Volunteer opportunities
Tri-City Family Housing in Malden seeks enthusiastic and caring volunteers to tutor and play with children whose families are homeless. Please contact Barbara or Mark at 781-322-9119 for more information.
Massachusetts 4-H volunteers are remarkable people who are willing to share their interests, skills, and time to make a difference in young people's lives. Won't you consider joining us? New 4-H volunteers are needed more than ever. As a 4-H volunteer, you can help young people gain confidence in fun, safe, supervised and wholesome learning settings. 4-H staff educators and mentors will help you get started. For more information call 800-374-4446 or visit www.mass4h.org.
The Hospice of the Good Shepherd, a nonsectarian and nonprofit home care agency serving Newton, Wellesley, and Brookline, seeks home visit volunteers to provide comfort and support to people with life-limiting illnesses and to their families. Care is provided to individuals in their own homes and in nursing homes. A comprehensive volunteer training program will begin this spring. Volunteers are also needed to help in the office, on fund-raising projects, and with community education. For information or to request application, call Jennifer at 617-969-6130. The training takes place at the hospice office, 2042 Beacon St., Newton.
The 2005 Newton House Tour needs volunteers to staff homes on May 22 from 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Receive a free ticket to visit homes. Contact Karen Rubin, Newton History Museum, at 617-796-1450 or sign up at www.ci.newton.ma.us/jackson/calendar/house-tour_volunteer.asp.
The Dorchester Scientology Volunteer Ministry seeks volunteers to teach phonics and study and reading skills. Free training and resources are available to other agencies. A collaboration between the Church of Scientology of Boston and the Codman Square Pharmacy, the ministry provides free literacy and nonviolence programs for the community. Its mission is to reduce the crime and violence of the inner city by addressing the underlying core issues. Located at 628 Washington St. in Dorchester, the ministry is open Monday through Wednesday from 3-7 p.m. Call the Rev. Robert Castagna at 617-825-4280.
Send submissions to Volunteer Listings, Living/Arts, The Boston Globe, PO Box 55819, Boston MA 02205-5819, or send e-mail to Volunteer@globe.com.
