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Afterschool
Volunteers tutor, offer one-on-one homework assistance, make arts and crafts, tell stories, and lead educational games at a variety of local afterschool programs. Time Commitment: 2-4 hours per week.
Alternative Spring Breaks (ASB)
Students travel to different parts of the country to volunteer during the spring recess period. Volunteers participate in projects such as home construction, disaster relief, environmental conservation, disabilities services, and education. Time Commitment: Week of Spring Recess.
Children’s Theatre (CT)
Volunteers create original variety shows that they perform for young children in hospitals, shelters, and afterschool programs. Shows range from storybook adaptations to improvisation and feature lessons and morals relevant to today’s youth. Time Commitment: 2 hours per week and performances.
Day of Service
This annual event, co-sponsored by the Student Union, gives the University community the oppurtunity to give back to the City of Boston in various service areas. Time Commitment: One day in April.
First-Year Student Outreach Project (FYSOP)
First-year students come to campus one week prior to the start of the fall semester to volunteer in one of nine Issue Areas: Children, Disabilities, Elders, Environments, Gender Focus, HIV/AIDS Awareness, Homelessness & Housing, Human Rights, and Hunger. Time Commitment: Week Prior to the start of the Fall Semester.
Joining Hands
Volunteers work with people with disabilities and elders in a variety
of settings in the Greater Boston Area. Volunteers may serve organizations
including the Committee to End Elder Homelessness, Best Buddies, or
Winners on Wheels. Time Commitment: 2-4 hours per week.
Making Music
Volunteers teach instrumental or vocal music to school children who do not have access to a formal music education program. Both students and volunteers have the opportunity to perform on campus at the annual Making Music Recital. Time Commitment: 2-3 hours per week (full academic year).
Multicultural Advancement Partnership Program (MAPP)
Volunteers work with refugees, immigrants, and international students to enhance their understanding of English and their experience in America. Special emphasis is placed on literacy and English as a Second Language (ESL). Time Commitment: 1-2 hours per week.
Project Hope
Project Hope seeks to show compassion, gain understanding, and educate
others about HIV/AIDS. Volunteers may work with organizations such
as the AIDS Action Committee, Cambridge Cares about AIDS, and the
Boston Living Center. Time Commitment: 2-4 hours per week.
Siblings (Sibs)
Volunteers are paired with elementary school children in one-on-one mentoring relationships. Siblings pairs meet regularly and participate in activities such as skating on the Frog Pond, watching movies, visiting museums, etc. Time Commitment: 3-5 hours bi-weekly (full academic year).
Student Food Rescue (SFR)
Volunteers collect food from local restaurants, supermarkets, and bakeries and distribute it to meal programs, food pantries, and shelters. Volunteers also serve meals at community suppers and prepare food baskets for distribution. Time Commitment: 2-4 hours per week.
Student Studio
Student Studio seeks to bring visual arts education to area schools that currently lack art programs. Volunteers design lesson plans around an artist, movement, or technique and develop a fun, hands-on project for the students. Each week the students will have the opportunity to express their creativity and create individual art pieces using that week’s lesson. Time Commitment: 2-3 hours a week.
Voices from the Middle (VFM)
Volunteers work with middle-school students to write and perform their own plays. This creative outlet gives the student participants the opportunity to voice their concerns through a productive medium in a positive environment. Time Commitment: 2-3 hours per week.
Wizards
Volunteers travel to various Boston-area schools to introduce children to the wonders of science. Volunteers teach weekly experiments that allow the children to make real connections between scientific principles and the world around them. Time Commitment: 2-3 hours per week.
One-Time CSC Events or Community Outreach Opportunities
Volunteers participate in special one-time projects or events around the Greater Boston Area. Time Commitment: Varies.
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