Attend a Volunteer Orientation & Training
If you're interested in tutoring, leading a workshop, or working with 826 Boston in any way, attend a new volunteer meeting! All volunteers are required to attend an orientation & training which lasts about two hours. We will go over all the programming we run, helpful tips & tricks, role-play our new tutoring skills, and talk about strategies for working with students of different ages, skills, and needs. The upcoming volunteer orientations & trainings are:
Thursday, May 9th, 6:30-8:30pm
Thursday, May 23rd, 6:30-8:30pm
Sign up for an upcoming orientation and training here.
All trainings are located in the 826 Boston writing center, 3035 Washington Street in Roxbury. Click
here for directions. If you have any questions, shoot an email to our Volunteer Coordinator
Raquel [at] 826boston.org.
Now, You're Ready To Volunteer!
Once you attend a Volunteer Orientation & Training you can sign up for volunteer opportunities using our volunteer calendar. The email address you use to sign up for volunteer jobs must match the email address you provided to us on your online volunteer application. Also, if you are an after-school tutor there are
three tutoring shifts on the calendar each day. Be sure to choose the shift that works for your schedule - 3:00-4:30pm, 3:00-6:00pm, or 4:30-6:00pm. If you have any questions, shoot an email to our Volunteer Coordinator
Raquel [at] 826boston.org.
Click here to view the calendar and get involved.
Why Volunteer?
826 Boston was voted
Best Place to Volunteer in the Boston Globe's Best of the New for 2008. Click on the logo to read more!
Here's what Benjamin, 826 Boston volunteer extraordinaire, has to say about why you should volunteer:
"The best part of volunteering at 826 Boston is the sense of 'possibility' that is always palpable. New worlds are being created constantly. Not only worlds of imagination and learning, but also a world where every student can realize their own gifts. I always leave with the feeling that things just might be alright."
826 Boston is always looking for volunteers to help out, from providing homework help for students after school, to creating Saturday writing workshops, to steering in-school publishing projects and working in the Greater Boston Bigfoot Research Institute.
Teach a Workshop!
Our workshop calendar of exciting offerings for students depends entirely on our volunteers! From silly to serious, multi- or mono-media, we want to hear your idea! Take a look at the workshop guidelines and submit your proposal to alia [at] 826boston.org. We accept workshop proposals on an ongoing basis.
Download a workshop proposal. Download the workshop guidelines.
Donate Your Expertise!
We need the support of volunteers from a variety of backgrounds to make this project a success. Among anyone willing to lend a hand, we are in particular need of:
- Architects and builders, to help us improve our cryptozoology shop
- Carpenters, the mechanically inclined, and handy folks of all types
- Web designers, programmers, networking experts and techies of various sorts
- Graphic designers and artists
- Copy-editors and those with publishing experience
- Musicians, poets, and authors
- Grant-writers
- Fundraisers
- Event planners
- Those with marketing experience
- Those with management experience
- Those with budgeting and financial experience
- Those with retail experience to help develop the store
Volunteer of the Month: November 2012
We are proud to announce
Cat Boleyn as our November volunteer of the month! Cat volunteers during our after-school tutoring program, she edits student writing during all of our publishing corps meetings, and raises money during our volunteer led fundraisers including the Write-A-Thon and the Moustache-A-Thon. WOW!
Cat says,
"I love volunteering at 826 because of the super-supportive network it provides, both to the students and to fellow volunteers. The resources 826 Boston is able to provide to the kids are complemented by the students' own imaginations and enhanced by volunteers' varied skill sets."
Cat is an editor who would love someone to hire her (even though that would get in the way of spending her days at 826). She enjoys crossword puzzles and reading, occasional yoga, cooking, and especially eating. To date, the most adventurous food she has consumed is a head cheese spring roll. It was delicious.
Thank you, Cat, for all that you do! Thank you,
Harvard Book Store, for sponsoring our Volunteer of the Month program!
See our past Volunteers of the Month!
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