Upcoming Events!

Spring Teach-in - Saturday, March 26th

Sending Forth - Tuesday, May 4 @ 7PM

 

Attention Freshmen, Sophomores, and Junior Volunteers:

Are you interested in joining 4Boston Council? The application is now up! Just click APPLY above to find the link to this year's council app. If you have any questions, please feel free to talk to your council member! Good Luck!

 

Contact?

Email us at 4boston.volunteers@gmail.com

or

Visit us in McElroy 111 (M-F 9-5)

 

 

 

What is 4Boston?

4Boston is the one of the largest weekly service organizations at any college or university. Boston College students commit to one year at one social service, health, or education placement, serving 4 hours per week and participating in one hour of group reflection.

The aim of 4Boston is twofold:

1) to provide students with a significant extended urban service experience which is enriched by regular opportunities for reflection on and analysis of the work in which they are engaging

2) to provide reliable, consistent assistance to Boston agencies which work with and on behalf of the city's poor and marginalized.

Working among the poor, the ill, and the marginalized inevitably raises the universal questions of life's meaning, justice, and purpose, and the Judeo-Christian tradition offers rich resources for addressing these questions. However, people of all faiths (and of no particular religious affiliation) are welcome to participate in 4Boston.

It is our firm belief that action without reflection risks despair and reflection without action risks irrelevance, and it is our explicit hope that 4Boston students will grow intellectually, morally, and spiritually through regular service to others and through disciplined reflection on that service.