NYC At Your Service
The folks in Bloomberg’s office are doing great things to lead a prominent service initiative as part of the nationwide Cities of Service effort. We love this because it’s so closely aligned with our Foundation’s ongoing participation and support of AllforGood.org.
“Last spring, Bloomberg introduced NYC Service, an office that coordinates 38 separate initiatives that “aim to improve the city through service and volunteerism.” The initiative went largely unnoticed until last month when City Hall announced the launch of a Time Bank available to all New Yorkers who choose to take part in volunteer activities. New Yorkers will be able to create online profiles at www.nyc.gov/service where they can list their talents and abilities and trade them with other users. Registered users will receive a “time dollar” for every hour they spend volunteering their services; these “dollars” may in turn be used to “purchase” volunteer services from another user.”
Check out more on Oh My Gov!
If you know of friends, family or colleagues in the NYC area interested in volunteering, point them to: nyc.gov/service.
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