyster Bay Carol & Randy Daub 516-922-2054 Annual Toy Drive collects new, unwrapped toys (or cash donations to purchase toys) for distribution to families designated to the Youth & Family Counseling Agency of Oyster Bay-East Norwich. Volunteer help needed to sort & pack at First Presbyterian Church in Oyster Bay December 19 & 20 from 9-2. ************************************************************************************ Family & Children's Association - Mineola Marianne Ruisi 516-746-0350x336 Donation of Play Station games and videos for 13-16 years old needed for shelters. Also, unwrapped gifts for all ages (educational toys, books, videos for infant-12 years, phone cards, gift certificates to Kmart, Target, movie theatres, fast food restaurants for ages 13-22, gift certificates to grocery stores, books, phone cards, new winter clothing for adults & seniors). Please call Marianne. ************************************************************************************ F.E.G.S. LI Division - Syosset Debbie Weiss 516-496-7550 This UJA-Federation and United Way agency provides service to those in need island-wide. Their Adopt-A-Family program welcomes families volunteering to help provide basic necessities to needy individuals and families. Please donate food and toy (for ages 10-16) for the holidays. ************************************************************************************ Helping Hands Rescue Mission - Huntington Station Reverend Gaines 631-351-6996 for registration forms 50 volunteers needed to wrap presents and dress as elves at annual Christmas party in early December. Orientation will be held at the Mission, 225 Broadway. Please call for dates and times. ************************************************************************************ Hispanic Counseling Center - Hempstead Isobel Arroyo 516-538-2613 The Center could use toys, gifts and party goods for approximately 250 children, ages infant to 14 years for distribution at its Annual Christmas Party. Your gifts are needed by the first week in December. Please call Isobel for further information. ************************************************************************************ Huntington Freedom Center - Huntington Station Laura Jimenez 631-421-5058 Santa visits the HFC at the annual Christmas party. Volunteers needed to sort presents, wrap and rewrap them. Clothing, toys, and children's books would be welcome. ************************************************************************************ Interfaith Nutrition Network - Hempstead Mary Brennan Inn 516-486-6243x203 To help make the holidays special for the guests and children of our soup kitchens and homeless shelters please help by donating new unwrapped toys, gift certificates to Old Navy and the Gap for middle shool boys & girls (also hooded sweatshirts with college insignias). All sizes of new warm winter clothing for men, women and children also needed. If you, your family, or your organization can help, please call. Food you prepare at home (boxed, labeled & dated) can be delivered to the INN at 100 Madison Avenue. ************************************************************************************ Island Harvest - Mineola 516-294-8528x21 Participate in Island Harvest's Turkey & Trimmings Collection Campaign held from November 1 to December 24. Donate a frozen turkey or turkey certificate, a bag of trimmings, non-perishable food. Host a food drive at your school;volunteer to collect or transport food or to help in the office. ************************************************************************************ Little Flower Children Services - Wading River Chris Muchowski 631-929-6200x1171 LFCS would appreciate Christmas gifts for the many teenagers in their care such as handheld games, remote control vehicles, radios, watches, sweatshirts with sports logos and gift certificates for sports, electronic and music stores. ************************************************************************************ Long Island Association For Aids Care, Inc., Huntington Deborah Grimaldi 631-385-2451x175 LAAC would appreciate donations of holiday toys and books for children and gift certificates to clothes, music and electronic stores for teens to be distributed at the client holiday parties held in Bay Shore. Items are needed by first week in December. Also, donations of non-perishable foods to supplement the meal program are needed year round. ************************************************************************************ Long Island Cares - Hauppauge Eileen Leslie 631-582-3663x102 Needs 5000 turkeys! Please send turkey certificates (or frozen turkeys); also help with the School Tools Drive, and with sorting a packing. Please organize food drives in January & February as well. ************************************************************************************ Long Island Council of Churches Carolyn Gumbs 631-727-2210 Riverhead Barbara Harrison 516-868-4989 Hempstead LICC operates food pantries where donations of non-perishable food are always needed. New and gently used clean warm clothes of all sizes and varieties such as jackets, sweatsuits, socks, hats, gloves are greatly appreciate. The Annual Migrant Free Dinner will be held November 21 at Junior HS. Volunteers can just show up to help at 1:30. For donations of food from Nassau County call Hugh. ************************************************************************************ Madonna Heights Services - Dix Hills Carrie Balletti 631-643-8800x286 Diaper donations and