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"For over 33 years, the Volunteer Referral Center has matched thousands of talented and dedicated individuals with meaningful volunteer opportunities throughout New York City. We not only help our potential volunteers find a placement where they can do the most good, we also help our partner organizations find the dedicated personnel they need to provide their essential services. Through a comprehensive, individualized process—unique to VRC and refined through our many years in service—VRC makes over 2500 referrals annually to a variety of nonprofit concerns including: soup kitchens and food pantries, senior care, social justice and civic services, literacy and after-school programs, museums and cultural institutions, environmental organizations, and health clinics and hospitals, among many others. VRC’s services are free to both individuals and agencies."

This is a search portal that allows you to look for CS opportunities by city and interest.

"At DoSomething, we are excited about taking action to help strengthen our communities – that’s why we created the Strength Through Service program, so powerful young people like YOU can come together to take action and build healthy and connected communities nationwide!

Thanks to the generous and giving spirit of DoSomething members like YOU, your collective participation in our Strength Through Service program has created and inspired long-lasting changes in your communities.

Help DoSomething fuel even more positive change, by signing up and joining our community of active changemakers, in any of the diverse volunteer, social change, and civic action opportunities below -- and earn volunteer credits hours (and a signed certificate!) to fulfill volunteer or service learning requirements for school.

Join in the movement and help build connected, healthy, and sustainable communities. It will take all of us to care for each other!

1. Find a volunteer, social change, or civic action campaign that’s eligible for volunteer credits below.

2. Complete the campaign actions and upload a photo to prove your impact.

3. After your photo is approved by a staffer, head to your profile to download your certificate!"