Ongoing Opportunities
Cradles to Crayons - A Toy for Every ChildCradles to Crayons is currently looking for volunteers to help collect, sort, clean, and package toys for local children. The warehouse is open Tuesday-Friday 10:00AM-3:00PM and on Saturdays 10:00AM-1:00PM. For more information, contact volunteer@cradlestocrayons.com.
Sort Food at the Greater Boston Food Bank
Help assist the Greater Boston Food Bank by inspecting, sorting, and boxing food to over 600 relief agencies. There is an upcoming volunteer opportunity August 15th. Call (617) 427-5200 or e-mail volunteer@gbfb.org for more information.
Help Prepare Food at Community Servings
Community Servings is dedicated to providing free home-delivered meals throughout Eastern Massachusetts to people homebound with HIV/AIDS and other acute life-threatening illnesses. Help Community Servings provide nutritionally and culturally appropriate meals by contacting Jenny Pockoski at jpockoski@servings.org.
Volunteer for the Tutoring & Daycare Programs at Housing Families!
Housing Families is a non-profit organization dedicated to finding homes for homeless families, and to the greater goal of ending homelessness. We are located in Malden, but service families throughout Malden, Everette, Revere, Medford, and Chelsea. At Housing Families, families are enrolled in a holistic program that includes finding transitional and permanent housing, counseling for both children and adults, and after-school tutoring for the children.
We are currently looking for volunteers for the tutoring and daycare programs. For the tutoring program, responsibilities would include helping kids with their schoolwork. We try to make this as individualized as possible, hence, the majority of the time volunteers would work with one or two students. Daycare responsibilities include watching and playing with kids while parents are in counseling. Volunteers are asked to put in at least one hour per week. This is an ongoing volunteer opportunity.
For more information, you can visit our website: City Housing or contact Melissa Streng at 781-322-9119
Volunteers Needed for Susan Bailis Assisted Living Center
Susan Bailis is an elderly residential facility right next to Northeastern that is looking for volunteers that are self motivated, reliable, creative, flexible, and caring. They are looking for somebody to do activities with the residents, between the hours of 10-11:30 2-4 and 6-8.
If interested please call Sabrina Riley Program Director 617-247-1010 or visit http://www.susanbailis.com/index.html
Volunteers needed at Merrimack Valley Habitat for Humanity
Merrimack Valley Habitat for Humanity builds homes, shares hope, and changes lives. They move families from overcrowded, dispiriting living conditions to a safe, decent, and affordable home, providing the stability and foundation they need to build a better life. It is a partnership of hope, and of a helping hand. They could not do this work without generous volunteers. They need a volunteer intern that can be responsible for the following:
- Data entry
- Merging letters and mailings
- Coordinating groups of volunteers for building and office help on a regular basis. This involves communicating via phone and e-mail.
- Research of foundations, grants and other funding opportunities
- Event management and coordination
- Design work that could include newsletters, html e-mails, brochures, business cards
- Assist writing and editing newsletter articles or Web copy
- Help maintain our Web site
- General administrative work
More information about Merrimack Valley Habitat for Humanity can be found online at Merrimack Valley Habitat and contact Jodi M. Weeks at jodi@merrimackvalleyhabitat.org or Phone: 978-681-8858 extension 12
Project Think Different
Boston, MA
Project Think Different is a non profit organization that uses the arts and popular media to amplify the voices of youth and promote positive social change in our community. They are currently working on recruiting members for their street team. The members must be between 15 and 21 and will be helping them promote their recent cd release and up and upcoming events.
For more information, please contact Taj Campman at 617-557-9200 or visit Project Think DifferentTeen Voices
Teen Voices is a 12-week journalism program where you, yes, YOU would be a Teen Editor for a nationally distributed magazine! The teen girls who participate in our program receive all types of valuable skills, they get national recognition in our magazine, they make new friends, and they get paid for it all!
For more information please contact Saun Green, our Peer Leaders, Monday - Friday @ (617) 426- 5505, ext.19, or visit them @ 80 Summer St. 3rd floor, Downtown Boston near Downtown Crossing.
Volunteer Tutors needed for High School Students
Tutors are needed for English High School in Jamaica Plain in a variety of subjects. Tutors are asked to commit to a minimum of one class period a week (approx. 1 hour) during the normal school day (7:40am-1:50pm) and attend weekly for the duration of the semester (or longer). This is a great opportunity to work one-on-one or with small groups of high school students. Tutors are needed in math, science, history, English, and ESL. English HS is in Jamaica Plain near the Green Street stop on Orange line.
If you are interested, please contact Jaime Greene at greene.jai@gmail.com
The Center of Community Service at Northeastern University provides students, staff, faculty, alumni and community partners with a central place for posting and receiving information, resources, and referrals for community service and service-learning opportunities. The Center supports Northeastern University's long tradition of service to the community and aims to:
- Strengthen and expand current service opportunities
- Encourage greater connections between community service and academic study
- Increase participation of individuals and groups in community service activities.
For more information about service opportunities, please visit Community Service at NU and check the Volunteer Clearing House section (listed under 'Services') for organization sponsored events.