Volunteer
YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE WITH YOUR TIME!
“Working with NHS as a volunteer was one of my first experiences with the City of New Haven. I had just moved to New Haven to be a university student, and I was assigned to volunteer with NHS. My group mainly worked at Sherman Forest, although we also had the opportunity to help beautify an NHS house, work at a community garden, visit the Sherman Avenue headquarters, and learn more from the Community Building and Organizing team about the HomeOwnership Center and NHS’ sustainability and energy-efficiency initiatives. I was so impressed with NHS’ deeply thoughtful work and so energized by their love for the city that I returned this year to lead the same program. This time, we worked again at Sherman Forest (it was great to see the progress!), clearing trails and laying mulch. We helped organize and inventory the shed (with the hope of establishing a lending library of tools) and helped paint and weed at a few NHS houses. I think my favorite part of both experiences was seeing in person the variety of NHS’ work and asking NHS staff about their work, growth, vision, reflections, etc.”
– Kathryn Paton, Yale University
EMPOWER FAMILIES AND REVITALIZE NEIGHBORHOODS WITH US
HOW YOUR VOLUNTEER HOURS MAKE A LONG-TERM IMPACT
Access to Parks
Thanks to volunteers working with our Community Building and Organizing department, residents of the Newhallville neighborhood have access to Beaver Ponds Park for the first time in decades.
Beautification
NHS volunteers helped professional artists produce murals and other public art throughout Greater New Haven.
Cleaner Environment
The rain gardens our volunteers help us install divert storm-water from the overtaxed municipal system and prevent pollution from entering our rivers and Long Island Sound.
“I was so impressed with NHS’ deeply thoughtful work and so energized by their love for the city that I returned this year to lead the [student volunteer] program.”
“I just started volunteering with NHS but I should have been doing it before because they helped me out in 2016 to become a homeowner. I’m gonna be volunteering more often.”
“I feel grateful to have been introduced to this unique, vibrant small city by people who love it and are doing excellent, productive work to support several of its communities.”
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UPCOMING VOLUNTEER EVENTS
