Volunteer Opportunities Updated October 2020

ANIMAL & ENVIROMENTAL ADVOCACY ~ ARTS AND CULTURE ~ DISABILITIES ~ EDUCATION AND LITERACY ~ ELDERLY AND AGING ~ HEALTH ISSUES ~ HUNGER AND HOMELESSNESS ~ MILITARY SUPPORT ~ SEXUAL ASSAULT/VIOLENCE & EXPLOITATION ~ YOUNG CHILDREN & TEENS ~ SPECIAL EVENTS (SEASONAL).

List of current Volunteer Opportunities (detailed below) To update or add a listing, please contact: Kristen Traywick, Civic Engagement Coordinator at [email protected] or (508) 362-2131 x4418.

ANIMAL & ENVIROMENTAL • Volunteers to help with education program ADVOCACY • SLR101 project opportunities Animal Rescue League of Boston/Cape Cod Adele Raphael, Volunteer Coordinator • Duties vary Phone: (508) 743-9888 Deb Vogel, Supervisor/Volunteer Coordinator [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Dawn Lee-Laub, Supervisor of Brewster location Phone: (508) 255-1030 Three Bays Preservation, Inc. 3981 Main Street (Route 6A), East Brewster, MA 02631 • Education and outreach Go online to www.arlboston.org to apply for volunteer • Herring Count Project program • Bird sanctuary caretaking • General office work Judy Heller, Friends of Falmouth Dogs Program Manager [email protected] • Yard maintenance www.3bays.org • Sorting and organizing supplies • Caring for the dogs The Trustees of Reservations • Donation drive • Outdoor cleanup on the Islands Kathy Long, Volunteer Contact Phone: Stephen Nicolle, Volunteer Coordinator-Nantucket (508) 548-7742 Phone: (508) 228- 5646; [email protected] www.friendsoffalmouthdogs.org Cell: (508) 962-1840 Diane Lang, Superintendent for SE Mass MSPCA: Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Phone: (508) 280-2985 Cruelty to Animals. • Animal Care Giver Woods Hole Science Aquarium • Education/Outreach Usually 3 to 4 hour shift, once a week. Mary Sarah Baker, Director [email protected] At least one semester commitment Clare Edmonds, Volunteer Coordinator • Animal Care [email protected] Phone: (508) • Prepare food 775-0940 www.mspca.org/cape 1577 • Clean tank Falmouth Road, Centerville, MA • Special Projects National Marine Life Center Kristy Owen (Aquarist), Volunteer Coordinator rehabilitation and research on marine Phone: (508) 495-2098; [email protected] life; Main Street Buzzards Bay aquarium.nefsc.noaa.gov • In need of marketing Interns ARTS AND CULTURE • General office work Coast Guard Heritage Museum May-October Community Connections Help with tours, gift shop, front desk 261 Whites Path, Unit 1 Jack McGrath South Yarmouth, MA 02664 [email protected] Phone: David M. Botting, President and CEO (508)362-8521 Cell: (508)846-1388 Phone: (508) 774-1122 [email protected] DISABILITIES Palaemon The Arc of CC: serving people with developmental Disability group home specializing in serving adults with disabilities. autism spectrum disabilities. Residential program. • Sandpipers Club—Social Activities • Coordinating Social Activities Jean Gibbons, Program Coordinator Phone: James O'Connell, Director (508) 771-6595 x 105 Phone: (774) 289-1182 www.arcofcapecod.org [email protected] m CapeAbilities: serves individuals with disabilities by educating, counseling, and providing residential, Special Olympics therapeutic, social, and employment supports. SO4Cs-Student organization • Hearts for Art • Coach • Special Buddies • Unified Partner • Recreational Program • Program Management • Working on their farm • Fundraising Connie Blake, Volunteer Coordinator Phone: • Event Planning (508) 778-5040 x858 Kerri Gilroy, Club Advisor [email protected] SO4Cs Phone: (508) 362-2131 CCCC Project Forward: vocational training skills x4763 [email protected] program for students with significant learning State Office: difficulties. Martha Dove, Volunteer Coordinator • Best Buddies Phone: (508) 485-0986 x219 [email protected] • Classroom Assistant o Maintenance Cape Coordinator: Exploratory, Basic Retail Angela