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Community Service Form 2024-2025 (Required)
You can now see your logged community service in ASPEN. Just go to “My Info” and click on the Community Service tab.
Graduation requirement: A total of 40 hours of community service must be completed by the end of your senior year.
COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES:
Date(s): Ongoing
Category: making no-sew fleece blankets for people in need of an everlasting hug so they know they are never alone
Contact: Barbara Buckley, President/Founder
info@annieskindnessblankets.org or barbara@annieskindnessblankets.org.
Organization: Annie’s Kindness Blankets
Annie's Kindness Blankets is a pay it forward kindness campaign founded by the Varney sisters after they lost their mom to suicide. The AKB Team is dedicated to #bethevoice and helping to stop the stigma around depression and suicide. Making, receiving or requesting an Annie's Kindness Blanket provides hope, stability, purpose, and understanding. We invite you to join us in our mission to spread kindness and love. For additional information including Annie's story, instructions on blanket making, photographs, and television news clips featuring interviews with Anne Marie's family, please visit http://www.annieskindnessblankets.org.
Date(s): ongoing / after school, some evenings and weekends
Category: Winter Sports Help
Contact: Cameron Molinare, Athletic Director / molinarec@mersd.org
Organization: Manchester Essex Regional Middle High School Athletic Department
The Manchester Essex Athletic Department is seeking game-day help this year for various basketball games this Winter! If you are passionate about sports and interested in helping out for community service hours, please contact Athletic Director, Ms. Molinare at molinarec@mersd.org. Roles include, but are not limited to:- JV2 Clock Operator
- JV2 Shot Clock Operator
- Scorebook Keeper
Date(s): Ongoing Saturdays & Sundays starting December 7/runs through late February (time commitment anywhere from 1.5-3 hours each Saturday and many Sundays)
Category: basketball game scoreboard operations and scorebook keeping
Contact: Mike Kent, MERHS Dad and Coordinator / kentmw@hotmail.com
Organization: Manchester-Essex Travel Basketball Program for Grades 5-8
Seeking volunteers to help with scoreboard operations and scorebook keeping at Saturday and Sunday home games at the MERHS Basketball Court and/or Landmark School in Beverly. Please contact Mr. Kent for more info. and/or if you are interested in volunteering and earning community service hours!
Date(s): various dates for upcoming events
Category: Annual Community Events
Contact: Heather DePriest, Program Director / depriesth@manchester.ma.us
Organization: Manchester Parks and Recreation
Looking for volunteers to assist with annual community events. Email Heather DePriest to set up an informal interview to make sure you are the best fit. Manchester Parks and Recreation Flyer.pdf
Date(s): Ongoing/year-round
Category: library, general volunteer tasks
Contact: Carla Christiensen, Library Director
Organization: T.O.H.P. Burnham Public Library, Essex MA
Seeking helpers for ongoing community service tasks. Always happy to have students join the team as teen volunteers. Please use this link to complete the Teen Volunteer Form and the Library Director will be in touch with you.Date(s): Ongoing / year-round
Category: land conservation, event assistance, guides / other
Contact: Volunteer@TheTrustees.org
Organization: The Trustees of Reservations (MA)
Volunteerism has been a cornerstone of The Trustees since 1891 in conserving land for all people to enjoy. As a volunteer, you’ll have opportunities to explain to visitors who we are and what we do while participating in various projects and events. Contact Volunteer@TheTrustees.org if you have questions.
Register to be a volunteer here: VOLUNTEER
Calendar of volunteer opportunities here: CALENDARDate(s): Ongoing/year-round
Category: Language, ESL, Ukraine (training provided)
Contact: https://www.enginprogram.org/
Organization: ENGin Program
ENGin pairs Ukrainian youth with volunteers from around the world to conduct weekly online speaking sessions, helping them connect with the global community by empowering them to speak fluent, conversational English. Their work breaks down borders to generate Ukraine’s postwar reconstruction and longer-term economic and social development. They screen every learner and volunteer and provide training and orientation. Participants are matched 1-on-1 based on preferences, interests, and availability. Visit https://www.enginprogram.org/ for more information and to join as a volunteer.Date(s): Ongoing / year-round
Category: Counselor-in-Training for children/childcare
Contact: Kathy Wilson / kwilson@pw4c.org / 978-515-5395
Organization: Pathways for Children, Gloucester MA
Looking for student volunteers grades 10-12 (16+ years of age) to be CITs supporting the after-school program, working with children between ages 5-12. Completion of volunteer application and passing of background check required. Days can vary based on your availability; hours anytime between 2:30-5:30 pm. Pathways for Children CIT Flyer and Info Sheet.pdfDate(s): Ongoing, Monday – Thursday afternoons starting at 2:00 pm
Category: administrative/office help
Contact: Deborah Cunningham, Administrative Clerk / conservation@essexma.org / 978 768 2509
Organization: Essex Conservation Commission, Essex MA
Looking for students to help in the office. No matter how many hours you need, there is always something that needs to be done!Date(s): Ongoing / year-round (scheduling is flexible)
Category: poster design, elderly, nursing homes, memory care
Contact: Jack Cummins, MERHS Senior / cumminsj@meapps.org
Organization: iconnect2u
iconnect2u is a program for creating personalized posters for nursing home and memory care residents. We’re looking for Student Designer and Student Ambassador volunteers to help create poster designs using information collected during visits with nursing home individuals. To learn more: read article. No prior skills needed.Date(s): Ongoing
Category: library, children’s books, organization, assorted projects
Contact: Tom Russo, Young Adult Librarian / trusso@manchesterpl.org / 978-526-7711
Organization: Manchester Public Library
Seeking student volunteers to assist with keeping the children's book collection organized and to help with other projects. This is an ongoing/major need.Date(s): Ongoing / year-round
Category: soup kitchen
Contact: https://mybrotherstable.org/get-involved / 781-595-3224
Organization: My Brother’s Table (99 Willow Street, Lynn MA)
My Brother’s Table, the largest soup kitchen on the North Shore, is always in need of volunteers. Please consider volunteering whenever you can.Date(s): 2nd Thursday of every month from 6:30 pm-8:00 pm
Category: serving meals, table cleanup, veterans, elderly
Contact: Sylvia Kirker / sylvia.kirker@verizon.net
Allen M. Kirker, Commander / amkirker@gmail.com / 978-380-0029
Organization: Manchester American Legion
Seeking MERHS student volunteers to help at monthly dinners (Thursdays) serving and clearing tables from 6:30-8:00 pm. Students are welcome to volunteer when available and don’t have to sign up every dinner. Email the Kirkers in advance to let them know you’re coming.
