Big Red Buddies

Every bit counts! Help support our day to day operations.

Help support our volunteer-base of nearly 200 Cornellians a semester!

Cover the cost of one supplementary spring break kit, just like the ones Big Red Buddies helped create at our community volunteering event last semester.

Help support our transportation costs so we can continue to provide reliable transportation to all volunteers!

Fund a toy donation to Head Start to replace or supplement classroom activities for tiny hands.

Allow us to expand our efforts for our spring community volunteering event, allowing us to provide even more necessities to over 200 children.

Your donation would allow us to add expensive necessities, like baby formula, to Spring Break Kits, which go to families in need.

A gift of $500 helps provide a semester of transportation for volunteers serving at our Ithaca-area Head Start sites. Your support ensures Cornell students can consistently show up for young learners, giving children the extra attention, encouragement, and positive role models they look forward to each week.

Help pave the way for an entirely new Big Red Buddies volunteering site! Your generous contribution could provide foundational funding for expanding our program to another Head Start center, helping us overcome transportation barriers and establish lasting partnerships that bring mentorship, friendship, and educational support to even more children for years to come.

A gift of $1,000 funds transportation for a full group of Cornell volunteers to travel to our Dryden Head Start site for an entire semester. Because this location is farther from campus, transportation is essential to ensuring children in this rural community have access to the same consistent support, attention, and encouragement that make Big Red Buddies so impactful. Your generosity helps bridge the distance, making it possible for volunteers to show up week after week and build meaningful relationships with the young learners who count on them.