Though our sugaring season is boiling down and it is almost time to close up the sugar shack for the season, the sugar shack crew needs volunteers to help split and stack wood for the next season. Position starts April 11th and continues until all of the wood is stacked. Typical hours are Thursdays from…

The Great Neck wildlife sanctuary is an unstaffed site that enjoys a regular stream of visitor traffic. Knowing that, we would like to build a team of dedicated trail volunteers who act as sanctuary stewards, walking the trails on a regular basis and helping us keep the parking lot and trails safe and clear of…

Work with staff and community member volunteers to produce and record community events or studio productions by learning the teleprompter, camera, audio, editing, and lighting equipment.

Curate lists of books, articles, consultants and other resources for the benefit of our community

Birthday Wishes provides cupcakes for all of our On-Site Parties. We’re looking for bakers to join our Cupcake Program.

Birthday Wishes is looking for folks who want to “walk the walk” for Birthday Wishes by becoming a Community Ambassador. Create your team and invite friends, family, school, business and organizational contacts to join, or create their own team. ANYONE can be a Community Ambassador! And ANY community can become a team! Schools: Students can…

Become a dinner host for one of our support group nights.

Large community events, including the Celebrate Marathonfest, block parties, and Downtown Oktoberfest

For a span of about six weeks in February and March, we collect buckets of sap from sugar maple trees in Concord and boil it into syrup, donated at Thanksgiving to families seeking hunger relief. Space is limited and the schedule is variable.

From April through October, we depend upon thousands of helping hands working outside with us morning and afternoon. When you arrive, you walk out through the fields to our farm pavilion. You are welcomed and given an introduction to Gaining Ground and our hunger-relief role. Our farmers explain what’s going on at the farm and…