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Boston Cares offers
several different ways for non-profit agencies to
partner with us.
Calendar Program
The Calendar Program organizes flexible,
convenient, team-based volunteer opportunities. This
program offers non-profit organizations a reliable
source of volunteers to meet their needs. Each month
over 7,000 Boston Cares volunteers and friends
receive our Calendar Program newsletter, with
approximately 150 service projects. Projects can be
recurring (i.e. tutoring on a weekly basis, serving
meals at a shelter), seasonal (after-school
programs, gardening projects) or one-time events
(i.e. charity walks, special events, holiday gift
drives, painting a school). Most projects occur on
weekday evenings or weekends.
Process: Partner
agencies must submit a
Project Request Form
by the first working day of the month prior to the
project date. (e.g. Nov. 1st for a December project)
If you need a Project Request
Form, please contact Kellyn Shoecraft at
617-422-0910, Ext. 212 or
kshoecraft@bostoncares.org.
Calendar Project Guidelines
[Word
(1.16mb)]
Calendar Project Request Form [Word
(1.35mb)]
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Family
and Youth Volunteer Program
The Boston Young Active Hands (BOOYAH!)
program engages young people and families in
meaningful, team-orientated volunteer activities and
leadership-building service opportunities that
promote youth and adult partnerships as a resource
in community building.
BOOYAH! offers young
people the opportunity to serve through projects of
their own choosing and design, as well as through
our monthly Calendar Program and special days of
service. BOOYAH! projects are appropriate for
young people between the ages of 5-17 and are
supported by responsible adults in every project.
Process: Organizations
interested in hosting family and youth volunteer
projects should contact Andrew Olson at
aolson@bostoncares.org.
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Citizen Academy
Citizen Academy is an initiative focused on
facilitating the shift from casual volunteering to
intentional citizenship. Partner agencies can become
involved by coordinating service learning projects,
hosting Boston Cares volunteers in an educational
visit to their agency, serving as speakers for
events and attending Citizen Academy programs.
Process: Organizations
interested in getting involved should contact Karen
Boss at 617-422-0910, Ext. 211 or
kboss@bostoncares.org.
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Community Grapevine
The Community Grapevine is an opportunity for
organizations to list volunteer opportunities in our
newsletter and on our website that do not fit into
the Calendar Program model. Examples of when a
Community Grapevine listing is applicable include:
long-term commitment is needed, required training,
mandatory background check.
Process: Organizations
need to email or fax a brief listing or send in the
Community Grapevine Request Form to Kelly
Clark, 617-422-0911 (fax) or
kclark@bostoncares.org.
Community Grapevine Request
Form (Word)
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Skills
Bank
The Boston Cares Skills Bank initiative provides our
partner agencies the opportunity to connect with
volunteers who have a certain skill set that address
a specific need. Examples of Skills Bank
opportunities include: designing a website,
providing training about human resource issues, and
translating program materials into another language.
Process: Email a Skills Bank Request Form
to o Kelly Clark, 617-422-0911 (fax) or
kclark@bostoncares.org or submit a Skills
Bank Request Form via fax at (617) 422-0911.
Skills Bank Request Form (Word)
Corporate
Volunteer Program
Boston Cares has worked with over 250 private
corporations of all sizes to engage employees in
volunteer community service.
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Corporate
Volunteer Day (CVD) is an annual day of
service organized for Greater Boston companies,
and is Boston Cares' most visible single event.
Over 190 companies and 7,000 employees have
participated since the event was launched in
1997 by General Colin Powell.
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Hands At Work
is a program through which Boston Cares
customizes community service opportunities for
companies throughout the year.
Examples of Corporate Volunteer
Projects include: playground rehabilitation,
painting a day care, landscaping work, preparing and
serving meals at a homeless shelter, reading to
children, spending time with seniors.
Process:
Hands at Work: As opportunities arise, partner
agencies are encouraged to submit Corporate
Project Request Forms throughout the year. We
will keep these on file and contact the agency if we
are able to match a companies request to the
agency's need.
Corporate Volunteer Day: In
January, partner agencies will be asked to submit
the Corporate Volunteer Day Request Form to
be considered for this annual day of service.
For more information on our
Corporate Program, organizations should contact
Rick Wallwork at
rwallwork@bostoncares.org or 617-422-0910, Ext.
202.
Corporate Volunteer Program
Project Request Form [Word
(1.33mb)]
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Frosty’s Friends
Frosty's Friends is a Winter Holiday gift drive
through which Boston Cares volunteers, corporate
partners and friends respond to hand-written letters
from disadvantaged children served by our project
partners with a small holiday gift ($25-30). In 2007
over 2,900 children received gifts through this
program.
Organizations who work with
children and are interested in participating in this
program should contact, Lynn Weisel at
lweisel@bostoncares.org or 617-422-0910, Ext.
200.
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