New York Cares

New York Cares was founded by a group of friends who wanted to take action against the serious social issues facing our city. Their goal was to meet pressing community needs by mobilizing caring New Yorkers in volunteer service - and this continues to be our mission today.

How We Work
Each year, New York Cares brings vital volunteer support to more than 850 nonprofit agencies, public schools and other deserving organizations throughout the five boroughs. Our program staff work with each organization to identify their most pressing needs, create projects where volunteers can make a meaningful difference, and then recruit and deploy teams of volunteers to help meet those needs. The great majority of these projects typically would not exist if it weren't for New York Cares.

Signature Programs
More than 36,000 people volunteer their time through New York Cares every year, while countless others contribute to our holiday gift and coat drives. Together, we are able to help more than 350,000 disadvantaged New Yorkers.

New York Cares Day
New York Cares mobilizes over 5,500 volunteers to help give our city’s public spaces their annual spring-cleaning. UMT joined New York Cares for a day of good green fun to revitalize local parks, gardens, playgrounds, community centers, homeless shelters, and schools. UMT has been a proud participant of this event to support the team of thousands of other New Yorkers in this annual volunteering event for couple of years.

Here are some pictures of the UMT team at MS 394 K The Mary McLeod Bethune School, Brooklyn, NY 11213, where we helped organize and clean up the school, library, music room, and other parts of the school, as well as help paint and complete a large Mural on the outside of the playground.

Hands On New York Day
Here are some of the pictures of the UMT team members at the PS99 painting murals for the school: