Group build days, single or consecutive, are a great opportunity for a company or group to involve their employees or members in a positive team-building activity. A group build allows your business or organization to support the Habitat mission both financially and through hands-on effort.
The most popular volunteer activity is helping on the construction site. You’ll work alongside our construction team and partner families from 9am to 3:30pm on your build day to help construct Habitat houses. No previous construction skills are expected. Our skilled site supervisors and construction staff will provide the necessary tools, training, and safety information…
Groundwork Somerville host monthly open volunteer days (April through November) at our urban agriculture sites, as well as local parks and green spaces. No pre-registration is necessary. Events are drop in, and open to all.
Gleaning is an activity anyone can do: harvesting crops like tomatoes, beans or apples. With a few hours of free time, you can do something really meaningful.
Bring friends or colleagues out to do meaningful work in a beautiful farm setting. You can help us rescue farm-fresh food for families in need by setting up a service workday this season! This opportunity is for a three-hour gleaning experience for 8 to 30+ individuals (volunteers must be at least 13 years old).
Meal Program Assistants assist kitchen staff with food preparation, serving meals, and clean-up, helping WLP provide healthy and delicious breakfasts and lunches to our guests.
Help out as a group by painting, performing yard work and other ‘spruce up’ projects at our various site locations including Lawrence, Haverhill, Lynn, and Camp Y-Wood in Salem, NH.
Tutors or computer coaches for our After School Program to work individually with school-age children. This is a good opportunity for high school students. We also need adult tutors to work with one of our YWCA Fina House housing residents to help them earn their GED.
Interested in helping out with events, guest teaching, or other projects? Have a project to propose? We’d love to know!
Windrush Farm is a 38-acre working farm, with access to miles of trails. We always have something do on the property! We welcome groups to help with a wide variety of projects including: painting, cleaning, washing, fence mending, clearing trails, building new pathways, weeding ans mulching.