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Teen LEADS Summer Exploration Series

Jul 18, 2025

his summer, picture your teen spending a week learning about different career paths, developing leadership and communication skills, and exploring ways to get involved in the community. That's exactly what happens at Teen LEADS!

YOU'RE INVITED TO THE ULTIMATE SUMMER NIGHT OUT

Jul 3, 2025

Our 2nd Annual Paddles & Prosecco Event is where fun meets feel-good - pickleball, prosecco, laughs, and amazing people...all while supporting Bergen Volunteers, an organization that truly makes a difference!

2024 Impact Report

Jul 3, 2025

View our most recent Impact Report

Give a Call

Jun 29, 2022

Calling to talk to someone on the phone is intimate and transparent with a beginning and an end, hence the �~Hello�™ and �~Goodbye�™, phrases not necessarily used in texts.

How do we inspire kids to give back?

Jun 15, 2022

We are raising future adults. What we do, what we show them, will have a direct effect on who they will become.

A Story of Youth Volunteerism

Jun 8, 2022

In 2021 alone, they youth have removed a total of 548 shopping bags of garbage!

We Live to Give

Oct 18, 2021

All of us here at Bergen Volunteers love the time of year when we bring presents to our mentees during our holiday party. Seeing the smile appear on another�™s face when we give a gift, provide a service, or do anything in their best interests will undoubtedly reflect back on us. Giving to others makes us happy, far more than receiving things for ourselves does.

Making-It-Home

Oct 11, 2021

What makes a place a home? A house, a condo, an apartment, all of these can be homes. What is it that switches a place from just being a structure with walls, floors, windows, doors, and a roof, to being a place with an emotional attachment to it?

Teens - The Leaders of Tomorrow

Oct 6, 2021

When thinking about the importance of leadership in teens, perhaps the best place to get input is from a teen. Fortunately for us, we have a couple of amazing interns here at Bergen Volunteers, and one of them gave us his thoughts on the topic.

Hearts of Bergen - Chloe Fernandez

Jul 28, 2016 by Michael Olohan, BVC Volunteer

In 2015, Chloe and her mom participated in Bergen Volunteer Center's "All Wrapped Up" holiday giving program and learned about the many activities that volunteers perform daily throughout the county. She said she wanted to do something to support the center and its work.Chloe has decided to donate 100% of the proceeds of her book to the Bergen Volunteer Center now through the end of the year when the book is purchased through this link for the BVC to get create. Purchase PCD Has Nothing On Me today!

A Young Womans Journey into the Non Profit World

Nov 24, 2015 by Emily Reers

On the first day of my first internship within the non-profit sector, I knew that this was where I belonged. Throughout high school, I actively participated in a variety of community service projects and absolutely loved it. When I toured Providence College, during the spring of my junior year, and heard about their Public and Community Service Studies major I realized that my passion for service could one day translate into a career. Providence College instantly became my number one school. Thankfully I got in and immediately declared Public and Community Service Studies as my major.

Our CEO featured on WMBC's Hometown!

Nov 23, 2015 by Melissa LaRobardier

Our own Lynne Algrant, CEO of Bergen Volunteer Center, explains the history and purpose of the organization to Melissa Estock as part of WMBC's "Hometown" show. This feature episode allowed Lynne to touch on the highly trained and committed volunteers that help run the county, our upcoming 50th anniversary, as well as key activities such as the CHORE service, mentoring high-risk youths and the LEADS civic leadership program.