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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 requirements:
Grade 12 - Class of 2025: 40 hours total
Grade 11 - Class of 2026: 40 hours total
Grade 10 - Class of 2027: 40 hours total
Grade 9 - Class of 2028: 40 hours total
COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES:
Date(s): Thursday, October 17 from 3-4pm
Category: Moving Panels for Annual Falling for Art Sale
Contact: Lynn Susko / lfremontsusko@yahoo.com
Organization: The Friends of the Manchester by the Sea Library
Seeking 4 volunteers to help move panels for Annual Falling for Art Sale from the Manchester Historical Society to the Library. Ability to lift heavy objects is required.
Date(s): Friday, October 18 (4-6pm, 8-6pm, 8-10pm) Saturday, October 19 (11-2pm, 2-4pm, 4-6pm, 6-9pm) and Sunday, October 20 (11-1pm, 1-3pm, 3-5pm)
Category: Selling Tickets for Dunk Tank at Harvest Festival
Contact: Emily McCavanagh, MERHS Mom and Carnival Coordinator / 617-276-7597
Organization: Manchester Essex Boosters Club
Seeking volunteers to sell tickets at Harvest Festival for Dunk Tank. Text Emily at 617-276-7597 to sign up. Please see attached flyer.
Date(s): immediately / to complete by end of October
Category: library; organizing
Contact: Nicole Curcuru, 3rd grade teacher / curcurun@mersd.org
Organization: Essex Elementary School
Looking for one or two organized volunteers for a library project in 3rd grade classroom.Date(s): immediately / Thursdays from 3-4pm
Category: Afterschool Clay Class Assistant
Contact: Heather DePriest, Program Director / depriesth@manchester.ma.us
Organization: Manchester Parks and Recreation
Looking for an assistant for an afterschool clay class with Mrs. Yutkins for eleven students in grades K-2. Email Heather DePriest to set up an informal interview to make sure you are the best fit for the program. Please see attached flyer.
Date(s): current and upcoming / Monday-Friday from 3-4pm
Category: Various After School 6 Week Programs and Annual Community Events
Contact: Heather DePriest, Program Director / depriesth@manchester.ma.us
Organization: Manchester Parks and Recreation
Looking for extra hands to assist instructors with after school programs one day a week for 6 weeks at Manchester Memorial School. Activities range from Clay Club, Drawing Club, Yoga, Theater Club and Spanish Club. Also 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. Please see attached flyer.
Date(s): Tuesday, November 5 (time slots 6:30-11:30am, 11:30am-4:30pm, 4:30-9pm)
Category: Student Election Workers
Contact: Holly Dash, Town Clerk for Essex / 978-768- 7111 / hdash@essexma.org
Organization: Town of Essex
Looking for student volunteers to serve as election workers. You must be 16 or 17 years of age. Only two students allowed per time slot. Counting/Tallying the votes will be at 8pm. Please read below for requirements to become a Student Election Worker:
- 16 or 17 years of age
- resident of the commonwealth
- United States citizen when appointed
- able to speak, read and write the English language
- provide a letter from a parent or guardian giving permission to serve as an election officer
- provide a letter from your school principal giving permission to be absent from school to serve as an election officer if the election or a training will take place when school is in session or, if home schooled, provide a copy of the document indicating approval to be home schooled
- agree to attend required training sessions
*In no case shall a person 16 or 17 years of age serve as an election officer on the day of an election for more than the number of hours permitted for such a person to work pursuant to section 66 of chapter 149.
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): ongoing / after school, some evenings and weekends
Category: Fall Sports Help
Contact: Cameron Molinare, Athletic Director / molinarec@mersd.org
Organization: Manchester Essex Regional Middle High School Athletic Department
Seeking game-day help for various athletic events this Fall! If you are passionate about sports, this could be your opportunity. Roles include, but are not limited to:- Varsity Soccer ball people (4 per game)
- Game Announcer
- Game Day Music
- Scorebook Keeper (statistician)
- JV scoreboard operator
- (Middle School sports) clock operator
Date(s): 1-2 Sundays per month, 9:30-11am, plus editing.
Category: filming, editing, church service, elderly
Contact: Geoff Pope / Geoff.pope@msn.com / 781-957-5192
Organization: St. John’s Church, Gloucester MA
Use your digital skills and creativity to film and distribute (Facebook, YouTube, Cape Ann Cable) the Sunday morning church service, so that our elder parishioners, shut-ins and friends may participate in worship. We are a welcoming community, and we have the best coffee hour treats on Cape Ann! Training provided.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. Please see attached 2-page flyer.Date(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
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. 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.
