Check out all the projects currently registered for the Yale Day of Service in the Boston area! Please note: We have some events in western Mass and one in CT, and some of the projects are on different days. Links not working? Want more information? Visit http://yaledayofservice.org/2012sitesAKMO/MAWe hope to see you in May!
| 0: Everett Street Community Gardening Project Ver detalle |
| 1: International Medical Equipment Collaborative Ver detalle |
| 2: Birthday Wishes Ver detalle |
| 3: Discovering Justice - May 22 Ver detalle |
| 4: Bridge Over Troubled Waters Ver detalle |
| 5: Cradles to Crayons - May 8 Ver detalle |
| 6: Community Charter School of Cambridge Ver detalle |
| 7: Harvest Food Pantry - May 5 Ver detalle |
| 8: Kids Feast Program - May 10 Ver detalle |
| 9: Yale-Myers Forest Ver detalle |
| 10: Boston Renaissance Charter Public School Ver detalle |
| 11: Community Servings - May 11 Ver detalle |
| 12: Olmstead Park Woodlands Ver detalle |
| 13: Mass Audubon Drumlin Farm - May 19 Ver detalle |
| 14: My Brother's Table @ Lynn Ladder Ver detalle |
| 15: Habitat for Humanity - May 26 Ver detalle |
| 16: 826 Boston Ver detalle |
| 17: Roxbury: ACE Ver detalle |
| 18: Camp Wonderland Ver detalle |
| 19: Plants, pots, painting, pizza, and puppets - April 1 Ver detalle |
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Sponsoring Club: Yale Club of Boston
Date and Time: Sat, 05/12/2012 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
Location:
Everett Street, Allston
(between Lincoln & Adamson Streets)
Web site: http://everettstslope.blogspot.com/
Description:
Join neighbors from Allston and Brighton to beautify and clean this community gardening site. Depending on the recent weather we will do some combination of planting, weeding, raking, pruning, and general clean-up.
Please bring work gloves (there are some thorns!), work boots, and gardening tools (if you have them).
Plenty of on-street parking available and easily accessible from the Mass Pike, Storrow Drive, and Memorial Drive.
Site Coordinator:
Harry Mattison '94
harrymattison@gmail.com
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Sponsoring Club: Yale Club of Boston
Date and Time: Sat, 05/12/2012 - 9:00am - 2:00pm
Location:
1600 Osgood Street
Andover, MA
(Osgood Landing)
Web site: http://www.imecamerica.org
Description:
At the warehouse, volunteers will collect and pack recycled medical supplies for shipment worldwide to developing countries. We highly recommend that you go to the website and watch the 7 minute video for a complete picture of IMEC and the volunteers in action (www.imecamerica.org). We’ll be there from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 pm, but come later or leave earlier if you need to. We’ll organize into teams of 3 or 4, with a team leader.
Accessible by car (directions will be emailed to volunteers); plenty of parking; not easily handicap accessible.
Site Coordinator:
Jack Flynn ‘59e
jf3tamys@aol.com
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Sponsoring Club: YaleWomen
Co-sponsor Club: Yale Club of Boston
Date and Time: Sat, 05/12/2012 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
Location:
11 Homer Street (inside the Trinity Church)
Newton Centre, MA
Web site: http://www.birthdaywishes.org
Description:
Birthday-in-a-Box: Help bring birthday parties to homeless children living in ‘safe’ shelters, scattered sites and other programs which cannot accommodate Birthday Wishes volunteers to run an on-site party. All party supplies are put together and delivered to the shelter in a brightly decorated box. Project will include wrapping empty Staples paper boxes and lids, and inserting juice boxes, cake mix, frosting and aluminum cake pan. Volunteers are asked to bring one (or more) of the following: packs of juice boxes, solid color tablecloths, packages of streamers, packages of balloons, and wrapping paper (any gender or theme)...and scissors & tape to use for the packaging - or to donate - are a big help. This is a great project for families to volunteer together!
About a 10 minute walk from Newton Centre T stop. There is on-street parking available.
