If you have experience in theatre and or dance, or visual art, or are studying theatre, art, family studies, women’s studies, or education, we would love to have your help! Volunteer to help with one or more of our programs.

Do you have a talent, interest or expertise that you would like to share? Do you enjoy making a positive difference in the lives of others? Providing tutoring, mentoring, child care, pro bono professional services and skills training are just a few examples of how our volunteers help create real and lasting change in others.

Foster Care, een Parenting, Good News Garage, Services for New Americans, Unaccompanied Refugee Minors, Immigration Legal Assistance, Language Bank or Services for Older Adults.

Assist in classes as a Computer Lab Monitor by supervising students / clients in open lab hours. Computer skills required. Or assist a regular classroom teacher during ESOL, job search class, or computer class.

Childcare volunteers assist with observing and monitoring children’s daily activities. Must be a Mandarin native speaker. EEC CORI required.

Take visitors on guided tours or answer questions as people tour the Museum on their own. Tours last about 1 to 1½ hours and involve standing, walking and climbing stairs. (May – November)

The Bay Cove Board of Advocates is a volunteer group that plays a critical role in the success of our agency. The Board of Advocates was envisioned as a group of individuals—knowledgeable about and supportive of Bay Cove’s programs and services—who could help increase the agency’s viability and visibility in the community-at-large.

Sample volunteer projects include: landscaping and yard clean-up at one of our 175 programs, interior painting at one of our many residential or day programs, or cooking with CASPAR (prepare and serve a meal to guests at our homeless shelter in Cambridge).

The Bay Cove Human Rights Committee is looking for nurses, masters’ level behavioral specialists, and attorney law students or paralegals. This external committee helps Bay Cove monitor and review our Human Rights program through monthly meetings (with a break during the summer), and visits to our programs. We provide an orientation upon joining, as well…