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Rutgers Retiree Volunteer Directory
Alumni Career Network – New Brunswick
Phone: 848-445-6127
Email: careerservices@echo.rutgers.edu
Website: careerservices.rutgers.edu
Description: The Alumni Career Network is a database of Rutgers graduates from the New Brunswick
campus who have volunteered to be mentors and share their career experiences with students and
other alumni. These individuals have diverse academic backgrounds and represent many career fields.
For more information, contact Career Services or visit their website.
Volunteer Opportunities: Open to Rutgers alumni only, volunteers agree to be contacted for information
and advice, and share their career experiences with students and other alumni.
Career Services @ Rutgers
Phone: 732-932-7287 ext. 10
Contact: Dorothy Kerr
Email: daf@echo.rutgers.edu
Website: careerservices.rutgers.edu/careerdays.shtml
Description: Career Services provides the resources for choosing a college major, developing career
plans, creating a resume, finding internships and full-time jobs, contacting alumni, developing graduate
school plans, and making successful career transitions.
Volunteer Opportunities: Career Services is looking for volunteers to assist in the various career fairs
taking place on the Busch, Livingston, and College Avenue campuses. For more information regarding
volunteer opportunities, contact Dorothy Kerr.
Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS)
Phone: 848-445-4741
Contact: David Robinson; Mathieu Gerbush 848-445-3076
Email: david.robinson@rutgers.edu
Website: cocorahs.org/
Description: CoCoRaHS is a unique, non-profit, community-based network of volunteers throughout the
U.S. of all ages and backgrounds working together to measure and map precipitation (rain, hail and
snow). By using low-cost measurement tools, stressing training and education, and utilizing an
interactive website, its aim is to provide the highest quality data for natural resource, education and
research applications.
Volunteer Opportunities: All that's needed to be a CoCoRaHS volunteer is the desire to watch and report
weather conditions, access to an internet-connected computer, and the appropriate measurement tools
(a 4-inch diameter plastic rain gauge and a ruler). For more information on how to get started, contact
NJ volunteer coordinator David Robinson or Mathieu Gerbush.
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Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve
Phone: 609-812-0649
Contact: Kimberly Capone, ext. 203
Email: capone@marine.rutgers.edu
Website: marine.rutgers.edu/pt/volunteer.html
Description: The Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve (JC NERR) is one of the 28
national estuarine reserves created to promote the responsible use and management of the nation's
estuaries through a program combining scientific research, education, and stewardship.
Volunteer Opportunities: Volunteers can participate in a wide range of activities including leading tours
and providing interpretation to the visiting public; performing clerical and administrative duties; helping
to maintain a Rain Garden; working with computers and other equipment; assisting with workshops for
teachers, children and coastal decision makers; representing the Cousteau Reserve at community
events; and recruiting other volunteers. Visit the JC NERR website for more information.
Rutgers Against Hunger
Phone: 848-932-2460
Contact: Kat Decker
Email: kdecker@oldqueens.rutgers.edu
Website: rah.rutgers.edu/
Description: Rutgers Against Hunger (RAH) is a university-wide initiative working to address the issues of
hunger across the state of New Jersey. By bringing together the resources of Rutgers, RAH works to
increase awareness of hunger, encourage activism and service to tackle hunger, stimulate research to
assist those in need, and provide immediate relief through food drives and other events to raise money
and collect food.
Volunteer Opportunities: RAH enlists the assistance of Rutgers students, faculty, staff, alumni, and the
concerned public in efforts to stock food banks, provide consumer education on nutrition, deliver
technical and organizational support to community groups, and much more. For a complete list of
activities, visit the website or contact Kat Decker for further assistance.
