For those with professional-level skills to share, we always need assistance with web design, photography, videography, graphic design and printing.
In response to the pandemic, Boston Cares has worked with our community partners to identify ways volunteers can support local needs from the safety of their own homes. Opportunities include DIY projects at home, virtual/phone support, tutoring, and capacity building roles, with more needs being added regularly.
Boston Cares’s signature calendar program provides opportunities for volunteers to sign up to serve at projects that fit their interests and availability on a flexible basis. Visit www.bostoncares.org/calendar to see and search opportunities by location, impact area, age requirements, and more.
Boston Cares has worked with over 400 private corporations of all sizes to engage employees in volunteer community service. If you’re looking to launch your company’s first community service event, we have the experience, connections, and mission to guide you every step of the way so your organization’s volunteering experience goes smoothly, is engaging and…
Teams of volunteers (8-20) will join groups of elementary or middle school students (~30) for 2 hours of activities. Our traditional projects include soccer skills stations, nutrition or academic relay races, and can also include field and school clean ups, landscape projects, and more. Field Days come with a donation and we will work with…
Volunteers support fundraising & program events. One-time events include end-of-season celebrations, fundraising tournaments, fundraising galas, youth poetry slam, and more.
Corporate volunteer groups can schedule a service day at the Club where they can choose to help out by serving lunch, working in program spaces, or helping out with facilities and landscaping projects. Each service day is unique to the skills and interests of that particular group.
Provide a supportive presence to patients nearing the end of life. The volunteer provides verbal or non-verbal support, which may include playing quiet music, reading, or just sitting with the patient. The primary purpose of the volunteer is to alleviate solitude near the end of life. The volunteer is also available to notify nursing of…
A peer program whereby cancer survivors who have been through chemotherapy volunteer with patients currently receiving chemo.
Bringing the sacrament of the Eucharist to Roman Catholic patients. Compassionate and non-judgmental visits with those patients as appropriate.