Recent CB&O Volunteer Activities

Volunteering at NHS is a great way to get involved in revitalizing New Haven! We always have a variety of volunteer opportunities to match your talents and interests. Some examples of volunteer opportunities are:

Advocate for the community by joining the NHS Board of Directors. Neighborhood residents comprise a majority of our board of directors.
Participate in our “sweat equity” community participation days to beautify our target neighborhoods and add to the quality of our development projects.
Volunteer to teach components of our pre- and post-purchase education classes.
Get involved with special events that NHS hosts from time to time.

If you would like to participate in an event, please email scremin-endes@nhsofnewhaven.org or arawlings@nhsofnewhaven.org.

Please click the title of an event below to see pictures.
(not all will have more pictures)

Do a 180!

The Yale Chaplain's office brought a handful of volunteers over to 323 Goodrich St for some good-ol'-fashioned basement painting.
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MLK Day 2011

This year's MLK Day volunteer event was an adventure and a lesson in neighborhood stabilization, collaboration, and paintbrush sharing. We packed three different groups of young people onto the p...
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Yale New Haven Health

Another successful basement waterproofing job. Thank you YNHH!
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University of New Haven

Staff from the University of New Haven helped to finish off the waterproofing job of 653 Winchester. We ended up running out of paint at the very end, and the basement has never looked better!
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Wells Fargo

The volunteers from Wells Fargo have set the bar high for street beautification with nearly sixty full leaf bags and a dozen new plantings.
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Seward and Monde

The folks from Seward and Monde helped out in a big way by raking leaves and cleaning up on W Division Street. Thank you!
Lyric Hall Clean-out

The Yale Chaplain's office brought over an energetic and fun group of volunteers to clean-out the basement of Lyric Hall, which had been heavily damaged by a flood. Thank you, volunteers!
Yale Sept 2011

When it's rainy outside and you still want to do some volunteer work, you know what that means... Yep, it's time to waterproof the basement!
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Walsh/PCL 2011

We've been incredibly fortunate to work with United Way. They've paired us up with many of our most productive volunteer groups, and the guys and gals from Walsh/PCL were no exception!
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Yale FOCUS 2011

This year's Yale FOCUS group worked on Portsea Street and Frank Street. With a couple of wirebrushes and a fresh coat of paint, they helped residents beautify a front porch and a backyard.
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