Co-curricular and Service Activities
Boston Cares
Flexible volunteer program that has a broad variety of volunteer projects.
Boston.com volunteer listings
List of a variety of volunteer opportunities in and around Boston.
Boston Health Care for the Homeless
This agency is committed to providing healthcare for individuals who are homeless. This opportunity may be of particular interest to nursing and pre-med students.
Casa Myrna Vazquez
Provides bi-lingual (English/Spanish) services and shelter to women and children who have been victims of domestic violence.
Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of Boston
Social service agency that serves poor, wooking poor, refugees, immigrants as they become part of an active community and a culturally familiar environment.
Citizen Schools
Tutoring and apprenticeships opportunities in Boston schools. Apprenticeships are an opportunity to share a subject or skill you are interested in with middle-school students. Training and help designing the apprenticeship are offered.
Community Change Inc.
The center works for racial justice and equity. Resources include a library on racism and a variety of programs and events.
COMPASS School
The COMPASS School is a community based organization in Jamaica Plain that serves high risk inner-city children who have a history of behavioral, social and educational disabilities.
Cultural Survival
Promotes the rights, voices, and visions of indigenous peoples.
Haley House
Soup kitchen, food pantry, and housing programs primarily serving homeless men and elderly individuals.
Horizons for Homeless Children
Committed to serving pre-school aged homeless children.
La Alianza Hispana
Provides a variety of community-based services in English and Spanish.
International Rescue Committee
The IRC works to provide necessary services for refugees around the world.
Internships
The BC website gives a link to "Internship Review," in which BC studentsreview their internships.
Irish Immigration Center
The IIC provides immigration and citizenship services to immigrants from around the world. Students interested in law school may be particularly interested in the IIC's monthly legal clinics. Volunteers may also be interested in their immigrant's rights community organizing efforts, contributions to the peace process in Ireland and Northern Ireland, and their anti-racism work in Boston.
Mayor's Office of New Bostonians
This program is run by the City of Boston to serve the needs of new immigrants to Boston.
Oxfam America
Agency works to find long-term solutions to poverty, hunger, and social injustice around the world.
Pine Street Inn
The Pine Street Inn provides shelter and services to men and women who are homeless.
Rosie's Place
Rosie's Place provides shelter and services to women who are homeless.
Sabre Foundation
Distributes new books and other educational materials to support education, private sector growth, research and higher learning in Africa, countries of the former Soviet Union, the Balkans, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
Sociedad Latina
Community based organization that serves Boston's Latino community.
Transition House
Provides shelter and services to women and children who have been victims of domestic violence.
Traveler's Aid Family Services
This agency assists individuals and families without a home or away from home.
United Way
Searchable database that lists a variety of volunteer opportunities in Massachusetts.
Women's Lunch Place
Provides food, friendship, advocacy, and resources for women and children who are homeless or poor.
International Experience
Passport Information
Site for U.S. citizens obtaining passports.
Internships
The BC website has a link to information on international internships. There is also a link to "Internship Review", in which BC students review their intenships.
After Graduation
BUNAC
Helps students and young people work abroad.
Idealist
Idealist lists a large number of non-profit volunteer, internship, and job opportunities in the U.S. and abroad. This site is helpful for students looking for service activities, internships and jobs after graduation.
Jesuit Volunteers
Provides graduates with volunteer programs throughout the U.S. and abroad.
G 3 Visas
An all-in-one visa and passport site.
Peace Corps
The government's international volunteer program.