Our partnership with City Relief goes deep. Week after week, their customized fleet of buses, complete with kitchens and resource offices, visits neighborhoods across New York City and New Jersey.
It doesn't sound crazy, in the middle of an NYC summer, to join a running group that meets at 5:30 am. That's what I told myself when I saw the listing on HFNY's volunteer opportunities page to volunteer with Back on My Feet (BOMF).
On a free Friday nine months ago, I signed up to serve with Living Waters Fellowship. Since then, I have been desperately trying to help Ms. Isabel on Friday evenings.
I moved to New York City for a new job. I wanted to keep myself grounded and remind myself that the New York experience I get to enjoy is not everyone’s experience.
Lent has traditionally been a liturgical season of ‘alms-giving’, where we let go of our own desires and focus on the needs of others, especially the poor and needy.
For National Volunteer Week (April 17 to April 23), we're spotlighting four volunteers who connected with affiliates through our church partners. Hear what it means for them to serve different communities.
Nine affiliates gave special shout outs to Hope for New York volunteers for supporting their work and their communities during the pandemic's earliest days.