El Centro de Educación de Trabajadores has been serving the Hell's Kitchen community since 1975. Through evening education programs, community organizing and cultural events, we help students learn new languages and participate in an exciting cultural exchange. Classes are offered in Spanish, English and Mandarin. An all-volunteer teaching and administrative staff makes classes available at low cost. Our teachers are Native speakers and bring both a passion for teaching and a love of language in …

Tired of sending your info in response to mysterious online posts? Love making a difference out there? Always wondered what working in a particular field is really like? Want to switch careers, and would love to get your foot in the door? There's a better way to volunteer or land an internship. This group is for everyone who is interested in getting hands on experience in any given field. Whether your interest is in fashion, food, non profits, tech, etc. Join us today and explore the possibil …

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 muck out of homes. Basic personal safety items 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 them to the site. These oppo …

The NYC Charities Group seeks to promote community service and volunteer events in the NYC area. Our events include fundraisers, supporting various charities and non-profit entities, volunteer events and other community service activities. We welcome everyone who is interested in volunteering and giving back to the community. Join us as we mobilize our efforts to promote further good!

This is a group of adults from the tri-state area that desire to be the change that we want to see in the world. Through the teachings of Jesus Christ we aim to be His hands and His feet to serve those around us. We will have volunteer opportunities (local and abroad), fundraisers, social gatherings and fun activities.

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 …

This group is for people interested in the activities in the South Mountain Reservation sponsored by the South Mountain Conservancy. The conservancy helps to preserve, protect, and enhance the 2099-acre South Mountain Reservation in Essex County, New Jersey. Regularly scheduled activities are hikes, forest regeneration activities (third Sunday of the month), trail work (first Sunday of the month), "trash tackling." In addition there are special volunteer days scheduled for community groups, reli …

Our mission is to prevent and ultimately end forced labor and sexual exploitation of men, women, and children. We raise awareness in communities through hosting educational events and speaking engagements. We collaborate with government agencies and non-governmental organizations to establish acceptable preventive measures, identify victims, expose traffickers and users, and promote slave-free practices. We provide funding for programs that support survivors of human trafficking through medical …

The purpose of the New York Social Charity Meetup Group is to give its members a way to learn about aligning with the not-for-profit community and to give.  If you possess a magnetic volunteer spirit, you can help us find ways! If you are a for-profit business, and have not yet aligned your planning with a not-for-profit cause, you are behind the curve!  Partnerships such as these are not only in vogue for small to medium size for-profit organizations, they are becoming a requirement in doing bu …

Ann Pale Kreyol is a group for Haitians and Haitian-Americans to connect with each other through participation in various cultural and volunteer events while learning, speaking and improving Kreyol language skills. We all commit to being respectful of other members and open and receptive to people at various levels of their Haitian cultural awareness and Kreyol speaking ability. My hope is that through participation in this group we help each other to honor the language and improve our Kreyol f …

The meetup is inspired by our global non-profit Enrich The World and our successful full day New York city enrich-a-thon event on Dec 8, 2010. The organization's broader mission is "Enriching lives and the world around us through Education, Nature, Research, Innovation, and Community to inspire Hope for a better future" Our current international project is based in La Botija, Honduras. In order to bring the mission closer to home, the Enrich the World movement is our effort to spread goodness …

Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson This group is dedicated to people who work or aspire to work at a non-profit organization.  Getting to know one another through volunteering, charity events, seminars, or just learning from each other can be a life enriching process.  Please help bring more awareness to the public of opportunities where we as a group can make an impact to our community and friends. Most of all, sh …

Let's get together to share great ideas in philanthropic fundraising thru non-profit pro bono/volunteering and creative micro-financing to help the disadvantage kids, elderlies, the homeless, the unemployed, uninsured, the poor and hungry and victims of disasters. There are alternative ways to tap these funds without going thru rigorous grant writing (not sure if your project gets funded). Have fun meeting other do-gooders, venture-philanthropists with friendly free biz ideas, pro bono volunteer …

Join Us! This group is for entrepreneurs, business owners, and professionals who seek success and enjoy helping others. Whether you've just started college or your getting ready to retire, if you believe in having fun, learning, traveling, and helping others succeed, then I encourage you to join us. The plan is to have a mix of social and educational events to allow us to have fun and grow our professions through networking, while at the same time volunteering to help those in need. I started …

This group will serve as a forum to discuss your possible membership to the American Diabetes Association's Junior Leadership Board. We look forward to your participation in our Information Session which we will be hosting some time in Mid-June. We will also be starting a larger meet up group for those people who decide they do not want to join the board but would still like to me part of a bigger group of young professionals who work together to bring awareness to NY and raise money in support …

Neighbors-helping-Neighbors USA, Inc. (NhN_USA) is a cost-free, highly successful, nationally recognized, peer-led volunteer weekly job search networking and support group targeted to individuals who are actively looking for work and interested in reinvigorating their job search. Membership is open to anyone in career transition, including unemployed or underemployed individuals and recent college graduates in the fields of business, non-profit, and education, as well as persons re-entering the …

This Meet-up group is formed to empower communities through designing and building sustainable structures, educating local workforce in construction methods and establishing community programs that promote development. Communities with limited access to resources will benefit from the group's accomplishments. This is a group committed to making a difference in the world by completing design / build projects for people in need. Our first undertaking is to design and build two schools for orphana …

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.

