Rochester, NY

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Volunteers Needed Index

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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Have an Interest in Volunteering?
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   volunteers in a specific area.
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  (The page lists the contact person, email address, phone number, and details on the volunteer skills requested.)
- Call or email the contact person at the agency to get details on volunteering.   

Volunteer Categories
General (various)
Activities & Programs
Administrative, Professional, Planning, Grants
Animal Care, Work with Animals
Baby & Child Care
Camping Programs
Caregivers, Companions, Friendly Visitors
Computer & Technology Applications
Drivers, Transportation, Delivery
Education, Tutors, Docents, Facilitators
Food Preparation & Service
Fundraising Administration

Gardening, Landscaping, Yard Work
Gift Shops, Retail Sales
Housekeeping, Cleaning
Maintenance, Repair, Painting, Skilled Trades
Medical
Mentors
Office, Clerical, Receptionists
Publicity, Promotion, Advocacy
Readers
Speakers
Special Events
Supplies: Clothing, Food, Donations
Telephone Calling & Counseling

General Volunteer Opportunities
This category consists of all of the volunteer opportunities that do not fit into other specific categories.
AIDS Care (numerous opportunities for individuals or groups)
Alternatives for Battered Women (contact agency for info)
Alzheimer's Association (photography/videography)
American Red Cross New York-Penn Blood Region (warehouse assemblers, blood drive hosts & sponsors, blood drive volunteers)
Asbury Dining & Caring Center (professional hair stylists to cut hair)
Birthright of Rochester (call for opportunities)
CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) (help with special projects)
Catholic Family Center (CFC) (translating, immigration assistants)
CFC Hannick Hall (groups to sponsor baby showers)
CFC Refugee & Immigration (interpreting & translating services)
Center for Youth (Teen Court jurors, teen lawyers: prosecution and defense counsel)
Church Women United in Rochester and Vicinity (court observers, singers for choir to perform at nursing homes & senior centers)
Cobblestone Arts Center (musicians, vocalists, dance and art assistants)
Coffee Connection/Project Empower (decorating)
Community Lutheran Ministry (coaches for basketball teams, plan a fishing trip for teens)
The Community Place - Aging Services (sponsors for events and activities)
ConKerr Cancer, Rochester Charter (sewing volunteers, card makers, Sew Day hosts and helpers)
Cottage Grove - a Rochester Presbyterian Home Residence (chorus: sing with elders, entertainers)
CP Rochester (swim volunteers: work with preschool children)
Craft Bits and Pieces (many volunteer opportunities)
Dream Factory of Rochester (meet with potential dream children, help fulfill dreams)
East House (recruiters, HR people for Job Club)
Genesee Valley Nordic Ski Patrol (ski patrol volunteers to help patrol Mendon Ponds Park, Harriet Hollister State Park, and Cumming Nature Center)
Golisano Children's Hospital (see website: www.urmc.rochester.edu/childrens-hospital)
GRCC - Faith In Action Network (general volunteers: on call as needed)
Heritage Christian Services (sports coaches to support recreational athletic activities; assist art therapist with supplies and cleanup during painting sessions)
Hilton Parma Emergency Food Shelf (businesses willing to have donation boxes at their sites)
Hochstein School of Music & Dance (distribute printed materials in Rochester area)
Hope Hall (many varied opportunities)
Jewish Community Center (ushers and backstage volunteers for Arts Dept.)
Junior League of Rochester (women committed to voluntarism)
Lakeside Beikirch Care Center (volunteers with expertise; chefs, bakers, musicians, dancers, artists, etc.)
Lakeside Foundation, Inc. (help with beautification of the entire health system)
Linda's Cupboard at Hope Hall (contact Sister Diana for specific needs)
New York Museum of Transportation (design and build exhibits, run model RR, run trolleys and track cars on full-size track)
Open Door Mission (chapel service, Bible study leader)
Penfield Symphony Orchestra (assist at ticket tables and usher services)
Out of the Darkness (live-in house managers)
Planned Parenthood - Roch/Syr Region (see website: www.pprsr.org)
Rochester Childfirst Network (art direction/graphic artist)
The Rochester Gay Men's Chorus (ushers for concerts)
Rochester Museum & Science Center (exhibit maintenance)
Rochester Music Coalition (run sound system for events, film crew)
Ronald McDonald House (various duties - please contact agency at www.ronaldshouse.com)
RSVP of Livingston County (respite providers for caregivers)
RSVP of Monroe County (financial & medical insurance counselors, disaster preparation & services, short-term opportunities)
Safe Journey (furniture committee)
Salvation Army - Rochester Area Services
(college internships for men, women, and youth shelters)
Society for Protection & Care of Children (monitor visits between children and parents)
Women Helping Girls (assist with college applications, assist with newsletter, photograph monthly events)
YWCA of Rochester and Monroe County (please call for volunteer opportunities)

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Activities & Programs
ABVI-Goodwill (adults to assist at monthly recreation events)
Alzheimer's Association (supportive activity project manager)
Angels of Mercy (volunteers for projects and programs)
Autism Council of Rochester (assist with recreation and social events)
Catholic Family Center (CFC) (provide evening program for kids & moms, Zumba instructor)
Center for Youth (assist with after-school programs)
Charles Settlement House (program assistants)
Cottage Grove - a Rochester Presbyterian Home Residence (men's group, cooking club, art club, recreation assistant)
CP Rochester (assist with recreational programs)
Episcopal SeniorLife Communities (recreation assistant)
Family Service Communities (assist with Bingo, craft projects)
The Friendly Home (assist with recreation programs)
Girls on the Run of Greater Rochester (head running coaches and assistant coaches)
Hickok Center for Brain Injury (assist with social outings & community programs; help with day programs: art, computers, cooking, etc.)
The House of Mercy (help run a program for children and families)
Independent Living for Seniors (day-center helpers)
LDA Life and Learning Services (organize recreational outings)
LifeTimes ADHC (help lead group, help seniors create projects, play cards, etc.)
Monroe Community Hospital
(participate in social activities)