Cenzalli, Events Coordinator Exploratory, Office Technology, Basic Food Phone: (508) 771-6322 Prep Exploratory, Mass Communications, [email protected] Retail Info Tech, Basic Food Prep, Animal www.specialolympicsMA.org Care, Child Care Assistant Heather Bish-Martin, Director Phone: (508) 362-2131 x4763 EDUCATION AND LITERACY [email protected] Marstons Mills Public Library CHAMP House • Clerical (shelving, sorting) Provides transitional housing and a safe haven for Renee Voorhees, Director physically disabled, in recovery from drug or alcohol Phone: (508) 428-5175 abuse, mentally ill, and all those in need. Ages 18-65 • Recycling center Sturgis Library • Kitchen help • Clerical (shelving, sorting) • General office help • Running the bookshop Heidi Shea, Volunteer Coordinator Phone: Lucy Loomis, Library Director (508) 771-0885 Karen Horn, Circulation Services/Volunteer Coordinator [email protected] Phone: 508-362-6636 • Reading and STEM Tutoring in local Elementary [email protected] 3090 Main Schools Street (Route 6A), P.O. Box 606, • Free elective - credits (3) Barnstable, MA 02630 Kristen Traywick www.sturgislibrary.org Civic Engagement Coordinator www.sturgislibrary.org/involved/volunteer Phone: 508-362-2131, x4418 Office: North Hall, Room 238 ELDERLY AND AGING HEALTH ISSUES Barnstable Town Senior Center AIDS Support Group of Cape Cod • Office work • Lunch delivery Monday-Friday • Special events planning (Provincetown only) • Intergenerational programs • Lunch delivery 2nd Thursday and Friday of each • Special projects month (Hyannis) • Help with landscaping property • Cook for community dinner • Potential SLR101 projects Susan Griffin • Errands/transportation, answer phones Phone: (508) 862-4761 Donna • Assemble support kits, packets Burns • Work on special events Phone: (508) 862-4753 185 Falmouth Rd Hyannis, MA 02601 Nate Robertson, Volunteer Coordinator - Hyannis [email protected] Elder Services of CC&I Phone: (508) 778-1954 Mornings: A couple of hours per week Barry Cook, Volunteer Coordinator - Provincetown • Meals on Wheels-pack coolers in morning, [email protected] Phone: (508) meals delivered by 12:30pm 487-9445 • Nutrition sites in every town-serving meals, https://www.asgcc.org/get- helping prepare and serve meals, greet seniors involved/ at the door-Senior Dining 11:30am-12:30pm • Money Management (2-3 hours American Red Cross training)budgeting for seniors, pay bills for (Cape Cod and Islands Chapter) them • Education & Outreach • Ombudsman (3-day training)-being a senior • Disaster Preparednes advocate for residents in senior and nursing • General Office Support Paula Sweetman, homes-requires an interview Patricia Hart, Chapter Program Manager Director of Community Services [email protected] Phone: (508) [email protected] 775-1540 x14 Phone: 508-394-4630 x103 Requires a minimum one year commitment Visiting Nurse Association of CC • Community Health Services Swift Activity Center • Hospice Partnership between Swift Memorial United Methodist • Friendly Visitor Church and the YMCA Cape Cod. Provides youth, adult, • Adult Day Health Centers* and senior programming to the Sagamore community. • Child Care* PJ Richardson, Volunteer Contact • Clerical Support Services [email protected] Phone: (508) 428-9251 x141 Kathy Reilly, Volunteer Coordinator 82 Old Plymouth Road, Sagamore Beach, MA 02562 Phone: (508) 957-7709 x7709 HUNGER AND HOMELESSNESS EMTU To find food resources in your community, call the Cape Cod Community College FoodSource Hotline at 1-800-645-8333. Grant funded program – America Reads/America Counts Bourne Friends Food pantry • Client Escort-Thursdays Dawn Walnut, Volunteer Coordinator • Stock assistant Phone: (508) 362-3559 x16 411 Route Karen Ross, Volunteer Administrator 6A, Yarmouth Port, MA 02675 Phone: (508) 759-3351 [email protected] [email protected] www.Habitatcapecod.org Volunteer hours: Thursday 9:00am-12:00pm;

