Why Volunteer? - Half Hollow Hills Community Library · Why Volunteer? Improve your self-esteem....
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Transcript of Why Volunteer? - Half Hollow Hills Community Library · Why Volunteer? Improve your self-esteem....
Why Volunteer?
Improve your self-esteem.
Gain experience.
Volunteering looks good on your college applications.
You’re actually making the world better by helping
others.
You can meet new people and make new friends.
Spreading positive energy with random acts of kindness
affects your community in a positive way.
It’s fun!!
Teen Volunteer Opportunities are
available each month at the library.
Go to hhhlibrary.org, click on Teens, then click on
Community Service for
opportunities and to register online.
Lend-A-Hand
Central Nassau Guidance & Counseling Services Carol Otero 950 South Oyster Bay Road Hicksville, NY 11801 (516)396-2795 [email protected] Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum Cindy Grimm 279 Main Street Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724 (631)367-3418 [email protected] Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Vickie Cella 1 Huntington Quadrangle Suite 2S13 Melville, NY 11747 (516)827-1290 Dix Hills Fire Department Richard Sorrentino 115 E. Deer Park Road Dix Hills, NY 11746 (631)499-8836 ext. 133
Family Service League Mary Winterly 790 Park Avenue Huntington, NY 11743 (631)427-6772 Golden Paw Society Pat Comiskey 260 Broadway Huntington Station, NY 11746 (631)729-1307
Habitat for Humanity Suffolk County Danielle Wohlenberg 643 Middle Country Road Middle Island, NY 11953 (631)422-4828 ext.100
Help for People Inc. Mrs. Jaimie 93 Marine Street Farmingdale, NY 11735 (631)903-2480
Huntington Sanctuary & Youth Bureau Jessica Lombardo 423 Park Avenue Huntington, NY 11743 (631)351-3061 Island Harvest Joan Flynn 199 Second Street Mineola, NY 11501 (516)294-8528 [email protected] Half Hollow Hills Community Library “Lend-A-Hand” Project Teen Services (631)498-1290 Little Shelter Animal Rescue & Adoption Center Mr. Stewart 33 Warner Road Huntington, NY 11743 (631)368-8770 etx. 29
Long Island Cares Alicia Summers 10 Davids Drive Hauppauge, NY 11788 (631)582-3662 ext. 119 [email protected] Long Island Volunteer Center Simmone Leo 58 Hilton Avenue Hempstead, NY 11550 (516)564-5482 Make a Wish Foundation of Suffolk County Alexis Alpert 1 Comac Loop Suite 1A1 Ronkonkoma, NY 11779 (631)585-9474 Mercy First Elaine Fraiser 525 Convert Road Syosset, NY 11791 (516)921-0808 ext. 536
New York Blood Center Sharan Bonder 1200 Prospect Avenue Westbury, NY 11590 (516)478-5164 Planting Fields Foundation Elsa Eisenberg P.O. Box 660 Oyster Bay, NY 11771 (516)922-8670 Project Excel Valerie Drakos Huntington Youth Bureau 423 Park Avenue Huntington, NY 11743 (631)271-5499 SCO Family of Services Bridges to Health Program Laura 151 Burrs Lane Dix Hills, NY 11746 (631)253-3504 ext. 129
SeniorNet at Family Service League Slava Vero 790 Park Avenue Huntington, NY 11743 (631)427-3700 ext. 235 Sierra Club LI Group Jane Fasullo P.O. Box 172 Sayville, NY 11796 (631)689-1568 Splashes of Hope 101 Browns Road Huntington, NY 11743 (631)424-8230 Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary & Audubon Center Genna Tudda 134 Cove Road Oyster Bay, NY 11771 (516)922-3200
Sweetbriar Nature Center Eric Young 62 Eckernkamo Drive Smithtown, NY 11787 (631)979-6344 ext. 302
Walt Whitman Birthplace
Association
Cynthia Shor
246 Old Walt Whitman Road
Huntington, NY 11746
(631)427-5240
Created by Alyssa Sorensen, Teen Services Librarian, September 2017
Teen Services
Additional Resources
American Cancer Society– www.cancer.org
American Heart Association– www.heart.org
American Lung Association– www.lung.org
American Red Cross– www.nyredcross.org
Big Brothers Big Sister of Long Island– www.bbbsli.org
Habitat for Humanity– www.habitatsuffolk.org
National Park Service– www.nps.gov
United Way of Long Island– www.unitedwayli.org
