Astoria Park Alliance Volunteer Corps - May 2015

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#KeepAstoriaClean

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
GetInvolved @ AstoriaParkAlliance.org or message us on Facebook 
if you are interested in volunteering. Please note: minor children (12+ ) must be accompanied by a supervising adult.

The Astoria Park Alliance is proud to welcome:

Astoria Park Alliance 

Volunteer Corps!

Here are the dates for MAY:

facebook.com/events / Astoria Park Volunteer Corp
Sunday May 03

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www.newyorkcares.org /projects/ 
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May

 10:30 am - Noon +

www.facebook.com/events APA It's MY Park

#ItsMyPark

Join Astoria Park Alliance in Astoria Park for some family fun as we re-imagine 

Charybdis Playground. Starting at 10:30am, children can create postcards to send to Pearl the Squirrel about "what they would like to see in their playground". 

We will also ask adults for input because it's your park too.  

Other activities will include a Nature Scavenger Hunt and flower plantings near the playground.

Saturday May 30 
10:00 am - Noon

facebook.com/events / Astoria Park Volunteer Corp

www.newyorkcares.org /projects/ revitalize-Astoria-Park

Check here and our Facebook page for upcoming dates!

Thanks for your passion for Astoria Park!

APA Volunteer Corps days are an expansion of our already great partnership with NYCares 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!

facebook.com / Astoriaparkalliance / timeline

Volunteer Corp

facebook.com/ astoriaparkalliance /photos

Thank you

 New York City Department of 

Parks & Recreation

 for supporting our efforts to 

help you keep 

Astoria Park great!

www.facebook.com / AstoriaParkAlliance

www.newyorkcares.org /projects/ revitalize-astoria-park
Saturday, June 13, 2015

Revitalize Astoria Park

ASTORIA PARK


#APAcares

Thank you, NY Cares, Partnerships for Parks, NYC Parks & Rec's Green Teens,  for volunteering in Astoria Park.

Giving Thanks - Proof That Saying "Thank You" Matters [NewYorkCares]

Proof That Saying "Thank You" Matters

Nov 20, 2013

www.newyorkcares.org / blogs / proof-saying-thank-you-matters

I owe 600 people an apology for not saying thank you.

It’s the holidays – the time of giving back – and as often happens for me, my mind turns to gratitude. But this season I feel a little guilty about 600 volunteers whom New York Cares never thanked. These dedicated New Yorkers helped underserved kids learn to read; gave warm meals to people living on the streets; visited lonely residents of nursing homes, and more. And we never said thank you.

A while back, we received a grant from Points of Light to test strategies to increase volunteer engagement. We had a theory that if we thanked volunteers and let them know we appreciated them, they’d feel even better about their experience and be more likely to do it again. We wanted proof that saying thank you really matters. And we wanted to measure it.

So we did.

We tracked 4,600 volunteers who hit a range of service milestones over the course of a year. We systematically thanked them after their 5th project, after 50 projects, on anniversaries of their years of service, and more. We thanked 4,000 people individually one or more times and let them know we not only noticed, but appreciated, their efforts.

At the same time, we randomly selected a control group of 600 volunteers from the same pool – 13 percent of the total. We didn’t thank these generous New Yorkers at all. We communicated via standard newsletters and other mass correspondence. But not one received an individual, personalized token of thanks.

What happened?

We proved that when we said thank you, people volunteered more. Thanked volunteers completed four more projects during the year, on average, than people we left alone. Volunteers in the recognition group volunteered 15 times during the year; unrecognized individuals just 11 times. Sixteen percent of our total 97,000 volunteer opportunities filled just because we said thanks.

The recognized group also became volunteer leaders at a faster rate: 8 percent versus 6 percent for the non-recognized group. This generated 50 additional Team Leaders ready to start new projects and expand to meet the needs of our Community Partners.

