Rosh Hashanah Package Delivery
Deliver joy and holiday cheer to older adults through DOROT’s Rosh Hashanah Package Delivery!
Date(s):Sep 14, 2025
Time:10:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET
Location: DOROT (Manhattan) DOROT (Westchester)
Age Group: Adults 18+ College Students Graduate Students Families
Deliver joy and holiday cheer to older adults through DOROT’s Rosh Hashanah Package Delivery!
As a Rosh Hashanah Package Delivery volunteer, you can make a meaningful connection with an older neighbor through a social visit or phone call and a holiday care package. While holidays can increase feelings of loneliness or isolation, volunteering for Package Delivery creates shared connections and community.
The program is called Package Delivery, but we like to say that it’s really “not about the package.” It’s about the connections you make—for volunteers and package recipients alike.
Register today!
Volunteer in Manhattan
Location: Upper West Side at DOROT (171 W. 85th Street) & Upper East Side at Ramaz Middle School (114 E. 85th Street, between Lexington and Park Avenue)
Date & Time: Sunday, September 14, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Volunteer in Westchester
Location: DOROT Westchester (925 Westchester Avenue, Suite 200)
Date & Time: Sunday, September 14, 2025, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Here’s How it Works:
- Register!
- Pick up a package and get matched with an older adult
- Deliver the package to the home of an older adult
- Stay for a social visit or follow up with a friendly phone call
What Else to Know?
Who Can Volunteer? DOROT welcomes people of all faiths, backgrounds, and identities as both volunteers and older adult participants. Package Delivery volunteers need to be at least 18 years old.
Can We Volunteer as a Family? Families with children age 10 and older are welcome to volunteer together.
Time Commitment: One-time commitment of about 90 minutes.
Requirements: Volunteers over the age of 18 must have a valid, US government-issued photo ID and watch a short online orientation.
Volunteering with a Group?
Interested in volunteering with your corporate or community group in Manhattan?
Sign up for the Package Delivery as a group. The minimum group size is 12 participants, and all must be age 18+. Fill out THIS FORM to sign up as a group.
Interested in volunteering with your corporate or community group in Westchester?
Please contact us at infowestchester@dorotusa.org for information about group volunteer opportunities.
I feel like the interaction made her day which made me feel good.
Thank you
DOROT’s Rosh Hashanah Package Delivery was generously endowed by Mrs. Bella Wexner to honor her parents Lena and Harry Cabakoff. We are also grateful to the estate of Sanford H. Goldstein for their support of DOROT’s Package Delivery programs.
The Westchester Package Delivery is funded in part through the US Department of Health and Human Services — Administration on Aging (AOA), New York State Office for the Aging, Westchester County Department of Senior Programs and Services.