Volunteer facilitators are professionally trained to facilitate for our support groups.
Large community events, including the Celebrate Marathonfest, block parties, and Downtown Oktoberfest
Hospital Clowns enter a hospital environment and use improvisation, magic and joy to transform the child’s world into a space of play and imagination. Within moments, clowns can bring a child from a sense of helplessness into empowerment. Each of our volunteer clowns must undergo 90 hours of training, workshops and supervised visits in order…
Working closely with the construction manager, crew leaders guide, teach and engage small groups of unskilled or semi-skilled volunteers. Crew Leaders demonstrate tasks, maintain standards, monitor safety and assure that volunteers have enough meaningful work to have a satisfying experience. A Crew Leader should enjoy working with people, possess some basic construction skills, enjoy leadership…
Volunteers are needed to help with all aspects of running the store. Opportunities include: cashier, customer assistant, driver assistant, merchandise assistant, office assistant, repair assistant, social media assistant, and warehouse assistant.
Family advocate volunteers give support and guidance to newly-selected Habitat partner families from the time they are selected through to homeownership. Family Advocate Training is provided, and Advocates are supported by members of the Family Support Team who are all current or former advocates themselves.
As a JA Traditional Volunteer, you’ll be paired with a teacher in a classroom. This delivery method is an effective and popular way to show students a connection between the skills they are learning in the classroom and how they can get a more fulfilling career and life.
This experience uses the same JA programs as the traditional method, but it’s condensed into a single day for a high-impact experience! Perfect for the volunteer who can take just a day away from work.
You’ll be in a digital simulated city! You’ll help guide students through their assigned family scenario where they will visit many different businesses. They must purchase items to meet the needs of their family, such as insurance, clothing, transportation, housing, groceries, and childcare—without spending more than they earn.
As part of the New England Plant Conservation Program (NEPCoP), Plant Conservation Volunteers (PCVs) hike the wilds to search for rare plants, monitor and document plant populations, and perform other tasks that augment the work of our staff and other botanical professionals throughout the region.