Volunteer Orientation at Guttman How to Become a New York Cares Volunteer How to use this guide: We are really excited to have you start volunteering on New York Cares projects. We have created this guide to help you register with New York Cares. This document utilizes actual screen shots corresponding with the New York Cares registration process. On each page you will see sample responses along with colored text boxes. The red boxes include required information and the black boxes include helpful hints. When you register as a New York Cares volunteer you should use this guide for support. This is a 2 step process. First you will create a New York Cares account and complete your volunteer information. The second step is to register for the orientation specifically for the students at Guttman Community College. You can start the registration process at www.newyorkcares.org/user/register. After completing your account you will be able to register for the Volunteer Orientation at Guttman.
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When creating your account, you will need to enter a unique username and password .
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[email protected] Remember to use your school email address as your preferred email.
[email protected] ●
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Volunteer Orientation at Guttman How to Become a New York Cares Volunteer Stella
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Stella and Charles Guttman Community College
When entering your full name, address, and phone number, you can use either your home or school address, but you will need to use a US Zip Code.
50 W 40th St.
New York
NY
10018
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(646) 313-8000
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All New York Cares volunteers must be 18 or older.
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Volunteer Orientation at Guttman How to Become a New York Cares Volunteer Once you create your account you will be automatically taken to the Volunteer Information Form. We ask that you enter accurate information while filling out this form, but you can follow our hints in the black boxes for some shortcuts!
Make sure to list your Occupation as “Guttman Student,” your Title as “Guttman Student,” and your Company as “Guttman Community College.”
Guttman Student
Guttman Student
Guttman Community College
Please enter an accurate birthdate, both month and year are required.
Gender and Race/Ethnicity are both optional and you can select “No Answer” for both.
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While most students fall in the 18—24 range, you can also select “No Answer”
Please enter an accurate Emergency Contact. You can use a friend, family member, partner, etc.
Charles Guttman
(646) 313-8000
Friend
Mailing Preferences is an optional field
You need to select something for both Volunteer Interests and Volunteer Skills, but you can answer “None” for either or both
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Both “What Languages Do You Speak” and “I Learned About New York Cares Through” are optional and you can leave them blank.
You need to select something for “Please Contact Me About” and “My General Availability Is,” but you can answer “None” and “Not Sure,” respectively.
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Volunteer Orientation at Guttman How to Become a New York Cares Volunteer Since New York Cares works with sensitive populations, we ask all volunteers to share legal information with us. It is important that you declare any convictions or pending offenses as well as any pre-trial diversion programs. We follow up with any volunteers who enter information in this field. Entering Legal information does not preclude you from volunteering. All information provided will be kept private and will not be shared.
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Rochel PinderCuffie
[email protected] 646.313.8013
Claire King
[email protected] 646.313.8013
Nate Mickelson
[email protected] 646.313.8013
Please enter at Guttman Staff Member as both of your references. Use the table to the left for name, phone and email reference. In the Relationship box enter “Guttman Community College Advisor.”
Rochel Pinder-Cuffie
Rochel Pinder-Cuffie
Guttman Community College Advisor
Guttman Community College Advisor
[email protected] [email protected] 646.313.8013
646.313.8013
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To register for the Volunteer Orientation at CCNY you can either go directly to bit.ly/ Orient_Guttman or follow the guide below.
Once you complete your Volunteer Information Form, you will be brought directly to our Public Orientation page. The Guttman Orientation will not be on this list.
Go to the New York Cares Homepage at www.newyorkcares.org or select the logo in the left hand corner.
When you select “Search Now,” you will be brought to the Search Projects page
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Scroll down to the bottom of the page and in the “Search Project Code” box enter Guttman. This will bring you to the Volunteer Orientation at Guttman page.
Select “Reserve Spot” and you will get a pop up asking “Do your really want to sign up for this orientation?” Select OK and you will be brought to a confirmation page with the details of the orientation.
You are now registered as a New York Cares volunteer and are ready to attend the Guttman Community College orientation! If you have any questions about the orientation or about volunteering with New York Cares please reach out to
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