FIND VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Visit 1-800-volunteer.org for information on community service opportunities across the nation. Use your zip code or city and state to search for opportunities in your area.
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PARENT AIDE VOLUNTEERS: HELP PREVENT CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT
Parent Aides receive training to spend 3-5 hours a week supporting a parent in finding resources for their families; increasing understanding of child development; expanding social contacts and reducing isolation. Parent Aides help parents learn to help themselves in these and many other ways. Volunteers come from all walks of life and share a common interest in building a nurturing relationship with a parent in the community who needs support. Volunteers do not have to be parents, but must be at least 21 years of age, agree to attend bi-weekly group supervision at the agency, and be available to meet weekly with the parent. Volunteers must have a valid driver’s license, car insurance and access to a car. A background check is required. If you are caring, non-judgmental and a good listener, you can be a Parent Aide. For more information, contact Katarina at (413) 584-5690, x140 or knoyes@bcfcma.org.
HAMPSHIRE EDUCATIONAL COLLABORATIVE SEEKS VOLUNTEERS!
Hampshire Educational Collaborative is a non-profit agency that facilitates grant funded afterschool programs for low-income and special education youth. HEC is dedicated to providing elementary and middle school children with a fun, educational and safe place to go after school. HEC seeks college student volunteers to help out and to teach different types of enrichments. HEC site placements include: White Brook Middle School (Easthampton); Federal Street Elementary (Greenfield); Gateway Middle School (Huntington); Greenfield Middle School (Greenfield); Great Falls Middle School (Turners Falls); Newton Street Elementary (Greenfield); Palmer Middle School (Palmer); and West Springfield Elementary ( West Springfield) For more information, contact Jenna Thomas at (413) 586-4900, x148 or jthomas@collaborative.org.
SERVICE OPPORTUNITY AT SMITH VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Smith Agricultural Vocational High School is located right next door to Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, MA and is looking for individuals interested in assisting in the following ways: scanning books for students who use the Kurzweil Education System; teaching assistance/tutoring of students; assistance with activites/events during Black History Month. For more information, contact Ibrahim Ali, Community Resource Liaison RISE/SVAHS at (413) 774-7054 x 111.
READ ACROSS AMERICA DAY
Erving Elementary School, Erving, MA
Monday, March 2
Erving Elementary School seeks three or four students to participate in "Read Across America Day" also known as Dr. Seuss’ birthday. Volunteers would serve as guest readers and would be asked to read a favorite book to a class (not necessarily a Dr. Seuss book), and then tell the class a little bit about themselves. For more information, contact Jane Urban at (413) 423-3326, x103.
VOLUNTEER IN GHANA
Volunteering in Africa is a service organization that offers community and social services volunteer work and volunteer travel programs in Ghana. For more information, visit: www.volunteerinafrica.org.
EDUCATIONAL SURROGATE PARENT PROGRAM
The Massachusetts Department of Education's Educational Surrogate Parent Program is responsible for recruiting, training, and appointing volunteers to act as Educational Surrogate Parents who oversee the special education program of students who are in the custody of the Department of Social Services. For more information, contact Deanna Forist at (508) 792-7679, x203.
STAVROS CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING
Stavros serves as an advocate for the personal and collective rights of disabled persons. Volunteers assist individuals with tasks related to their Personal Assistance Services Program so they can live independently with dignity and pride in their homes. For more information, contact Mary Rives at (413) 256-0473, x350 or mrives@stavros.org.
DO YOU LIKE CHOCOLATE? VOLUNTEER AT THE ANNUAL COLONIAL CHOCOLATE CELEBRATION
Saturday, February 14
Deerfield, MA
Historic Deerfield seeks volunteers to assist with its Annual Colonial Chocolate Celebration to be held on Saturday, February 14. Tasks may include directing people to parking, passing out informational brochures, assisting visitors to the wagon ride, and checking tickets at special activity entry points. Volunteers receive a sample of the American Heritage Chocolate sold in the Historic Deerfield store! For more information, contact Julie Orvis Marcinkiewicz at (413) 775-7179 or jmarcinkiewicz@historic-deerfield.org.
BERKSHIRE CHILDREN & FAMILIES NEEDS YOUR HELP
Berkshire Children & Families matches long-term volunteers with Hampshire County-based parents living in stressful situations. Parent Aides offer support and a positive role model. Training and ongoing support are provided. Contact Katarina Noyes at 413.584.5690, x140 or knoyes@bcfcma.org.
COMMUNITY ACTION/FIRST CALL FOR HELP SEEKS A VOLUNTEER
Community Action/First Call for Help in Northampton seeks a volunteer to assist with answering phones, providing service information to callers, and greeting clients who come to the office. For more information, contact Carolyn Bellany at cbellany@communityaction.us.
YOUTH ACTION COALITION
YAC works with interns and long-term volunteers to engage young people in projects that involve dialogue and art-making. YAC offers three programs in Amherst: Get Up Get Down, GirlsEyeView (also in Ware), and Video Vanguards. Training and supervision are provided. For more information, contact Stacey Lennard at (413) 253-2158, x1 or slennard@youthactioncoalition.org.