National Multiple Sclerosis Society (help with wellness programs & special events)
National Parkinson Foundation Greater Rochester (Parkinson Café coordinator)
Rochester Family Mission
(help with holiday projects)
St. John's Home (Bingo volunteers)
Sojourner House at Pathstone (assist with arts programs weekly)
Two Doors Community Resource Center (help with SKILLS program)
Volunteers of America - Western New York (birthday party helpers)
Women Helping Girls (assist with events/activities)

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Administrative, Professional, Planning, Grant Writing
American Cancer Society Hope Lodge Hospitality House (serve on RocHOPE Young Professionals committee)
Autism Council of Rochester (grant writing, fund development events, board members, fiscal advisor)
Braddock Bay Raptor Research (grant writers)
Bridges for Brain Injury (board members)
Brockport Ecumenical Food Shelf (grant writers)
Carlson MetroCenter YMCA (member services)
Catholic Family Center (CFC) (professionals for advice & guidance,  job-hiring managers & owners)
Children Awaiting Parents (marketing, public relations)
Church Women United in Rochester and Vicinity (board members: committees and projects)
Coffee Connection/Project Empower
(management, marketing, PR)
The Community Place - Aging Services (advancement committee, marketing volunteers & interns)
Disciples for Christ Community Outreach (youth volunteer coordinators)
Flower City Habitat for Humanity (committee members)
Girl Scouts of Western New York (troop leaders, group leaders, program consultants)
Huntington's Disease Society of America - Upstate New York Chapter (grant writing)
Jefferson Avenue Childhood Development Center (grant writer)
LDA Life and Learning Services (coordinate volunteers)
Life Solutions Food Pantry of Hamlin (grant writing)
National Multiple Sclerosis Society (volunteer liaisons, event planning committee members)
National Parkinson Foundation Greater Rochester (committee members for Moving Day in September)
New York Museum of Transportation (legal assistance)
Oregon Leopold Child Care Center (fundraising and grant writing)
Penfield Symphony Orchestra(board member: strong organizational & public relations skills)
PRALID (People Rebuilding and Living in Dignity (grant research)
Recovery Houses of Rochester (bookkeeper)
Regional Center for Independent Living (board members, event planning)
Relay For Life of Greece (committee members for 2013 Relay for Life, marketing help with local community partners)
Rise Up Rochester (grant research/writer, administrators)
Safe Journey (advisory board, committee members)
St. Kateri School (grant writer)
St. Vincent DePaul Society (grant writer)
Saint's Place (public relations/marketing, fundraising committee, grant-writing strategies and activities)
Second Chance Bird Rescue (grant writers)
Shepherd Home (experienced grant writer, experienced Board of Directors candidates)
Spiritus Christi Mental Health Center (fundraisers, grant writers)
Sweden Senior Center (research grants)
Webster Comfort Care Home (marketing & advertising person)

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Animal Care, Work with Animals
Bridges for Brain Injury (pet therapy)
CP Rochester (assist with horseback riding)
EquiCenter, Inc. (assist during therapeutic horseback riding lessons, assist with grooming and saddling horses)
Four-Legged Friends Animal Adoptions (foster homes for dogs & cats, assist in staffing adoption events,  build cat trees, provide outdoor homes for cats in need, build shelters for free-roaming cats, etc.)
GRASP (temporary foster homes for cats, kittens, and dogs)
Heritage Christian Services (leaders and side walkers for disabled people while riding a horse)
H.O.R.S.E. Rescue & Sanctuary(experienced or not: help at horse rescue & sanctuary)
Lollypop Farm, the Humane Society of Greater Rochester (animal care, dog walking, pet-assisted therapy, meeters, greeters)
Northeast Boston Terrier Rescue (NEBTR (foster homes for terriers)
Nuts for Mutts Rescue, Inc. (foster homes for dogs, play with dogs at the center)
Paws and Purrs Rescue, Inc. (urgent: foster homes for dogs, cats, other small animals; workers for adoption events, fundraisers, events planning)
Rochester Animal Services (walk dogs, bathe animals, animal care, help potential adopters identify an animal for their home, take pictures of animals, spay/neuter program)
Second Chance Bird Rescue (clean cages)

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Baby & Childcare
Carlson MetroCenter YMCA (childcare)
Catholic Family Center (CFC) (baby sitters)
CFC Hannick Hall (baby care before 8 weeks of age)
Children's Center at the Hall of Justice (care for children whose families are in court)
The Crisis Nursery of Greater Rochester (childcare)
Friendship Children's Center (classroom aides: play activities, care for children)
Mercy Community Services - Residential Services (child care)
Rochester Hearing and Speech Center (year-round classroom assistance with preschoolers)
Society for Protection & Care of Children (WIC support and child care)
Sojourner House at Pathstone (assist with childcare weeknights & weekend days)
Somali Community in Western New York (daycare program)

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Camping Programs
American Diabetes Association (help plan and implement camp)
Community Lutheran Ministry (help with Traveling Summer Day Camp)
Epilepsy Foundation (camp counselors: in August, for children with epilepsy)
Genesee Country Nature Center (assist with earth camp)
Partners in Community Development (assist with summer day camp)
Rochester Family Mission (summer camp volunteers)

