Volunteer and Make a Difference

Help Others Find Inner Peace

Kadampa Meditation Center Long Island is run almost entirely by volunteers. Volunteering is a great way to share your talents and interests, get to know members of the center, make new friends, and have fun helping others find inner peace. It doesn’t matter how small the task seems, each contribution is meaningful and appreciated.

“Thank you for your interest in helping to spread Buddha’s teachings throughout the New York area. If we think clearly we shall realize that all our present and future happiness depends upon our cherishing others.”

– Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche

Friendly Greeters

One of the most important volunteer positions is that of greeter. For new people who visit our center to be greeted warmly with a smile makes them feel comfortable right away and usually keeps them coming back for more meditation classes.

Making Water Offerings

Our volunteers enjoy making the shrine water offerings. It’s a beautiful practice that allows us to imagine that we’re making abundant offerings to all the Buddhas. It’s a wonderful practice of giving that creates causes to have a clear mind in the future.

Kids Class Volunteers

Even our kids class helps out sweeping from time to time.

Ruth Kweller cleans our Berkey water fountain

Supplying Fresh Drinking Water

Making sure guests of the center have clean drinking water is a kindness performed by our caring volunteers.

Bridget Walsh changing lightbulbs at KMC Long Island

Building Maintenance

Making sure our centers have adequate light (to dispel the darkness of our minds) is an important function of our volunteers. Sometimes this requires climbing ladders to swap out lightbulbs in the ceiling.

Volunteer Appreciation Day

Once a year we gather to honor and thank all of our dedicated volunteers.

Sunday Volunteers in Huntington

Our Sunday brunch in Huntington is entirely organized by volunteers.

Vacuuming the Meditation Spaces

Keeping our meditation spaces clean helps our students and practitioners to have clear and joyful meditations.

Temple Keepers

Caring for our shrines and keeping them clean and beautiful is just one job handled by our volunteers.

Window Washers

Washing the front windows

Sign Up to Become a Volunteer!

Our mission is to provide the people of Long Island with access to meditation, Buddhist teachings and other tools to cultivate peaceful, and happy lives. All of the Kadampa Meditation Centers around the world are non-profit, volunteer organizations that function to help the people of the local area spiritually.

If you wish to help in any way in our Huntington, Massapequa, Port Jefferson, or St. James locations, please fill out the form below. Thank you.

Who can volunteer?

Anyone can volunteer. You don’t need a special skill or experience. We have many volunteer positions that can be undertaken by anyone without training, or minimal training. If you do have a special skill, please let us know.

How much time will it take?

It can take as little or as much time as you have. Each and every hour of volunteering counts. Come and speak with us about your schedule and availability.

What kinds of volunteer opportunities are there?

Our volunteer needs range from distribution of flyers, helping in our bookstore, food coordination at events, cleaning, administration, fixing things to other specific skills such as graphic design, web updates, sound recording and photography. To find out more about the different opportunities, please contact us.

How do I get started?

If you are interested in becoming a KMC-LI volunteer you can send an email to our volunteer coordinator Nelly at volunteer@kmcli.org or stop by the center and speak to one of our other volunteers.

Become a Volunteer