We also measured the impact on our bottom line. Previous cost-analysis work, undertaken with the help of Morgan Stanley, allowed us to calculate the cost of recruiting and training new volunteers. We determined that we saved $40,000 in incremental staff time by filling projects with people who were already volunteers. In a year when funding was tight, 80 percent of our growth came from saying thank you.

To be sure, there are additional factors at play – such as the quality of a volunteer’s experience, personal passion for a cause, whether someone is employed, and more. And saying thank you is not exactly revolutionary. But what is new is being able to prove conclusively that recognition has a tangible impact on volunteer engagement.

So as volunteer ranks swell with people eager to give back in the midst of Thanksgiving celebrations and holiday gift giving, I’m grateful we’ve been able to use studies like this to help New York Cares expand its programs by 20 percent to better serve New Yorkers during a difficult economic time.

And if you’re one of the hard working volunteers we ignored, I hope you can accept this as my public apology. Your time matters.

Thank you!

By Gary Bagley

get to know new york cares

APA Thanks New York Cares and the entire community of volunteers.

@newyorkcares  @NewYorkCaresED

  instagram.com/Megcotner

www.nycservice.org

www.nycservice.org

New.York.Cares #VOLUNTEER

New.York.Cares #VOLUNTEER 

2015

We thank our #volunteers and NewYorkCares for the regular efforts to revitalize
Astoria Park, our green space heart.  <3  This of course is in addition to the
much needed care done by the NYCParks and staff. We appreciate the gardening,
weeding, debris removal, mulching, bench painting, and many other park activities
done for love of the environment and of the community.

Our cheers to each and all!

SERVICE DAYS

Get involved in the largest one-day volunteer events in New York City.

www.NewYorkcares.org/service-days

facebook.com // Astoria-Park-Alliance

Thanks NY Cares !

www.newyorkcares.org/volunteer/volunteer_opportunities/search_projects

www.facebook.com//Astoria-Park-Alliance

Getting Started

www.newyorkcares.org/volunteer/volunteer_opportunities/getting_started

Volunteers provide crucial services in every borough.

Here's how:

www.newyorkcares.org/getting-started

Getting Started

Start giving back in your community and make a difference.

STEP 1: CREATE AN ONLINE ACCOUNT

Get started by setting up your own New York Cares account. You will be able to use
this account to register for volunteer opportunities, view your upcoming projects, and
evaluate ones that you've already done!

STEP 2: ATTEND ORIENTATION

You can then learn more at your New York Cares orientation. We run dozens of orientations
every month throughout the city. At orientation, you'll learn how we work and what you
can do as a volunteer.

STEP 3: SIGN UP FOR A PROJECT

After you've been to orientation, you can get started signing up for projects.
Search online and find the best project for you!

PLEASE NOTE: You must be at least 18 years old to participate in New York Cares year-round volunteering.


See July 07 or July 21 for possible orientation in Astoria, Queens.

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

Revitalize Astoria Park

ASTORIA PARK

New York Cares ::Volunteer Opportunities

Spending my morning cleaning up #astoria park with my fav goofball @senglishmusic ! 😊 @newyorkcares pic.twitter.com/U25T6QTMcn

— danielle. (@mageebby) May 30, 2015

New.York.Cares #VOLUNTEER

New.York.Cares #VOLUNTEER 

2015

Volunteers did such a brilliant job beautifying the park. We couldn't do it without them! Thank you to everyone who came out to volunteer with Astoria Park Alliance. The results are beautiful.

We thank our #volunteers and NewYorkCares for the regular efforts to revitalize
Astoria Park, our green space heart.  <3  This of course is in addition to the
much needed care done by the NYCParks and staff. We appreciate the gardening,
weeding, debris removal, mulching, bench painting, and many other park activities
done for love of the environment and of the community.

Our cheers to each and all!

