Africans Walking for a Cause (New York City) Goal: This is an open group for people of African origin in New York AND all others who support their efforts: to promote the act of giving and generosity through participation in charity walks/runs around New York City and to that end promote good health. Joining the Africans Walking for a Cause group is a great way to give back to the community while meeting like-minded individuals who are social conscious, positive, and active. Many of the causes …

This group will schedule happy hours throughout NYC while helping a cause. We will work with bars/restaurants to donate a portion of the nightly proceeds to a non-profit or individual's medical expenses. Happy hours, of course, are a great opportunity to socialize and network with other like-minded people.

"Cooking for A Cause" is a monthly cooking group where each attendee prepares one dish to share with the group and a separate portion prepared and packaged to be donated to a local community organization where it will be delivered/served to people in need.This group is for anyone with culinary talents and a charitable heart . Let's come together for a night of delectable food , superb company all while helping our neighbors.

This group provides events for fundraising, hands on volunteering opportunities and a chance to give back to the community. This group is sponsered by members of the AIDE Foundation, however all 501c3 charity events, fundraiser and volunteer opportunities are welcome.

We are volunteers interested in supporting and growing Kageno's mission to innovative community development in Kenya and Rwanda.

We are volunteer group that teaches tennis as a platform for mentoring and community building to at-risk youth in four public housing communities in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. Every Saturday from 12:30 - 3:00, May-October, we literally bring tennis to the kids by setting up temporary tennis courts within their communities. Each community comprises a tennis "club", with its own team jersey, and volunteer group. At the end of each season we put on a tennis jamboree with free T-shirts, trophies, and BBQ. …

The New England Trail Volunteers group was created to provide local outdoor-oriented people an opportunity to give back to our trails through our trail care projects... We are a volunteer based program, and generally work on projects involving trail maintenance/ construction helping out groups such as the AMC , USFS , Trail Adopters and more..  We will offer to help with  trail volunteer projects throughout New England....

Dating For A Cause (DFAC) provides a platform for singles to connect on causes they care about at charity-related events while aiding non-profits and organizers to bring awareness and fundraise.

Hi. I am a candidate for the United States House of Representatives for New York's 7th Congressional District (Lower East Side, Chinatown, Little Italy, Williamsburg, Bushwick,Cypress Hills, Red Hook, Brooklyn Heights, Dumbo, Vinegar Hill, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Gowanus, Park Slope, Sunset Park, Ridgewood and Woodhaven . This group will be for campaign volunteers to organize together towards the Democratic primary in the summer of 2014. I know that if we organize together, we can achieve …

http://www.sociedadlatina.org/ More than 50 business leaders representing diverse and growing industries will gather on April 13 to meet the next generation of Boston professionals and help prepare them for success in the 21st century workplace. We are looking for young professionals to volunteer to help students with resumes, conducting mock interviews, as well as sit on panels to share their professional experiences. Volunteers will be recognized at the reception following the conference aroun …

Hello, more coming soon on the new focus of this group to expand to various ways to impact the city/state/country/world in a positive way. We will be active in various activism movements, charity, volunteer, community service events, and MORE! More information coming soon, please join us!

This is a group created to bring together compassionate pilots, aviation enthusiasts and volunteers who use their unique skills as a pilot to be a part of the PALS mission of helping people access treatment by providing free flights. In an effort to provide a place for all of the PALS team to communicate and meet each other outside of a PALS mission we created this group and look forward to working on some fun events to connect everyone or as we like to call it by "PALSing".

Hello my fellow social workers!!! I'm a licensed social worker, psychotherapist, psychoanalytic candidate, and member of the Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service Alumni Advisory Board.  Over the years I worked as clinical consultant with the New York City Children’s Services and was a member of the Queens Borough President, Helen Marshall: Task Force on Domestic Violence, Child Maltreatment and Elder Abuse. I have consulted with numerous organizations regarding LMSW exam developm …

We're a non-profit organization bringing clean, safe drinking water to people in developing countries. 100% of all public donations directly fund water projects. We're excited to have you join our group of amazing volunteers!

Volunteers are needed on the first Saturday of each month from 2 pm to 4 pm to help make sandwiches and prepare take out lunches for a church sponsored soup kitchen.

