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Getting Involved

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Volunteer

Parks Computer Resource Centers are amazing places to volunteer. Our 27 locations enable New Yorkers to donate their time close to their home or job. Volunteering in a CRC is a great way to give back to your community by teaching people of all ages essential computer skills.

We are seeking enthusiastic volunteer instructors and assistant instructors to teach classes on any topic, ranging from HTML to Photoshop, Microsoft Office to Internet, online shopping to Internet security. We are also looking for people who can answer questions from CRC users at Parks Recreation Centers during drop-in times. Volunteers are needed Monday-Saturday during the daytime and evening hours. We require a minimum commitment of 2 hours per week for 1 month.

If you are interested in volunteering, please attend a monthly volunteer orientation/training.

 

Become our Partner

CRCs provide a safe and structured environment for people of all ages to develop essential computer skills. We are always looking to expand the breadth and impact of our program by forging new and innovative partnerships.

Partnerships

• Center For Urban Pedagogy
  CUP works with teachers, students, and administrators to lead programs that introduce students to the decisions and decision-makers that affect where and how they live. Study the design of your school! Find out where your garbage goes! Learn about the redevelopment of vacant buildings in your neighborhood
• Borough of Manhattan Community College BMCC’s GED program created the first RECYouth program for adults at the Alfred E. Smith CRC.
  
• Baccalaureate School for Global Education BCGE has several year-round youth media programs and a thriving volunteer program at the ARROW CRC.
  
• CIS/Power UP Power Up granted technology equipment to BRC in May of 2002 to promote positive youth development through technology, to shine a spotlight on the issue of the digital divide and build a national movement to effectively bridge this divide.
  
• Columbia University Media Department loaned equipment to the Pelham Fritz CRC RECYouth Program.
  
• CTCNET The Community Technology Centers' Network (CTCNet) is a US-based network of more than 1000 organizations united in their commitment to improve the educational, economic, cultural and political life of their communities through technology.
  
• Finestar Imaging Finestar Imaging, LLC is an environmental service company that retrieves and purchases empty computer printer, fax and copier cartridges for recycling from your all CRCs.
  
• The Global Action Project Our RECYouth students participate in video production programs at ARROW Recreation Center. Several RECYouth video projects have been featured in GAP’s Urban Visionaries Festival for youth-produced videos.
  
• Long Island University LIU hosted studio visits and recording sessions for our RECYouth participants at the St. John’s CRC in Brooklyn.
  
• National Foundation for Teaching and Entrepeneurship (NFTE) NFTE works with young people in various CRC’s to enhance their economic productivity by improving their business, academic and life skills through entrepreneur education.
  
• New York Cares connects us with volunteer teachers who offer a variety of classes at many locations.
  
• Npower NY Npower NY is New York City’s largest nonprofit technology advisor and provider. NPower NY also operates a groundbreaking workforce development program called Technology Service Corps (TSC). TSC is a twelve-week training program that helps young adults develop a unique set of technical and professional skills. Various CRC’s work with Npower NY’s consulting staff in providing them with mentoring from, and engage them in hands-on service to the community.
  
• PBS/POV The RECYouth Program hosts youth-facilitated community screenings of POV films.
  
• Project Stretch: Project Stretch, a technology-based after school literacy program, created by Stanton/Heiskell Center for Public Policy in Telecommunications and Information Systems at the City University of New York Graduate Center, worked with CRC staff at Chelsea Recreation Center to instruct children to use cutting-edge graphic design software to create public service announcements. The program also empowers children to enhance their literacy skills.
  
• The Sister City Program of the City of New York facilitates an Internet Based Educational Exchange Program (IEEP) that introduces our afterSchool students to students around the globe and encourages them to learn about each other's communities, schools, families, and way of life through themed internet-based exchanges.

Donate

We gladly accept donations from corporations or generous individuals. Donations have enabled our programs to provide hundreds more people in disadvantaged communities throughout New York City with access to state-of-the-art technology.

We accept many different kinds of donations. For example, contributions of computers or computer parts help enhance existing CRCs and our computer-building classes. Donations for CRC special events, including food and entertainment are also appreciated.

Past fiscal contributors include:

• Beaumont Foundation of America awarded 4 laptops to the Hansborough CRC.
  
• Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN) gave a generous Community Media grant of video equipment to develop a RECYouth multimedia program at the Jackie Robinson CRC.
• Susan Steinhardt Foundation agreed to fund new PCs at four CRC locations: St. John’s, St. James, Hamilton Fish, and Tony Dapolito.
  
• Republican National Convention/IBM donated 72 IBM PCs to upgrade several CRCs.