Sign up to write letters and cards to self isolating seniors. Your letters will brighten their day and remind them that we are thinking of them! To sign up, please head to https://www.lettersagainstisolation.com and fill out the bright yellow “get involved form”!
Boston Housing Authority and AmeriCorps are partnering for the MLK Day of Service to create business professional community closets. Our AmeriCorps VISTA is organizing a professional clothing drive to create community closets for public housing residents who need professional attire to go to job interviews and other events as needed. The pandemic has affected many…
Drive to collect (1) non-perishable food and supplies (such as paper towels, toilet paper, diapers), gift cards for BJ’s, Costco or Market Basket, or cash or online donations; (2) socks, winter hats, gloves/mittens, and scarves or shawls. Drop-off sites will be provided and drop-off can take place on the days listed, but will also be…
The Northborough Community Members will be collecting food donations for the Northborough Food Pantry. People interested in honoring Martin Luther King Day, supporting the new administration and the orderly transfer of power are encouraged to join in! Drop off food donations, including supermarket gift cards, in a contactless way in bins on side of address…
Join the City of Boston’s Age Strong Commission to call 80,000 residents of Boston over 60 and check in to make sure all of our older residents have access to the food, medication and assistance they need during this time. This is a 1-hour training that will go over the volunteer opportunity, basic information you…
Attend a Boston Cares New Volunteer Orientation as part of MLK Weekend 2021! Boston Cares is a flexible volunteer agency that connects individuals with volunteer opportunities throughout Greater Boston. To become a Boston Cares member and begin signing up for projects through our year-round Calendar Program, you must attend a brief, one-time New Volunteer Orientation.…
This is not an in-person event but rather people collecting or making blankets to donate to the homeless from their own homes. If and when possible, wool blankets are good because if they get wet they won’t freeze. All blankets of all kinds and sizes will be accepted, homeless shelters, etc can also use them…
Volunteers will join together over zoom to make Valentine’s Day Cards for seniors. The Boston Age Strong Commission’s Card Project serves over 10,000 senior residents of Boston around the holidays. Currently, due to COVID-19 folks quarantining at home may be missing many of the social interactions they look forward to. The older adults who will…
The Greater Boston Food Bank and Boston Cares will co-host this informative session about the surge in food insecurity in Greater Boston during the COVID-19 pandemic. Volunteers will learn more about how GBFB has worked with their network of food bank partners to support food distribution and the impact volunteers have had on the organization…