Site Coordinator:
Toby Richard '82
617-605-1521
tbr12160@gmail.com
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Sponsoring Club: Yale Club of Boston
Date and Time: Tue, 05/22/2012 - 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Location:
John Joseph Moakley Courthouse
One Courthouse Way
Boston, MA 02210
Web site: http://www.discoveringjustice.org
Description:
Discovering Justice is a leader in civic and justice education, teaching K-8 children to value the justice system, realize the power of their own voices, and embrace civic responsibility. It holds a Mock Trial event for 6th, 7th & 8th graders at the conclusion of a 10-week after-school program in collaboration with Citizen Schools. The event draws over 500 people, with over 100 students participating in 10 concurrent trials, over 100 volunteers serving as witnesses and juries, and Federal and State judges presiding.
Yale volunteers will spend the evening at the Joseph Moakley U.S. Courthouse observing the trials and helping Discovering Justice evaluate the event: how the children performed, how the judges exercised their responsibilities, etc. Discovering Justice does not have enough staff to observe all 10 trials and has never been able to get a full perspective of the event. Yale's volunteers will perform an important service in being their eyes and ears in the courtrooms they cannot cover.
Schedule:
5:30 - 6:00 orientation
6:00 - 7:00 observe, evaluate Mock Trials
7:00 - 7:30 pizza celebration and debrief
Ample parking in lot across the street; nearest T station is South Station (Red Line), a 10 minute walk.
Site Coordinator:
Dan Ross '75
Dross43209@gmail.com
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Sponsoring Club: Yale Club of Boston
Date and Time: Sat, 05/12/2012 (All day)
Location:
68 Waverly Street
Brighton, MA
Web site: http://www.bridgeotw.org
Description:
Bridge Over Troubled Waters is a residential program for homeless and high-risk youth ages 14-24 and for up to 10 children ages newborn-five.
Yale volunteers will work with 7-10 residents on gardening and caring for BOTW’s backyard, a critical space for youth to play and spend time outdoors. Volunteers will clean the yard & recreation space, plant flowers and bushes, weed, trim hedges, clean off and/or paint outdoor furniture. They will need to provide work gloves (the more, the better) and are invited to contribute plants/flowers and greenery.
For many of the residents this house is the first safe place they have lived.
Tools will be provided.
Parking on the street near BOTW is permit only. However, there is metered parking down the street. There are no restrictions. Children welcome under parent supervision.
Site Coordinator:
TBD
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Sponsoring Club: Yale Club of Boston
Date and Time: Tue, 05/08/2012 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location:
155 North Beacon Street
Brighton MA
Web site: http://www.cradlestocrayons.org
Description:
Yale alumni will work at the Giving Factory. These are warehouses where volunteers inspect incoming books, match outfits, sort and test toys, stuff backpacks, or fill orders that meet the needs of individual underprivileged boys and girls in their local communities.
Please note that this event will take place on May 8, 2012
Site Coordinator:
TBD
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Sponsoring Club: Yale Black Alumni Association
Co-sponsor Club: Yale Club of Boston
Date and Time: Sat, 05/12/2012 - 1:30pm
Location:
245 Bent Street
Cambridge, MA 02141
Web site: http://www.ccscambridge.org/
Description:
Come participate in a career panel for high school students from CCSC, followed by multiple breakout sessions during which students can speak more informally with the panelists and other guests. Share information on your career and the journey that got you there! The purpose of this event is to introduce these high school students--many of whom would be the first in their family to go to college--to a variety of professionals and to expose them to some wonderful, caring, and supportive people in our community. My larger hope is to encourage the panelists and others to develop sustainable and mutually-beneficial relationships with CCSC and its students.
Site Coordinator:
Richard Albert '00, '03 JD
richard.albert@bc.edu
617-756-2622 (mobile)
*Special Note: This event is held in memory of Janifer Lighten '83, Inaugural President and Chair of the Yale Black Alumni Association.
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Sponsoring Club: Yale Club of Boston
Date and Time: Sat, 05/05/2012 - 9:00am - 12:00pm
Location:
Cambridgeport Baptist Church
459 Putnam Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02139
Description:
Volunteers help to set up and distribute food and clothing. The Harvest Pantry offers a fully-stocked clothes closet and gives away close to two tons of canned food, bread and fresh produce every month. They serve about 100-120 families monthly. Above all, volunteers have the time to meet those they serve in the community.
Minimum age requirement: age 6; closed-toe shoes; volunteers are encouraged to stay for lunch after the project.
Site Coordinator:
TBD
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Sponsoring Club: Yale Club of Boston
Date and Time: Thu, 05/10/2012 - 3:00pm - 6:30pm
Location:
650 Dudley Street
Dorchester 02125
Description:
This free drop-in after school program serves an average of 100 children ages 6-12 Monday through Thursday. Participants begin to arrive from school at 2:30 and get a snack (food). They begin homework (teaching) shortly after 3pm. At 4:30, the program period (enrichment, arts, spiritual development) occurs, exposing the kids to dance, theater, recreation, sports leagues, swimming, arts & crafts, etc. At 5:30, dinner begins in 2 seatings (boys and girls separately). The program ends at 6:30pm when the last of the children are picked up by a parent/guardian.
The program always needs homework helpers and volunteers can be of great assistance during the program hour. Serving dinner or serving as a table parent with the kids is another area in which volunteers would be greatly helpful. The children come from diverse backgrounds culturally and the center is located in the most financially challenged neighborhood of Boston, right on the Dorchester/Roxbury line.
Ample secure parking is available on site. The center is also accessible from the Fairmont Commuter Rail Line and several MBTA Bus Routes.
Please note this activity takes place on May 10, 2012
Site Coordinator:
Drew Forster '95
339.502.5852
617.308.3547
dforster@use.salvationarmy.org
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Sponsoring Club: Yale Club of Boston
Date and Time: Sat, 05/12/2012 - 9:00am - 4:00pm
Location:
150 Centre Pike
Eastford, CT 06242
Description:
Come join Yale alums at the Yale Myers Forest, the largest privately owned parcel of land in Connecticut (7,840 acres)just south of Southbridge, MA, to help clean demonstration trails after the winter and in advance of the coming season for walks and talks. Trails include those of the Blue Trails System, part of a public trail system in Connecticut. Work will likely include clearing the brush and fallen logs off the trails, repairing steps and railings, and replacing the numbered posts. Professor Mark Ashton will talk about points of interest as we move along. We will provide a picnic lunch (donations accepted). This is a family-friendly event. While Yale Boston is hosting this, we would love people from other areas and clubs to join us.
Wear long pants, long sleeves, closed shoes, and sunscreen. Bring jackets/sweatshirts, hats, reusable water bottles, work gloves, bug repellant, and any other protective gear you like. The forest has rest facilities. Temperatures could be cooler in the forest than in urban areas.
"Directions to Yale Myers Camp, 150 Centre Pike, Eastford, CT 06242, Phone (203) 927-4195:
--- From Boston, take I90W to I84W to Exit 74. Continue parallel to I84 for 1500 ft (on Route 171) and turn left to cross the interstate, then turn sharp right to stay onto Rte 171. Follow Rte 171 for 2.3 miles and then turn left onto Bigelow Hollow Rd to stay on Rte 171 for another 4.5 miles. Turn right (=west) on Centre Pike and continue 0.8 miles. Look for the orange gate on the right. Continue on the gravel road to the parking area and camp.
--- From New Haven, take I91N to I84E to Exit 71, left off the ramp and straight through 2 stop signs and 2 blinking stop lights, onto a dirt road and then back to pavement for ~1.75 miles, look for orange gate on left. Locally, head west on Centre Pike from the junction of Rte 171, look for orange gate ~1 mile on right. "
Site Coordinator:
TBD
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Sponsoring Club: Yale Club of Boston
Date and Time: Sat, 05/12/2012 - 10:00am - 2:00pm
Location:
1415 Hyde Park Avenue
Hyde Park, MA 02136
Web site: http://www.BostonRenaissance.org
Description:
Boston Renaissance Charter Public School is an urban K-6 school committed to providing a vibrant educational experience for Boston’s children. It is the largest elementary school in Boston, and serves some of the city's most underserved children.
BRCPS has three projects that volunteers can select: (1) Tutor students from grades 3-5 in math. A 20-minute overview will be provided by a math coach. Tutors will help students prepare for the MCAS exam by helping them to solve math equations. Students specifically will be asked to show their thinking and to follow specific math problem solving steps; (2) Work in the library organizing and re-stocking books; (3) Work with the Director of the Voice of Renaissance (school choir) to organize the Spring tour - organizing the wardrobe, generating permission slips, and researching historical sites for visits.
