This Meetup Group is reserved for RAINN volunteers who staff the National Sexual Assault Online Hotline and live near New York City. RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) is the nation's largest anti-sexual violence organization and was named one of "America's 100 Best Charities" by Worth magazine. Need Help? If you came across this group because you want help, please visit RAINN's website www.rainn.org for online support or contact 1.800.656.HOPE for phone support/counseling. Want to …

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 …

Don't let the name fool you! We are for any RPCV or prospective Peace Corps Volunteer and we do most meetups in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens. This is a great and fun opportunity for RPCVs in the New York area to meet and get to know one another. We do hikes, potlucks, happy hours, movie events and volunteer projects. The Brooklyn/Queens Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Meetup is now an official RPCV chapter of the National Peace Corps Association (NPCA)! Wooohoooo!

This group is to promote friendship and volunteering events made up of Asian Americans! We will focus on helping nonprofits around our community and international.  Past events included nonprofits for Alzheimers, Cancer research, Diabetes, Orphans International, Give Children a choice, NEIO, Project by Project, Chinatown Projects, KAFC, Hamilton House, Food bank, Sandy Relief, Mental Health, Animal rights, RESTORE, Protecting Abused Children, After School Mentoring, NY Cares, Robinhood foundatio …

The Junior League of Brooklyn (JLB) is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improving communities through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable. The Junior League of Brooklyn reaches out to women of all races, religions and national origins who demonstrate an interest in and commitment to voluntarism. Some of our volunteer programs include: Volunteering at Do …

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!

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!

Join our group to help us in our mission to serve Brooklyn's neediest! We've been doing it since 1866! We need new faces and fresh ideas and want to get you involved in your community and help create a better Brooklyn! We will inform you about great events, volunteer opportunities and ways to meet other like-minded people inBrooklyn and more!

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. We also offer a free Intercambio (English/Spanish language exchange) class Tuesday evenings. An all-volunteer teaching and administrative staff makes classes available at low cost. Our …

At our Nourishing USA's headquarters in New York City volunteers preform direct service in the community and strive to achieve “nutrition for all”. Nourishing USA is a United States-based non-profit organization. It consists of a nationwide network of more than 2000 community advocates and food rescue organizations that serves in the United States as well as Puerto Rico. The organization supports approximately 500 local charitable agencies operating including pantries, soup kitchens, senior cen …

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 …

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!

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 …

This group is for Cal alumni located in New York City interested in networking and in giving back to the community through volunteer activities. I loved my experience at UC Berkeley because the people I met there were so dynamic and inspiring. I started this group because I hope to bring a little bit of Cal to The Big Apple. Looking forward to meeting fellow Golden Bears!

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!

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 …

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 …

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 …

Enjoying the city after work hours. Seeing and doing an unlimited amount of events , Happy Hour, Museums, Plays, Volunteering, Outdoor and Walks through out the most amazing city. We also have weekend volunteer projects, Dining in NYC, Happy Hours, Wine Bars and Weekday and Weekend Events. A new group with an exciting adventure ahead. Evening & Weekends with New York City!

Hello: I would like to start a group that focuses on planning events to support different community groups in the NYC area. Each month (or every few months) we would focus on a different low-income community issue in NYC, and we could have a fundraiser or event to support the issue. I envision this group to be people who want to help out, and who want to plan and do many different things to help low-income and immigrant New Yorkers succeed. As an eclectic group of individuals, we can pool o …

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 …

Welcome To The Empire State's Finest Friends Making, Volunteering, Movie Watching, Bar Hopping, Ethnic Food Eating, Bi-Monthly Bowling, Social Networking, Meeting New People, Birthday Partying, Summertime Partying, Wintertime Partying, All The Time Partying, Dining Out, Doesn't Matter If Your Old Or New To Town, Adventure Having, If Your Sitting At Home Your Missing Out, Come To An Event And Have Fun Without A Doubt, Photo Taking, Museum Hopping, Travel Across The City, Travel Across The State, …

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 …

This group is an independent volunteer group for anyone interested in supporting the Brooklyn Public Library.  We will have one event organizer for each branch of our library system that will use this Meetup group to promote the efforts of their branch and give the larger membership a chance to participate and help as needed.  So ladies and gentlemen, take out your library cards, or get a new library card and let's support Brooklyn's crown jewel.

This group is for charity lovers. If you want to help other girls, children and women in different parts of Africa. We will focus on education, eye openers, volunteering. Potential members are those who are interested in charity works, and or volunteering. A little goes a very long way.

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 …

Sierra Club Inner City Outings is a community outreach program that provides opportunities for urban youth and adults to explore, enjoy and protect the natural world. We are a one hundred percent volunteer organization working to provide young people with outdoor and wilderness experiences, environmental education, leadership training, and positive group experiences while imbuing in them a love of nature and the outdoors. View the general NYC ICO website for more information: http://nycico.s …