Heat-n-Eats volunteers help repurpose and repackage prepared food from local universities, offices, and hospitals into healthy single-serving meals. These heat-and-eat meals are then distributed to community members and families with limited access to kitchens, or with other barriers to cooking for themselves. Groups are welcome. Work takes place at Food for Free’s dedicated Heat-n-Eats kitchen,…
Food for Free seeks volunteers to deliver boxes of food to homebound/vulnerable people experiencing food insecurity in Cambridge and the surrounding area. Routes start from the packing center in Somerville, with each volunteer delivering 8-10 boxes weighing approximately 30 pounds each. Food Delivery Drivers use their own vehicles to bring food to individual households. Over…
Volunteers help pack grocery boxes for Food for Free’s Just Eats and Healthy Eats programs. Volunteers will work together to fill each box with healthy fruits, vegetables, and pantry staples like rice and beans. Food for Free’s Just Eats program provides healthy food to community partners for grab-and-go distribution to local individuals and families in…
BUILD’s mission is to ignite the potential 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 mentoring. Business Team Mentors volunteer weekly in a BUILD classroom for 60-90 minutes, supporting and motivating…
WMM builds the financial literacy, confidence, and security of low-income women in Massachusetts, through a unique program that combines instructional workshops and personal, one-to-one coaching. Volunteer coaches serve as personal mentors. You don’t have to be a finance expert to be a coach. All you need is the desire to help a woman in your…
The Greater Boston Jewish Coalition for Literacy (GBJCL) is recruiting volunteers to help elementary school children discover the joy of reading by building meaningful relationships with a caring adult. Through partnerships with synagogues, Jewish community organizations, day schools, and businesses, GBJCL engages volunteers in school-based one-to-one reading tutoring, book drives, and advocacy efforts in high-needs schools.…
Ethos’ dedicated and passionate Ombudsman volunteers visit nursing facilities and rest homes in Boston on a regular basis and meet with residents and their families. Ombudsmen advocate for quality of life issues such as timely response by nursing facility staff to requests for assistance, facility cleanliness and meal quality. Ombudsman volunteers are absolutely crucial to…
What you offer: Experience with your own household budgeting and daily money management Patience, proactivity, and great attention to detail The desire to make a real difference in someone’s life 2-3 hours per month, at a time that works best for you The Boston Money Management Program (BMMP) at Ethos is a powerful volunteer-based program…
Neighborhood volunteers are needed to help residents aged 60 and older with snow removal. Volunteers would create a path which allows the resident, emergency response personnel, Meals on Wheels delivery people, mail carriers and other visitors to get in and out of the house safely. The volunteer will shovel for that same resident after each…
Eagle Eye engages volunteer instructors who are passionate about nature and want to share that with youth who have historically not had access to the outdoors. Instructors might include scientists and students, environmental educators, birders, foresters, nature writers, and others who want to share their knowledge, skills, and passion with the next generation of environmental…