Some of the ways you can help by include: joining our Networking Outreach Committee that discusses job opportunities for Communitas job seekers, teaching employment skills, or employing an intern at your place of business.
You’ll be asked to speak at engagements including, but not limited to sponsor meetings, special events, and conferences. At these events, the volunteer will share their personal experience with being a caregiver for someone with Alzheimer’s disease or related dementia.
Some of the ways you can help by include: becoming a swim volunteer, coaching a Special Olympic sport, or keeping score at bowling.
In conjunction with Dementia Friendly Massachusetts, the Alzheimer’s Association is training volunteers to provide outreach and delivery of caregiver education, facilitate social engagement events, and provide peer support programs for people living with dementia and their caregivers. The anticipated time commitment for this volunteer role is 16 hours per month. (Extensive training and ongoing support…
As a volunteer, you’ll help us with administrative projects such as assembling large mailings, helping to organize special event supplies, putting together information packets, etc. These volunteer opportunities typically take place in our Waltham office during business hours.
There are many other volunteer opportunities with the Alzheimer’s Association. If you have a specific skill like computers, graphic design or are bi-lingual, we will work to accommodate your skill set with a specific volunteer position within the organization.
You’ll serve as the lead contact between the Association and a member of Congress. Responsibilities include holding at least five meetings annually in your respective congressional office in MA or NH. One of these visits includes participation in the National Alzheimer’s Association Advocacy Forum in Washington, DC each spring.
Support our Programs & Family Services Department by helping to track important information about our education programs and attendees. As a volunteer, you’ll conduct data entry in our Waltham, MA office on an ongoing basis. (ideally during business hours)
Volunteer and help with greeting visitors, and selling admission tickets, memberships, and merchandise. This job includes operating a cash register and credit card machine. Between visitors help keep the shop stocked and tidy.
In order for our annual American Independence Festival to be successful, we need the help of more than 100 individual volunteers in the days leading up to the event and on the Festival day itself. Commit to 4 hours at the event, or help plan the event this winter and spring!