Community Service
Engaging in the community is core to our mission at HSMSE. Students are encouraged to contribute to the greater good through service, and an HSMSE-endorsed diploma requires at least 100 hours of documented community service.
Students should track volunteer hours throughout their time at HSMSE (download a printable log) and file the hours periodically, along with proof of the work on the organization's letterhead, with HSMSE administration in Room B20.
VOLUNTEER AGENCIES
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Food and Housing Services
- City Harvest
- Care for the Homeless
- Community Kitchen of West Harlem
- St. John's Bread and Life
- West Side Campaign Against Hunger
- Just Food
- East NY Farms
Environmental Groups
- Bronx River Alliance
- Bike NY
- Gowanus Canal Conservancy
- HarborLAB
- Harlem Grown
- Lower East Side Ecology Center
- NY Restoration Project
- Ranger Conservation Corp
- NYC Parks
- Abundant Waters
Government
Education
Medicine
- Mt. Sinai Medical Center
- Lenox Hill Hospital
- NYU Langone Medical Center
- New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Art
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- American Museum of Natural History
- Museum of Modern Art
[email protected] or call 212-333-1252 - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Other Opportunities
- New York Botanical Garden
- Police Athletic League Junior Volunteer
- Volunteer at ABC
- Ace Mentor NY
- Youth Service Opportunities Project
- Best Buddies
OTHER COMMUNITY SERVICE IDEAS
- Form a childcare group in your community.
- Collect baby equipment and supplies for new parents with limited resources.
- Tutor or mentor a younger child.
- Have a garage sale or bake sale and donate the earnings to a charity.
- Lead a bingo game for nursing home residents.
- Organize a coat, mitten, hat and scarf drive.
- Walk dogs from the local animal shelter.