Rutgers Cooperative Extension:
4-H Science Program
Phone: 848-932-3285
Contact: Janice McDonnell
Email: mcdonnel@marine.rutgers.edu
Website: 4hset.rutgers.edu
Description: The Department of 4-H Youth Development is engaging youth in Science, Technology,
Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) through a range of programs both on and off campus. Their 4-H
Science Saturday programs invite middle school youth to work with university faculty on themed hands
on science programs. The Climate and Environmental Change Teen Summit, brings 150 high school
youth on campus to explore the issues related to climate change with engaging workshops with
university scientists. The 4-H Summer Science program is designed for high school youth from New
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Jersey urban areas. Approximately 55 rising ninth graders attend an intensive one-week residential
program where they attend science and engineering sessions taught by Rutgers University faculty.
Volunteer Opportunities: Volunteers are needed to help register youth, set up and break down
activities, and potentially assist university faculty with hands-on teaching. For more information, contact
Janice McDonnell.
Rutgers Cooperative Extension:
Department of Family & Community Health Sciences (FCHS)
Phone: 908-526-6295
Contact: Your local FCHS Educator below or Daryl Minch
Email: minch@njaes.rutgers.edu
Website: somerset.njaes.rutgers.edu/fchs/index.html
Description: The Department of Family and Community Health Sciences (FCHS) is a community-based
nutrition, health promotion, and family wellness outreach component of Rutgers Cooperative Extension.
It provides workshops and on-line resources to educate and support families, worksites, schools, and
communities to create healthier lifestyles.
Volunteer Opportunities: FCHS is looking for volunteers to assist in several counties throughout NJ.
Some volunteer opportunities include:
FCHS Wellness Champions—trained volunteers who assist in outreach to schools and
communities to promote healthy eating and physical activity.
FCHS Advisory groups—are people interested in improving the health and well-being of their
families and communities. Share their thoughts and creativity about how Family and Community
Health Sciences can make a difference in their community and family.
FCHS volunteers—assist in staffing FCHS exhibits at community events such as fairs, health fairs,
& senior centers; help with registration or pre-registration (e.g. prepping food for cooking
demonstrations or tastings).
For volunteer availability, contact Daryl Minch or the FCHS Educator in your local county via their
website:
Atlantic County—rutgers-atlantic.org/fchs/
Burlington County—co.burlington.nj.us/Pages/pages.aspxcid=138
Cape May County—capemaycountygov.net/Cit-e-Access/webpage.cfmTID=5&TPID=789
Essex County—essex.njaes.rutgers.edu/fchs/index.html
Gloucester County—gloucester.njaes.rutgers.edu/fchs/
Hunterdon County—co.hunterdon.nj.us/rutgers/fcs.htm
Mercer County—mercer.njaes.rutgers.edu/fchs/
Middlesex County—co.middlesex.nj.us/extensionservices/family.asp
Monmouth County—monmouth.njaes.rutgers.edu/fchs/
Ocean County—ocean.njaes.rutgers.edu/fchs/
Passaic County—njaes.rutgers.edu/county/quickinfo.aspPassaic@91
Somerset County—somerset.njaes.rutgers.edu/fchs/
Union County—njaes.rutgers.edu/personnel/unit.aspid=97&s=u
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Warren County—warren.njaes.rutgers.edu/
Rutgers Cooperative Extension:
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP-Ed)
Phone: 732-932-6756
Contact: Marisol Ortiz
Email: mortiz@njaes.rutgers.edu
Website: njsnap-ed.org/
Description: New Jersey Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - Education (SNAP-Ed) provides
nutrition education to those eligible to receive SNAP benefits (formerly food stamps), including low
income adults, seniors, and youth in school systems where more than 50% of students receive free or
reduced-priced school lunches.
Volunteer Opportunity: SNAP-Ed offers volunteer opportunities in direct education, indirect education
(i.e. Calcium: Select to Protect Campaign, Physical Activity Campaign, Faithfully Fit Program), and
community nutrition research. To find out more, please contact Marisol Ortiz.
