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This week marks not just the final days of National Volunteer Month but also Global Intergenerational Week! Now in its third year, this annual worldwide campaign connects everyone who is passionate about everything intergenerational. We’re thrilled to profile some volunteers who participate in DOROT’s varied intergenerational work. First up is Courtney Dennis, a volunteer for Response […]

April is National Volunteer Month! All month long, we’ll be sharing stories from our incredible community of volunteers. Today, we hear from Bridget Sullivan, a volunteer for Package Deliveries, Birthday Deliveries and more!  How did you get involved with DOROT? In the winter of 2020, a very scary time to be in NYC as the […]

At DOROT, every month could be Volunteer Month, but to the rest of the country, April is National Volunteer Month! All month long, we’ll be sharing stories from our incredible community of volunteers. Today, meet Mohab Idris, a student at Hunter College who has volunteered for every Package Delivery program during the pandemic over the […]

Intergenerational connections are going virtual! DOROT is one of only 13 New York City-based organizations to receive a grant through the Eisner Foundation’s new New York City grantmaking program. The $150,00 grant will allow DOROT to expand our Virtual Teen Internship program model as a stand-alone digital platform that will benefit older adults and teens throughout […]

April is National Volunteer Month! All month long, we’ll be sharing stories from our incredible community of volunteers. Today, we hear from Eleanor Pearson, a former DOROT Summer College Intern and current Caring Calls volunteer! How did you get involved with DOROT? I got involved with DOROT when I applied for the Summer Internship Program […]

April is National Volunteer Month! All month long, we’ll be sharing stories from our incredible community of volunteers. Today, meet Edna Davoll, a volunteer for DOROT’s Response Team, Package Delivery, Birthday Calls and more! How did you get involved with DOROT? Prior to my retirement, I was seeking volunteer opportunities and discovered DOROT. I’m very […]

April showers bring…National Volunteer Month! All month long, we’ll be sharing stories from our incredible community of volunteers. Today, we’re chatting with Shira Feen, a volunteer for DOROT’s Response Team and Package Delivery programs. How did you get involved with DOROT? The first time I volunteered was through a partnership event I set up for […]

DOROT’s Lasting Impressions programs educate and entertain hundreds of participants each week via Zoom. In one recent week, programs featured two indisputable creative geniuses of the late 19th and 20th centuries, the Italian musician/conductor Arturo Toscanini and the Russian-Jewish artist Marc Chagall. There were more than 400 participants for the two programs and in addition […]

Friendship – real friendship – is a two-way street. It is an essential, everyday truth at DOROT and in our work. It becomes a thing of beauty in an intergenerational relationship like Betsie and Rachael’s. What began with DOROT Westchester matching these very different women for Caring Calls outreach when the lockdown began, has blossomed […]

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