Our mission and reach is spreading to new places outside of NYC!

The whole person has to be addressed. It’s not just about fixing a person by throwing materialistic things at them all the time. We often miss the social and emotional needs, the needs that are intangible.”

“One of the things I've always wanted for Sandy is to have people in her life that care about her with no obligation, and Martha does just that.”

One milestone last year was reaching our 100th match in the program’s history. To celebrate, we thought we'd share some rare gems in our early history you may not have heard…

Pessimism no longer dominates. I have hope.

This year, we celebrated the marriages of our Program Manager, Jane Yoon, to her husband, Jimmy, and Program Coordinator, Ben Tien, to his wife, Karen, as Andrew and Ali reached their ten-year marriage milestone just this month. All of these weddings have significant Do For One stories tied to them, so to kick off our End-Of-Year Campaign to raise 50K, here is the one with all the weddings!

“This isn’t a volunteering on Sunday thing to me. This is a life thing.”

A day trip to Beacon. A sleepover. A visit to the hospital. A baptism. These are just a few distinct moments that Do For One Advocate and Partners are sharing this year.

The word “advocate” comes from Latin and means to speak on behalf of a person or issue. Here are some “not cute, but courageous” moments shared between Advocates and Partners in the past year…

What moves a person from survival mode to feeling “fully human”? At Do For One, we often talk about the universal "Good Things Of Life.”

The life-changing benefits of “cross-class friendships” is true of Peter (Partner, left), who was matched in a Do For One relationship with Brian (Advocate, right) in early 2019.

“I don’t just love; I love going 90 MPH. When I first met them, they needed help, and I ran to their aid, and I haven’t stopped. I never took my foot off the gas pedal.”

Our one big celebration of the year is just that; one night where we celebrate what happens 365 days a year in living rooms, over weekly phone calls, birthday celebrations, Sunday worship services, and even trips out of state…