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Caregivers, Companions, Friendly Visitors
Advent House (resident care)
Aurora House of Western Monroe County (resident care)
Benincasa (care-giving volunteers to provide care and support to our residents)
Bridges for Brain Injury (human services/social work, psychology, music therapy, art therapy, speech therapy, occupational and physical therapy)
Catholic Family Center (CFC) (provide spiritual guidance, resettlement teams: help new residents, friendly phone calls & visits)
CFC Refugee & Immigration (welcome, companion, & provide transportation for newly arrived refugees - see listing)
Center for Youth (host homes to provide temporary shelter for a homeless teen; volunteers to respond in pairs to youth who have reached Safe Place sites and possibly transport them to emergency shelter)
Compeer of Livingston County (provide mentoring, companionship to adults who are receiving mental health care, provide interaction with group of clients in staff-supervised setting)
Compeer Rochester (volunteers/mentors to be matched with youth and adults)
Cottage Grove - a Rochester Presbyterian Home Residence (one-on-one visitors, men's group: socialize with gentlemen)
Dimitri House (offer hospitality to guests: play cards or just sit and talk; volunteers to stay overnight at 7-bed men's emergency winter shelter)
East House (spend social time with residents)
Episcopal SeniorLife Communities (entertainers, guest lecturers, transport residents to and from in-house appointments)
Family Service Communities (visit individual resident once a week, accompany residents on outings)
The Friendly Home (accompany residents from their rooms to in-house church service)
Friendship Children's Center (special guests to perform music, art, gym, dance, etc.)
Harbor House of Rochester (staff hospitality house for out-of-town visitors)
The House of Mercy (help staff night shelter)
Independent Living for Seniors (one-on-one visits with seniors)
Isaiah House (urgent need: caregivers & light housekeeping)
Jewish Community Center (friends/mentors for developmentally disabled adults)
Journey Home (Urgent need for hands-on caregivers; also support staff)
LifeTimes ADHC (help lead group, help seniors create projects, play cards, etc.
Lollypop Farm, the Humane Society of Greater Rochester (pet-assisted therapy)
Mercy Community Services - Outreach Center (social workers)
Monroe Community Hospital (visit residents, write letters, read, assist with meals, musical accompaniment during programs, push wheelchairs to activities)
Mount Carmel House (patient care for terminally ill residents)
Ontario ARC
(companionship, group projects)
Providence Housing Development Corporation (organizations to produce monthly or weekly programs: e.g., movie night, coffee hour with discussion, craft day, community garden assistance)
Rise Up Rochester (victim survivors willing to help other survivors)
RSVP of Livingston County (friendly visitors & non-medical caregivers)
St. John's Home (transporters to push wheelchairs within the building, meal assistants, visitors to reminisce with elders, musicians, accompany elders and staff on outings, Bingo volunteers, snack cart, library cart)
St. Joseph's House of Hospitality (help staff the night shelter October 15 through April 15)
St. Vincent DePaul Society (home visits)
Shepherd Home (hands-on caregivers)
Sunset House
(hands-on personal care volunteers)
Twelve Corners Day Care Center (musical person: perform for children)
VA Medical Center (companion therapy, visitation, feeding hospitalized veterans)
Veterans Outreach Center (VOC) (help greet and thank returning servicemen and servicewomen)
Visiting Nurse Service (hospice volunteers)
Webster Comfort Care Home (resident care)

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Computer & Technology Applications
(For computer data entry opportunities, please see Office, Clerical)
(For computer instructors, please see Education, Tutors)

ACD, The Academy for Career Development (refurbish and build computers; trainers: computer skills, building computers)
Benjamin Ministries (help with website)
Catholic Family Center (CFC) (teach computer literacy)
Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse Historical Society (person familiar with PastPerfect Museum Software to organize data collection)
Children Awaiting Parents (computer scanning, technical assistance: Access, Excel)
Disciples for Christ Community Outreach (computer lab monitors)
GRCC - Faith In Action Network (website/social media manager)
Greece Historical Society (person familiar with computers to organize collection & membership)
Lollypop Farm, the Humane Society of Greater Rochester (photography, graphic design, IT/technology)
Monroe Community Hospital (computer assistance)
Recovery Houses of Rochester (web developer)
Rochester Animal Services (take photos of animals for website, assist with website updates)
Shepherd Home (computer skills)
Successful Pathways (update contact and donor database)
Webster Comfort Care Home (computer IT person)
Women Helping Girls (website updating)

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Drivers, Transportation, Delivery
ABVI-Goodwill (drivers: take people to and from medical appointments; shoppers: provide personal grocery shopping services)
American Cancer Society Hope Lodge Hospitality House (drive patients to appointments)
American Red Cross New York-Penn Blood Region (drivers & navigators: pick up and deliver blood)
Catholic Charities Community Svcs (CCCS) (reliable person to move furniture)
Catholic Charities (CCCS) Dev. Disabilities Svcs (move furniture: periodic and as needed)
Catholic Family Center (CFC) (drivers)
CFC Aging & Adult Services (drivers to help clients with doctor appointments, shopping, etc.)
Center for Youth (volunteers to respond in pairs to youth who have accessed Safe Place sites and possibly transport them to emergency shelter)
Charles Settlement House (van driver)
Cross Roads Youth Center (drivers for youth activities)
Comfort in Crisis (pick up donations)
Dimitri House (deliver holiday baskets the weeks of Thanksgiving and Christmas)
Elderberry Express (drivers to transport seniors to and from medical appointments, banking activities, visits to friends, prescription pickup, hairdressers, grocery shopping, etc.; dispatchers to line up drivers for clients who need rides the next day)
The Friendly Home (accompany/transport residents from their rooms to in-house church service)
Genesee Country Nature Center (snowmobile driver to groom trails)
Give-a-Lift (drivers for medical appointments, etc.)
Greece Ecumenical Food Shelf (drivers: deliver food to families in Greece, Charlotte; deliver to people with special needs; deliver baby food and diapers)
Greece F.I.S.H. (Friends In Service Here) (drivers to take clients to doctors' appointments: one day per month)
Hearing Loss Association of America (drivers to transport members to day and evening meetings)
Honeoye Falls/Lima FISH (drivers)
Jewish Federation of Greater Rochester (drive Holocaust survivors to speaking engagements)
Lollypop Farm, the Humane Society of Greater Rochester (animal transporters)
National Kidney Foundation Serving Upstate New York and Western New York (drive patients to dialysis treatments & medical appointments)
Out of the Darkness (transportation)
Rochester Family Mission (help pick up food from Foodlink)
RSVP of Livingston County (drivers for medical appointments, home delivery of meals to homebound, driving & other supportive services for veterans)
RSVP of Monroe County (drivers for medical appointments, etc.; drivers for home-delivered meals, surplus food, etc., driving & other supportive services for veterans)
St. Peter's Kitchen (pick up deliveries Tuesday & Friday mornings)
St. Vincent DePaul Society (drivers for donation pickups)
Saint's Place (van drivers & crew: pick up and deliver donated furniture)
Second Chance Bird Rescue (donation pickup)
SOFI Transportation/Elderbus (transport clients to medical appointments, shopping, etc.)
SWEM (Southwest Ecumenical Ministries) Community Services (deliver food to seniors: third Saturday of each month)
VA Medical Center (drive vans: Rochester, Syracuse, and Buffalo VA Medical Centers)
Visiting Nurse Service (deliver Meals on Wheels)
Volunteers of America - Western New York (clothing & food drive organizers)
Women Helping Girls (drive girls to events)

