Thanksgiving Day: Volunteering At Your Local Soup Kitchen

Thanksgiving Day
There is no better way to give thanks on Thanksgiving Day than to head down to your local soup kitchen to volunteer. If you live in New York City, here are some resources for you. The Bowery Mission is probably the most popular, but there are several other organizations that are well known in the city and that do good work.

The Bowery Mission in New York City: Thanksgiving Volunteer Information. [NOW FULL] You’ll need to fill out an online form to register before you can volunteer.

City Meals On Wheels: Citymeals-on-Wheels’ Senior Centers need your help on Thanksgiving Day. Help PREPARE, SERVE and DELIVER MEALS.

New York Cares: New York Cares has hundreds of different ways that you can make a difference in our city this holiday season.  Help prep and serve a Thanksgiving dinner for the clients of the Yorkville Common Pantry on the Upper East Side.  Check out there blog here. (I’ve participated in several New York Cares events and they are top notch.)

EDIT: More organizations to volunteer at on Thanksgiving Day– Feel free to send me other organizations that I can add to this list.

VolunteerNYC: Opportunities to volunteer (LINK FIXED!) – The Isaiah J. Jones Memorial Foundation will be hosting their third annual Thanksgiving dinner for our homeless. VolunteerNYC lists opportunities with various charities and nonprofits in the NYC area.

Robin Hood– Volunteer opportunities.  The following organizations best match your interests. Click on the name of an organization to find out more about the available volunteer opportunities as well as who to contact to get involved.

Hope for NY– Lists many different types of volunteer opportunities in and near New York City.  Please visit there site to browse through the opportunities and RSVP for any that interest you.

  • Put together food boxes (to be delivered to the needy).  Can be done with the family. RSVP HERE.
  • The Bowery Mission.  You won’t be working directly with the homeless but since this is a big operation, there are plenty of opportunities to help with the logistics, planning, and coordination.  The catch is that you have to attend a training on Nov 15.  There are four shifts you can RSVP for: 6:30am-10am; 9:30am-1pm; 12:30pm-4pm; 3:30-7pm.

 

412 comments

  1. Hello! Im interested in volunteering my services this holiday. I am located in Los Angeles, Ca. I need to know the closet or better yet the kitchen that needs help for thanksgiving. Thank you

  2. hello,
    My daughter(6years old) and I would like to volunteer our services to help the people in need ….is there anything open ..please contact me ….

  3. My friend and I would like to volunteer in a soup kitchen for Thanksgiving around brooklyn ny. Please let me know where we could find a Soup Kitchen…

    Thanks

  4. I would like to help out this Thanksgiving. I’ve had so many help from others and now I feel as though it is time for me to give some thanks back into the world. Being thankful is what brings love and happiness. I would like to be on my side of the river is at all possible. Illinois. My vehicle is not the most reliable, if you know what I mean. Thank you for taking the time to hear me out. Have a great day!

    Jenn D.

  5. I would like to volunteer any way on Thanksgiving Day in the long island area, either nassau or suffolk county. Can you provide me with some information on where I can find a soup kitchen? Thanx

  6. I am interested in feeding on Thanksgiving Day I hope you will be able to help me out. THANK YOU VERY MUCH

  7. I’d like to volunteer for Thanksgiving around Suffolk county, NY. Please let me know where I could find a soup kitchen for thanksgiving in the area. Thank you.

  9. My wife and I live in West Orange NJ. This Thanksgiving we would like to volunteer at a soup kitchen that needs help.

    Kind regards,

    Frank
    973-819-5949

  11. Anyone looking for volunteers for soup kitchens on Thanksgiving Day in the Tolland County Area in CT. 06084

  12. My sister and i would like to volunteer in a soup kitchen,please let me knowthe shifts .We both live in Queens.Thankyou.

  13. I would like to volunteer to help with Thanksgiving dinner or in any other way that I can. I am located in the NJ area (north) Please call if needed 201-770-0608 Thank you.

