Since its beginnings in 1865, The Salvation Army has always focused part of its work on helping children reach their full potential. Volunteer opportunities exist in the following areas: Teaching Assistants: tutor, teach curriculum and mentor children ages 2-7. After School Programs: help children build self-esteem, develop appropriate social behaviors and learn academic skills. Also,…
Assist the Food Pantry Coordinator to pick up food orders from the Greater Boston Food Bank, and unload that food at EPH. This involves heavy lifting and some physical labor. Volunteers help stock our food pantry to prepare for distribution.
Help the Food Pantry Coordinator distribute food to clients. This involves some heavy lifting. Volunteers will distribute pre-made bags of pantry staples to clients along with the clients’ choice of protein and dairy products. Clients are no longer allowed inside the EPH facility to limit the number of persons in the pantry at one time.
The Salem Pantry relies on volunteers to help: setup & operation at one of our many distribution sites throughout the week, unload, inventory, organize & pack boxes of groceries for distribution, drivers & delivery support to and from distribution sites, assist with household deliveries, and assist Salem Pantry staff with office related tasks and general…
Members develop and lead culturally inclusive programming, events, and volunteer opportunities that provide broad social and environmental benefits to traditionally underrepresented beneficiaries.
Members organize volunteers to help build and manage community farms and gardens so more people can grow and access healthy food. Members train and educate beginning gardeners and farmers to use organic growing practices, plan growing systems, improve soils, and remove invasive species.
Members partner with public schools to lead students on interpretive and inquiry-based field trips to investigate local flora and fauna and evaluate environmental conditions.
With Playworks’ Coach services, Coaches run after school developmental sports leagues for six week periods during the fall and spring semesters. We need volunteers to serve as assistant coaches for those leagues, supporting students skill development in a given sport that builds confidence and self-esteem.
deliver meals to the homes of seniors in need of vital nutritional support.
Come help organize and distribute learning supplies at the Blackstone Elementary School in person.