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Calling All Students!
 Before you know it, school will be out and you'll be searching for some meaningful way to spend those summer months. Since jobs are on short supply, why not volunteer your time and talents? Take on new roles and responsibilities, gain workplace experience, demonstrate initiative for college applications, and make a difference in your community.
Here are some of the volunteer opportunities suitable to students in middle, high school or college but more are available by clicking on Looking for a volunteer opportunity? or our Youth Directory to the right.
Are You an iPad/iPhone Pro? Then You Can Help the Visually Impaired
The New Jersey Foundation  for the Blind recently piloted an iPad class as part of their Denville Wellness Program. They are seeking volunteers who are familiar with the iOS devices, phone and tablet, to assist students in their practice labs and classes. NJFFB will provide sensitivity training for working with people who are blind or visually impaired, as well as training on the voice-over and Zoom built-in accessibility features in the iOS devices. Training dates and times will vary based on need. NJFFB Wellness and Comprehensive Programs continue through mid-August (no classes July 4 Holiday).
Summer Internships: Graphic Design Assistant and More!
Color a Smile is seeking a volunteer to assist with the design and layout of new marketing material, including a new logo for this over 25 year old nonprofit organization. Flexible summer hours. Some work can be done at home. Minimum age of 13; wheel chair accessible. Also available: Summer Internship as Marketing Assistant, Summer Internship as General Office Assistant.
Summer Fun as a Camp Counselor/Aide!
Morristown Neighborhood House is looking for summer camp counselors and aides who are willing to help in the classroom (grades 1-5). Responsibilities include: supervising activities, developing games and activities, helping with group work, serving food, assisting with meals, and clean up and set up of daily activities. Minimum age of 16. Morristown or Denville locations. July 1 through August 30. |
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Volunteers with Special Needs Want to Help
VMC welcomed 2013 with an influx of new volunteers and new opportunities. Among these volunteers are more and more individuals with special needs. Although we have been able to make a few placements, we realized very quickly that we had to increase our database of agencies willing and able to accommodate volunteers with disabilities.
This is where we need your help. We are asking you to evaluate your volunteer needs and consider opportunities that might be appropriate for individuals or groups with disabilities. Every opportunity and volunteer will be considered individually. In many cases, depending upon the disability, the volunteer will be accompanied by a supervisor or counselor.
Please let us know if your agency is interested in participating in this effort. Better yet, if you have an appropriate opportunity, click in the yellow box to the right that says Agencies: Looking for volunteers? Please be sure to check the box saying that your opportunity is suitable for special needs volunteers.
Many thanks for helping VMC organize what we hope to be a valuable and life-changing experience for both volunteers and agencies. We look forward to finding the right volunteer match for all our volunteers!
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Our Thanks as Hurricane Sandy Relief continues...
Thank you to all the volunteers – individuals, families, company teams and youth groups – who have reached out to be connected to the needs of our communities in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.
Thank you to all the agencies and their dedicated staff who are caring for those in need at this time, providing food and shelter, clearing away damages, offering child care, collecting warm clothing, and giving a shoulder to lean on for a while.
For those interested in volunteering in any of the Hurricane Sandy clean-up activities, the Governor’s Office on Volunteerism is manning an emergency response hotline at 1-800-JERSEY-7 (1-800-537-7397). Backup hotline numbers are 609-775-5236 or 908-303-0471. Volunteers may also send an email to rowena.madden@sos.state.nj.us.
There are also some generally beneficial collection drives that we all can create, such as:
Donating large quilts, knitted or crocheted hats, gloves, mittens, fleece blankets (without fringe), afghans and flannel robes. All newly crafted, machine washable, laundered and packed in a clear ziplock bag or white tall kitchen bag, placed in a shipping box. Learn more at the Blankie Depot.
Collecting cleaning buckets filled with supplies. For bucket contents and drop-off information, contact the office at Wharton United Community Church, 973-366-8140, Tuesday through Thursday, 9 am to1 pm. 20 Church Street, Wharton.
Gathering together toiletries, paper products, clothing, toys and food for families driven from their homes. Family Promise of Morris County (formerly Interfaith Council for Homeless Families) - contact Jon Thomsen at 973-998-0820 for location and drop-off hours.
Supplying tarps, ropes (rolled and tied for easy distribution), flashlights and batteries to people in the ravaged Shore area. Contact Peg in Brick Township at 973-886-4001 or at pfeyl@yahoo.com.
Assembling bags of diapers, wipes, formula, baby food, canned goods, toiletries and laundry detergent. Project Self-Sufficiency – an organization serving more than 1500 low-income families a year.
You can also make a financial contribution to:
American Red Cross. You can find your local chapters in New Jersey here.
New Jersey Hurricane Sandy Relief Fund, created by Governor and First Lady Christie.
Community Foundation of NJ Hurricane Sandy Recovery and Rebuild Fund. |
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Connect to the heart of volunteerism through VMC
Your gift helps us...
Comfort a homebound senior. For 20 years and counting, our Friendship at Heart volunteers bring much needed companionship to our elderly with frequent visits and phone calls.
Encourage a young student to give back to the community. Students from grade school through college are sorting and distributing at food banks, cleaning up rivers and parks, tutoring young and old, assisting in animal shelters, and so much more. VMC’s comprehensive Youth Directory is a vital resource to parents, schools, youth organizations, and scouting groups. Our group placement advisor adds that personal touch to make perfect matches!
Connect local nonprofits so they can share knowledge, better business practices, useful tools and services. Their shared successes, challenges, and needs bring improved community cooperation and collaboration.
Teach nonprofit board leadership—from policy implementation and roles and responsibilities to fiscal planning and fund raising—so agencies are better prepared to face the 21st century.
Whatever your cause, your dollars go a long way at VMC
to help repair the world and build community.
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Young Volunteers Wanted!
 Are you looking for something beyond the textbooks and the classroom? Why not volunteer your time and talents! Take on new roles and responsibilities, gain workplace experience, demonstrate initiative for college applications, and make a difference in your community.
VMC's Youth Directory lists 55 nonprofit agencies that welcome young volunteers. Whether you're 6 or 16, VMC has a volunteer opportunity for you!
Click here for our Youth Directory.
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Agencies Wanted!
Are you a nonprofit agency in need of volunteers? Why not tap into the wonderful talents and enthusiasm of our youth? Simply register your opportunity with VMC and we will do the rest to help engage young people who are eager to explore career paths, develop leadership skills, and give back to their communities. Everyone will benefit and you will have the satisfaction of knowing that these young volunteers could be tomorrow’s leaders. Please tell us about your volunteer project by registering under Agencies in the yellow box to the right. For more information or if you are interested in becoming a part of our Youth Directory, please contact Leslie Lebow at (973) 538-7200 ext. 13 or email her at llebow@vmcnj.org.
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Changing Nonprofits - Are You the Missing Link?
 VMC works to change the way non-profits do business through our CHAIN program, that links charities serving similar causes. The CHAIN program helps nonprofits maximize their resources (especially skilled and leadership volunteers) and minimize their expenses.
Our Healthy Living and Women's Health and Safety CHAINs are up and running, and we are looking forward to building CHAINs for environmental groups, youth at risk, immigration,affordable childcare, hunger, homelessness, education alternatives...and more. Call or email us to find out how your company can sponsor the CHAIN of your choice.
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