By Charlotte Goff As the AmeriCorps VISTA Volunteer Coordinator serving at United South End Settlements (USES) through the Boston Cares AmeriCorps… Read more Volunteer Heroes: Feeding the Community
Category: Basic Needs
February 2016 Volunteer Spotlight: Nopporn Thangthaeng
Meet Nop, one of our amazing Volunteer Leaders, and learn about how Boston Cares helps meet the basic needs of 100’s of Bostonians every day!

A 9/11 Tribute: Military Care Package Drive
Boston Cares is again teaming up with the Massachusetts Military Heroes Fund to assemble care packages for military from Massachusetts… Read more A 9/11 Tribute: Military Care Package Drive
Women’s Lunch Place: Spotlight
Clarice Thompson is a younger and more subtle Iris Apfel with sparks of life springing from her purple and orange… Read more Women’s Lunch Place: Spotlight
MLK Summer Scholars in Action
Every year Boston Cares coordinates more than 300 volunteers for the MLK Summer Scholars’ Friday workshops. As the largest, most… Read more MLK Summer Scholars in Action

Greater Boston Youth to Lead Community Change on Global Youth Service Day, April 18, 2015: Signature event for 150 People Focuses on Healthy Eating
Boston, MA, April 17, 2015 – Join Boston Cares, its Teen Advisory Council, and 150 fellow volunteers ages five and… Read more Greater Boston Youth to Lead Community Change on Global Youth Service Day, April 18, 2015: Signature event for 150 People Focuses on Healthy Eating

UNCF Announces Boston to Host Alternative Spring Break 2014: Program encourages involvement in community-based service projects
WASHINGTON (March 7, 2014) – While many students shy away from hard work during their spring vacation, a growing number… Read more UNCF Announces Boston to Host Alternative Spring Break 2014: Program encourages involvement in community-based service projects
Field Report from Teen TeamWorks
By Ginelle Testa, generationOn Coordinator, AmeriCorps VISTA As both a recent college graduate and a fresh, incoming VISTA Americorps member assigned… Read more Field Report from Teen TeamWorks
Throwback Thursday!
In 2011, Boston Cares planned activities for Biogen Idec’s first company-wide Care Deeply Volunteer Day and we’re proud to have… Read more Throwback Thursday!
Spotlight On The Boston Living Center
In 1989 at the height of the AIDS epidemic, a group of Bostonian’s living with HIV/AIDS organized a Thanksgiving dinner… Read more Spotlight On The Boston Living Center