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Education, Tutors, Docents, Facilitators
(Also see Mentors)
ACD, The Academy for Career Development (trainers: computer skills, building computers; wellness coach assistants)
Action for a Better Community (mentors, tutors, homework assistance to youth)
Alzheimer's Association (support group facilitators)
Autism Council of Rochester (mentors & facilitators)
Braddock Bay Raptor Research (nature interpretation, lead walks outdoors, public programs)
Bridges for Brain Injury (presentations: woodworking, computers, cooking, horticulture, etc.)
Catholic Family Center (CFC) (teach life skills, parenting workshop, computer literacy, GED, ESOL, etc.; tutors)
CFC Hannick Hall (conduct workshops on sewing, knitting, crafting, etc.)
Cephas/Peaceprints Prison Ministries (facilitate discussion groups inside of NYS Department of Corrections)
Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse Historical Society (museum or lighthouse tower guides)
Cobblestone Arts Center (teacher's aide for persons with disabilities)
Community Lutheran Ministry (help with after-school tutoring: math and reading; help finding books for children ages 2 to 12; create reading program for ages 2 &3)
The Community Place - Aging Services (instructors: basic computer class, exercise class)
East House (one-on-one tutors for literacy training, GED preparation, adult basic education, basic computer skills; classroom aides)
First Community Interfaith Institute (tutors in math, reading, and English)
First Unitarian Church of Rochester - UU/Schools Partnership (one-on-one tutors, classroom helpers)
Friends of the Rochester Public Market (provide Market information Saturdays, tours for youth groups Thursdays)
Friendship Children's Center
(classroom aides: children's play activities & care)
Genesee Country Nature Center (tour guides, naturalists to assist with kids' classes, lead groups)
Girl Scouts of Western New York (trainers, outdoor program trainers, panel-discussion leaders, special-interest program leaders)
Greece Historical Society (museum docents Sunday afternoons)
Hickok Center for Brain Injury (help with day programs: art, computers, cooking, etc.; facilitator: keep programs member-driven)
Jefferson Avenue Childhood Development Center (teacher aides)
Jewish Community Center (instructors, coaches for computer classes)
Jewish Federation of Greater Rochester (assist school children with literacy)
Literacy Volunteers of Rochester (tutors: reading and writing with low-literate adults; tutors for adults seeking help with survival English)
Lollypop Farm, the Humane Society of Greater Rochester (educators)
Mercy Bridges (literacy tutors, one-to-one: reading, writing, English skills)
Mercy Community Services - Outreach Center (health educators)
Notre Dame Learning Center (tutors/mentors: English language arts, reading, math, GED areas)
Oregon Leopold Child Care Center (substitute teachers, tutors, mentors)
Out of the Darkness (sewing teachers)
Perinton Historical Society (museum docents)
PRALID (People Rebuilding and Living in Dignity (lead a teaching group for individuals with disabilities)
Recovery Houses of Rochester (facilitate life skills groups)
Rise Up Rochester (teachers)
Rochester Family Mission (help with computer classes)
Rochester Greenovation (creative workshop instructors)
Rochester Hearing and Speech Center (year-round classroom assistance with preschoolers)
Rochester Museum & Science Center (docents, Ask-It explainers)
RSVP of Livingston County (tutors for school children; tutors for adults: basic literacy & English as a second language; work with preschoolers on school readiness skills, conduct health education classes)
RSVP of Monroe County (tutors for school children, tutors for adults: basic literacy & English as a second language, conduct health education classes)
Saint's Place (tutoring: assist students with homework, help adults learn English)
Saving Grace Ministries of Rochester - Grace House (mentors, trades teachers, GED teachers)
Sojourner House at Pathstone (Study Buddy program: one-on-one tutoring & mentoring for school-age children)
Somali Community in Western New York (ESOL teachers, sewing instructors, art teacher, music teacher, computer instructor)
Step by Step of Rochester (facilitators of workshops)
Two Doors Community Resource Center (tutors for elementary-age children; help with SKILLS program
Volunteers of America - Western New York (classroom assistants)

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Food Preparation & Service
A Meal & More (soup kitchen: volunteers always welcome)
Asbury Dining & Caring Center (help prepare and serve breakfast Tuesdays or Fridays)
Cameron Community Ministries (prepare, serve, clean up: Hot Lunch Program & Kids Cafe)
Catholic Family Center (CFC) (provide a home-cooked meal)
Coffee Connection/Project Empower (cooking)
Cottage Grove - a Rochester Presbyterian Home Residence (cooking club: prepare favorite recipes)
Cross Roads Youth Center (help at snack bar)
Dimitri House (drop-in program: serving a meal, kitchen work)
Flower City Habitat for Humanity (provide lunches, snacks, etc., to construction volunteers)
Friendship Children's Center (kitchen volunteers)
Journey Home (cooking support)
Open Door Mission (meal service, coffee service, food pantry)
Out of the Darkness (cooks, food managers)
Partners in Community Development (serve lunch to seniors)
RSVP of Livingston County (food pantry support)
St. John's Home (meal assistants)
St. Joseph's House of Hospitality (prepare and serve lunch)
Salvation Army - Rochester Area Services (food services: packing food bags, serving, room setup, etc.)
Shepherd Home (baking for special events)
Successful Pathways (snack bar workers for sporting & special events)
Two Doors Community Resource Center (help with fundraisers: chicken barbeque, golf tournament, Red Wings games)

