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<a href="#History" target="_self">History</a> 
<a href="#LIVC Staff" target="_self">LIVC Staff</a> 
<a href="#About Us" target="_self">About Us </a> 
<a href="#Programs and Services" target="_self">Programs and Services </a>

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<h2 class="static-title"><a id="Mission" name="Mission">Mission</a></h2>

<div class="content">The Long Island Volunteer Center works to provide support to, and promote and advocate for, volunteer service on Long Island. LIVC was designated a <a href="http://www.newyorkersvolunteer.ny.gov/docfiles/Regional%20Volunteer%20Center%20attachment.pdf" target="_blank">New York State Regional Volunteer Center</a> in September 2011 to raise the profile of volunteerism on Long Island and increase volunteer engagement.

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<a name="History">History & LIVC Founder</a></h2>

The Long Island Volunteer Center was established in 1992 (incorporated in NYS in 1994), by Joan Imhof, who was the previous director of volunteer services for Nassau County. After the Nassau and Suffolk County Offices for Volunteers were defunded, she continued receiving phone calls at her home from agencies seeking volunteers. Realizing the vital importance of volunteer services, Joan applied for and received funding from the Points of Light Foundation, Mott and Kellogg Foundations, and Chase Manhattan Foundation which enabled her to create the Long Island Volunteer Center to serve both Nassau and Suffolk Counties.

There are people we meet in this world whom we simply cannot forget. They touch our hearts, touch our souls, and touch our lives in such meaningful ways, ways that leave a lasting impression on us. They are unique and special, and their passion for living and for trying to make the world a better place is so strong that it becomes contagious, lifting everyone around them. Joan Imhof was one of those rare people. Joan, passed away December 12, 2011, from complications of a pancreatic tumor. She was taken from us far too young, at the age of 67. We miss her terribly, but we take comfort in a life well lived and in knowing that Joan's spirit lives on in all of us. <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2nim5wEWN1wOG0ybnE4SzJueW8/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Read more...</a>

<h2 class="static-title"><a name="LIVC Staff">LIVC Staff</a></h2>

Patricia Force, Board Chair (September 2012) 
 
Diana O'Neill, Executive Director (retired December 12, 2017; reactivated March 2020) 
 
Patricia Moynihan, Communications 
 
Teri Resca, Development 
 
Meg Imhof Callinan, Programming 
 
NOTE: A youth advisory board was created in 2024 to help LIVC with youth programming objectives. Members include: Emily Bennett, Ali Bennett, Mary Doherty, Oliver Gibson, Lizzy Hagopian, Ciara Hegarty, Matt Kneafsey, Brae McDonough, Caileigh McDonough, and DJ McDonough. The Parent Advisor is Robin McDonough.

<h2><a name="About Us">About Us</a> - Board, Management Team, Advisors, and Youth Contributors</h2>

The Long Island Volunteer Center is proud to have such talented individuals who care deeply for our region and who work so hard and so effectively to serve our communities as volunteers. Over its rich history, the board, management team, advisers, and youth contributors have a combined total of 175 years of talent and experience at the volunteer center and consist of professional people with a variety of interests and causes. They hail from towns across Long Island ranging from West Hempstead in the western part of Nassau to Mt. Sinai in the eastern part of Suffolk.

The expertise of the group has included professional skills sets such as administration, finance, operations, banking, real estate, management, volunteer coordination, digital marketing, advertising/PR, leadership, teaching, community programming, technology, strategic planning, social work, communications, board development, fundraising and mentoring.

The passions of the group are multi-faceted covering many areas of need on Long Island: homelessness, hunger, corporate volunteerism, engaging youth, women's rights, literacy, cultural arts/museums, emergency preparedness, and access to medical care. These passions are fulfilled through our projects and programs including service learning, recognizing Long Island nonprofit founders and volunteers, prom gown giveaway, collecting books for Head Start, sponsoring a swim to benefit people with brain aneurysms, and volunteer recruitment and referral to nonprofit agencies that we serve.

Board members include: Meg Imhof-Callinan of Branch Real Estate Group, Patricia Force of CliffcoMortgage Bankers (chair), David Okorn of Long Island Community Foundation, Diana O'Neill (treasurer), Paul Salerno of PricewaterhouseCoopers (retired managing partner), and Steven Santa Barbara of Haus Labs. 
 
