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With so many wonderful local volunteer opportunities, the question is not “if” but “where” to Get Involved!

 
This page is designed to help you find your ideal way to Get Involved based on your age, availability, and interests. Below are Port Jefferson Village-based nonprofit organizations seeking volunteers like you to contribute time and talent to a wide range of dynamic community efforts. Whether you decide to donate 3 or 300 hours each year to your community, this gift of time greatly enriches all that the Village of Port Jefferson offers to you, your neighbors, and Village visitors.

[/vc_column_text][vc_tta_accordion][vc_tta_section i_type=”typicons” i_icon_typicons=”typcn typcn-star-full-outline” add_icon=”true” title=”Hit the + sign to expand to see more information about each organization” tab_id=”1635643343455-173f9273-26cf”][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Hope House Ministries” tab_id=”1635643679054-212cf5d0-4679″][vc_column_text]Address: 1 High Street, PO Box 358, Port Jefferson, NY 11777
Volunteer Coordinator: Kurt Hall
Best Method(s) of Contact: 631-928-2377
Website: www.hhm.org

How can I help?

 On-site/in person (our nonprofit address or other local sites)
 This organization invites volunteers 21+ years old, exceptions for age ranges can be made for groups
 One-time opportunities available (events, clean-ups, etc)
 Short term (volunteer helps repeatedly over a period of weeks or months)
Long term (volunteer becomes familiar with organization and tasks, provides assistance over the course of a year or more)

1. Preparing an evening meal for 62 young men in recovery.
2. Assisting staff in our Hope Springs Eternal Boutique in Port Jeff Station

Covid-19 protocols are observed at all of our programs.

Mission Statement: The Mission of Hope House Ministries is founded in the spirit of St. Louis de Montfort, who had a commitment to the poor and the courage to do what no one else had the courage to do.  This is our mission: To provide compassionate, comprehensive and competent care for the poor, the marginal and the wounded among us. This commitment is woven in the Gospel vision that all life is sacred and every human person is unique and has the right to be respected and protected.  Specifically, we are committed to young people and families in crisis, pregnant women and mothers and babies in crisis and all other wounded people within our society, who are seen as abandoned and neglected.  Thus, we seek to be men and women of hope in a world of shattered dreams.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Long Island Explorium” tab_id=”1635643343476-95e03b97-4157″][vc_column_text]Address: 101 East Broadway, Port Jefferson
Volunteer Coordinator: Rianna Balz
Best Method(s) of Contact: rianna@longislandexplorium.org, 631-331-3277
Website: https://longislandexplorium.org/volunteer-opportunities/

How can I help?

 This organization invites volunteers 9+ years old
On-site/in person (our nonprofit address or other local sites)
 From the volunteer’s home/virtually
One-time opportunities available (events, clean-ups, etc)
Short term (volunteer helps repeatedly over a period of weeks or months)
 Long term (volunteer becomes familiar with organization and tasks, provides assistance over the course of a year or more)

Mission Statement: Many people don’t think of museums as making social change in communities, but the Long Island Explorium is playing a vital role on Long Island as a lighthouse of enriching STEM programs that foster inventive thinking and serves as a catalyst for empowerment. Our vision is to be a leader in STEM discovery, learning and innovation that will shape the intellect, social values and principles of future generations.

Museum Guides – spend your summer interacting with children and families while sharing your passion for STEM and the Arts. (10 and above)

Senior Museum guides – Leadership position for mature individuals overseeing museum open hours and volunteers. (18 and above)

Maker Faire Long Island 2022 – Organizing committee members. Special event planning, outreach, onsite event help, fundraising ( 15 and above)

Journalists of the future – you are passionate about STEM, gender equity, social justice, climate science, and the environment. We are looking for individuals who LOVE to write, especially for an online and web audience. (15 and above)

Social media copywriters – you have a knack for delivering strong messages using very few words. You thrive on grabbing the reader’s attention and driving them to action. (15 and above)

Management Support – Fundraising, Marketing, Financial Planning  potential pipeline for positions on the Board of Directors) (21 and above)[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Greater Port Jefferson-Northern Brookhaven Arts Council” tab_id=”1635643439912-d7a71277-4071″][vc_column_text]Address: 101 East Broadway, Port Jefferson, NY 11777
Volunteer Coordinator: Allan Varela
Best Method(s) of Contact: info@gpjac.org or call 631-473-5220
Website: www.gpjac.org

How can I help?

This organization invites volunteers 13+ years old
On-site/in person (our nonprofit address or other local sites).
One-time opportunities available (events, clean-ups, etc)
Short term (volunteer helps repeatedly over a period of weeks or months)
Long term (volunteer becomes familiar with organization and tasks, provides assistance over the course of a year or more)

Seeking assistance with various concert series, festivals (including PJV Dickens Festival), marketing materials/efforts, films, and more!

Mission Statement: The Greater Port Jefferson Northern Brookhaven Arts Council’s mission is to support artistic activity in the Northern Brookhaven area embodying music, film, theater, literature, dance and visual arts and all educational and cultural endeavors as they relate to the arts. This mission is accomplished by coordinating our efforts with arts organizations, artists, local municipalities, schools, art galleries, libraries, theaters and other such organizations within the community that share our common goal.[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Welcome Friends Soup Kitchen” tab_id=”1635643493942-09e7131d-d36f”][vc_column_text]Address: Main St & South St Port Jefferson
Volunteer Coordinator: Jennifer Hoey
Best Method(s) of Contact: volunteerwelcomefriends@gmail.com
Website: volunteermatch.org/welcomefriendssoupkitchen.com

How can I help?
On-site/in person (our nonprofit address or other local sites)
This organization invites volunteers 18+ years old
Long term (volunteer becomes familiar with organization and tasks, provides assistance over the course of a year or more)

Cooks – experience cooks with county certification, if possible
Kitchen Clean up – help cleaning up after cooking – Fridays
Community Liaison – represent the soup kitchen (organization) and cultivate relationships within the community

We ask that all volunteers be vaccinated and be able to show proof of such.

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Volunteering is an excellent way to forge new friendships, share one’s own passions, and explore one’s own interests. Volunteers are rewarded with an empowering sense of satisfaction: they deepen their understanding of local challenges and needs while actively contributing to positive solutions alongside their neighbors. Please explore the opportunities above and contact the nonprofit(s) directly to let them know that you’d like to get involved!

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If you’d like to have your organization added to this list, please e-mail 
Trustee Kassay for consideration at trustee-kassay@portjeff.com

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