While many seniors may feel left behind by society, The Salvation Army makes every effort to engage them in meaningful and worthwhile programs. Your involvement in the following programs will change a life: the League of Mercy and the Seniors Program Assistant.
Docents are volunteers trained to lead interpretive walking tours of the Back Bay Fens, Riverway, Olmsted Park and Jamaica Pond for the general public and special interest groups. Docents also may assist with visitor programming and lead or host activities at the Shattuck Visitor Center or on site in the Emerald Necklace parks
Volunteer to be an Emerald Necklace Ambassador and share your enthusiasm for the parks with others. Park Ambassadors greet visitors at the Shattuck Visitor Center in the Back Bay Fens and represent the Conservancy at fairs and festivals hosted by other organizations.
Help implement a comprehensive woodlands management program and promote a healthier forest through activities ranging from removing invasive plant species to conditioning forest soil.
Are you a Steppingstone Alum who wants to support younger Scholars? If so, we’d love to hear from you! Steppingstone is always looking for volunteers to mentor Scholars who have graduated from high school. These Alumni support students by looking over resumes, discussing career paths, helping with graduate school applications, finding scholarships, and more.
There are many additional opportunities for you to contribute to Steppingstone’s work throughout the year. Activities include: speaking on a career panel, becoming a Steppingstone Ambassador, mentoring a Steppingstone Alumni, visiting Steppingstone to see our programs in action, or hosting an event.
By working with us, you’ll be able to share your skills and develop new ones, surrounded by the beautiful land and culture of Massachusetts. Our farms, our gardens, our houses, our trails, our offices, our events…they’re looking for you. If you are interested in this volunteer opportunity, please contact Eileen Small at [email protected] or (781)…
Volunteering to assist in the office involves organizing files, assembling mailing packets, and making copies & collating.
Volunteering to assist with fundraising involves: helping to set-up & serve a meal, baking for a lunch/dinner, donating food, cleaning up after a lunch/dinner, donating raffle or auction items, finding partners or donors for raffles and auctions, selling raffle tickets, helping to organize an event, or writing grants.
Volunteering to assist with publicity can be done in the barn office or in your own home and involves: writing & sending press releases, writing feature articles, photography & video recording, updating info for our website, finding sponsors for riders, making a scrapbook/picture album, or collating responses to marketing.