WE’RE SO GLAD YOU’RE HERE
Thank you so much for your interest in volunteering with us! We would love to have you on board. Becoming a volunteer with NY3C means you have access to an incredibly supportive climbing community as well as industry passes to certain partner gyms and other perks.
Who We’re Looking For
You don’t need a degree or a license to become a New York City Climbing Collective member, but the role does require passion and commitment. We're looking for volunteers who…
✔ Have a passion for social justice and equity
✔ Are dedicated to the NY3C mission
✔ Can make a one year commitment to volunteering
✔ Will attend the monthly meetings
Before you apply, please take some time to learn more about each program and the expected time commitment to determine if this feels like the right volunteer opportunity for you. Read more about each volunteer position in the application page.
PROGRAMS
Harlem Rock Club Volunteer
Become a mentor for Black and Brown youth by helping coach, train, and entertain Harlem Rock Club participants.
Location: VITAL West | Method NJ
Time: Tuesdays or Thursdays
Free Sole-O Volunteer
This program has a variety of different processes that we need help with! Help clean, inventory, drop off, or fit participants with shoes all over the city.
This volunteer opportunity requires mostly in person work, but events can be coordinated remotely.
Community Meetup Volunteer
Help coordinate our mini-clinic series by organizing the event with gym management, create pamphlets about outdoor educational topics, or help run out meetups held once a month.
Location: Movement LIC
Time: Monthly Programming + 5 to 7 hours a month
Events Volunteer
Not sure that you can help with back end logistics for any of our programs, but still want to help? Apply for this position to be contacted if any events come up.
Some events include fundraisers, tabling, shoe cleaning, community meetups, shoe fittings, etc.
Time: Anything you can commit to!
FINANCE
Grant Writer
We’re looking for help writing and applying to grants. If you have any experience in researching and writing proposals, we highly encourage you to apply! This position will be supported by the Executive Director.
Location: Remote
Time: 5 to 7 hours a month
Fundraising Coordinator
NY3C has committed to running two fundraising events each year to help support programming and we’re looking for someone to lead these events! If you are highly organized and have experience in running/coordinating events, please apply!
Location: Hybrid, but mostly remote
Time: 2 to 4 hours a week + more prior to events
Accounting Lead
NY3C currently has a simple excel sheet tracking and maintaining finances and need help balancing and organizing important financial documents.
Location: Remote
Time: 4 to 6 hours a month
SOCIAL
Social Graphics Lead
Social media can be hard to maintain while also creating and implementing program. This position would immensely help support our events and other organizational news. Knowledge of Canva or other similar platforms would be useful.
Time: 7 to 10 hours a month
Media Lead
If you have any media industry connections and have experience in creating media campaigns, NY3C has a variety of programs we would love to share with our community! Creating a media presence will also help support fundraising efforts.
Location: Remote
Time: 7 to 10 hours a month