Fellow New Yorkers,

Welcome to the New Yorkers Volunteer website! This interactive site is designed to help you find opportunities to volunteer across the State and to enhance the recruitment capabilities for so many of New York’s community organizations.

Here in New York, nearly 3 million volunteers put in an annual average of over 366 million hours of service. We hope you join your fellow citizens to give back to the communities that have given you so much. We are excited to share with you the many ways that New Yorkers already do volunteer – and how you too can become involved and make a difference.

This site provides helpful information about national service programs in the State such as AmeriCorps, Senior Corps and Learn and Serve America as well as information on local volunteer centers. So, take a look around and find out what is happening right now in your own community. Please use the “Search for Volunteer Opportunities” box on this page to see the diverse opportunities in your community. We hope you enjoy your tour of our new website.

Let’s get to work!

• Sincerely,
• David A. Paterson
• Governor
• State of New York