Astoria Park Alliance Volunteer Days - 04 April 2015

The Astoria Park Alliance is proud to support:

Astoria Park Alliance 

Volunteer Days!

APA Volunteer Days are an expansion of our already great partnership with NY Cares and in response to the large amount of requests we get from the public to volunteer in Astoria Park. Volunteer opportunities average twice a month, March through November. 

Thank you for wanting to make a difference!

#Astoria thanks to @APAlliance for clearing the ice and snow from Astoria Park walkways @NYCParks pic.twitter.com/JEJ9jJPyeg
— Frank (@t3knoid) March 7, 2015

#KeepAstoriaClean


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The Astoria Park Alliance works closely with Park Managers to identify need, plan work projects, and facilitate volunteers on the ground. Please email us here at APAgreetings or message us on Facebook if you are interested in volunteering. Please note: minor children (12+ ) must be accompanied by a supervising adult.

APRIL 4th:

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04/04

 10 am to 12:00 pm
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Updated 

Volunteer days. We meet behind the field house. Please dress appropriately and bring water.  Tools and gloves will be provided.

Check here and our Facebook page for upcoming dates!

Please travel lightly, wear working clothes and shoes (no open toes) 
and bring water.

Thanks for your passion for Astoria Park!

Volunteer Corp Kick Off

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www.newyorkcares.org /projects/ revitalize-astoria-park

Revitalize Astoria Park

ASTORIA PARK

#APAcares

Thank you, NY Cares, Partnerships for Parks, RFK High, ... , Key Club and Bronx Science, NYC Parks & Rec's Green Teens, Civic Leaders High,  for volunteering in Astoria Park.

Happy Spring 2015.

Come to Build It Green Astoria this Saturday April 4th 11am-1pm to pick up your free tree! Check our Facebook page … pic.twitter.com/fhxOKhMz3K
— Build It Green! NYC (@BIGNYC) April 1, 2015

New research is shedding even more light onto the surprising benefits of #volunteering. http://t.co/wWUxfHqgis
— PBS (@PBS) March 18, 2015

#volunteering

1. Volunteering time makes you feel like you have more time.  

Wharton professor Cassie Mogilner wrote in the Harvard Business Review that her research found those who volunteer their time feel like they have more of it. This is similar to other research showing that people who donate to charity feel wealthier. 

Said Mogliner: “The results show that giving your time to others can make you feel more ‘time affluent’ and less time-constrained than wasting your time, spending it on yourself, or even getting a windfall of free time.”

2. Volunteering your skills helps you develop new skills.
3. Volunteering your body helps you have a healthier body.
“Can Volunteering Lower Your Risk of Heart Disease?”

4. Volunteering your experience helps build your experience.

5. Volunteering your love makes you feel more love.  

Admittedly, love is a hard thing to measure. But when researchers at the London School of Economics examined the relationship between volunteering and measures of happiness, they found the more people volunteered, the happier they were. Volunteering builds empathy, strengthens social bonds and makes you smile  — all factors that increase the feeling of love.