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Fundraising Administration
Advent House (fundraising)
American Cancer Society Hope Lodge Hospitality House (plan & implement fundraising events)
Aurora House of Western Monroe County (all areas of fundraising)
Autism Council of Rochester (fundraising specialist)
Benjamin Ministries (fundraising)
Braddock Bay Raptor Research (grants & other fundraising possibilities)
Brockport Ecumenical Food Shelf (special fundraising events)

Carlson MetroCenter YMCA (fundraising)
Catholic Family Center (CFC) (host a fundraising event)
Charles Settlement House (fundraising)
Cobblestone Arts Center (fundraising committee members)
Community Lutheran Ministry (plan a fundraiser for our ministry to children)
The Community Place - Aging Services (assist with planning and implementation of annual fundraising events)
 
Dream Factory of Rochester (assist with fundraising and public awareness activities)
Four-Legged Friends Animal Adoptions (plan and implement fundraising and special events)
Friendship Children's Center (fundraising specialist)
Global Family Outreach Ministry (help organize & establish fundraising)
The House of Mercy (fundraising)
Huntington's Disease Society of America - Upstate New York Chapter (fundraising)
Lakeside Foundation, Inc. (help raise funds)
Life Solutions Food Pantry of Hamlin (fundraising, grant writing)
National Multiple Sclerosis Society (event planning task force members)
Northeast Boston Terrier Rescue (NEBTR) (fundraising events)
Nuts for Mutts Rescue, Inc. (fundraising committee)
Oregon Leopold Child Care Center (fundraising and grant writing)
PRALID (People Rebuilding and Living in Dignity (assist with fundraising events)
Regional Center for Independent Living (fundraising services and expertise)
Relay For Life of Greece (seek out support from businesses, plan & implement fundraising activities)
Rise Up Rochester (fundraiser, event planner)
Saint's Place (fundraising committee, plan & organize fundraisers)
Second Chance Bird Rescue (help with fundraisers)
Shepherd Home (fundraising committee members)
Spiritus Christi Mental Health Center
(fundraisers)
Webster Comfort Care Home (fundraising/public relations person)
Wild Wings (fundraising)
Women Helping Girls (fundraising)

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Gardening, Landscaping, Yard Work
Alzheimer's Association (garden volunteer)
Camp Haccamo (cleanup day helpers)
Catholic Charities (CCCS) Dev. Disabilities Svcs (yard work: periodic and as needed)
Catholic Family Center (CFC) (gardening, yard work)
Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse Historical Society (gardener)
Coffee Connection/Project Empower (gardening)
CP Rochester (maintain gardens and landscaping)
EquiCenter, Inc. (mowing, weeding, grooming trails, landscaping, minor carpentry, etc.)
Genesee Country Nature Center (trail maintenance: trim back trails, lay mulch)
Genesee Land Trust (manage and monitor protected lands, help at work parties on trails and preserves)
Hochstein School of Music & Dance (grounds & gardens: weeding, light landscaping, etc.)
Lakeside Foundation, Inc. (help with beautification)
LDA Life and Learning Services (assist with residential enhancement projects: painting, gardening, etc.)
NY Museum of Transportation (mowing)
St. Joseph's Neighborhood Center (gardeners)
Salvation Army - Rochester Area Services (maintain grounds, snow removal)
Saving Grace Ministries of Rochester - Grace House (landscape work)
Shepherd Home (yard maintenance)
Twelve Corners Day Care Center (minor landscaping: trimming around trees and bushes)
Webster Comfort Care Home (grounds/maintenance, gardening)

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Gift Shops, Retail Sales
Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse Historical Society (gift-shop cashier)
Episcopal SeniorLife Communities (gift-shop cashier)
Flower City Habitat for Humanity (help in ReStore)
Friends & Foundation of the Rochester Public Library (book sorters, book pricers)
Friends of the Rochester Public Market (sell Market gift tokens, sell merchandise on Saturdays)
Greece Historical Society (gift-shop cashier & volunteers)
Heritage Christian Services (store assistants: sort and prepare donations, handle transactions; café assistants)
Lollypop Farm, the Humane Society of Greater Rochester (gift shop)
Monroe Community Hospital (gift shop, thrift shop)
New York Museum of Transportation (Visitor Center: sell tickets, gift shop sales)
Rochester Greenovation (staff our store & operate register)
Rush Public Library (help at book sales)
St. John's Home (Ice Cream Shop volunteers)
Volunteers of America - Western New York (retail store helpers)

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Housekeeping, Cleaning
Advent House (housekeeping)
American Cancer Society Hope Lodge Hospitality House (assist with housekeeping needs)
Catholic Family Center (CFC) (housecleaning, home maintenance)
Coffee Connection/Project Empower (cleaning)
Dimitri House (do laundry: bedding and towels)
Friendship Children's Center (housekeeping volunteers)
Harbor House of Rochester (light housekeeping)
Journey Home (cleaning, cooking, and maintenance support)
Mercy Community Services - Residential Services (polish wood trim, shampoo carpet)
Nuts for Mutts Rescue, Inc. (weekly cleaning at the center)
Regional Center for Independent Living (carpet cleaning, window washing)
St. Joseph's House of Hospitality (cleaning)
Women's Care Center (wash donated used clothes, help clean the center)

