MHSA is seeking volunteers to support our mission in a variety of ways, including: assisting callers who are experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness in accessing housing and shelter resources.
Dedicated individual volunteers make a weekly commitment to More Than Words and form strong relationships with our youth. Book Lovers join youth on their Business Job, working alongside them sorting and processing books. Education Coaches support youth on their YOU Job, tutoring youth on modules, resumes, mock interviews, and more.
Run a drive at your work, school, place of worship, or in your community and collect books for our youth-run business! All of our books are donated and you can help fuel our enterprise and spread the word about our efforts. We make it easy for you: we’ll drop off supplies and come pick up…
Run a drive at your work, school, place of worship, or in your community and collect books for our youth-run business! All of our books are donated and you can help fuel our enterprise and spread the word about our efforts. We make it easy for you: we’ll drop off supplies and come pick up…
Dedicated individual volunteers make a weekly commitment to More Than Words and form strong relationships with our youth. Book Lovers join youth on their Business Job, working alongside them sorting and processing books. Education Coaches support youth on their YOU Job, tutoring youth on modules, resumes, mock interviews, and more.
The Friendly Visitor Program matches volunteers with frail and isolated elders who are living either in their homes or long-term care facilities. Through one-on-one visits the program offers companionship, helps alleviate loneliness, promotes aging with dignity, and for many offers a treasured connection to Judaism.
JF&CS needs your expertise! Got a flair for entertaining? Perhaps our event planning team could use your help. Good with numbers? Maybe our fiscal department could use your assistance. Put your accounting, marketing, event planning, artistic, musical, language, or other proficiencies to work.
College Access Coachs are college students on the front lines of educational equity as a tutor, role model, and mentor. Volunteer as an SAT coach to a small group of high school students in your community and guide them as they begin the college application process. College Access Coaches can specialize in either the math…
The JF&CS CHAI Supported Housing programs offer a range of options for adults with disabilities who want to live as independently as possible while enjoying community involvement and pursuing individual goals. Volunteers plan out an activity to do with residents based on the volunteers’ skills and interests at one of the JF&CS supported residences in…
The Greater Boston Jewish Coalition for Literacy (GBJCL) mobilizes the Jewish community to help elementary school children discover the joy of reading. Through partnerships with synagogues, Jewish community organizations, day schools, and local businesses, GBJCL engages volunteers in school-based one-to-one reading tutoring, book drives, and advocacy efforts in under-served communities.