Employee Engagement
Giving Opportunities: NYC Service’s giving initiatives mobilize companies to provide in-kind resources to city agencies that serve low-income and/or poverty-affected youth. Be In-Kind inspires and empowers companies to give back by “being kind.”
- Project Move-In-Day recruits corporate partners to pack and donate essential home-supplies for college-bound students who are part of the Department of Homeless Services’ Future Leaders Scholars Program. Students in this program, all graduating seniors, are transitioning into campus/off-campus housing. Through a partnership between NYC Service and DHS, NYC Service and it’s corporate partners provide Project Move-In kits - which are presented during the Future Leaders Scholars Recognition Ceremony at the end of the school year.
- Secret Snowflake is the Mayor’s Office’s annual winter gift-giving initiative which mobilizes private sector employees and other groups to answer wishes, or "letters", from youth in-need. Aside from answering letters, volunteers can support by providing an online in-kind donation (see below) or monetary donation to the Mayor’s Fund to Advance NYC.
Have items that you are interested in donating or creating your own donation drive? Contact us at beinkind@cityhall.nyc.gov and we can help you make it happen!
Mentoring Opportunities: NYC Service’s mentoring initiatives create access for companies to activate their people power toward supporting the next generation of leaders through mentorship. Beginning in 2023, NYC Service, as part of NYC Women Forward, expanded programming to specifically serve women and gender-expansive youth. Through each of our direct mentoring initiatives, our mission is to build young people's social capital and guide them toward fulfilling, economically secure careers.
- Speed Mentoring: A one-time professional development workshop for high school youth hosted at company offices and facilitated by the NYC Service team. Students engage with corporate volunteer mentors in a two-hour, interactive workshop focused on topics like resume-building, networking, and goal-setting. Mentors get the opportunity to share their experience of pursuing goals, overcoming challenges, and effecting positive impact, while youth gain access to skill-building tools and practical next steps to build their professional careers.
- NYC STEP Mentoring: A five-part professional development workshop series that matches working professionals—mentors—from companies across the City with groups of students—mentees—from the Department of Youth and Community Development's Learn & Earn programs to create partnerships that empower students and professionals alike.
- Women’s Day: An annual, half-day youth mentorship summit in celebration of Women’s History Month in March convening hundreds of high school girls from across the five boroughs to engage with hundreds of woman-identifying mentors from the public, private, and nonprofit sectors.
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