Search Volunteer Organizations: Boston, MA

A Woman's Concern is a Christian mission to women and couples in pregnancy distress, especially those considering abortion due to lack of information and support, and dedicated to providing life-saving help in a life-changing way. To this end we provide competent and caring services that include free pregnancy tests, sonograms, peer counseling and intervention, on-going support and referrals, parenting preparation classes, post-abortion healing and opportunities to learn about healthy sexual values, mature relationships and how to establish a vital relationship with Jesus Christ and His Church.

PREP: Partnering Resources to Encourage Productivity.

The Eliot Educational Center provides quality, affordable services to low-income children ages 5-14. We provide after-school programming that advances academic enrichment, social skills development, and cultural and historical awareness. Our goals are to increase each child's self-esteem and expectations, help them build positive relationships with peers and adults, and support them in achieving academic success.

Pine Street Inn is a not-for-profit organization committed to men, women and children in need of shelter, sustenance, and the basic moral and material supports necessary to lead a dignified and stable life. It is the mission of the inn, in all its programs, to be a community of respect and hope for each guest it serves; to be a resource through which neighbors and friends can help to meet the basic needs of others; and to serve as a national leader in the fight to end homelessness.

Daybreak is a counseling center that helps women & men facing unplanned pregnancies. Daybreak's vision is for women & their families will (1)be well-informed about options for their pregnancy, sexual health & family relationships, (2) experience healing from past abortions, (3) be emotionally, spiritually & physically healthy, (4) come to understand God's love and their value in Him and ultimately accept Christ as their Lord & Savior.

Mission
Our mission is to connect international professionals and students to the U.S., to their goals, to other people, and to God, by providing career, immigration, and cultural advising, networking and social opportunities, and an open environment for faith exploration.

Vision
Our vision is to spread truth and foster relationships.

The Harvest Food Pantry is a relational ministry of several area churches that seeks to nurture the physical and spiritual life of the community.

We are a community-based organization of committed Christian staff and volunteers whose faith inspires us to engage actively in service to people and organizations in underserved neighborhoods of Boston.

We seek to renew urban neighborhoods physically, socially, and spiritually. We build mutually caring relationships with our neighbors. We partner with local churches, community groups, and service organizations to realize a shared vision for the neighborhood. The Boston Project invests in at-risk children and youth by providing programs that address their educational, social, and spiritual needs. The Boston Project assists low income homeowners and non-profit organizations by making urgent repairs and im-provements to their properties.

We accomplish our mission by mobilizing, training, and equipping volunteers. We engage people of all ages from urban, suburban and rural communities in compassionate service characterized by giving to and receiving from those served.

We multiply our efforts by promoting leadership development. We provide staff training, internships, networking opportunities and technical assistance to individuals, groups and churches engaging in urban service ministries.

The Resurection Life Afterschool Program provides quality,
affordable services to low-income children ages 5-14. We provide
after-school programming that advances academic enrichment, social skills
development, and cultural and historical awareness. Our goals
are to increase each child's self-esteem and expectations, help them
build positive relationships with peers and adults, and support
them in achieving academic success.

HERC provides academic support, college and career advising, and
retention support to under-represented 6th-12th grade students and
their families. HERC awakens vision and purpose in the lives of
its participants, equipping them to realize their potential to
transform lives and communities.

The mission of Rosie's Place is to provide a safe and nurturing environment to help poor and homeless women maintain their dignity, seek opportunity and find security in their lives. As the first drop in center and emergency housing for women in the United States, we offer a sanctuary where vulnerable women find refuge, where despair collides with hope and where justice confronts oppression.

Since opening in 1974, Rosie's Place has stood steadfast to its commitment to helping women survive and create long term permanent and individual solutions through advocacy, housing, education, healthcare and more. We work to find individualized solutions, treating each woman with the utmost respect and offering unconditional love and support. By building trusting relationships with our guests, we help them realize their dreams.

The mission of Sci-Fi is to increase the proficiency in, exposure to, confidence about, and enjoyment of science in youth of color, urban and low-income youth and their parents and other involved adults.

Sci-Fi's desired social change is to negate the stereotype of the innate intellectual inferiority of members of its constituent group. According to Stanford psychology professor Claude Steele, this stereotype can diminish performance on standardized tests, a devastating phenomenon he calls "stereotype vulnerability."

Sci-Fi will also challenge limits that the constituent group imposes upon itself, messages such as "intelligence is a fixed quantity"; "if I have to work hard at something, that must mean I'm not smart"; "doing well academically is 'acting white';" and "boys don't like smart girls."

Ultimately, Sci-Fi wants to improve the performance of its youth constituents on standardized tests in science. According to the Department of Education-Massachusetts Report Card in Science for 2000, black and Hispanic students, students qualifying for free lunch and students in urban areas of Massachusetts fared far worse than white students, students that don't qualify for free lunch and students in small towns on standardized tests given to 4th grade and 8th grade students.

The mission of Rosie's Place is to provide a safe and nurturing environment to help poor and homeless women maintain their dignity, seek opportunity and find security in their lives. As the first drop in center and emergency housing for women in the United States, we offer a sanctuary where vulnerable women find refuge, where despair collides with hope and where justice confronts oppression.

Since opening in 1974, Rosie's Place has stood steadfast to its commitment to helping women survive and create long term permanent and individual solutions through advocacy, housing, education, healthcare and more. We work to find individualized solutions, treating each woman with the utmost respect and offering unconditional love and support. By building trusting relationships with our guests, we help them realize their dreams.

To serve and disciple individuals who are homeless and to build the capacity of individuals and churches to do the same.