ROR GNY does not directly provide volunteers. When looking for volunteers, please consider your hospital's volunteer office, medical students, any local high schools, local universities or colleges, and civic groups.
Please click on the links below for contact information for local volunteer agencies we work with, as well as a list of the contact information for the volunteer offices at ROR sites and universities and colleges throughout the five boroughs, Long Island, and Westchester.
- Foster Grandparent Program
- Mayor's Volunteer Center
- ROR Sites' Volunteer Offices
- School Volunteer Offices
Foster Grandparent Program
The Foster Grandparent Program is a volunteer program that offers seniors age 60 and older a paid non-taxable stipend to serve as mentors, tutors and caregivers for children and youth with special needs. Foster Grandparents serve 20 hours per week at community-based organizations such as elementary schools, hospitals, day care programs, after-school programs and Head Start programs.
For more information on the Foster Grandparent Program click here 
If your ROR program is located within the five boroughs and you are interested in applying for a Foster Grandparent, please call Lynna Carnegie at 212.442.3117 or email lcarnegie@aging.nyc.gov.
Volunteer Center
The Mayor's Volunteer Center of New York City brings together individuals, corporations, government agencies and non-profit organizations in order to connect people and facilitate meaningful volunteer opportunities that significantly improve the quality of life in New York City.
To be posted on the Mayor's Volunteer Center website, click here.
Click "Nonprofits: post now!" in the right-hand column and follow the sign up directions.
ROR Sites' Volunteer Offices
School Volunteer Offices
Click on the links below to find the contact information for the Volunteer Offices at schools in the New York metro area.
School Volunteer Offices
Manhattan
Barnard College
Geri Perret, Director of Career Resources
212.854.7748
gperret@barnard.edu
Baruch College
http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/careers/employers/index.htm
Columbia University
Human Resources Office
212.870.3074
212.870.3399 (f)
City College
http://www.ccnycareercenter.org/ccnyemployers.htm
Hunter College
Susan McCarty, Director of Career Development Services
212.772.4850
New School University
Donna Sweidan, Director of the Office of Career Development
212.229.1324
sweidand@newschool.edu
New York University
Sherrill Collins, Community Service Administrator
212.998.4994
sherrill.collins@nyu.edu
Brooklyn
Brooklyn College
Magner Center
718.951.5774
718.951.4481 (f)
Brooklyn Law School
Danielle M. Atkins, Senior Career Services Assistant
718.780.7963
718.780.0374 (f)
danielle.atkins@brooklaw.edu
Kingsborough Community College
Dr. Elizabeth Basile, Director of Career Development Center
ebasile@kingsborough.edu
St. Joseph 's College-Brooklyn Campus
Office of Counseling and Career Services
718.636.6868
Staten Island
CUNY-College of Staten Island
Brian DeLong
718.982.2572
Wagner College
The Center for Career Development and Experiential Learning
718.390.3181
ccdel@wagner.edu
St. John's University
Career Center
718.390.4500
careers@stjohns.edu
The Bronx
Bronx Community College
Melba Olmeda-Amaro, Director of Career Development
718.289.5908
Fordham University
No information
Hostos Community College ( Bronx)
Rebecca Hoda, Director of Career Services
718.518.4249
718.518.4252 (f)
Queens
Queensborough Community College
Office of Career Services
718.631.6297
Queens College
Dr. Evelyn O'Connor, Head of Elementary and Early Childhood Education Graduate Program
718.997.5387
Westchester
Iona College
Center for Career Development
914.633.2462
careerdevelopment@iona.edu
Long Island
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