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April

WALK MS – NEW YORK CITY! 

IMPORTANT UPDATE

Join the chapter as NYPCMA will be walking virtually!

Use this Zoom Link, Meeting ID: 125 322 189 Password: 697722 (NYPCMA)  to share your walk live from your back yard,
around the block; around your home or anywhere you’d prefer.  We will start with a warm-up at 11:30 for 15 minutes.

If calling-in: +1 253 215 8782 Meeting ID: 125 322 189

Please share if you are walking in honor or memory of anyone in the chat so we can recognize them as a network.
If your company is willing and able to match the donation, please get them involved and share this with us in the chat so their generosity can be recognized.

Register Here, the name of NYPCMA’s team is #PCMA NYC Strong.  You can search for it by PCMA or #NYC Strong.
Our goal is to raise $500!

Please also RSVP that you will be participating by sending an email to mailto:[email protected] with the subject heading MS WALK RSVP

Date: Saturday, April 25, 2020
Time: 11:30 AM- 12:30 PM ET
Location:  Online

For more information, contact Vanessa Bass

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POSTPONED due to COVID-19

May 

RONALD MCDONALD’S HOUSE – DAY OF SERVICE 

Day of Service – Volunteers will spend about 3-4 hours lending a helping hand with whatever the House needs help with.
Typical projects include cleaning, pantry-stocking, donation-organizing and more.

Date: Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Time: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Location: New York, NY

For more information and to sign up and volunteer, contact Vanessa Bass
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Date: Saturday, June 20, 2020
Time: 10:30 AM
Location:  Bronx, NY

Volunteers will be delivering meals to our home-bound elderly neighbors,  on foot, within walking distance of the senior center.  Meal delivery can take up to 2 hours.
Volunteers will be given a brief orientation, route sheet/meals and split into pairs or small groups.
Please wear weather appropriate clothes and comfortable shoes.
Please do not bring any large bags, we do not have any storage for personal items.

Meals must be delivered RAIN or SHINE.

For more information and to sign up and volunteer, contact Vanessa Bass
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Habitat Volunteer – Volunteers will be working on affordable single-family homes formerly owned by the New York City Housing Authority and sold to Habitat. No construction experience is necessary as the Habitat staff will provide the training necessary. Work could include demolition of the house to its structural shell, digging out the basement foundation, framing, and other carpentry, sheetrock, flooring, or painting. There will be a Habitat shuttle that drives volunteers to the work site from the E/J train stop to Jamaica Center – Parsons/Archer.

Date:  Saturday, July 25, 2020
Time:  8:45 AM – 4:00 PM
Location:  Queens, NY
For more information and to sign up and volunteer, contact Vanessa Bass

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PREVIOUS ACTIVITIES
February 22, 2020 marks the date for our next NYPCMA Community Service Activity.       

What we’ll be doing?
Volunteers will be collecting, sorting, and packaging items, doing food preparation and meal service.
Please be punctual and be able to lift 10-50 pounds up and down one flight of steps.

Logistics:
Date: Saturday, February 22, 2020
Time: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Location: Mount Vernon, NY

Spots are extremely limited but this remains one of the more powerful ways to give back while meeting fellow chapter members!

To participate:
Please email our CSR Director, Vanessa Bass @ [email protected]
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March

Serving the homeless food – Volunteers will prepare and serve breakfast to homeless and hungry New Yorkers in the East Village.

Due to The Father’s Heart Ministries’ Child Protection Policy, volunteers must be at least 14 years old. Volunteers between the ages of 14 and 18 must be supervised by a parent/guardian.

Date: Saturday, March 14, 2020
Time:  8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: New York, NY

For more information and to sign up and volunteer, contact Vanessa Bass