I would like to think of this new group as a "flash mob" for volunteering:) By further defination, a large group of people that commit to volunteering for one day - at a pre-determined time - at a deserving non-profit. Each month we would choose a different entity to "angel". It is my hope that we can offer a day to go out and complete a wish list - making a big impact in one swoop. The wish list can be anything from painting a room, cleaning, landscaping, moving, setting up cages, helping with …

Mission of Community Service ~ Long Island Assisting members/potential volunteers with finding their volunteer potential while supporting various charities and causes throughout Long Island, NY ·         to bring as many members/potential volunteers together in a variety of ways for a variety of reasons -  anyone who has a desire to take an active role in a world bigger than them is more than welcome to do so ·         to come together to do a variety of good deeds through various types of even …

Party4aCause (www.p4acnyc.org) is an organization led by a group of young, active New York City professionals dedicated to supporting the local community through social fundraising events and bringing others closer to the cause. In 2006, Party4aCause was founded to serve a wide range of charities through fundraising events. Since our first social fundraiser, we have worked closely with local charities in each of our events and have strived to connect people with the cause . Over these years, we …

Volunteer teams are needed to participate in the muck out and mold suppression of homes in the Rockaways, Staten Island and Brooklyn with World Cares Center. Volunteers will be matched with an experienced team lead and perform basics of home muck outs. Personal safety equipment and muck out equipment will be provided. On occasion, tools (wrenches, screwdrivers, etc.) are useful for mucking out homes. If you have access to this equipment and are willing to use them for this task, please bring the …

Blue Economics is a volunteer organization that strives for economic development in impoverished communities through strategic capacity building. The broadest definition of capacity building is aiding individuals and institutions by solving inefficiencies and breaking barriers that prevent individuals and communities realize all their economic opportunities. We are a group of talented and passionate fulltime professionals from diverse backgrounds including finance, marketing, media, education, n …

CMG Fundraising Foundation is proud to be the official fundraising organization for Sensory Bullets and The Westchester Autism and Asperger’s Group. CMG Fundraising Foundation is here to raise funds for advocates, providers (both individual and professional), organizations and the children, adults and families that they serve who have and live with Sensory Processing Disorder and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder and for medical institutions to continue research into these epidemic neurodevelopmental …

This group will participate in community events with the sole purpose of fundraising to raise money for research for the blind. Each April, the Foundation Fighting Blindness hosts a Visionwalk in Central Park, and this year the event is on April 20th. Our goal will be to form a team to walk in the event, as well as to raise money to support us in our walk. Prior to the walk, there are 3 kickoff events in NYC; we will meet others with passion for making a difference. Kickoff events will be a grea …

How can we do the most good in the world? What are the best charities? Which causes are most important? How can we best use our money and time to make a difference? And how do we do that without going nuts? Let's get together and talk about that.

Calling all data do-gooders: DataKind NYC is a meetup for the New York chapter of DataKind, a community of data scientists and non-profits working together to better collect, analyze, and visualize data in the service of humanity. DataKind encourages local meetups to share ideas, collaborate across communities, discuss new tools and practices, and help bring about a better world through data for social causes. Come hang out with other conscientious dataists and tech-savvy social innovators doin …

This is a group for people who want to find ways to help others in need. We might volunteer at soup kitchens, organize fundraisers to help the needy, collect coats, blankets, clothes, etc. Deliver food to the sick or old. Help animal shelters with fundraisers, food, bedding, etc. We can meet to discuss our ideas, volunteer together and make like minded friends in the process.

We are a local charity who has held Christmas Parties for kids in need three years in a row. Our first year a small group of volunteers got together and bought presents we rented a hall and had children from needy families for food, music and Santa and all the kids got gifts and photo opportunities with Santa. Or second year we were multiplied everything by ten as we were awarded over five hundred toys to give away by one donor and many more contributed. We had our party for children and many mo …

If you are looking for a simple, efficient way to volunteer. Friends in Need holds feeding program every Saturday at Tompkins Square Park and we are in need of volunteers!

We facilitate meaningful media making by partnering with local and international NGOs and non-profits. Sometimes called advocacy journalism, citizen journalism, humanitarian media, or just simply documentary film and photography. Our members create stories to help cause positive social change by helping the small organizations who are solving the world's biggest problems and injustices. These meetups serve the purpose of collaborating, educating, socializing, networking, awareness building and …