NAMI Berkshire County’s free Family Support Group is for family members of someone living with mental illness. The group is facilitated by a trained family member, and participants learn from each other’s experiences, share coping strategies, and offer mutual encouragement and understanding.
Volunteer facilitators lead discussions, play games, read stories and create arts and crafts with all the grieving young people in our program. With the help of our caring adult facilitators, participants make new friends and share about their experience of loss.
The Private Attorney Involvement (“PAI”) Project’s referral services include representation on either a pro bono or compensated basis. We will also refer over income applicants or fee-generating matters. Volunteers receive professional liability policy coverage for pro bono & compensated cases referred through this project, free trainings, and vouchers for reduced tuition MCLE trainings.
Guide visitors in interacting with exhibits, highlight important educational topics.
Volunteers can immerse themselves in our featured historical buildings during special events, programming, and festivals.
Become a docent and be a part a part of all of our field trips and educational programming.
We are seeking volunteer tutors to help adults 18 and older achieve their goals of learning to read, write, and speak English. Tutors work one-to-one with both first language English speakers as well as those for whom English is their second language (ESL). All tutoring takes place at the literacy center, and materials and books…
Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault (DVSA) certification training is required and provided by the YWCA. Additional SAFEPLAN Certification training is required and is provided by MOVA (Massachusetts Office of Victim Assistance). Costs related to this training are the intern’s/volunteer’s responsibility. Volunteers and interns would shadow the SAFEPLAN advocate during court hours. Learning experiences include but are not…
From general feeding, providing clean water as well as the upkeep of the room is the primary duty of all volunteers. The volunteers also help with the well being of these kitties by socializing and playing with them as well. Volunteers will be involved with but not limited to: maintaining a clean environment for the…
As a volunteer driver you will use your personal car and have complete flexibility to choose the rides that work for your schedule and location. Daytime, evening and weekend volunteer driving opportunities are available. We ask that you commit to a minimum of one ride per week. Volunteer drivers must be at least 21, possess…