Management Team Members have included: Cheryl Brancato, Michele Esselborn, Caryn Grossman, Anna Lyons, Patricia Moynihan, Elisabeth Muehlemann, Diana O'Neill, Tenaya Parchment, Teri Resca, Patricia Sands, Lisa Ziegler, Debra Cattani, Patti Polyn, Laura Messano, Simone Leo, Christine Harris, Joel Blainey, Monica Telese, Sierra Mittleman, and Joan Cohen. Advisors include Anne Sprotte, Kathy Sullivan, Erin Burke, Amy Lau, Frank Pomata, Tina Sanacore, Kerren Willner, and Mimi Howard. Youth contributors have included Caitlin Bowe, Sanskriti Bimal, Megan Messano, and LIU Brentwood Social Work Interns Chrystal Rottach and Samantha Larcom, NCC Interns Moesha Stewart, Jacqueline Turcios-Bonilla, and Danielle Cozzetto, as well as members of Hofstra University 180 Degrees Consulting, LIU Post Long Island Volunteers Service Club, and NYIT Carleton Group and NYIT social worker intern Kendra Jaffee.

Management team members have had affiliations with 59 different groups across Long Island including associations, businesses, colleges/universities, libraries, nonprofit agencies, museums, and service organizations.
<a id="Programs and Services" name="Programs and Services"></a><a href="#Programs and Services">Programs and Services</a>

The Long Island Volunteer Center maintains a website which acts as a clearinghouse for volunteer needs across the region. Prior to its creation, in recognition of the United Nations International Year of Volunteers in 2001, LongIsland.com supported LIVC by developing an on-line list of volunteer needs which has continued to this day. LIVC's website was launched in 2005 using the 1800volunteer platform, then 2011 with HandsOn Connect, and now Fundly Connect since April 1, 2016. 
 
LIVC also works to increase the capacity of the agencies by training volunteer coordinators on all aspects of volunteer management and are regularly invited to give presentations on volunteerism for libraries, community groups, and schools. 
 
In addition, LIVC is involved with many projects and programs throughout the year. Some highlights are: 
<a href="#LIVOAD">LI Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster</a> | <a href="#National Volunteer Week">National Volunteer Week</a> | <a href="#LI Volunteer Fair">Long Island Volunteer Fair| </a><a href="#September 11th">September 11th National Day of Service </a>| <a href="#Make a Difference Day">Make a Difference Day & Family Volunteer Day</a> | <a href="#Seasonal Volunteer Opportunities">Seasonal Volunteer Opportunities and Holiday Wish List</a> | <a href="#MLK Day of Service">Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service </a> | <a href="#LIVE">Long Island Volunteer Enterprise</a> | <a href="#Corporate Activation">Additional Corporate Activation Work </a> | <a href="#Community Events">Community Events</a> | <a href="#Hall of Fame">Long Island Volunteer Hall of Fame</a>

<a id="LIVOAD" name="LIVOAD"></a><a href="#LIVOAD">Long Island Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster</a>

LIVOAD is a coalition of non-profit, government, and for-profit organizations in Nassau and Suffolk Counties committed to working together in the areas of disaster preparedness, response, and recovery. Members of the LIVOAD support each other through their collaborative planning efforts to identify potential needs of disaster victims and develop coordinated and efficient delivery of needed resources and services. Each VOAD member organization maintains its own autonomy while coordinating closely with others in four key areas:

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	<li>Planning for the needs of various populations post disaster</li>
	<li>Training agencies to facilitate effective relief work in all phases of disasters</li>
	<li>Convening member agencies in a coordinated response during disasters</li>
	<li>Partnering with government emergency response and recovery agencies and programs.</li>
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LIVC is a member agency of the LIVOAD and actively assisted the Sandy disaster effort by recruiting volunteers for disaster volunteer groups and health and human service agencies working in disaster, securing and supporting a Volunteer Recovery Center in partnership with AmeriCorps-St. Louis ERT which trains and equips volunteers, operating a warehouse to store tools and equipment and donations that assist LIVOAD agency needs, and convening/facilitating a volunteer management subcommittee that plans and coordinates volunteer response and supports disaster volunteer teams.

<a id="LI Volunteer Fair" name="LI Volunteer Fair"></a><a href="#LI Volunteer Fair">Long Island Volunteer Fair</a> 
The LIVC has collaborated with Farmingdale State College, Nassau Community College, Garden City Public Library and Hempstead Public Library to provide a recruitment opportunity for nonprofit organizations and a one-stop venue for attendees to connect to community needs, grow professional skill-sets, and pursue personal goals by giving back.

