Attend medical appointments with patients who need assistance. Appointments may be at EBNHC or at other sites.
Share time with an elder in their home. Chatting, playing cards, or just being there brings much-needed companionship to someone who may be alone or feeling isolated.
Be a child’s role model to help with school tutoring or be someone to talk to. Share your time and expertise!
Direct Service is on-site volunteering. Direct service opportunities include but are not limited to: cooking and/or serving a meal, picking up and/or dropping off donations, working in our food pantry, cleaning, laundry, tutoring, doing craft projects with the children at our Family Shelter, and completing outdoor clean-up projects.
Help us with many of our most important tasks, including direct cat care such as providing food and water, scooping litter, sweeping, disinfecting, laundry, and other duties. Indirect cat care and administrative tasks may also be assigned. We’re looking for hardworking and reliable people between the hours of 8–10am.
We often need help with other areas such as administration, event planning, fundraising, community outreach, yard work and maintenance, writing, and marketing. If you’d like to help in any of those areas, we’d love to have you volunteer with us.
Groups can also help by coordinating donation drives. The families we work with have a wide range of needs beyond housing. You can help families directly by donating clothing, household items, and gift cards.
The School Age Program serves children kindergarten through fifth grade from many of the Cambridge Public Schools. Assist group leaders with activities, tutor, help with homework and literacy, or run special workshops on STEM, art, computers, and more.
Assist teachers with classroom activities. Read, sing, play an instrument, arts and crafts, play games, or share a talent with toddlers and preschoolers.
Offer patients and family members opportunities to engage in arts and crafts experiences. Examples include adult coloring, painting and sketching, fiber craft, decoupage, and more.