Please indicate your project preference when you get your confirmation email from the site organizer.
Parking is available for all volunteers. Public transportation is available - Volunteers can take the Orange line to Forest Hills and then take bus 32 to the school site.
All volunteer activities will take place at the school at 1415 Hyde Park Avenue, Hyde Park MA 02136.
No special skills are needed except loving children! Volunteers are welcome to bring older children to help with the work.
Site Coordinator:
TBD
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Sponsoring Club: Yale Club of Boston
Date and Time: Fri, 05/11/2012 - 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Location:
18 Marbury Terrace
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Web site: http://www.servings.org
Description:
Community Servings is a not-for-profit food and nutrition program for those with critical and chronic illnesses. Volunteers prepare, package and deliver 750 meals a day. Yale alumni will work closely with kitchen staff to prepare and package salads, snacks, and desserts for their clients' evening meal.
Community Servings has been awarded a coveted four-star rating for their efficient and effective business model for providing nutrition services to the critically ill by Charity Navigator, America's premier independent charity evaluator.
Dress: Do's: long pants, long skirts, long-sleeve shorts, t-shirts,sneakers,boots
Dont's: shorts skirts, shorts, capris, tank tops, sandals and flip flops; sleeveless shirts
We do have a small parking lot. Parking is first come, first serve and we cannot guarantee spots.
Site Coordinator:
TBD
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Sponsoring Club: Yale Club of Boston
Date and Time: Sat, 05/12/2012 - 10:00am - 1:00pm
Location:
891 Centre St.
Jamaica Plains 02130
Web site: http://www.emeraldnecklace.org
Description:
The Emerald Necklace Conservancy is taking the lead on the long-term health of the woodlands in this historic Olmstead-designed park system. Volunteers will help remove invasive non-native plants that crowd out native species.
Yale volunteers wil remove garlic mustard, a plant which alters the economsystem of soil organisms on which healthy plants depend. Garlic mustard is easy to uproot by hand. This project is suitable for families with children (probably 7 years and older). Disposable gloves will be provided.
Meet at the parking lot near the intersection of the Jamaicaway and Willow Pond Road.
Limited parking is available at one of two small nearby parking lots or on-street in the vicinity. The site is also accessible by T (#39 bus from Back Bay to Brynner Street). This volunteer event can proceed in light drizzle, but will be cancelled if it is raining heavily.
Site Coordinator:
Glenn Murphy '71
GlennMurphy.CC.71@aya.yale.edu
Kathy Murphy '71
kmurphy@kb-law.com
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Sponsoring Club: Yale Club of Boston
Date and Time: Sat, 05/19/2012 - 9:00am - 12:00pm
Location:
208 South Great Road
Lincoln, MA 01773
Web site: http://www.massaudobon.org/Nature_Connection/Sanctuaries/Drumlin
Description:
Drumlin Farm is a wildlife sanctuary and farm operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society. Volunteer activities typically entail planting crops, removing invasive species or clearing the site's hiking trails. We will work during the morning. After, volunteers are welcome to stay, use the picnic area and tour the farm. Children age 14 and up are welcome to participate.
Wear long pants: bring sun screen, hat and water.
Site Coordinator:
TBD
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Sponsoring Club: Yale Club of Boston
Date and Time: Sat, 05/12/2012 - 11:00am - 6:00pm
Location:
20 Boston St.
Lynn, MA
Web site: http://www.mybrotherstable.org
Description:
May 12th is the National Stamp Out Hunger event. For My Brother's Table, this is the single most important food donation day each year. Last year we moved over 60,000 lbs of free food! Volunteers help unload postal trucks dropping off food, sort food, package food for various free food programs in the Lynn area and load those items on to trucks for distribution.
This is a fun event, with lots of activity! Lunch is provided and children over 8 are welcome to come help with an adult. The event is held rain or shine in a warehouse donated by Lynn Ladder.
This event is not held at My Brother's Table, but in Lynn at Lynn Ladder. Participants should wear comfortable clothing, and may get dirty while handling food. Participants should be able to stand and lift. Parking is available at Lynn Ladder, and on the street. Event is appropriate for families with children over 8 years old.