Rutgers Cooperative Extension/NJAES:
Master Gardener Program
Website: njaes.rutgers.edu/mastergardeners/
Description: Rutgers NJAES Cooperative Extension faculty and staff provide expert and in-depth training
in all aspects of gardening and horticulture to prospective Master Gardener volunteers. Master
Gardeners provide volunteer hours to assist NJ residents in answering their home horticulture questions
and provide community service through educational projects.
Volunteer Opportunities: Anyone with an interest in gardening and a commitment to volunteer service
can become a Master Gardener. No previous education or training in horticulture is required. For more
information regarding Master Gardener program availability, please visit your county’s website:
Atlantic County—rutgers-atlantic.org
Bergen County—bergen.njaes.rutgers.edu/garden/index.html\
Burlington County—mgburlington.org
Camden County—camdencounty.com/parks
Cape May County—capemaycountygov.net/
Cumberland County—co.cumberland.nj.us/
Essex County—essex.njaes.rutgers.edu/
Gloucester County—gloucester.njaes.rutgers.edu/garden/
Hunterdon County—co.hunterdon.nj.us/mg.htm
Mercer County—mgofmc.org
Middlesex County—co.middlesex.nj.us/extensionservices
Monmouth County—visitmonmouth.com
Morris County—morris.njaes.rutgers.edu/garden/
Ocean County—ocean.njaes.rutgers.edu/
Passaic County—mgapc.org
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Somerset County—somerset.njaes.rutgers.edu/garden/
Sussex County—sussex.njaes.rutgers.edu/garden
Union County—mastergardeners-uc.org
One example of a Master Gardener initiative is as follows:
Bergen County Health Care Center
Phone: 973-697-6284
Contact: Pat Czarnecki
Email: Greenergy@optonline.net
Website: mgofbc.org/volunteer-sites.html
Description: Situated on 52 wooded acres in northeast Bergen County, this 110-bed skilled nursing care
center provides 24-hour care including hospice and palliative/comfort care.
Volunteer Opportunities: Available volunteer opportunities are to help maintain the outdoor garden at
the health care center and/or assist nursing home residents during regularly scheduled horticultural
therapy programs. For additional information regarding volunteer opportunities, please contact Pat
Czarnecki.
Rutgers Gardens
Phone: 732-932-8451
Contact: MaryAnne McMillan
Email: mcmillan@aesop.rutgers.edu
Website: rutgersgardens.rutgers.edu/
Description: Rutgers Gardens is the botanical garden for Rutgers University. Located on the Cook
Campus, the gardens encompass nearly 180 acres of maintained and natural areas. The Gardens
features a series of horticultural collections arranged in garden settings and spread over fifty acres—
these collections and garden areas, the oldest of which dates back to 1927, feature a diverse variety of
landscape plants with origins that span the globe. Their mission is to promote and provide accurate
information about the art of horticulture with an emphasis upon the relationship between plants,
human health and nutrition in the designed, as well as in the natural landscape.
Volunteer Opportunities: Rutgers Gardens has a formal Volunteer Program with 100 members; it
currently offers a variety of volunteer programs: children’s programs, event committees, farm market,
gift shop, greenhouse volunteers, office assistant, and tour docent. For a full description of available
programs, visit the RU Gardens website or contact MaryAnne McMillan.
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Rutgers University Press
Phone: 848-445-7785
Contact: Allyson Fields
Email: amfields@rutgers.edu
Website: rutgerspress.rutgers.edu/index.html
Description: Since its founding in 1936 as a nonprofit publisher, Rutgers University Press has been
dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of knowledge to scholars, students, and the general
reading public. The Press’s overriding ambition is nothing less than to help make the world better, one
book at a time, through a publication program of superior scholarship and popular appeal. The Press
celebrates and affirms its role as a major cultural institution that contributes significantly to the ideas
that shape the critical issues of our day.
Volunteer Opportunities: Has specific openings for retired faculty who have experience in foreign
language rights, data analysis, sales, and database management.
