We have a variety of volunteer opportunities for you, below are just a few examples.

• Easter & Passover Project – This Spring collect grocery gift cards to Pathmark, A&P, ShopRite and Stop & Shop so our families may have a special holiday meal.

• Coloring Book Drive – Collect new coloring books and crayons for our kids in the hospital.

• Birthday Program – Collect items for our birthday toy pantry. Call for wish list of gifts.

• School Supplies Project – Collect school supplies and backpacks. All year round.

• Pantry Drive – Collect paper towels, tissues, hand sanitizer wipes, baby wipes.

• Coin Harvest – Organize and run a loose change collection to benefit Friends of Karen or recycle cans and bottles and donate the change to Friends of Karen.

• Gift Certificate Drive – collect $5 gift certificates to iTunes, Dunkin’ Donuts, McDonald’s, Subway, Burger King, Pizza Hut and Starbuck’s.

• Tag Sale – Turn your junk into treasure and organize a tag sale to benefit Friends of Karen. We’ll start you off with a box of tag sale “stuff.”

• Dress-Down Day – Charge staff or students for the opportunity to “dress down” for the day.

• Thanksgiving Baskets – Put together a basket of Thanksgiving food and a $20 A&P, Food Emporium, Stop & Shop or ShopRite gift certificate for the turkey.  Call for details in October.

• Holiday Adopt-A-Family Program – Fulfill the wish lists of our special children – call for information in October. (We also need AA & AAA batteries, gift wrap, bows, tape & holiday candy.)

For more information please contact:

Denise Tredwell, Volunteer Coordinator

914-617-4052 or DeniseTredwell@friendsofkaren.org