  14. Hello, my appreciation has been for years the gathering and greetings of my friends and family around this time of the year. Sadly, I never really had
    taken the time to research and fully come to a vivid understanding of what
    this holiday truly means until just recently. The joy of giving is not just
    within the family, but everywhere and with all people. I would like to volunteer
    my time with any organization during these holiday times starting with Thanksgiving Day. If you happen to have anything available please contact me
    and let me know ASAP. God Bless You All…

  17. My friend and I would like to volunteer on Thanksgiving. We are located in Nassau County on Long Island.

  18. My wife and I would like to volunteer this Thanksgiving to help at a soup kitchen in our area, we live in Watchung New Jersey. Please e-mail me if theres a soup ktchen near me that needs help, thankyou, and May God bless you, Danny

  20. Looking to volunteer my time for Thanksgiving in Brooklyn or Manhattan. Any leads please let me know.

  21. Hi, I would love to take part in helping and volunteer this year. Please let me know which soup kitchen is available. I also would like to become a volunteer on Sundays. Thanks! 🙂

  22. I would like to volunteer on Thanksgiving preferably in Nassau County, LI. If you have any information about where I could volunteer, please let me know!

  24. Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I would like to volunteer this Thanksgiving either in Brooklyn or Manhattan. Im open to helping serve food, and or delivery food. Any opportunities still open?
    Best,
    Keith

  25. I am looking to volunteer thanksgiving in either Williamsburg brooklyn or downtown NYC.
    Anything possible ?

    chris

  27. I’m interested in a last minute volunteer opportunity for Thanksgiving day in NYC. I speak Spanish and English and am confident in the kitchen. Thanks.

  29. Hi,

    I’m interested in helping the need this holiday season anyway I can…

    all suggestions open…

    continuous…

    631-846-7816….

  32. My family would like to volunteer to help Christmas Day to serve meals please contact me I am in Suffolk New York

  33. Hello. I would like to volunteer on Christmas Day at a soup kitchen local to my home area. I live in Port Jefferson, NY. Are there any kitchens out this way in need of help?

    Valerie

  34. the aybl( adventist youth for better living) department in my school will like to help out in a soup kitchen for the christmas season. plz contact me the president of this department

  35. AM VERY INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING ON CHRISTMAS EVE & OR CHRISTMAS DAY IN A SOUP KITCHEN. ANY IDEA ON HOW I WOULD GO ABOUT IT. AM IN NASSAU COUNTY. WOULD TRAVEL TO QUEENS OR BROOKLYN. THANKS

  36. I would like to volunteer to serve Christmas dinner to the homeless and those in need in my area. I live in eastern Suffolk County. What organizations can I contact. Thank You

  37. My family and I would like to volunteer on Christmas Day possibly in a soup kitchen. I would also volunteer to visit children in local hospitals. We live in Monmouth County, New Jersey. Any suggestions?

  38. Hello,
    My daughters and I would love to volunteer and serve christmas eve or christmas day meals. We live in Whitestone Queens. Please contact us so we can help.
    Thank you and have a blessed day

  39. Hello,
    My daughters and I would love to volunteer and serve christmas eve or christmas day meals in a soup kitchen. We live in Whitestone Queens. Please contact us so we can help.
    Thank you and have a blessed day

  40. We are interested to volunteer in a soup kitchen for Christmas season. Please let me know asap…Thank You

  41. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, I WOULD LIKE TO VOLENTER IN A SOUP KITCHEN IN MANHATTAN OR CLOSE BY IN NJ FOR THE HOILDAYS. PLEASE TELL ME MY CHOICE OR RECCOMEND THANKS NANCY RUBIN 908-668-4600 THANK YOU

  42. Hi… My husband and I and 2 boys would like to volunteer at a soup kitchen this coming holiday season. I have looked online but can not find one. Please contact me if you can recommend anywhere. Thank you.

  43. I would like to volunteer in a soup kitchen for thanksgiving in NYC. If you have any inf please let me know. Thank you. Have a nice day.

  44. Would like to volunteer mine and my 12 yr old daughter’s time at a soup kitchen in the Bronx area for Thanksgiving 2010. Please contact me with some locations. Thank you

  45. I am intrested in voulunteering this thanksgiving, I need some help on finding a place thats in need of my services:)

  46. I would like to volunteer at a soup kitchen on Thanksgiving in Queens, Long Island, Brooklyn, or Manhattan

  47. My husband and I would like to help in a soup kitchen on Thanksgiving Day. We are in the Valley in CT. Is there anything we can help with?

  48. My family and I would like to volunteer Christmas day at a soup kithen. We live in suffolk co. ny. Do you have any places that need help. Thank you

  50. Hello, I would like to Volunteer this Yr for Thanks giving in the Fairfield County area in CT. I also ould like to take My 8 Yr Old Son with me. Please let me ….Thank You

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