Volunteer Opportunity

Deck the Halls of the Actor’s Theatre Workshop on Saturday, 11/16/2024 from 3:00pm-8:00pm

On-site, Volunteer must be in or near New York, NY
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  • Details

    Date:
    November 16, 2024
    3:00 PM - 8:00 PM EST
    Schedule:Weekends (daytime, evenings)
    Time Commitment:A few hours
    Recurrence:One time only

    Description

    Help decorate and beautify The Actors Theatre Workshop (ATW) in preparation for our Annual Holiday Party and Class for 40 children experiencing homelessness. Prepare the facility for our annual year-end celebrations of Builders of the New World, ATW's award-winning after-school theater-arts education program, which has been serving homeless and at-risk youth living in NYC's temporary housing facilities since 1995. To sign up for this event, please RSVP here: https://bit.ly/BNWDecorate

    When: Saturday, 11/16 from 3:00pm-8:00pm

    What you will do:

    • Assemble and hang fresh Christmas garlands throughout our lobby and hallways.
    • Repair and hang Christmas lights around our lobby, hallways, studios, and theater.
    • Securely install, decorate, and drape a 5’ and 10’ Christmas tree.
    • Decorate and hang two Christmas wreaths.
    • Do light cleaning - sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, cleaning windows and other surfaces, picking up and disposing of odd-shaped or odd-textured items that cannot be swept or vacuumed. Cleaning products used: Windex, Dirtex, Pine-Sol, Endust/Pledge, Goo Gone, and other similar products with different brand names.
    • Light lifting and climbing on a ladder or step stool is required for much of this work. We have 10’ ceilings and therefore use 6’ - 8’ ladders to hang decorations.

    Other possible tasks:

    • For volunteers comfortable using tools: small repairs include tightening screws, using a hammer and nails or a staple gun to fasten items.
    • Organizing on-site equipment and supplies to create space for storing Christmas supplies and donations. This would include lifting and moving boxes and furniture.
    • Inventorying supplies that are on-site that will be used at the Children’s parties.
    • Purchasing supplies, if we run out, or picking up purchased or donated supplies. (ATW will provide funds for this.)

    Other important info:

    • The day’s events will be videotaped & photographed for our program documentation and communication purposes. Volunteers must be comfortable with this. We will distribute Video Releases to each volunteer when they arrive to review and sign.
    • Participants must dress comfortably: sneakers / flat shoes and clothes they can move around in.
    • Due to the popularity of these events, participants who sign-up should arrive PROMPTLY and stay for the whole event.
    • Participants with fir or pine tree pollen allergies should take allergy medication before arriving.

    Participants will be split into smaller groups to complete the overall. Please bring a can-do attitude to the work for the day!

    #theater #homelessness #children #community #holiday

    Help decorate and beautify The Actors Theatre Workshop (ATW) in preparation for our Annual Holiday Party and Class for 40 children experiencing homelessness. Prepare the facility for our annual year-end celebrations of Builders of the New World, ATW's award-winning after-school theater-arts education program, which has been serving homeless and at-risk youth living in NYC's temporary housing facilities since 1995. To sign up for this event, please RSVP here: https://bit.ly/BNWDecorate

    When: Saturday, 11/16 from 3:00pm-8:00pm

    What you will do:

    • Assemble and hang fresh Christmas garlands throughout our lobby and hallways.
    • Repair and hang Christmas lights around our lobby, hallways, studios, and theater.
    • Securely install, decorate, and drape a 5’ and 10’ Christmas tree.
    • Decorate and hang two Christmas wreaths.
    • Do light cleaning - sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, cleaning windows and other surfaces, picking up and disposing of odd-shaped or odd-textured items that…

    Location

    On-site
    145 W. 28th Street, New York, NY 10001, United States
    3rd Floor

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