other baby/child items are welcome for this social service which tends to the needs of homeless women and their children. MHS has shelters in Riverhead, East Northport and Deer Park as well as a mother-baby program in Babylon. Additional donation suggestions include loves, socks, scarves, night shirts and exercise videos for teens or women, games & toys and Disney type VCR movies for the waiting room at the family service clinic and mother-baby homes. ************************************************************************************ Mercyfirst - Garden City Kim Ospina 516-873-9191x122 St. Mary's Children & Family Services merged with Angel Guardian Home. As MercyFirst they ask your assistance in sponsoring families with food and/or gifts during the holiday season. Turkey voucher, non-perishable food, gift certificates to popular stores, drivers to make deliveries -- all needed. ************************************************************************************ Mercy Medical Center, Rockville Center Beth Hammerman 516-705-2621 Groups of Christmas carolers would be most welcome. For other volunteer opportunities please call Kathleen Fee 516-705-1394. ************************************************************************************ Nassau County Child Protective Services, Mineola Lynne Campbell 516-227-7415 Toy Distribution Program provides gifts and toys to over 1,500 children and teens. Schools, businesses, individuals participate by donating gifts and by volunteering to sort, package and deliver the toys. Holiday party for Foster Children on December 27 at the Marriott, Uniondale needs volunteers to sort and wrap gifts and to welcome the guests. Adopt A Family Program needs volunteers as well. ************************************************************************************ The Little People's Place - Elmont Kiah Walker 516-285-0888 The Little People's Place is a not-for-profit child development program that provides services for needy children and families. Please donate toys by the week before Christmas for our holiday party. ************************************************************************************ The Salvation Army - Hempstead Major Stephen Ditmer 516-485-4900 Volunteers needed to assist with the Kettle Program at various sites. Transportation needed. ************************************************************************************ Tot Spot, Inc., Roosevelt Valerie Chung 516-379-2030 Help provide Holiday Remembrances for some 50 children (2 mos-12 yrs) and the volunteer staff (teenagers-seniors) at this quality child care center for single and low income working families. Toys, books, games and clothing items are all welcome donations. ************************************************************************************ Town of Babylon Animal Shelter, West Babylon Patrick Farrell 631-643-9270 The shelter welcomes volunteer collection and donation of cans an (unopened 5 & 10 lb.) bags of dog and cat food. Biscuits and treats also appreciated. These are distributed to senior citizens so that their furry companions do not go hungry during the holidays when money is tight. You can bring the goodies Nov. 20 - Dec. 20 to the shelter at 51 Lamar Street M-F 8am to 3pm; Sat 10am-2:30pm. ************************************************************************************ WLIW21 Public Television, Plainview Margaret Bilardello 516-367-2100x8450 bilardellom@wliw.org Volunteers needed to take calls for pledge drive during the December Membership Campaign. Consider spending three evening hours at the WLIW studio with multiple breaks and refreshments. Light computer skills necessary. ************************************************************************************ Wyandanch Day Care Center, Wyandanch Louise Hamlett 631-643-7554 The WDCC welcomes donations of enriching reading materials for children ages 2-13 -- especially books which celebrate the rich cultural diversity of African-Americans, Hispanics & Haitian-Americans. Help make this holiday last throughout the year with a book. ************************************************************************************ Other Holiday Suggestions: * United Way of Long Island website has an excellent Holiday Wish List for UW participating agencies. www.unitedwayli.org/holiday_wish_list.asp * Check your local churches & synagogues to see if they have holiday food sharing programs and need volunteers. * Take warm, gently used clothing including coats, hats, gloves, scarves to a homeless shelter or parish outreach. * Make sandwiches for local soup kitchen. * Arrange to visit residents of a nursing home, veterans hospital, local hospital. * Give blood! Call Long Island Blood Services 631-927-5000 for locations and schedules. * Resolve to make an on-going volunteer commitment in the new year. (Check the Long Island Volunteer Center website www.longislandvolunteercenter.org for suggestions). ************************************************************************************ To Volunteer for the above: Contact the person for each event (9 am - 5 pm) & mention that you are from SFC. Call early! - dates, locations, contacts and phone numbers change. Reminder: Most of the volunteer events are open to the general public, so these are NOT "singles only" opportunities. It is important to wear your SFC pins so that our SFC buddies and other singles can find each other at a volunteer event. We would appreciate all members and non-members notifying the contact person for an event as early as possible. |