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Community benefit service Project sponsorsThe program ‘opens people’s minds’ and helps the community ‘look at [the Corps members] in a different way.
The NYC Justice Corps welcomes volunteers to help empower Corps members to become leaders in their communities.
The following volunteer opportunities are currently available:
- Provide literacy/pre-GED tutoring to Corps members
- Help Corps members develop resumes and prepare for interviews
- Provide assistance with administrative tasks
- Provide support on Corps members’ projects
- Assist staff with post-graduation support
In partnership with the Pratt Center for Community Development, Corps members engaged in graffiti removal at seven locations, community garden renovation, and the weatherization of 25 homes whose owners will benefit from reduced energy costs and improved home energy efficiency. Corps members also completed a mural on a wall of the garden, depicting scenes from the community.
The Black Veterans for Social Justice Project engaged Corps members in renovating apartments at four housing facilities in Bedford-Stuyvesant. This work included ensuring that various heating and electrical systems were functional. Through training from project partners, Corps members were provided with the opportunity to become certified in areas of carpentry, boiler and sprinkler functioning, along with other areas of building maintenance.
The William Hodson Senior Center is the oldest senior center in the United States. Corps members undertook an intensive clean-up campaign, restored the stage in the main dining room, and repainted the walls of the auditorium to create a vibrant atmosphere for the seniors.
Crotona Park is the largest park in the South Bronx and has partnered with the Justice Corps on a variety of outdoor and indoor projects. Corps members have repainted basketball courts and playground areas, as well as the walls of the pool house. Most recently, they helped design and plant a new garden landscape by building a fence around newly installed flowerbeds to prevent erosion.