3rd Saturday of month 9:00am-12:00pm; Hands of Hope Outreach Center th 4 Thursday of the month 5:00pm-7:00pm • Dennisport Food pantry - Help is needed during 20 Commerce Park, Bourne, MA holiday seasons, packaging special bags. Catherine Driscoll, Executive Director Phone: Community Action Committee of Cape Cod & Islands, (508) 432-1312 Inc. Federally designated anti-poverty agency for Cape Cod and the lslands Homeless Not Hopeless • Turkey baskets Privately run homeless advocacy group, • Match program (clothing items and special gifts nongovernmental, operating 4 homes with 50+ needed) residents Caron Anne Procaccini, Director of Client Self • Outreach and Advocacy work Sufficiency Phone: (508) • Strategic fundraising Bill Bishop, Volunteer 771-1727 x236 Contact [email protected] [email protected] 115 Enterprise Road, Hyannis MA Horizons for Homeless Children www.cacci.cc • Playspace Activities Leader (requires minimum Falmouth Service Center 2 hours/week for months) Phone: (508) 548-2794 • Program Outreach/Marketing (requires [email protected] semester commitment) www.falmouthservicecenter.org/ • New volunteer training twice a year Volunteers must first fill out application then attend Meghan Schafer, Program Director training workshop. Phone: (508) 510-3250 [email protected] www.horizonsforhomelesschildren.org Family Pantry Family Pantry of Cape Cod Community College On-campus branch of the Family Pantry of Cape Cod Housing Assistance Corporation (HAC) HAC offers Kristen Traywick, Civic Engagement Coordinator housing consumer education, training and Phone: (508) 362-2131 x4418 assistance; emergency and ongoing shelter for [email protected] individuals and families; homelessness prevention; weatherization and energy rehab; and affordable Family Pantry of Cape Cod housing development. • Duties Vary • Event-based (one-day) projects Mary Anderson, Volunteer • Telethon in December Contact Phone: (508) 432-6519 x5 • Regular weekly projects-childcare, general [email protected] shelter assistance, main office (clerical work) Fax: (508) 432-7083 133 Queen Mary Everett Patricklin, Volunteer Coordinator Anne Road, Harwich Phone: (508) 771-5400 ext. 279 www.thefamilypantry.com Hours: [email protected] Tues. 10:00am-3:30pm; Thurs. 10:00am-12:00pm, www.haconcapecod.org/ 1:30pm-3:30pm, 5:00pm-7:00pm and HUNGER AND HOMELESSNESS Cont’d Sat. 10:00am-12:00pm Lower Cape Outreach Council Habitat for Humanity Providing emergency assistance of food clothing and Volunteer opportunities listed on website. financial support. • Socks For Santa: Sock drive Beth Rogers, Program Coordinator • Advocates Phone: (774) 313-0222 • Office work [email protected] • Food distribution/pantries P.O. Box 116, W. Barnstable, MA 02668 • Special events committees • Hope Chest Operation Military Kids Janice Perkins, Human Services Manager Phone: A partnership of army Child and Youth Services, (508) 255-4581 National 4-H Headquarters/USDA and University of Gennie Moran, Human Service Manager Phone: Massachusetts Amherst 4-H Youth development. (508) 255-4581 • Assembling hero packs Larry Marsland, Executive Director • Clerical work Mary Smith, Volunteer Coordinator • Ready, Set, Go Deployment training Phone: (508) 240-1490 Main www.operationmilitarykids.org Kerry Bickford, Phone: (508) 240-0694 Program Coordinator for Cape Cod [email protected] Phone: (508) 375-6695 [email protected] 19 Brewster Cross Road, Orleans MA 02653

