Volunteer with City Year

Volunteer with City Year Boston!

In addition to helping schools and students succeed, City Year Boston corps members engage community members, corporate partners and civic leaders in transformative physical service such as: painting murals, planting gardens, creating playspaces, renovating schools, and refurbishing community centers. Our service projects aim to improve educational, recreational and residential facilities that support youth and families in the Greater Boston area. We provide opportunities for individuals, small groups and groups as large as 100. There are a variety of ways you can participate and work with City Year.

2009-2010 Schedule

If you are interested in serving with our Boston Civic Engagment team for a high-impact service day, please contact Natalie Mcveigh at  nmcveigh10@cityyear.org or 617-927-2300 for additional information.

City Year For Kids

Join City Year Boston corps members in providing a safe, fun environment for students in grades 1-5 during the February and April public school vacations. The City Year for Kids vacation program offers an affordable, educational, and entertaining week of activities for over 1,000 children in the Greater Boston area.

       
If you are interested in volunteering at one of our CYFK vacation program, please contact Charlie Dunn for more information at CDunn09@cityyear.org.

Be a Heroes Team Leader  

Becoming a Heroes team leader is a rewarding opportunity to make a difference in the lives of local middle and high school students. Depending on your preference, you may work with middle or high school youth. The Young Heroes program leads a team of middle school students from the Greater Boston area three Saturday's a month from January to May. You will lead participants through a service learning curricula combining workshops on relevant community issues with service projects. The City Heroes program works with a diverse team of high school students, dedicated to making a change in their community. You will lead your team through one overnight workshop a month, facilitating in-depth conversations and participating in activities surrounding social justice issues. The following Saturday you will lead your team in a service day related to the topic you discussed the previous week. This program also runs on weekends from January to May.

For more information contact Nicole Yongue at nyongue@cityyear.org.  

Are you an organization in need of volunteers to do physical service or health and human services?

If so, please call City Year Boston's Physical Service Hotline at 617-927-2300 to set up a site visit.

City Year specializes, but is not limited to:

• Outdoor landscaping - playgrounds, community gardens and tree planting
• Outdoor painting - playground graphics and maps, basketball courts, building exteriors and fences
• Murals - educational, inspirational, interior or exterior, large or small
• Indoor painting - gymnasiums, classrooms and more
• Construction - benches, planters, shelving, cubbies and fences