For our Serve Together this month we will be volunteering in the Columbus Avenue "Housing Works" store on March 28th from 12:00-4:00. The store is located at 306 Columbus Avenue (Between 74th and 75th).

Housing Works is the largest community-based AIDS service organization in the United States, as well as the nation’s largest minority-controlled AIDS service organization. Housing Works was founded in 1990 and provides services, such as housing, medical and mental health care, meals, job training, drug treatment, HIV prevention education, and social support to more than 20,000 homeless and low-income New Yorkers living with HIV and AIDS.

One of the ways in which Housing Works pay for these programs is through social enterprise businesses. Their chain of thrift stores is one of these businesses. While there are a number of paid employees in the store, a great deal of much needed help comes from regular and one time volunteers. By spending a few hours in the store we will be part of a much larger effort and will also get to see and learn firsthand about a social enterprise business. We will be completing store related tasks that may include organizing merchandise, restocking shelves, moving furniture etc. I hope you will join us!

If you plan on joining us please RSVP to [masked] with the subject heading "Serve Together"

*Housing Works is also part of Disney's "Give a day, Get a day" program in which a day of volunteer service gets you a free day at a Disney Park. If you would like to participate in this please visit http://www.housingwor... for details.