<a id="September 11th" name="September 11th"></a><a href="#September 11th">September 11th National Day of Service</a> 
Honoring the memory of those lost on September. LIVC in the past conducted a blood drive with Long Island Blood Services at the Nassau County Firefighters Museum. 
 
<a id="Make a Difference Day" name="Make a Difference Day"></a><a href="#Make a Difference Day">Make a Difference Day & National Family Volunteer Day </a> 
Both are national days of doing good in October and November respectively. Find ideas, begin planning your project - ask your friends and family to join with you.

<a id="Seasonal Volunteer Opportunities" name="Seasonal Volunteer Opportunities"></a><a href="#Seasonal Volunteer Opportunities">Seasonal Volunteer Opportunities and Holiday Wish Lists </a> 
These opportunities are gathered from nonprofit agencies serving children and families in need. The lists are posted on the website.

<a id="MLK Day of Service" name="MLK Day of Service"></a><a href="#MLK Day of Service">Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service </a> 
A day of service that promotes anti-poverty and education programming. LIVC has hosted service projects at all Long Island SUNY schools, a comfort kit drive as well as serving a meal for homeless veterans, and emergency preparedness kit assembly projects to benefit vulnerable people served by nonprofit organizations. For the last 3 years, LIVC partnered with AHRC on a march in Glen Cove and a food drive to benefit NOSH. 
 
<a id="National Volunteer Week" name="National Volunteer Week"></a><a href="#National Volunteer Week">National Volunteer Week</a> 
Held each April, LIVC helps promote events that celebrate and engage volunteers, such as NCC's Day of Service and events that celebrate PVSA winners.

<a id="LIVE" name="LIVE"></a><a href="#LIVE">Long Island Volunteer Enterprise- LIVE </a> 
LIVE mobilized volunteer teams from the corporate, academic and not-for-profit sectors to complete a one day project to significantly improve the quality of life for many who live and work on Long Island. In cooperation with the United Way of Long Island and the Long Island Volunteer Center, LIVE promoted corporate volunteerism on Long Island for the betterment of our community and helped renew Long Island's spirit, beauty and quality of life. LIVE sunset in 2019, and the LIVC has been making corporate referrals and/or managing days of service to continue this essential work.

<a id="Corporate Activation" name="Corporate Activation"></a><a href="#Corporate Activation">Additional Corporate Activation Work</a> 
Over the past several years, LIVC has been asked by Points of Light to manage fee-based service projects for national corporate partners with offices on Long Island. Projects have been created for Allstate, Altria Group, Astellas Pharma/OSI Pharmaceuticals, CarMax Foundation, ITT Exelis, UBS Financial Services, and Zurich NA. Other companies that have requested assistance with managing projects (or for referrals to nonprofit agencies seeking groups) include Capital One, Estee Lauder, National Grid, NIKE, Peoples United Bank, PSEG, Publishers Clearing House, Timberland, and WeiserMazers. Projects have served environmental causes, veterans/military families, seniors, children, equine therapy, and disaster victims. 
 
<a id="Community Events" name="Community Events"></a><a href="#Community Events">Community Events</a> 
LIVC supports local community volunteer fairs and events by staffing exhibits at libraries, colleges, businesses, and other community settings to provide volunteer resource and referral information to seniors, students, employees, and the general public.

<h3><a id="Hall of Fame" name="Hall of Fame"></a><a href="#Hall of Fame">Long Island Volunteer Hall of Fame</a></h3>

Created in 2001 as an outgrowth of the 2001 United Nations International Year of Volunteers, this is an annual recognition of "Individuals whose vision, dedication and drive, addressed a community need, and began a legacy of service to improve the quality of life for all Long Islanders". After 10 years of induction ceremonies, the initiative was necessarily suspended in order to address community needs impacted by Superstorm Sandy. There are four categories:

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	<li>Founders of Nonprofit</li>
	<li>Next Generation Youth Awards</li>
	<li>Lifetime Achiever</li>
	<li>Inspirational Service Award</li>
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When reactivated, nominations will be due in September. The awards ceremony is usually held on Super Bowl Sunday at the Carlyle on the Green in Bethpage State Park.

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<h3>CONTACT US</h3>
Long Island Volunteer Center 
38 Old Country Road, Suite 203 
Garden City, NY 11530-1532 
 
Phone: (516) 564-5482 
 
Email: info@longislandvolunteercenter.org
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