The LPC oversees the land protection activities of Bear-Paw. The Land Protection Committee help develop land protection policies, evaluate conservation projects. The LPC also oversees the annual monitoring of all easements and preservers held by Bear-Paw.
Do you enjoy helping kids learn new things? Assist a Camp Fire program staff in delivering our project-based curriculum to elementary school students. Programs take place during after-school hours and are located in Lynn.
Assist with special projects in our office. Can include mailings, data entry, organizing merchandise, filing, etc.
Samplers needed: This work involves being outside on the beach, collecting and sieving sand samples. Fair warning: the work is conducted outside, in sometimes cold (or hot) weather, and can be a bit tedious, but it is very important! This is the first study of its kind in New Hampshire. The time commitment will vary…
Volunteers help with education and children’s activities aboard whale watch boats from mid-May through October. Trips are 4-5 hours long, and a commitment of at least 1 day/week is preferred. Marine science background/knowledge of local marine life is helpful, but not required. Must love interacting with people!
Our Blue Ocean Discovery Center in Hampton Beach is open from late June to early September. Volunteers will help with marine education at our touch tanks and on the beach, interpreting displays about maritime, natural and local history, answering questions about the local area, and doing children’s activities.
We are looking for help in maintaining and expanding our monofilament fishing line recycling program. We can use help with this project in contacting marinas, installing bins, promoting their usage and monitoring them (removing fishing line and filling out a short data sheet) throughout the summer and fall.
You will be matched in a one-to-one relationship with a Little Sister between the age of 7-15. Community-Based Mentoring Sisters typically meet on weekends or in the evenings and enjoy low- to no-cost activities that can range from baking to basketball, drawing to dancing, or science to sandcastle building.
You will be matched a one-to-one relationship with a Little Sister in elementary school in Boston or Cambridge. Site-Based Mentoring Sisters meet at the Little Sister’s school during her lunch period or at her after school program site. Together, they enjoy activities like crafts, reading, playing on the playground, or conducting fun science experiments.
Our volunteers come from a variety of backgrounds, careers, education levels, cultures, marital statuses, ages, ethnicities, and households. Mentoring is about starting a consistent friendship and inspiring positive change to empower children to believe they can achieve what they never dreamed possible. You can simply incorporate your Little into your everyday life: play sports together,…