SERVICE DAYS

Get involved in the largest one-day volunteer events in New York City.

www.NewYorkcares.org/service-days

facebook.com // Astoria-Park-Alliance

Thanks NY Cares !

www.newyorkcares.org/volunteer/volunteer_opportunities/search_projects

www.facebook.com//Astoria-Park-Alliance

Getting Started

www.newyorkcares.org/volunteer/volunteer_opportunities/getting_started

Volunteers provide crucial services in every borough.

Here's how:

www.newyorkcares.org/getting-started

Getting Started

Start giving back in your community and make a difference.

STEP 1: CREATE AN ONLINE ACCOUNT

Get started by setting up your own New York Cares account. You will be able to use
this account to register for volunteer opportunities, view your upcoming projects, and
evaluate ones that you've already done!

STEP 2: ATTEND ORIENTATION

You can then learn more at your New York Cares orientation. We run dozens of orientations
every month throughout the city. At orientation, you'll learn how we work and what you
can do as a volunteer.

STEP 3: SIGN UP FOR A PROJECT

After you've been to orientation, you can get started signing up for projects.
Search online and find the best project for you!

PLEASE NOTE: You must be at least 18 years old to participate in New York Cares year-round volunteering.


See June 02 or June 16 for possible orientation in Astoria, Queens.

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

Revitalize Astoria Park

ASTORIA PARK

New York Cares ::Volunteer Opportunities

Spending my morning cleaning up #astoria park with my fav goofball @senglishmusic ! 😊 @newyorkcares pic.twitter.com/U25T6QTMcn

— danielle. (@mageebby) May 30, 2015  

Astoria Park Alliance Volunteer Corps - June 2015

#KeepAstoriaClean

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
GetInvolved @ AstoriaParkAlliance.org or message us on Facebook 
if you are interested in volunteering. Please note: minor children (12+ ) must be accompanied by a supervising adult.

The Astoria Park Alliance is proud to welcome:

Astoria Park Alliance 

Volunteer Corps!

Here are the dates for June:

facebook.com/events / Astoria Park Volunteer Corp
Saturday June 13

www.newyorkcares.org /projects/ 

Saturday June 27 
 Noon 

We'll be partnering with Green Shores NYC (greenshoresnyc.org) 
to give the shoreline along Astoria Park some TLC.
Astoria Park Volunteer Corps: Shoreline Clean Up

facebook.com/events / Astoria Park Volunteer Corp

www.newyorkcares.org /projects/ revitalize-Astoria-Park

Check here and our Facebook page for upcoming dates!

Thanks for your passion for Astoria Park!

Join us and Astoria Park Alliance cleaning our waterfront on Saturday, June 27th at Noon. #dontbetrashy... http://t.co/U9JqaQ4SiB

— Green Shores NYC (@GreenShoresNYC) June 12, 2015

APA Volunteer Corps days are an expansion of our already great partnership with NYCares 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!

facebook.com / Astoriaparkalliance / timeline

Volunteer Corp

facebook.com/ astoriaparkalliance /photos

Thank you 

New York City  Department of 

Parks & Recreation

 for supporting our 

efforts to 

help you keep  

Astoria Park great! 

www.facebook.com / AstoriaParkAlliance


www.newyorkcares.org /projects/ revitalize-astoria-park
Saturday, June 13, 2015

Revitalize Astoria Park

ASTORIA PARK


#APAcares

Thank you, NY Cares, Partnerships for Parks, NYC Parks & Rec's Green Teens,  
for volunteering in AstoriaPark.

Thanks for sharing -
www.reddit.com /user/ Captntripps
Community Involvement

www.newyorkcares.org /search/projects/ Astoria

Spending my morning cleaning up #astoria park with my fav goofball @senglishmusic ! 😊 @newyorkcares pic.twitter.com/U25T6QTMcn

— danielle. (@mageebby) May 30, 2015

Swwan

 ‏@senglishmusic  

May 30
Queens, NY

Great way to start the day! cleaning #astoriapark with NYcares & @mageebby. @ Astoria Park

New York Cares Day Spring [NYCD 2015]

New York Cares Day Spring [2015 April]

[ Enjoy a wonderful Spring #CaresDay with all the volunteers.]

