Share your passion and knowledge about Buzzards Bay by joining our Learning Center support team. Learning Center volunteers are enthusiastic, dependable community members who choose to help out at one of our learning centers in New Bedford (year-round) or Westport (June to September). Volunteers also help with special projects around the office as needed.
There are many volunteer positions available: greeting guests at our reception desk, setting up for events, working with school groups or sharing history as a docent. If you have a special skill or talent – woodworking, photography, writing, music, teaching – let us find a job for you!
The American Sign Museum has opportunities for volunteers. The small staff often needs assistance; from providing tours to pulling weeds. Professional skills are always welcome. If you have an idea as to how you may want to get involved, let us know!
No matter what your skill set – whether you desire hands-on activities with our pets, prefer to provide clerical support, or want to assist with our events and education programs in the community – there is a place for you.
Our volunteers greet visitors, deliver flowers to patient rooms, work in the gift shop, transport patients, sort and deliver hospital mail, help with events, and support hospital programs. Most importantly they bring good cheer and warmth to our patients and our staff.
Big Friends Little Friends is a community mentoring program in which Big and Little consistently meet 2-4 times a month for a minimum of one year. Big Friends are caring and responsible people who are from all different backgrounds, races and religions, and like to have fun; are committed to being a consistent role-model, to…
The bottom line is to make a positive difference in a child’s life. All new volunteers are required to go through a formal application and interview process. Volunteers are required to provide personal references, as well as, agree to a CORI & SORI background check. Volunteers are asked to provide guidance to our members through…
Companies and individuals can provide skilled services such as web design, printing services, or legal counsel.
Graphics and Social Media assistance needed in our Office of Development
Tamar’s Center needs assistance with clothing sorting, cleaning, and shopping. We are also in need of volunteers with a social work background, with availability weekdays from 8a-12p.