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Our mission

Ignite the power of youth in underresourced communities to build career success, entrepreneurial mindsets and opportunity.

Opportunities

Classroom Volunteer

BUILD’s mission is to ignite the power of youth in under-resourced communities to build Career success, Entrepreneurial mindsets, and Opportunity. We help students become the CEOs of their own lives. One of the key components of our organization is volunteering. Volunteers  support and motivate students on a youth business team. They provide thoughtful and compassionate feedback along the students’ entrepreneurial journey and become a part of the students’ networks helping them build social capital. This volunteer opportunity is working with high school students. There is no prior business experience required and we encourage people of all career backgrounds to apply.

All volunteers are trained about BUILD and their role and expectations as a volunteer. Volunteers will learn about the events in which they’ll participate, the context of the entrepreneurship curriculum and what feedback they’re expected to provide.

Benefits and opportunities include:

  • Expand your own professional network
  • Attend student events to see next generation of entrepreneurs
  • BUILD swag
  • Attend appreciation and networking events
  • Impact and empower young people

In school year 2025-2026, the following partnerships are in need of volunteers:

Another Course to College, Hyde Park

Charlestown High School

Excel High School, South Boston

Gateway Academy, Haverhill

Just A Start, Cambridge

New Liberty Innovation School, Salem

Randolph High School

  • One-time
  • Teens
  • In Person
  • On-site
  • Weekdays

  • Individuals
How you help

BUILD volunteers come to the classroom and offer coaching support, feedback and relationship building to students as they come up with business ideas. Opportunities include judging student business presentations, providing ongoing coaching feedback and building students’ networks. For more information on classroom events, visit https://build.org/volunteer-information/

About us

BUILD is a youth entrepreneurship program dedicated to creating a more diverse future workforce by ensuring students in Boston’s under-resourced communities have access to the mentorship, professional development opportunities, and funding they need to graduate high school, go to college, and launch successful careers.