How you can help
Volunteer and Advocacy Opportunities
NYRU is in need of volunteers and interns for a variety of tasks from simple to complex. Examples including office work, IT work, special event organization, desktop publishing, etc. in addition to direct advocacy. Please contact Bruce Carpenter to discuss how you can help.

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Membership
Membership in NYRU demonstrates your support for our valuable work. The larger our membership base, the more weight the organization carries in the state and federal policy arenas. Additionally, as a member, you will receive updates on important developments and events via an email newsletter, should you so desire. To become a member, print out the membership form and mail it in. That's all it takes!

Membership Application

Corporate Sponsorship
Membership in NYRU demonstrates your support of our valuable work. The larger our membership base, the more weight our organization carries in the state and federal policy arenas. Additionally, NYRU will keep you informed of important developments and events via an email newsletter, should you so desire.

Corporate membership would be appropriate for any organization or business that has an interest in our work from an economic or community standpoint. For example, our work has created hundreds of miles of new navigable waters throughout the state, improved the aesthetics of rivers and introduced fish and other aquatic life back into rivers. Any business based around tourism or recreational is a beneficiary of our work. Our future work will be made possible by your contribution, so please join today.

NYRU would be also be happy to accept donations of services that will allow us to reduce our expenditures or offer additional benefits to our members. We will acknowledge your generosity in a manner appropriate to your gift. Please talk with our staff to discuss these opportunities.

Workplace Giving
NYRU is a member of EarthShare New York. EarthShare partners with employees and employers across the country to support hundreds of environmental groups through efficient and effective payroll deduction giving.

If you are an employer or Human Resources representative and would like to know more about offering Earth Share at your workplace, or an employee and would like more information about introducing Earth Share as a charitable giving option at your workplace, contact info@earthshare.org

Charitable Giving
New York Rivers United will accept gifts of stock, bequeaths, cash, property and other instruments of charity. All gifts are tax deductible. Please contact Bruce Carpenter, NYRU Executive Director for information and assistance.

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