Volunteer Now

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.

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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 Samantha Walker at 212-360-0234 or swalker@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 says, “I am very thankful for my family and wanted to show my appreciation to Spence-Chapin. Over the summer I volunteered in the Development Department, where I called Spence-Chapin families about the 100 year anniversary. It was great to meet some of the people who have been working there for years, including people who helped with my adoption, as well as my little sister's. It was a very rewarding experience and I hope to stay involved as I get older. ”

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