Individual Organizations
Please note: the list below is meant as a guide only, not an exhaustive list of opportunities. To submit additions to this list, please email Kathleen Joyce.
Junior Achievement
Organization seeking to educate & inspire kids to value free enterprise, business, and economics. Topics include personal finance, entrepreneurship, classroom facilitation, and job information. Individual and Group opportunities are available.
Julie Cabral, Education Manager
Phone: (617) 368-3566
jcabral@ja-easternmass.org
Susan Green, VP Education West
Phone: (508) 429-0089
sgreen@ja-easternmass.org
CHILL
This organization is a nonprofit learn-to-ride program for underserved youth. Each year, they take hundreds of youth to the ski slopes and provide them with everything they need to learn to ride. Chill uses board sports to motivate youth to accomplish goals they never thought they could, while teaching them some of the most important lessons in life about patience, persistence, responsibility, courage, respect and pride. Chill is looking for volunteers to help in the snow with teaching the children as well as assistance in running events.
Contact: Lauren DiGeronimo - laurend@chill.org
Kristen Conley - kristenc@localchill.org
Community Servings
This organization is dedicated to providing free home-delivered meals throughout easatern Massachusetts to people homebound with HIV/AIDS and other acute life-threatening illnesses who are unable to shop or cook for themselves.The following volunteering opportunities are available to meet individual schedule, time constraints and interests:Kitchen volunteers, Van Volunteers, Saturday Delivery Volunteers, Special Events, and Seasonal Opportunities.
Individuals, Contact: Malissa Harmon
mharmon@servings.org
Groups, Contact: Rebecca Ober,
Volunteer Recruitment Coordinator rober@servings.org
G-Row Boston (Girls-Row Boston)
G-ROW Boston (Girls-Row Boston) is the first rowing and relationship building program designed specifically for girls in the Boston public schools. G-ROW builds girls' strength and confidence, and also aims to diversify the traditionally exclusive sport of rowing.
G-ROW Boston provides girls with a once-in-lifetime opportunity: to learn to row and compete on the Charles River. The girls practice three to four days per week throughout the school year to develop new skills including on-water rowing and racing and leadership skills development. The program also provides mentors, an academic support program, and college advising through a partnership with The Bottom Line.
G-ROW is looking for tutors to assist with academic support Tuesday afternoons from 3-4:30pm and Wednesday evenings from 5:30-7pm. Tutoring sessions take place in the G-ROW classroom inside Community Rowing's Harry Parker Boathouse in Brighton. Though they encourage consistent participation, attendance at all tutoring sessions is not required.
Contact: Alice Taggart, BC MBA'06
Phone: (617) 513-0090
alice@growboston.org
Boston Catholic Schools CONNECT
This organization seeks to increase student achievement by providing student and family support services and expanding cultural enrichment opportunities. It partners with BC, Jackson Mann Community Center, and St. Anthony and St. Columbkille elementary schools in Brighton. Volunteer opportunities include after-school programs, summer programs, and one-time engagements in social activities or school presentations.
Contact: Adam Gray, Program Coordinator
Phone: (617) 782-7170
info@bostoncsc.org
People Making A Difference
Organization with variety of volunteer opportunities, both business-related and other. New opportunities arise frequently and there are opportunities for individual and group volunteers.
Apply through either of the following Web sites:
www.pmd.org OR www.volunteersolutions.org
O.N.E. Organization for a New Equality
This organization seeks to expand economic opportunities for people traditionally excluded from the financial mainstream. Volunteers facilitate workshops on a variety of financial topics.
Apply through website: www.newequality.org
ALS Association, Massachusetts
This grassroots organization addresses ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) through support groups, patient care, fundraising, and awareness educational programs.
Apply through website:ALS Association of Massachusetts
Phone: 1-888-CURE-ALS
Boston College Eagle Eyes Project
This organization creates opportunities for disabled people to access computers for economic and personal improvement. This program is already affiliated with the Carroll School of Management.
Contact: James Gips
Phone: (617) 552-3981
gips@bc.edu
Girl Scouts OF Eastern Massachusetts
Various volunteer opportunities available. Business-related programs include “From Badge to Business” and “How to Become a Successful Businesswoman”.
For more info, please visit their website:Girl Scouts of Eastern MA
Phone: (781) 893-6113
Career Collaborative
Career Collaborative ends poverty for working-class families by helping adults get and succeed at good jobs. Volunteer opportunities including helping individuals prepare for job interviews.
Contact: Sokhary Eam, Volunteer Coordinator
Sokhary@careercollaborative.org
National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship
Through entrepreneurship education, NFTE helps young people from low-income communities build skills and unlock their entrepreneurial creativity. NFTE is currently looking for volunteers to serve a variety of roles. Guest speakers are needed to speak about entrepreneurship and/or business-related topics. Business Plan Coaches are needed to work one-on-one with students while they are writing their business plans. Alumni Business Mentors are needed to work with alumni of NFTE who are interested in starting or growing their business>
Contact: Laura Scarlett
Phone: (781) 239-5863
laura.scarlett@nfte.com
Boston EITC Coalition
The Boston Earned Income Credit Tax Coalition is comprised of 22 community organizations that provide free tax preparation to low and moderate income Boston residents.
They have multiple volunteer positions available during tax season, including tax preparer, credit advisor, cash advisor and intake screener. Volunteers are needed during the day, after 5PM and on Saturdays. All volunteers receive training and do not need tax experience.
Contact: Amy Siech
Phone: 617-918-5360
Greater Boston Food Bank
The Greater Boston Food Bank is the largest hunger-relief organization in New Englad, and one of the largest food banks in the country. They distribute more than 25 million pounds of food annually to a network of more than 600 member hunger-relief agencies. For information on volunteering as an individual or as a group, please visit their website:
http://www.gbfb.org/
**Group volunteer programs sponsored by the Carroll School, such as Invest N Kids, do not require individual form submission, as participation is already tracked for these programs.