Spence-Chapin
Adoption Service and Caring Since 1908

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Contact our Volunteer Coordinator, Kate Nichols at 212.360.0202 or at knichols@spence-chapin.org.
 

For 100 years, Spence-Chapin has depended on the talents of our volunteers. In fact, the two nurseries that later became Spence-Chapin Services to Families and Children, began as volunteer organizations.

 

 

Volunteer

Got time? Spend it with Spence-Chapin.

The enthusiasm and dedication of many helping hands can touch hundreds of children in need, whether living right here in New York or thousands of miles away in orphanages overseas.

There are many ways to help our efforts to provide permanent homes to children.

 

Volunteer Days

We have dedicated a few hours each month for those interested in volunteering in a group setting. Projects vary and time commitments are flexible.

  • Assemble mailings, information packets or other outgoing materials
  • Call donors to thank them for their gifts to the agency
  • Help wrap presents for our Holiday Program
 

Become a Boarding Care Parent

Volunteers are needed to provide temporary boarding care in their home for infants until they are placed with an adoptive family or returned to their birth parents. Please contact Selena Liu at 212-360-0266 or sliu@spence-chapin.org

 

Organize a Drive

Organize a drive to collect new clothing, shoes, developmental toys, blankets and other supplies desperately needed by children living in orphanages overseas. Or donate essentials like formula, diapers and car seats to Spence-Chapin's waiting babies who are in care while their birthparents make a plan for them. Please contact Ann Hassan, Humanitarian Aid Program Manager at 212-360-0247 or ahassan@spence-chapin.org, or visit http://tinyurl.com/scregistry to make a donation from our Child Care Department registry at Babies R Us. Donations are tax deductible and items can be conveniently shipped directly to Spence-Chapin for immediate use.

 

Thrift Shop

Volunteers are needed to sort and price donations, assist customers, or solicit merchandise.

 
Who Volunteers At
Spence-Chapin?
Amanda Gordon Paula Grande says, “I began volunteering at Spence-Chapin several years ago when I found myself with a few free hours each month. I'm so grateful to S-C for making our daughter's adoption possible and feel it's important to give back, when possible. Nonprofits, such as S-C, rely on volunteers to share skills and talent that they would not normally be able to afford. The flexibility in S-C's volunteer opportunities is ideal, thus increasing the possibilities of my being able to help out. Most importantly, I've met many interesting and engaging people, both S-C staff and fellow volunteers, and look forward to renewing contact with them when we work on projects together.”

 
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