Volunteer Opportunities: Activities & Ideas

Hearth residents love having volunteers do new and different activities, and Hearth staff appreciate new ideas and suggestions. The following is our "calendar" of general ideas for volunteer positions and activities. If you have an idea we haven't thought of, let us know!
 

Year-Round Activities

• Host a Food Drive for the Outreach Food Pantry
  Provide food to homeless elders
• Education and Enrichment
  Enrich the lives of Hearth's residents
• Office Help
  For volunteers who enjoy “behind-the-scenes” support
• Entertainment
  Make elders’ afternoons or evenings memorable with your talents

Spring Projects

• Indoor Spring Cleaning

  Spruce up the residences and celebrate spring

• Outdoor Garden Clean-Up and Planting

  Clean up the flower beds around our sites and plant flowers

• Easter/Passover Celebrations

  Cook and serve a special meal or lead a related activity

• Memorial Day-related activities

  Our elders love a good cook-out!

• Outreach's Spring Fling Event

  Help the Outreach Team throw a party, celebrating Outreach clients' successes

Summer Projects

• Garden maintenance

  Keep the weeds at bay and the gardens looking great

• Celebrating July 4th

  Another great opportunity to have a cook-out

Autumn Activities

• Fall Garden Clean-Up

  Prepare the flower beds for the cold, snowy winter

• Celebrate Halloween

  Lead a Halloween-inspired arts 'n crafts project or watch a scary movie

• Celebrate Thanksgiving

  Cook and serve Thanksgiving dinner or lead a related activity

Winter Activities

• Celebrate the Winter Holidays

  Bring good will and cheer to Hearth's residents

• Fight off the Winter Duldrums

  January, February, and March are great times to lead indoor activities, like bingo or other games.

 

For additional information or to volunteer, please email Jennifer Hartwell or call at (617) 369-1565.