Rutgers Veteran Mentoring Program
Contact: Carl Burns
Email: cwburns@optonline.net
Website: veterans.rutgers.edu/
Description: The Office of Veteran and Military Programs and Services offers a mentoring program to
enrolled veterans who, as students, are adjusting to campus life. Through the program,
veterans/students and dependents of veterans/students can obtain advice and guidance from friendly
folks who know both life in the military and life at Rutgers.
Volunteer Opportunities: Faculty, staff, alumni and friends who are veterans or military family members
may volunteer in order to share, encourage, and provide support to Rutgers veterans and dependents of
veterans/students. For more information on how to become a mentor, contact program coordinator
Carl Burns.
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Scarlet Paws Animal Welfare Network
Phone: 609-575-5428
Contact: Mary Ann Cancio, 732-932-1443
Email: macancio@rci.rutgers.edu
Website: scarletpaws.rutgers.edu/index.html
Description: Scarlet Paws is a collaboration of Rutgers staff, faculty, students, and community volunteers
who have made a long-term commitment to the welfare and well-being of the humane treatment of
both domestic animals and wildlife found living on the New Brunswick campuses of Rutgers as a result
of abandonment, having become lost, or by birth to the aforementioned, and—in the case of wildlife—
having become sick, injured, or displaced from their natural habitat.
Volunteer Opportunities: Animal sighting and reporting, promoting Scarlet Paws throughout the RU
community, making donations, and/or assisting various animal shelters and hospitals. For more
information on how to become a community volunteer, contact Scarlet Paws President Mary Ann
Cancio.
The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum
Phone: 732-932-7237
Contact: Rebecca Brenowitz, ext. 611
Email: brenowit@rci.rutgers.edu
Website: zimmerlimuseum.rutgers.edu/
Description: The Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University is one of the largest and most distinguished
university-based museums in the country. It collects, preserves, researches, and exhibits world-class
works of art to provide the university community and diverse regional, national, and international
audiences with direct experience of the visual arts.
Volunteer Opportunity: The museum is looking for volunteers to work in the museum store for half a
day once a week. For more information, contact Rebecca Brenowitz.
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Rutgers University (OLLI-RU)
Phone: 732-932-7233 ext. 4200
Contact: Megan Novak
Email: megnovak@docs.rutgers.edu
Website: olliru.rutgers.edu
Description: The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Rutgers University (OLLI-RU) caters to individuals
over age 50, who are looking for an opportunity to expand their horizons, learn in an engaging
environment, and meet new friends. Currently available at four locations, Reformed Church of Highland
Park, Rutgers—New Brunswick campus, Western Monmouth Higher Education Center at Brookdale
Community College, and Raritan Valley Community College at Bridgewater, OLLI-RU offers noncredit
education that is stimulating, friendly, and informal. There are no tests and no grades!
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Volunteer Opportunities: OLLI-RU is looking for volunteers to instruct courses at one of their four
locations—a stipend will be paid to each instructor per course length. Interested volunteers should
submit a course proposal at OLLI-RU’s website or contact Megan Novak for more information.
Writing Tutors
Phone: 732-932-8122
Contact: Barbara Sirman
Email: sirman@rci.rutgers.edu
Website: wp.rutgers.edu/tutoring
Description: The Writing Centers, located on Busch, Livingston, and College Avenue campuses, are
united by a common philosophy, called minimalist tutoring. Minimalist tutoring strengthens reading and
writing skills by asking students to practice under the supervision of a more experienced writer, who
acts as a coach rather than an editor. Writing Tutors can expect sessions to be scheduled for one eightyminute
class period per week for at least five weeks, and are available to RU students free of charge.
Students are tutored in the full range of expository writing, from basic composition to advanced
research, business, and scientific writing courses.
Volunteer Opportunities: Volunteers work with graduate students, especially those whose first language
is not English, on issues related to sentence construction, manuscript organization, citation norms, and
general writing skills. For more information regarding availability and scheduling, contact Barbara
Sirman.
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