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 DISCOVER VOLUNTEER SERVICE: Volunteer Links Volunteer Coordinators from the organizations listed below participated in a May 2007 DWN sponsored Roundtable Discussion about the “Create Your Own Volunteer Experience” workshop and toolkit. These organizations are eager to involve older volunteers.
American Cancer Society Contact: Mary Beth Bryant 800-952-7664 Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay Contact: Liz Witko 617-542-9090 Children of Incarcerated Mothers Contact: Lauren Wolinsky 617-536-0058 ext. 109 Ethos Contact: Olga Yulikova 617-522-6700 ext. 323 Natick Council on Aging www.natickma.gov/Public_Documents/NatickMA_COA/index Contact: Diane Packer 508-647-6541 Newton Schools Volunteers Contact: Paula Steen Paula_Steen@newton.k12.ma.us 617-559-6131 Newton Senior Center Contact: Joanne Fischer 617-796-1670 Partakers Contact: Mea Allen 617-795-2725 SOAR Contact: Catherine Riley 617-969-5906 x.210 Springwell Contact: Wendy Adlerstein 617-926-4100 Stonewall Communities Contact: Michael Connolly 617-491-8020 or 524-6308
Other links that connect you to organizations serving as a clearinghouse to volunteer opportunities in the Greater Boston area:
Service Opportunities after 55
Volunteer Match www.volunteermatch.org/nonprofits/
Massachusetts Volunteerism: Connect and Serve www.volunteersolutions.org/mass-service/volunteer/
Community Engagement Program of United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley www.uwmb.org/volunteer/index.html
Idealist.org
Generations, Inc. www.generationsinc.org/about_partners.htm
Experience Corps www.experiencecorps.org/index.cfm
Websites of organizations interested in civic engagement and boomers:
American Society on Aging
AARP
Alliance for Nonprofit Management Baby Boomer Volunteer Resources www.allianceonline.org/boomers.page Charity Channel's Volunteer Management Review eNewsletter www.charitychannel.com/enewsletters/vmr
Civic Ventures
Discovering What’s Next™ Gerontological Society of America
National Council on the Aging
Points of Light Foundation
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