Volunteer Your Time

During weekly mentoring sessions, volunteers help students prepare for college by focusing on topics such as: Money Management and Financial Aid, Decisions and Consequences, Maintaining Focus and Assessing Priorities, Setting Goals, College Decisions, and Relationships and Ethics. Mentors work on an individual and small-group basis. Volunteers make a year-long commitment to attend meetings on Wednesday evenings from 6:00pm – 8:00pm at The Fresh Air Fund’s midtown office.

Help middle school students with academic skill building in math, language arts and social studies. Tutoring takes place once a week for ten weeks at our office in midtown Manhattan. We offer a fall and spring session each year: 6:00pm – 8:00pm, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday.

Volunteers have the opportunity to help with a variety of administrative projects, ranging from filing to data entry, assembling mailings or light computer work. Whether you have a few hours a week or want to volunteer on a regular basis, The Fund’s staff can work with you to coordinate a flexible schedule. Daytime volunteer hours are Monday-Friday from 10am-5pm.

Are you a young professional? You can help us by joining the Committee for our annual Spring Fling or our annual Fall Benefit & Silent Auction.

For more information, please contact Elizabeth Portland at eportland@freshair.org

Donate your time and professional expertise. The Fresh Air Fund is always interested in hearing from pro bono photographers, graphic designers, and more! In addition, please contact us if your company can make an in-kind donation – items like books, sporting equipment, printing services, or exciting auction or raffle items for our special events are greatly appreciated!

Volunteer host families open their hearts and homes to New York City children for one to two weeks during the summer. Host families live in suburbs, small towns, and rural areas, and wish to share the simple joys of their communities. There are no financial requirements for hosting a child. Volunteers may request the age group and gender of the Fresh Air youngster they would like to host. Click here to learn more.

Looking to learn more about working at a non-profit organization, or need an internship for school credit? Applicants must be 18 or older. Volunteer internships available from September through May. To learn more about summer jobs at The Fresh Air Fund, visit our jobs page.