COVID-19 Volunteer Guidelines | Links for Changemakers

Guidelines for Volunteering During COVID
For volunteers and volunteer organizations
This resource includes important information every volunteer and volunteer organization should read and consider during a pandemic. For volunteers, it includes best practices for having a positive and effective time volunteering, as well as what to watch out for when it comes to red-flags. For nonprofits and organizations that use volunteer power, it includes critical safety precautions among other best practices.
We suggest both volunteers and nonprofit representatives read the entire document to have a better sense of what is expected from each other to have a successful volunteer experience.
Visit our new Volunteering for Equity page for access to original Volunteer New York! content, such as an instructive webinar for volunteers on equity, a social justice resource guide, and more. Whether you use these resources as a starting point to learn from or as a master changemaker, remember the approach to achieving social justice includes the balance of both increased knowledge and action.

Links for Changemakers
Some of our favorite places on the interwebs to help keep your journey moving
- AmeriCorps Seniors (National service hub for adults 55+)
- Points of Light (Global service hub)
- 30 local nonprofits fighting inequality (Fight inequality)
- Points of Light: Civic Life Magazine (Media for good)
- Interns4Good (Youth engagement)
- Noambramson.org (#Newrostrong News)
- Pro Bono Partnership (Lawyers for good)
- Nonprofit Westchester (Nonprofit for nonprofits)
- Feeding America (National food insecurity hub)
- Westchester Against Covid-19 (Students for hyperlocal pandemic support)
- GoodGoodGood (Media for good)
- GivingTuesdaySpark (Youth Engagement)
- GivingTuesdaySpark Resources (For teachers/families)
- Idealist.org (Make a career doing good)
- Points of Light Engage (Global volunteer search engine)
- Starsforcars.org (Support Military Families)
- GreatNonprofits.org (Search nonprofit reviews)
- Guidestar.org (Search nonprofit data)
- MLK Day of Service (Join national movement)
- 9/11 Day (Join national movement)
- Canva.com (Design for good)
- Anti-Racist Resources (Fight inequality)
- Greater Good Magazine (Media for good)
- The Acceleration Project (Small business and women empowerment)
- GivingTuesday (Join global generosity movement)
- GivingTuesday Resources (For nonprofits, youth, businesses)
- r/UpliftingNews (Media for good)
- lohud #Bridge2Give News (Media for good)
- Be the Change with Rebecca (Reality-TV for good)
- Khloekares.com (Youth empowerment)
- Fred Rogers Original Speech (Media for good)
- Good Deeds Day (Join global movement)
- Podcasts for changemakers (Media for good)
- Podcasts for nonprofits (Media for good)
- NYN Media (Nonprofit news for good)
- Nonprofit AF (Vu Le for good)
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