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Maintenance, Repair, Painting, Skilled Trades
Coffee Connection/Project Empower (cleaning)
Braddock Bay Raptor Research (maintenance/construction for trails & banding stations)
Catholic Charities Community Svcs (CCCS) (paint interior walls)
Catholic Charities (CCCS) Dev. Disabilities Svcs (room painting: periodic and as needed)
Catholic Family Center (CFC) (maintenance, home set-up teams)
CFC Hannick Hall (painters for interior and exterior painting)
Charles Settlement House (handyman: building & grounds)
Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse Historical Society (maintenance in Keeper's House, lighthouse tower, annex buildings)
Cross Roads Youth Center (painting & electrical work in summer)
Flower City Habitat for Humanity (help build houses)
Four-Legged Friends Animal Adoptions (build cat trees & shelters for free-roaming cats)
Genesee Country Nature Center (carpenter to build nest boxes)
Greece Historical Society (outdoor & building maintenance)
The House of Mercy (basic maintenance and building upkeep)
Jefferson Avenue Childhood Development Center (paint classrooms & hallways, fall and spring cleaning)
Journey Home (maintenance support)
LDA Life and Learning Services (assist with residential enhancement projects: painting, gardening, etc.)
Lifetime Assistance (maintenance)
NY Museum of Transportation (maintenance: mowing, electrical & mech. repairs; restore antique trolleys, vehicles: wood, metal, paint)
Oregon Leopold Child Care Center (maintenance and small repairs)
Out of the Darkness (building maintenance)
Providence Housing Development Corporation (spring & fall cleanup)
Regional Center for Independent Living (skills: photo enlargement, carpentry)
Rochester Greenovation (handy people who can assemble/repair/improve salvaged goods)
Rochester Family Mission (help with building & grounds maintenance)
St. Joseph's Neighborhood Center (masonry work)
Salvation Army - Rochester Area Services (maintain grounds and building, snow removal, painting, minor repairs)
Saving Grace Ministries of Rochester - Grace House (painters, carpenters, electricians, plumbers, general maintenance)
Successful Pathways (spruce up the building)
Twelve Corners Day Care Center (handy people for minor maintenance and small repairs)
Webster Comfort Care Home (maintenance: yard and house)

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Medical
ABVI-Goodwill (doctors to provide low-vision screenings, assistants for children's vision screenings)
American Red Cross New York-Penn Blood Region (blood drive volunteers)
Catholic Family Center (CFC) (medical professionals to provide advice & guidance)
Global Family Outreach Ministry (medical staff for 7- to 10-day medical mission trip)
InterVol (assist in sorting donated medical supplies & equipment)
Mercy Outreach Center (psychotherapists, dietitians/nutritionists, doctors, nurse practitioners, PAs, nurses, dentists, dental hygienists, chiropractors, acupuncturists, massage therapists, health educators)
National Kidney Foundation Serving Upstate New York and Western New York (screenings: blood pressure, urine analysis, blood draws, etc.; advanced practitioners for medical consultations)
Rise Up Rochester (mental health professional to work with victim survivors of homicides)
St. Joseph's Neighborhood Center (health care providers: nurses, primary care physicians, mental health providers, dentist, dental hygienists; therapists)
Spiritus Christi Mental Health Center (licensed therapists, psychiatrists, nurse practitioners)

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Mentors
(Also see Education, Tutors)
Autism Council of Rochester (mentors & facilitators)
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Rochester (mentors to be matched with youth 6–16 awaiting friendship)
Breast Cancer Coalition of Rochester (mentor program)
Bridges for Brain Injury (mentoring assistance with community outings and classroom activities)
Catholic Family Center (CFC) (mentors)
CFC Hannick Hall (mentors for moms who need parenting skills)
Compeer of Livingston County (provide mentoring, companionship to adults who are receiving mental health care)
Compeer Rochester (mentors to be matched with youth and adults waiting for friendship)
Girl Scouts of Western New York (mentors, Gold Award mentors)
Hickok Center for Brain Injury (mentor members in achieving daily goals)
N.E.E.D Ministries Job Development Training Program (success coaches/mentors)
Notre Dame Learning Center (tutors/mentors: English language arts, reading, math, GED areas)
Oregon Leopold Child Care Center (tutors, mentors, performers)
Out of the Darkness (counselors)
Regional Center for Independent Living (assist in youth group, technology, employment for disabled)
Relay For Life of Greece (mentors to guide youth involved in event)
St. Joseph's Villa (share time with an adolescent in need of a trusting relationship)
Saving Grace Ministries of Rochester - Grace House (mentors)
Successful Pathways (mentors for youth)
Volunteers of America - Western New York (mentors for children)
Women Helping Girls (mentor a middle-school or high-school girl)
Women's Care Center (peer counselors)
YWCA of Rochester and Monroe County (mentors for women and girls)

