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Massachusetts – Volunteer Opportunities

Andover

Program Lutheran Creative Living (Adults with disibilities)
Projects Host an event either on or off site: potluck supper or picnic at the program or the church
Locate job opportunities for clients
Spend time with clients on hobbies and help to increase community connections and social skills
Offer connections and transportation to church and other activities
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Arlington

Program Transition to Independent Living (TIL)
Projects Spanish speakers are especially encouraged to volunteer
Tutor, mentor teens
Donate tickets to events
Alert staff to community events, help with transportation
Collect new bed linens, towels, blankets
Donate new clothing or gift certificates
Create welcome bundles – wrap appropriate toiletries, stationery, etc., in big new bath towel
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Brockton

Program Emmanuel House Residence
Projects Plant a patio garden with residents
Help with social events
Visit residents, read to them
Accompany residents on afternoon outings
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Program Intensive Foster Care
Projects Become foster parents
Donate educational games and books
Collect age appropriate games, books and toys
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Program Greentree Boys & Greentree Girls (ages 12-18)
Projects Adopt-A-Group (invite for dinner, entertainment or holiday activities)
Collect new bed linens, towels, blankets
Donate gift certificates
Create welcome bundles – wrap appropriate toiletries, stationery, etc., in big new bath towel
Host birthday parties for residents
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Program Ruth House (Parenting teenage mothers and children)
Projects Sort-select donations
Plant a garden; help with spring or fall clean up
Collect age appropriate games, books and toys
Collect new bed linens, towels, blankets
Donate new clothing (infant and adult women) or gift certificates
Create welcome bundles – wrap appropriate toiletries, stationery, etc., in big new bath towel
Make baby quilts
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Wellesley

Program Administrative Office
Projects Offer clerical support, such as filing, assisting with large mailings, answering phones
Recruit volunteers; assist with fundraising projects, special events in various program locations
Become the LSS Advocate for your congregation
Make quilts – we'll get them to our clients
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Program Good News Garage
Projects Create car care kits (scraper, soft cloth, quart of oil, maps, key chain, etc.)
Drive a donated car to GNG
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Worcester

Program Lutheran Healthcare Center
Projects Help with spring or fall clean up and planting
Visit with residents
Help with social events
Entertain the residents with music, dance or other programs
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Program Emanuel Village (Low income elderly, adults with disabilities)
Projects Plant a garden
Help with spring or fall clean up
Host a party: entertain, join in social activities, provide refreshments

David Naugle and Louisa Klaven, members of Bethel Lutheran Church, Auburn, Mass., gave a concert at Emanuel Village as part of Walt Disney World’s “Give a Day. Get a Day” volunteer promotion. David sang a calypso suite, as well as some Irish folk songs.
 
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Program Adoption
Projects Adoptive families mentor and assist waiting families
Donate printing, marketing funds and services
Become an LSS Adoption Advocate. Host coffees and other events to promote LSS adoption
Collect infant/toddler clothes and toys for overseas orphanages & domestic needs
Distribute information about LSS adoption program and birth parent counseling program
Join in parent auxiliary activities
Donate space for LSS to hold information meetings
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Program North Ashland Street Residence (Adults with disabilities)
Projects Spend social time with residents to increase community connections and social skill
Help with maintenance and landscaping
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Program David Forsberg Independent Living Program (Adults with disabilities)
Projects Help client to furnish apartment and move in
Host an event either on or off site: potluck supper or picnic at the program or the church
Locate job opportunities for clients
Spend time with clients on hobbies and help to increase community connections and social skills
Offer connections and transportation to church and other activities
Volunteer
Now
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Program Florence House Teen Living Program (Single & parenting teenage mothers and children)
Projects Help with spring or fall clean up and minor repairs, inside and out
Sort and select donations
Plan an outing, provide transportation for mothers and children
Plan a baby shower for all parenting teens
Offer regular child care for pregnant & parenting teens who are going to school or job hunting
Adopt-a-Room: help with painting, wallpaper, and other renovations; donate furniture, rugs, lamps, etc.
Collect non-perishable food, bed linens, towels, blankets, personal toiletries, household cleaning products, diapers, book, toys and games
Create welcome bundles for moms and kids: a new bath-size towel that wraps toiletries, stationery, stamps, etc.
Make baby quilts
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West Springfield, Westfield & Worcester

Program Services for New Americans
Projects Help a refugee family find and move into a new apartment or home
Help to furnish an apartment or home and do minor repairs
Tutor a refugee in English
Identify job opportunities for refugees
Collect non-perishable food, bed linens, towels, blankets, personal toiletries, household cleaning products, kitchen utensils, dishes, and other common household items
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