NEW ENGLAND FARM WORKERS COUNCIL SEEKS MENTORS
NEFWC is looking for men and women to mentor a child for ONE hour ONCE a week by being a "friend," doing group activities and offering one-on-one mentoring. Our major goal is academic improvement, but the mentor is not there to be a tutor, but simply to build a friendship. At one point in time we've all had someone who has impacted our life or made a difference by simply listening, being a positive role model or just being a friend and these are the qualities these children/youth lack. It's been proven that if a child has a positive role model in their life, who they can trust, their grades increase and absences decrease. For more information or to volunteer, email Shamika Santos or call (413) 536-5403 x228.
SPRINGFIELD SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS NEEDS YOUR HELP!
For a complete list of volunteer opportunities in the Springfield school system please check out the attached flyer.
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HOLYOKE BOUND ORIENTATION
Saturday, February 28, 10am - 4pm; Peck Middle School, Holyoke
Holyoke Bound is a day-long orientation to the City of Holyoke for college students who are working, interning or volunteering in Holyoke. The day will include history and political economy of the city, presentations about the city's assets, discussions with students, community organizers, and more. For more information, view event flyer.
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INSTITUTE ON PHILANTHROPY AND VOLUNTARY SERVICE
June 6- August 1, 2009
Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
This fast-paced Institute offers a rigorous combination of professional experience, academic learning and service projects that will provide students with an unparalleled experience in the nation’s capital. The institute provides students with internships with competitive placements at leading nonprofit organizations; classes (up to 9 credit hours from Georgetown University); housing (furnished on-campus apartments); service (variety of hands-on community projects); guest lectures with Washington’s top nonprofit executives and scholars; leadership development (leadership, mentoring and career-building activities); scholarships (over half of all students receive full or partial funding); and networking with hundreds of other top student and nonprofit leaders from around the world. For more information or to request a brochure, visit www.dcinternships.org/ipvs or contact Emily Hill, IPVS Coordinator, at (800) 741-6964 or ipvs@tfas.org.
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VOLUNTEER NEEDED FOR PERSONALIZED ELECTRONICS TRAINING
A volunteer is needed to help a quadriplegic learn to use an electronic system that activates and controls household electronic equipment such as the phone. This role is for a limited time (about 1.5 to two months) and would requires two or three late afternoon visits a weeks for no more than two hours at a time. Training by the device company would be provided. Compensation is $15/hour. For more information contact, Michael Chernoff at (413) 577-2477 or mlc@ecs.umass.edu.
SPRING AND SUMMER JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Facilitate Service-Learning Programs for Middle and High School Students
Apply Now! Applications are currently being accepted!
Spend time this spring or summer helping young people discover how to make a difference in the world! The Civic Education Project (CEP), a leadership and citizenship program at Northwestern University, is now hiring exceptional staff for its Spring & Summer 2009 service-learning programs. CEP offers week-long field study programs for 9th-12th graders during the academic year, and intensive, three-week service-learning courses for 7th-12th graders during the summer. CEP programs explore complex social issues through academic study, meaningful service work and meetings with community leaders, and helps teach young people how to apply their skills and abilities to pressing social issues in their own communities. This year, CEP will offer programs in Chicago, Baltimore, New Orleans, New York, San Francisco, and Washington, DC, covering a wide variety of topics. Instructional, residential, and administrative positions are available, ranging from one-week to seven-week sessions. Staff generally receive a cash stipend, room and board, and training in service-learning and experiential education. To learn more or to apply, visit www.civiceducationproject.com/jobs.
FREE PRESS SEEKS INTERNS
Do you care about media? Are you interested in doing substantive work for a national nonprofit working on media issues? Want to learn the behind-the-scenes work that goes into effectively running a nonprofit? Free Press offers the country’s premier internship in media reform. A select handful of students every semester are chosen as Free Press “Media Reform Scholars,” and have the opportunity to make a difference in a movement that is both critical and cutting edge. Research, outreach, policy, development, communications, and operations work is possible during an internship. Interns will also sit in on team and staff meetings to get an inside view into how a national nonprofit functions on a day-to-day basis. Interns must make a minimum 10 hour/week commitment for 10 weeks. College credit, work study and "commuter stipends" are available. For a complete position description or to apply, visit Free Press. For more information, contact Josh Stearns at jstearns@freepress.net.
U.S. PIRG IS HIRING 100 GRADUATING COLLEGE STUDENTS!
U.S. PIRG is a federation of state-based public interest advocacy groups. This year U.S. PIRG will be hiring 100 graduating college students to determine where this country is going; to solve the nation’s energy problems; to reform the campaign finance system; to safeguard individuals from identity theft; to fight hunger and homelessness; to work to make higher education affordable; and to make an impact on many other public interest issues. For more information, visit www.uspirg.org/jobs or email Vanessa@masspirgstudents.org
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