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Office, Clerical, Receptionists
ABVI-Goodwill (short-term office/clerical projects)
Advent House (office work)
Alzheimer's Association (clerical/office support, library services)
American Cancer Society Hope Lodge Hospitality House (welcome & receive guests, office support)
American Diabetes Association (long-term office help)
American Red Cross New York-Penn Blood Region (office assistants: filing, data entry, etc.)
Autism Council of Rochester (mailings, office coverage, typing, filing, etc.)
Bivona Child Advocacy Center (reception, office work)
Breast Cancer Coalition of Rochester (office assistance)
CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) (clerical help in office or at home)
Catholic Family Center (CFC) (marketing assistant, clerical work)
Center for Disability Rights (prepare newsletter for mailing)
Charles Settlement House (receptionist)
Children Awaiting Parents (general office work)
Dimitri House (office work: phones, filing, typing)
EquiCenter, Inc. (office volunteers)
Family Service Communities (receptionist)
Flower City Habitat for Humanity (office help)
The Friendly Home (help with photocopying, filing, general clerical duties)
Friendship Children's Center (office volunteers)
Genesee Country Nature Center (desk assistant: for special events & winter weekends)
Girl Scouts of Western New York (administrative assistance)
Greece Historical Society (secretarial: filing, answering phones MTW mornings)
Harbor House of Rochester (staff house, greet out-of-town guests)
The House of Mercy (clerical support)
Huntington's Disease Society of America - Upstate New York Chapter (help coordinate event mailings)
Jefferson Avenue Childhood Development Center (office assistance)
Jewish Federation of Greater Rochester (help with large mailings)
Literacy Volunteers of Rochester (office: work with staff on filing, mailings, etc.)
Lollypop Farm, the Humane Society of Greater Rochester (clerical duties)
Mercy Community Services - Outreach Center (receptionists)
Monroe Community Hospital (clerical or computer assistance)
National Multiple Sclerosis Society (general office help)
Open Door Mission (administrative)
Out of the Darkness (office skills)
PRALID (People Rebuilding and Living in Dignity (administrative office assistant)
Regional Center for Independent Living (bulk mailings, thank-you notes)
Rochester Animal Services (reception & administrative support)
Rochester Childfirst Network (office support clerk, children's library assistant)
Rochester Eye and Tissue Bank (general office work: filing, organizing)
Rochester Museum & Science Center (clerical support)  
St. Joseph's Neighborhood Center (receptionist)
St. Joseph's Villa (clerical duties)
Second Chance Bird Rescue (answer phones, greet visitors, show them around)
Shepherd Home (clerical skills, computer skills)
Society for Protection & Care of Children (receptionist, WIC greeter)
Sojourner House at Pathstone (receptionist: weekday business hours)
Successful Pathways (update contact and donor database)
VA Medical Center (clerical assistants: typing, filing, phone calls)
Visiting Nurse Service (clerical positions with Meals on Wheels)
Webster Comfort Care Home (office/clerical)
Women Helping Girls (office assistance)

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Publicity, Promotion, Advocacy
Alzheimer's Association (advocacy volunteer, outreach ambassador)
Autism Council of Rochester (development of promotional materials, public relations specialist)
Benjamin Ministries (spread awareness using social media, promotion)
Bridges for Brain Injury (marketing, public relations)
CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) (advocates for children)
Catholic Family Center (CFC) (marketing assistant)
Children Awaiting Parents (marketing, public relations; distribute fliers, posters)
Church Women United in Rochester and Vicinity (publicize events & projects to churches/congregations)
Coffee Connection/Project Empower (PR work)
Dream Factory of Rochester (assist with public awareness activities)
Global Family Outreach Ministry (advocate for agency, share information publicly)
Jefferson Avenue Childhood Development Center (recruitment team to canvas community)
National Kidney Foundation Serving Upstate New York and Western New York (marketing, publicity)
Penfield Symphony Orchestra (board member with public relations skills)
PRALID (People Rebuilding and Living in Dignity (public relations/ marketing assistant)
Relay For Life of Greece (students to promote Relay for Life)
Rise Up Rochester (youth advocates, individuals with a passion to see a reduction in the crime rate)
Rochester Eye and Tissue Bank (staff agency display at area events)
Rochester Museum & Science Center (social media)
Rochester Music Coalition (hang posters/flyers promoting events)
RSVP of Livingston County (advocates for residents of long-term care facilities)
RSVP of Monroe County (advocates for residents of long-term care facilities)
Safe Journey (marketing committee)
St. Vincent DePaul Society
(marketing person)
Saint's Place (public relations/marketing)
Second Chance Bird Rescue (advertising/public relations help)
Women Helping Girls (present agency news to community & business groups)

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Readers
ABVI-Goodwill (readers: provide personal reading services)
Community Lutheran Ministry (readers for children's program: ages 2 to 6; create reading program for ages 2 & 3)
Early Childhood Education Quality Council (read to children)
Jefferson Avenue Childhood Development Center (read to school-age children)


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Speakers
Alzheimer's Association (Speakers' Bureau, sharing special expertise)
American Red Cross New York-Penn Blood Region (blood recipients: share personal stories)
Autism Council of Rochester (speakers for fundraising events)
Community Lutheran Ministry (share career & profession information with youth)
The Community Place - Aging Services (speakers on topics: aging well, children)
Cottage Grove - a Rochester Presbyterian Home Residence (guest lecturers, entertainers))
Episcopal SeniorLife (guest lecturers)
Gates Public Library (presenters for senior citizen travelogue series, speakers on topics of general interest)
Rochester Eye and Tissue Bank (Speakers Bureau: transplant recipients to share experiences)
Sweden Senior Center (guest speakers for a variety of subjects)
Two Doors Community Resource Center (presenters: share a skill)