Project Bread Cell Phones for Soldiers Every Cell phone collected is 1 hour of free talk time • Walk for Hunger Volunteers (1st Sunday in May) www.cellphonesforsoldiers.com/ • Food Pantries • Sign painting event • Phone collection drive Morgan Bleimeyer, Volunteer Coordinator This is a national organization and students will be Phone: (617) 723-5000 145 Border Street, responsible for the overall implementation of a phone East Boston, MA 02128 drive here at the College. [email protected] SEXUAL ASSAULT/VIOLENCE & www.projectbread.org/ EXPLOITATION The Salvation Army Hyannis Corp National Domestic Violence Hotline • Wrapping Silverware for Miracle Kitchen 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) • Cleaning large waiting room • Weeding and Yard work Independence House: Services for survivors of sexual • Transferring food assault and domestic violence. Robert Lynch, Volunteer Coordinator NOTE: working with Independence House entails a Phone: (508) 775-0364 x14 training process, see their website for details • Crisis Hotline Shelterbox • Office Reception Sponsored by the Lower Cape Outreach Council, • Support Groups/Counseling providing emergency assistance of food clothing and • Childcare During Groups financial support. Worldwide Nonprofit Disaster Relief • Advocacy Education & Outreach Program sponsored by The Rotary Club: raise $1,000 to Chris Morin, Volunteer Coordinator Phone: (508) complete a disaster relief Shelterbox 771-6507 [email protected] 24-hour hotline: ShelterBox USA 8374 Market Street #203 800-439-6507 https://independencehouse.org/ Lakewood Ranch, FL 34202 Phone: (941) Main office: 160 Bassett Lane, Hyannis, MA 02601 907-6036 [email protected] Fax: (508) 778-0143 www.shelterboxusa.org/ TTY: (508) 771-6782 MILITARY SUPPORT Independence House Satellite Locations: Cape Cod Supports our Soldiers (CCSOS) sponsors 222 Main Street, Falmouth, MA 02601 collection drives to send needed care packages to 57 Route 6A, Orleans, MA 02653 2 Mayflower soldiers stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan Court, Provincetown, MA 02657 A Safe Place, Inc. Boys & Girls Club of CC&I (Mashpee) Mission is to eliminate domestic violence and sexual • Homework Club, Arts & Crafts assault. • Lawn care and landscaping Main office: (508) 288-0561 Requires 2 hours a week for 6 months commitment 24-hour hotline: (508) 228-2111 5B JR Mell or Ruth Provost, Windy Way, Nantucket, MA 02554 Coordinators Phone: (508) 477-8845 www.asafeplacenantucket.org/ [email protected] Fax: Note: There is a required training for most volunteer 508-477-1991 opportunities at A Safe Place (on Tuesday/Thursday www.boysgirlsclubcapecod.org/ evenings) YOUNG CHILDREN & TEENS YOUNG CHILDREN & TEENS Cont’d **NOTE: You may need a CORI/SORI clearance or Boys & Girls Club of Wareham training for these opportunities • Homework Club (PowerHour), Tutoring • Arts and Crafts A Baby Center, Hyannis • General sports activities • Diaper Drive • Computer Programs • Volunteering at the Center Kenny Fonts, Unit Director or • Awareness Events Jim Cannon, Academic Programs Mary Pat Piersons, Director Phone: (508) 291-3565 x33 Phone: (508) 771-8157, Alt Phone: (508) 775-5073 [email protected] Children’s College @ Cape Cod Community College FAX: (508) 775-5077 Preschool at CCCC https://www.ababycenter.org/ • educational programs P.O. Box 758, 81 Willow Avenue, Hyannis, MA 02601 Tonya Sarkinen, Director Phone: (508) 375-4164 Big Brothers Big Sisters of CC&I [email protected] Adult-to-child mentoring program [email protected] • Mentoring (FULL YEAR COMMITMENT) https://www.thechildrenscollege.info • Clothing Drives & Fundraising / • School-based mentoring at Hyannis West Elementary and Mashpee Justice Resource Institute An agency dedicated to Elementary Phone: (508) 771-5150 addressing the most confounding challenges of both [email protected] www.bbbsmb.org the human services and educational systems and the 1934 Falmouth Road, Centerville, MA 02632 persons and families these systems were created to serve. JRI pursues the social justice inherent in opening Holley Luddy – Executive Director doors to opportunity and independence. JRI’s Phone: (508)771-5150 x101 approach is uniformly characterized by compassionate [email protected] Mikaela Toni- support, innovation, and community leadership. JRI Ambassador of Mentoring Phone: works in partnership with individuals, families, (508) 771-5150 x104 communities and government to address their shared [email protected] challenges in a comprehensive, coordinated, Birthday Wishes systematic, and effective manner. Sponsoring birthday parties for homeless children Programs Under JRI: • Throw a Birthday Party Total Achievement Program-program for elementary • Organize a Party Supply Drive school children with severe emotional problems. • Become a Party Coordinator • afterschool team activities. • Volunteer Services (at a party) Locations in Plymouth and Sandwich Courtney Vernadakis, Volunteer Coordinator [email protected] Southeast Alternative Schools-Services middles school [email protected] and high school students who are mentally stable but g challenged by learning and emotional disabilities. SPECIAL EVENTS (SEASONAL) • Mentoring Barnstable County Fairgrounds • Class activities Seasonal opportunities • Tutoring • Cleanup & preparations for events Locations in Middleboro and Sandwich Wendy Brown, General Manager Community Service Agency for the Cape and the Phone: (508) 563-3200 x11 Islands-CSA uses wraparound care to put the family at [email protected] the center of the planning process and build a team g around the family’s vision for their child’s future. Intensive Care Coordination and Family support are two MARCH of the services that make up wraparound care. • Office work needed Location in Hyannis APRIL Marisa Zucarelli, Plymouth Phone: (508) 747-0402 x118 Cape Cod Canal Clean-up, (Americorps Cape Cod) Long Pond Road, Suite 102, Plymouth, MA 02360 Held on the first weekend after Earth Day, usually a Saturday, 9:00am to 1:00pm. Volunteers can Heather DePalma, Director of Volunteer Services preregister or register the day of the event. Phone: (508) 821-7777 x451 Phone: (508) 375 1040 [email protected] http://www.canalcleanup.com/ Southeast Alternative Schools- Maker Faire Sandwich Phone: (508) 420-6640 117 Cape Cod Community College Stowe Road Sandwich, MA 02563 • Assist with running the event; provide support [email protected] services. Southeast Alternative Schools-Middleboro • Assist with publicity and promotion of event Phone: (508) 947-0131 Mary Sullivan; [email protected] 49 Plymouth Street Middleboro, MA 02346 Palmer’s Island Cleanup [email protected] www.communitycareservices.org/ Many Volunteers are needed to clean up trash and debris from this iconic island Community Service Agency Lynn Coish; [email protected] 64 Perseverance Way, 2nd Floor, Hyannis Spring Clean Up at Luke’s Love Boundless Playground; Nauset Youth Alliance Luke Vincent Powers Foundation Serving Children K-5 (to age 14) Date: TBD • Homework Help • Help clean up Luke’s Love for the season • Mentoring & Anti-Bullying Program Route 149, Meeting House Way, West Barnstable • Creative Play, Puppets, Theater, Art (Behind the Community Building) • Literacy Projects: Readers Suzanne Powers, Co-Founder • Fund Raising Activities Phone: (508) 375-0777; www.lukeslove.org • Enrichment and sports programs MAY Mike Gradone, Executive Director Nauset Youth Alliance Project Bread www.projectbread.org/ P. O. Box 541 • Walk for Hunger Brewster, MA 02631 Phone: (508) The oldest continual pledge walk in the country, Project 896-7900 Bread provides millions of dollars each year in privately donated funds to more than 400 emergency food Mary Everett Patricklin, Volunteer Coordinator programs in 128 communities statewide Phone: (508) 771-5400 x279 MAY Cont’d [email protected] Capeabilities 5K https://haconcapecod.org/events/the-big-fix-a-thon/ Beginning and ending at Hyannis on the Green • T-Shirt sales • Help with registration of walkers and runners • Day of duties Connie Blake, Volunteer Coordinator Phone: (508) 778-5040; [email protected]

Multicultural Festival Held the first Saturday in May from 10:00am to 4:00pm. Volunteers needed for setup the day before and the day of the event.

SUMMER AND ONGOING Woods Hole Discovery Center Educational Docents Are you passionate about Buzzards Bay and want to share your knowledge with others? We are looking for enthusiastic, dependable members of the community to be part of our volunteer docent team at our learning centers in New Bedford and Woods Hole. Training and enrichment programs provided. 2 volunteers needed per day – Open 7 days per week

Ongoing Trail Monitoring Stewards We are seeking dedicated volunteers who would like to help monitor and steward trails that are open to the public. Responsibilities would entail hiking the trails a few times per month and reporting issues and conditions to Coalition staff. Properties include the Mattapoisett Bogs in Mattapoisett, the LaPalme Farm in Acushnet and the Weweantic River Reserve in Wareham. For details, contact Ethan Rubenstein Phone: (508) 999-6363 x217 [email protected]

For other ideas: http://www.compact.org/opportunities/volunteer http://www.pallotticenter.org/ConnectionsDirectory/ ConnectionsOnline

SEPTEMBER Yarmouth Big Fix Date: TBD Assist veterans, seniors and disabled homeowners with clean-up, landscaping and small home repair projects.