Community Service Opportunities
Many students understand the importance of active citizenship and civic engagement. Here’s a list of several organizations that welcome student volunteers.
- AIDS Action Committee, a Boston, non-profit health organization providing free services to people with AIDS or HIV.
aac.org
- Concilio Hispano, a multi-service non-profit serving the Latino and immigrant community. conciliohispano.org
- Greater Boston Food Bank, needs volunteers to help sort some 100,000 lbs. of donated food each week.
gbfb.org
- Earth Share of New England, based in Boston is the only large-scale coalition of environmental
non-profits based in New England.
GreenforNewEngland.org
- Boston VOTE, a non-partisan coalition of community-
based organizations working
together to increase voter
participation in Boston.
bostonvote.org
- Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic, a Cambridge non-profit looking for enthusiastic readers to record textbooks for visually impaired students of all ages.
Call 617.577.1111
rfbd.org
- Rosie’s Place, a Boston shelter and resource center for women and children seeks volunteers to
prepare and serve meals, provide overnight help, assist in fundraising and more.
rosies.org
- Squashbusters, a Cambridge non-profit that combines squash training with academic tutoring, mentoring and civic participation for middle and high school kids.
squashbusters.org
- Horizons Initiative, a Boston non-profit, offers opportunities to work & play with local
children who are living in family shelters.
horizonsinitiative.org
- Boston Cares facilitates volunteer projects, making it easy to get in-volved through a database of
opportunities.
bostoncares.org
- The Ally Foundation, in honor
of Alexandra Zapp, is dedicated
to raising awareness of repeat
sexual offenders.
theallyfoundation.org