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Special Events
ABVI-Goodwill (one-day events: e.g., Scouting for Food, Clothing Drive)
Alzheimer's Association (work at health fairs)
American Cancer Society Hope Lodge Hospitality House (fundraising events, activities calendar for guests)
American Diabetes Association (help plan and implement events)
Aurora House of Western Monroe County (fundraising)
Autism Council of Rochester (assist with community events)
Bivona Child Advocacy Center (seasonal special projects, represent Bivona at community events)
Breast Cancer Coalition of Rochester (special events and programs: walk/run, gala, golf tournament; health fairs, festivals)
Bridges for Brain Injury (plan & implement special events)
Catholic Family Center (CFC) (setup crews)
Carlson MetroCenter YMCA (special events)
Center for Disability Rights (help with annual fundraising Gala in July, help with Accessible Halloween event)
Charles Settlement House (special events, 95th anniversary celebration luncheon & events)
Children Awaiting Parents (Heart Gallery displays)
Coffee Connection/Project Empower (event planning & staffing)
Comfort in Crisis (help with fundraisers and special events)
Community Lutheran Ministry (help with Thanksgiving dinner for 500 people, gather & hand out gifts for children at Christmas)
The Community Place - Aging Services (help organize fundraising special events)
CP Rochester (assist with special events)
Dimitri House (work our annual fundraiser, deliver
Dream Factory of Rochester (assist with fundraising and public awareness activities)
EquiCenter, Inc. (plan and work on fundraising events)
Flower City Habitat for Humanity (special events throughout the year)
Four-Legged Friends Animal Adoptions (staff information tables at local events)
Friends & Foundation of the Rochester Public Library (special-event volunteers)
Girl Scouts of Western New York (cookie moms & dads, special events)
GRCC - Faith In Action Network (organize and help at specific events)
Harbor House (work on fundraisers)
Heritage Christian Services (help with events at Springdale Farm)
Hickok Center for Brain Injury (assist with community programs)
Hilton Parma Emergency Food Shelf) (food drives & collections)
Huntington's Disease Society of America - Upstate New York Chapter (event volunteers)
Jefferson Avenue Childhood Development Center (coordinate car wash or "Kid's Day")
Jewish Federation of Greater Rochester (help with large community events)
Lakeside Foundation, Inc. (help raise funds through special events)
Lifetime Assistance (assist with special events)
Lollypop Farm, the Humane Society of Greater Rochester (special events)
Melissa's Living Legacy Teen Cancer Foundation (help with special events)
Mercy Outreach Center (committee members for special events)
Monroe Community Hospital (special events: committee member)
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (assist with special events)
National Kidney Foundation Serving Upstate New York and Western New York (planning committee & event volunteers for Kidney Walk, Golf tournament; health fairs, patient services events)
National Multiple Sclerosis Society (help with events: Walk MS, Bike MS; teams of 4-6 for MS Service Day)
Notre Dame Learning Center (LPGA: staff concessions)
Nuts for Mutts Rescue, Inc. (event organization)
Ontario ARC (recreation program: basketball, Bingo, bowling, softball)
Oregon Leopold Child Care Center (volunteers & supplies for parent involvement events, coordinators and food donations for summer picnic community event, volunteers for holiday/Christmas party for children)
National Parkinson Foundation Greater Rochester (help with Moving Day, Parkinson Café)
Penfield Symphony Orchestra (special events volunteers)
Pet Pride of New York (underwrite November building-fund luncheon & June golf tournament)
PRALID (People Rebuilding and Living in Dignity (assist with fundraising events)
Relay For Life of Greece (Relay for Life: plan decorations, help with event entertainment and activity schedule, put up flyers/posters in the community)
Rise Up Rochester (event planner)
Rochester Animal Services (assist with offsite adoptions & promotions)
Rochester Childfirst Network (special events)
Rochester Eye and Tissue Bank (help staff agency display at area events, work on Golf Tournament)
Safe Journey (events committee)
St. Joseph's Neighborhood Center (committee and special events volunteers)
Saint's Place (plan & organize fundraising events)
Salvation Army - Rochester Area Services (assist with golf tournament, Project Bundle-Up, Christmas toy and food distribution; Bell Ringers for Red Kettle campaign, etc.)
Second Chance Bird Rescue (help with and work fundraisers)
Society for Protection & Care of Children (special event support)
Step by Step of Rochester (special events planning)
Successful Pathways (snack bar workers for sporting & special events)
Veterans Outreach Center (VOC) (distribute flags in exchange for contributions for Flag Day, June 14)

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Supplies: Clothing, Food, Donations
Asbury First Storehouse (donation sorters, clerks, buyers)
Brockport Ecumenical Food Shelf (assist clients in food pantry)
Cameron Community Ministries (sort and distribute clothing in the Clothing House)
Comfort in Crisis (put items away, put "Bags of Hope" together)
Dimitri House (emergency food cupboard: interview)
Flower City Habitat for Humanity (staff our home-improvement retail outlet)
Friends & Foundation of the Rochester Public Library (book sorters, book pricers)
Global Family Outreach Ministry (collect, store, and send donated items overseas)
Greece Ecumenical Clothing Closet (sort, fold, hang clothing, etc.)
Heritage Christian Services
(store assistants: sort and prepare donations, handle transactions)
InterVol (assist in sorting donated medical supplies & equipment)
Life Solutions Food Pantry of Hamlin (assist clients in food pantry, help with garage sale)
Mercy Community Services - Residential Services (sort & organize donations to Baby Boutique and food pantry)
Open Door Mission (clothing distribution program, food pantry)
Oregon Leopold Child Care Center (food donations for summer picnic community event)
Partners in Community Development (pick up clothes for clothing distribution)
Penfield Ecumenical Food Shelf (Saturday food distribution)
RSVP of Monroe County (surplus food distribution)
St. Joseph's House of Hospitality (sort clothes)
St. Peter's Kitchen (clothing closet manager)
Saint's Place (sort & organize donations, assist refugees in selecting clothing)
Successful Pathways (boutique manager: organize donations)
SWEM (Southwest Ecumenical Ministries) Community Services (help obtain, pack, and distribute food: buy fresh fruits and vegetables for distribution)
Volunteers of America - Western New York (helpers at emergency food pantry)
Women's Care Center (sort baby donations & prepare orders for clients)

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Telephone Calling & Counseling
Alzheimer's Association (telephone support: making calls to families & caregivers)
Catholic Family Center (CFC) (friendly phone calls & visits)
Center for Youth (phone counselor: provide counseling, information, and referrals)
Children Awaiting Parents (phone calling to children's caseworkers)
Compeer of Livingston County (keep in contact by phone or email with clients on waiting list)
Elderberry Express (dispatchers to line up drivers for clients who need rides the next day)
Greece F.I.S.H. (Friends In Service Here) (coordinate clients with drivers: one day per month)
Honeoye Falls/Lima FISH (dispatchers)
Lollypop Farm, the Humane Society of Greater Rochester (behavior help-line counselors)
SWEM (Southwest Ecumenical Ministries) Community Services (answer help-line requests for emergency food)
Women Helping Girls (conduct phone surveys)
Women's Care Center (telephone counselors)

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