Site Coordinator:
Richard Bowen '70
rbowen@e-winslow.com
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Sponsoring Club: Yale Club of Boston
Date and Time: Sat, 05/26/2012 - 8:30am - 3:30pm
Location:
5 & 12 Park Street
Peabody 01960
Web site: http://www.habitatforhumanity-northshore.com
Description:
Two projects are in progress: rehabilitation of two two-family homes and new construction of a four unit building. Depending on status of projects work may include framing, insulating, window installation, interior finishes, and/or landscaping. Returning volunteers from last year will have the pleasure of seeing last year's project completed and now housing local families.
Must provide your own transportation to and from the site. Parking available. No special skills involved.
Site Coordinator:
John Cole '71
j.cole57@verizon.net
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Sponsoring Club: Yale Club of Boston
Date and Time: Sat, 05/12/2012 - 11:30am - 3:00pm
Location:
3035 Washington St.
Roxbury, MA 02119
Web site: http://www.826Boston.org
Description:
826 Boston helps students ages 6 to 18 develop their creative and expository writing skills. Established in 2007, 826 Boston was created in the image of 826 Valencia, the San Francisco-based youth writing center founded by writer Dave Eggers and educator Ninive Calegari.
It provides one-on-one attention, through drop-in tutoring, field trips, after-school workshops, in-school tutoring, help for English language learners, and assistance with student publications.
Volunteers will spend 2 hours tutoring Boston students after a brief introduction and orientation. Most tutors will work with 12-18 year olds on writing assignments. Please let us know if you can and want to tutor in Calculus, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Spanish, or Latin.
Schedule:
11:30 - 12:00 brown bag lunch (bring your own)
12:00 - 1:00 orientation
1:00 - 3:00 tutoring
Ample parking in lot across the street; nearest T station is Stony Brook (Orange Line), a 10 minute walk.
Site Coordinator:
Dan Ross '75
Dross43209@gmail.com
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Sponsoring Club: Yale Club of Boston
Date and Time: Sat, 05/12/2012 - 10:00am
Location:
2181 Washington Street
Suite 301
Roxbury, MA 02119
Web site: http://www.ace-ej.org
Description:
Alternatives for Community & Environment (ACE) is a non-profit environmental justice organization based in Roxbury's Dudley Square. Learn about and contribute to the movement for Environmental Justice in Boston by supporting our campaign work, actions and events by making signs and props, calls to members to mobilize for direct action and other campaign or event specific prep work (to be determined).
www.ace-ej.org for more information on our current campaigns:
• Grow or Die
• Youth way on the MBTA,
• Transit justice: stop the fare hike and service cuts now
• Jammin' for Justice 2012
Site Coordinator:
Charlie Lord '87
cp.lord@gmail.com
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Sponsoring Club: Yale Club of Boston
Date and Time: Sat, 05/12/2012 - 10:00am - 2:00pm
Location:
186 Massapoag Ave
Sharon, MA 02067
Web site: http://www.campwonderland.org
Description:
A Yale alumni team will help get Camp Wonderland ready for summer campers. Over 1,000 children from across Massachusetts visit the camp every summer, almost all of whom come from low-income households and communities.
The camp has been in operation since 1924 and has seen over 100,000 campers come through the gates, many of whom would not have had the opportunity to attend summer camp if it weren't for the highly subsidized experience offered by The Salvation Army.
Volunteers will engage in cleanup activities that involve raking, cleaning, and landscaping. This would make a great activity for the whole family.
Lunch Provided
Site Coordinator:
TBD
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Sponsoring Club: Yale Club of Boston
Date and Time: Sun, 04/01/2012 - 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
90 Fairlee Rd.
Waban, MA 02468
Description:
Volunteers will be bringing a bit of spring to local nursing homes! Children and adults will plant and decorate spring flower pots and then deliver them to local nursing homes. After the service event, participants are invited to return to the home of Davida Pines and Lou Brenner for pizza and a special magic show performed by Johnson Flucker ’80 an AYA liaison for Yale Alumni in Boston.
Street parking is available.
Please note that this event takes place on April 1, 2012
Site Coordinator:
Davida Pines '89
617-332-5821
dpines@bu.edu