Recap from Volunteer of the Year Awards 2017!

Help recognize someone making a difference!

John Doyle (City Island Volunteer & Activist)

Make a difference in the Bronx!

Be a hero in the Boogie Down Bronx! Join our website and find a variety of opportunities from our partnered agencies. Volunteer opportunities range from mentoring to planting a community garden. So make a difference and give back to the Bronx community
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Who We Are:

Our membership-based coalition is composed of nonprofit organizations that provide services to the Bronx community.

How Does It Work:

Participating organizations from all over the Bronx leverage resources and share best practices to help improve volunteer recruitment and retention. Our Coalition seeks to connect Bronx residents with opportunities to volunteer within their neighborhood.

Member Organizations

#HashtagLunchbagBX Adapt Community Network
AHRC NYC AHRCNYCBronxEBS
American Cancer Society American Red Cross
American Red Cross at Hunter College AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP
Aposento de la Victoria Ariva
Artsmith Back on My Feet
Behind the Book Bi Habawalk
Big Apple Greeter Big Brothers Big Sisters NYC
BJCC Braven (at Lehman College)
Bronx Bee Hive Inc. Bronx Community Health Network
Bronx Community Solutions Bronx Connect
Bronx Debate League Bronx Health Reach
Bronx Long Term Recovery Group Bronx Museum of the Arts
Bronx NHS BRONX NIGHT MARKET
Bronx River Alliance Bronx Youth Center – The Door
BronxWorks BUILD: NYC
BUILD: NYC Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of NY
Catholic Guardians Services Center for Independence of the Disabled, NY-Long Term Care Ombudsman Program
Center for Independence of the Disabled, NY-Long Term Care Ombudsman Program Christ Disciples International Ministries, Inc
Cienfuegos Foundation Citizen Schools
City Harvest CitySquash
COMMUNITY TAX AID, INC COMMUNITY TAX AID, INC.
COMTO-NY Creative LifeStyles, Inc
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Directions for Our Youth, Inc.
Eat nYc The Bronx Food And Wine Festival Food Bank for New York City
FOR MY PEOPLE EMPOWERMENT For My People Empowerment Inc.
Fordham High School for the Arts Fostering Progressive Advocacy Foundation Inc
FPA-Foundation Friends of Mosholu Parkland
Friends of Pelham Parkway G.I.V.E. Getting Involved Virginia Avenue Efforts Inc.
GallopNYC Gamma Nu Delta
Good Counsel Homes GreenThumb-NYC Parks
GRID Alternatives GrowNYC, Greenmarket
Harlem RBI Harvest Home Farmer\’s Market
Help On The way inc Homes for the Homeless NYC
iMentor J&S Caring Food Pantry
JASA Joshua and Caleb Ministries, Inc.
Jumpstart Kingsbridge Heights Community Center
La Fuente Ladies About Community Elevation
Lantern Community Services Learning Leaders
Legal Hand Legal Hand Highbridge
LIFT the Bronx Literacy INC
Literacy Inc. LiveonNY
Make-A-Wish Metro NY Masa
Mentoring USA MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care
My Own Book Fund National Psoriasis Foundation
Nazareth Housing Neighborhood Charter School
Neighborhood Initiative Development Corporation Neighborhood SHOPP, Inc.
New Settlement Apartments New York Cares
New York City Coalition Against Hunger New York Common Pantry
New York Restoration Project NYC Parks Stewardship
Opportunity Youth Network Organizing for Action
Part of the Solution PATHHSEO
People for Cory Moore Phipps Community Development Corporation
Pre K For All- DoE Princess for a lifetime
Princess Janae Place Inc. PSS (Presbyterian Senior Services)
R.A.I.N. Inc. Reach Out and Read Morris Heights Health Center
Read Ahead Reading Partners
Regional Aid for Interim Needs (R.A.I.N) Friendly Visiting Program Rocking the Boat
Sapna NYC Shoebox Project for Women
South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation (SoBRO) South Bronx United
Special Citizens Futures Unlimited St. Mary’s Development Center for Children and Families, Inc.
St. Peter’s Deliverance Center Sustainable South Bronx
The Bronx is Blooming The Bronx Museum of the Arts
The Children’s Aid Society The City Tutors
The Colored Girls Empowerment Project The HopeLine
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning (LGBTQ) Community Services Center of The Bronx, Inc. The Women Worldwide Initiative
The Women’s Housing & Economic Development Corporation Transportation Alternatives
TriLatino Triathlon Club Inc United By Blue
University Neighborhood Housing Program (UNHP) Van Cortlandt Park Conservancy
VIP Community Services Visiting Nurse Service of New York – Hospice Program
Wave Hill Westchester Square Art Center
Westchester Square Partnership WHEDco
Willdlife Conservation Society: Future Leaders Program Williamsbridge Oval Recreation Center
Women’s Housing and Economic Development Corporation World Cares Center
World Vision Greater New York Young Women on the Rize Inc.,
Youth Advocate Programs, Inc.

Featured Neighborhoods

Eastchester

Eastchester is in the northeast Bronx, on the border of Westchester County. It’s main thoroughfare is Boston Road, and it has a woodland, wetland, and bird sanctuary in Seton Falls Park.

Parkchester

Parkchester is a residential neighborhood in the east Bronx. Its name is a mash-up of the names of two older neighborhoods, Park Versailles and Westchester Heights.

Soundview

Soundview is a neighborhood in the southeast Bronx. It has many notable residents, including Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and musician Afrika Bambaataa.