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VOLUNTEER
OPPORTUNITIES:
*Click
on linked titles or email the Project Coordinators (PCs) for
more information*
Care Center
Tutoring for the GED exam in a comprehensive program for single moms which aims to
take them through high school and prepare them for a future in college.
Project Coordinator: Ariela Lovett (lovet20a)
Connections
This After-School Program offers volunteers the opportunity to
tutor, mentor and act as a role model for students at the elementary,
middle and high school level in Holyoke, MA. Project Coordinator: Miriam Stevens (steve20m)
Girl Scouts
Planning, organizing, and executing fun, educational activities
for the age group of your choice (kindergarten to grade 12)
Project Coordinator: Katie Higgins (higgi22k)
Habitat for Humanity
Work with families to build new homes and support affordable housing.
Project Coordinators: Mythili Chunduru (chund20m) and Yelena Safarpour (safar20y)
Homework House
Tutor and mentor at risk, school age children in Holyoke twice
a week.
Contact : Ariela Lovett (lovet20a)
Horizons for Homeless Children
Work with children from shelters in designated playrooms in Holyoke.
*Training is completed during the fall semester
Hospice Life Care
Care for the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of those in
our community who are at the end of their journey through life.
Hussein Family Tutoring
Get paired up to tutor and establish a cross-cultural relationship
with a Somalian child aged 6 to 14 in this seventeen-member family in West Springfield.
Project Coordinators: Elizabeth Counterman (count20e),
Gloria Tang (tang20j), Casey Cokkinias (cokki20c), Elisa Loeser (loese20e), Hannah Duff (duff20h)
Jarvis Heights
Tutor and be a mentor for youth ages 5 to 14 in an afterschool community center. Activities include homework help and fun activities.
Kids to Campus Mentoring
Be matched with an at-risk South Hadley middle school student who comes to campus weekly for developmentally-appropriate mentoring.
Contact: Anita Magovern (amagover)
Let's Get Ready
An intensive 8 week, three hour a week coaching session in either English or Math to prepare Holyoke High School juniors to take the SATS.
Contact: Anita Magovern (amagover)
NOLA: Keeping the Hope
Campaign to educate, raise awareness, and recruit volunteers to
aid New Orleans.
Project Coordinator: Kaley Ahman (ahman20k)
Purling for a Purpose
Join this charity knitting circle and create garments and blankets
to warm the less fortunate. All experience levels welcome.
Safe Passage
Volunteer at a residential shelter for women victims of domestic
violence and their children, which is also a non-profit organization
serving victims of domestic violence, regardless of gender, race,
creed,
ability, religion or national origin.
*Training is completed during the fall and spring semesters
Project Coordinator: Maria Diaz (diaz20m)
Student Global AIDS Campaign
Become a part of the national movement to educate others and raise
awareness about HIV/AIDS.
Project Coordinators: Sarah Doyle (dole20s) and Oama(Gigi)Ursu (ursu20o)
Tax Project
Assist low income Holyoke youth / families file their federal and
state taxes.
Project Coordinators: Morgan Wilson (wilso23m)
Westfield Detention Center Book Club
Meet in small groups with young male residents (ages 14-21) to
discuss readings and how they relate to personal experiences.
Project Coordinator: Alyssa Nelson (nelso23a)
Wistariahurst Museum
Help promote an appreciation for history and culture through educational
programs, exhibits and special events.
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CAUSE has additional relationships with the following organizations:
ARISE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE
Work for low income rights in this anti-oppression organization
in Springfield.
Contact: (413) 734-4948
BEST BUDDIES
Create friendships with students with intellectual disabilities
at Berkshire Hills Music Academy.
Contact: May Tulin
(tulin20m)
NOT BREAD ALONE
Cook, serve, eat with guests, and clean up at this weekend Amherst
soup kitchen.
Contact: Anita Magovern (amagover)
OXFAM
An organization that works nationally and globally to address social
injustice through advocacy, education, and emergency assistance
programs.
Contact:: Liz Dewar (dewar20e)
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