Inspired by what you see? This year's event will take place on April 18th. If you're interested in taking action now, we have many opportunities to volunteer in program-areas/ parks. 
www.newyorkcares.org /program-areas/ environment

New York Cares Day Spring 2015 - Home

www.newyorkcaresday.org/

We couldn't have done it without you. Enjoy the rest of this beautiful day. #CaresDay pic.twitter.com/ugIKU0zbX7

— New York Cares (@newyorkcares) April 18, 2015

@New York Cares‏

We couldn't have done it without you. Enjoy the rest of this beautiful day. #CaresDay

Looking forward to revitalizing @NYCParks on #CaresDay with our dedicated employees & our friends at @newyorkcares on April 18th!


— Kaplan, Inc. (@KaplanNews) April 14, 2015

New York Cares Day Spring is on Saturday, April 18th.



Here's the schedule for the day:

9:30 a.m. Registration

10:00 a.m. Park and Garden Revitalization

Clean-up

2:00 p.m. Thank You, and goodbyes

GIVE PARKS and GARDENS a LIFT
4,000 volunteers. 70 New York City parks and gardens. One day.

Take part in New York City's largest hands-on spring cleaning event and join more than 4,000 volunteers to revitalize our city’s public outdoor spaces. On Saturday, April 18th, we will clean up shorelines, restore garden beds, plant flowers and trees, paint benches, and remove invasive species. By the end of the day, 70 parks and community gardens in all five boroughs will be transformed.

www.NewYorkcaresday.org



New York Cares Day Spring - Saturday, April 18th
Save the Date for New York Cares Day Spring - Saturday, April 18th, 2015  
Spring is Just Around the Corner ...

www.newyorkcares.org/new-york-cares-day-spring

NewYorkCaresday.kintera.org /faf/home / FAQ

What can you expect this #CaresDay Spring? Well Jared is here to tell you all about it: http://t.co/cqx0cDdqXR
— New York Cares (@newyorkcares) March 19, 2015

New.York.Cares #VOLUNTEER 2015

New.York.Cares #VOLUNTEER 

2015

We thank our #volunteers and NewYorkCares for the regular efforts to revitalize
Astoria Park, our green space heart.  <3  This of course is in addition to the
much needed care done by the NYCParks and staff. We appreciate the gardening,
weeding, debris removal, mulching, bench painting, and many other park activities
done for love of the environment and of the community.

Our cheers to each and all!

SERVICE DAYS

Get involved in the largest one-day volunteer events in New York City.

/www.NewYorkcares.org/service-days

Photos by Jules Corkery w NYCares - APA -
student volunteers Fall 2013

facebook.com // Astoria-Park-Alliance

Thanks NY Cares !

www.newyorkcares.org/volunteer/volunteer_opportunities/search_projects

www.facebook.com//Astoria-Park-Alliance

Getting Started

www.newyorkcares.org/volunteer/volunteer_opportunities/getting_started

Volunteers provide crucial services in every borough.

Here's how:

www.newyorkcares.org/getting-started

Getting Started

Start giving back in your community and make a difference.

STEP 1: CREATE AN ONLINE ACCOUNT

Get started by setting up your own New York Cares account. You will be able to use
this account to register for volunteer opportunities, view your upcoming projects, and
evaluate ones that you've already done!

STEP 2: ATTEND ORIENTATION

You can then learn more at your New York Cares orientation. We run dozens of orientations
every month throughout the city. At orientation, you'll learn how we work and what you
can do as a volunteer.

STEP 3: SIGN UP FOR A PROJECT

After you've been to orientation, you can get started signing up for projects.
Search online and find the best project for you!

PLEASE NOTE: You must be at least 18 years old to participate in New York Cares year-round volunteering.


See Feb 03 or Feb 17 or March 03 for possible orientation in Astoria, Queens.

New York Cares ::Volunteer Opportunities