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One of our readers suggested that Uptown Flavor start talking about volunteer opportunities in the area, so here it is, a list of some things you could do in the name of community service.

Happening soon:

• Family Friends: For those aged 50+, join Family Friends and help children with special care needs
• Faces NY: Forging Ahead for Community Empowerment & Support, an organization that helps people living with HIV/AIDS, is looking for after-school volunteers and legal assistants

Year-round:

• Harlem R.B.I.: for those who love kids and baseball/softball
• Community Kitchen of West Harlem: food, people, and community
• East Harlem Tutorial Program: pretty self-explanatory
• The East Harlem at Exodus House: a middle school that has volunteer tutoring and coaching programs, weekend volunteer events, and a volunteer committee
• Yorkville Common Pantry: reducing hunger on the Upper East Side and in East Harlem
• Housing Works: helping New Yorkers living with AIDS — volunteer at the thrift stores, bookstore, or client services
• ABC Association to Benefit Children: Help disadvantaged children and their families
• Ice Hockey in Harlem: Classroom + Skating Rink! Be a coach, mentor, teacher, or help at special events
• Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service: This org works with families in East Harlem, and has a long list of volunteer opportunities
• Harlem Hospital: Various programs, including Reach Out And Read Program and Aging Foster Grandparent Program

Can’t travel? Go online and mentor at icouldbe.org, a Harlem-based e-mentoring program.
If you can’t find what you’re looking for here, try RobinHood.org, VolunteerNYC.org, or CraigsList!