Help a cyclist with visual impairment (or other disability) to ride a bike with the Achilles Tandem Program. Achilles is temporarily on hiatus while the roads are frozen. Stay tuned here for our first rides in the spring! Achilles was founded in 1983 by current CEO Dick Traum who was the first runner to complete a marathon with a prosthetic leg. Now in its 25th year, Achilles has enabled people from all walks of life, including those with physical impairments to enjoy the health giving benef …

Welcome to the Sundance Outdoor Adventure Meetup Group! Founded in 1980, Sundance is an all-volunteer, non-profit LGBT club for the NY-NJ-CT region. Visit sundanceoutdoor.org We're a  fun, inclusive and friendly club that's been around since 1980! Everyone is welcome. We're much more than this meetup group! We have more than 400 members and 100+ outings/year. Check out sundanceoutdoor.org Join this group now to try us out! We recently started this meetup group to share some of our 100+ yearly …

We've started this group for local dogs of all breeds to get out and enjoy a walk in the park. Pit bulls and bully breeds are welcome! Don't have a dog? Adoptable dogs and fosters are welcome, as well! ***Please note that if you would like to bring an adoptable dog from the Liberty Humane Society you must first be a registered volunteer who has completed the volunteer orientation and dog handling seminar.  More information is available at: http://www.libertyhumane.org/volunteer.php.  You will al …

POLICY & RULES Welcome to our group 2013! **PLEASE READ THE GUIDELINES LINK ON THE ABOUT US SECTION AND AGREE TO THEM BEFORE REQUESTING MEMBERSHIP.** Please donate $1 per game for Outdoor games to keep this meetup running without a hitch. We need to pay the costs of members for 2013 on the Meetup.com website, and the upkeep of our equipment. By requesting membership and taking part in group activities you hereby are agreeing to the rules and regulation of the meetup. In addition, you acknowledg …

WELCOME TO UNITED LATINO PROFESSIONALS! Friends. Culture. Community. EXPLORE THE CULTURE! MAKE NEW FRIENDS! GIVE BACK! ULP Vision: United Latino Professionals(ULP) will be the leading social networking group in the nation, with chapters in all major urban areas. Our activities will continue to unite people and celebrate Latino culture. ULP Mission: United Latino Professionals (ULP) is a social networking platform designed to foster strong connections between its members. ULP offers varied, high …

The Holy Trinity Contemporary Roman Catholics (CRC) are a group of dynamic Catholics from NYC and beyond that are interested socializing, networking, community service projects and events with others with who share a common bond. The CRC sponsors: -Community events benefiting children, seniors, the hungry and the homeless. -Social events to foster life-long friendships an relationships -Community forums, spiritual groups and retreats to help develop, maintain and deepen your faith Join us! I …

Do you live in northern New Jersey and do you want to play lots of tennis? This is a social group designed to bring together recreational tennis players of various levels (including beginners) who want to find partners to play with and socialize with other tennis players. We will have regular meetings to practice on public tennis courts after work and on weekends. We will also have occasionally social events. Please, take advantage of the message board or email group members directly to find ten …

Welcome. We are a ski club run for members by members. Our club motto is "Think Snow" - we do all the time! But just because we don't get snow year round doesn't mean we stop. Our foundation is built around snow-sports and the winter, but our club is active all year round. On season we run plenty of weekend trips to resorts in the Northeast and several week long trips out West or to Europe. Off season we don't stop- hiking, biking, happy hours, beach meet-ups and socializing are just a f …

Ethical Culture is a movement centered on ethics, not theology, whose mission is to encourage respect for humanity and nature and to create a better world. Members are committed to personal ethical development in their relationships with others and in activities involving social justice and environmental stewardship. What We Believe We believe all individuals have inherent worth and dignity, the potential to grow and change, a responsibility to strive for ethical growth, and a responsibility to …

Attention watersport enthusiasts! Come join us for a paddle on the Hudson River! We are a free Kayaking group located at the Hoboken Community Boathouse on Sinatra Drive, Hoboken, NJ. All of our activities are free and open to the public. Our kayaking season at Maxwell Place begins in late May and runs through October (weather permitting). The Hoboken Cove Boathouse is a non-profit public boathouse for the community of Hoboken and surrounding areas. We are a dedicated group of volunteers. Many o …