Volunteer Opportunity Details:

Your mission?
Convince your community to start using energy-efficient bulbs-CFLs! It’s a bright idea, a simple idea, and one that will protect our earth for this generation and the ones to come. Switching to energy-efficient CFL bulbs is a simple way to do your part to protect our planet.

Make your Plan!
-Join forces with kids in your school, class, or neighborhood to create a RelightNY team.
-Register your RelightNY team at www.relightny.com.
-Choose the location to spread the word, and claim it online.
-Find out who the building superintendent or manager is and inform that person of your goal
-Gather support from your community: schools, businesses, faith-based organizations, and homes.

Use RelightNY.com as a resource!
-Find sample fundraising ideas to help supply CFLs to you community.
-Download the RelightNY pledge to share with your group and community.
-Find curriculum to enhance your knowledge about climate change and the impact CFLs can have on our environment
-Create your team and share your success with the entire City of New York by mapping the building or buildings that have been Relit due to your great work.
-Download a step-by-step guide to Relighting your community.

RelightNY.com provides all necessary tools, information, and support to allow classes, groups of youth and students, and even entire schools to become involved.

This opportunity is sponsored by: Children for Children Contact Person: Caroline Ackley, (212) 850-4170, (email) View all organization contacts Address: 6 East 43rd Street, 25th Floor New York City, NY 10017 (See a map) Directions: Children for Children is located next to Emigrant Savings Bank on 43rd Street (in between Madison Ave. and 5th Ave.). To get to the CFC office from Grand Central Station, walk west one block on 43rd Street.   Nearest Metro/Subway Stop: F,D,B,4,5,6,S,7,   Walk distance (in minutes): 5 Web Site: http://www.relightny.com Miscellaneous Information Borough Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island Volunteer Shifts Days and times is dependent upon schedule set by volunteer groups.

5 Overall Experience   
GREAT, FABULOUS, WONDERFUL

Learned the value of helping. posted by mrdavidkarr on May 18, 2004