Junior Community Action Handbook
&
Approved Agency List
2010-2011
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Table of Contents
Rational and Requirements……………………………………….Page 3
Choosing and contacting an agency ……………………………..Page 4
List of approved agencies
& contact info ……………………………………………………...Pages 5-23
Criteria for approving a New Agency …………………………..Page 24
Criteria for approving a New Service Week ……………………Page 25
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JUNIOR COMMUNITY ACTION
To help provide students with a concrete context for what it means to be a
contemplative in Action, BC High asks juniors to complete a hands-on 60-hour
justice project the summer before or during their junior year. This project, a passfail course on the transcript, is an important part of the BC High Curriculum and
the overall BC High Student experience.
Rational:
Our purpose is for the student to learn about social justice through an experience
of working with people who know what it means to be pushed to the margins of
society (the experience of being marginalized.) The purpose coincides with the
mission of the Society of Jesus and the mission of Jesuit Secondary Schools. The
mission reaches beyond a college-prep education, which is available in many
other private and public secondary schools. What distinguishes a Jesuit education
is the emphasis on a call to view the world from the perspective of marginalized
people: a perspective which develops what Fr. Arrupe, S.J., the former general of
the Society of Jesus, calls men and women for others.
Requirements:
 Minimum of 60 Hours at an Approved Agency
 Reflection group meetings
o During the summer students choose from pre-determined reflection
group sessions. Each session meetings twice for 90 minutes.
o During the school year, meetings are scheduled according to free
periods.
 Complete a Community Service Journal
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Selecting a Project:
Junior Year is a very busy year for students, and so students must approach the
justice project carefully and thoughtfully. Students will complete the project by
participating in a Community Action Project in the summer before, or during fall
and/or spring of his Junior Year. Students and parents should carefully consider
which of the available options is most suitable considering students academic
schedule, extracurricular commitments, work schedule, and other outside
commitments.
Choosing and Contacting an Agency:
The process of choosing an agency is an important one. We have tried to
incorporate as much information as possible to help you make that decision. If
you have specific questions about agencies, see Mrs. Adamczyk. Some agencies
require extensive application processes, so be sure to contact agencies as soon as
possible. Many agencies require a volunteer application, a CORI check & medical
forms - which take about 2 weeks to process. Do not wait to contact an agency.
It is important to make the decision about your service with your parents, but Agencies
want to hear from you not your parents. The decision of where and when you fulfill
Junior Community Action will likely have an impact on your entire family;
therefore, your parents should be involved in the process of decision making with
you. However, the responsibility of setting up the service is the student’s. Ms.
Suslowicz in Campus Ministry and Mrs. Adamczyk are always willing to let you
use their phones when available during the school day in order to contact a
service agency.
Please know we try our best to keep updated records, but things change at the
agencies all the time. If you ever have trouble reaching the contact person we
have listed, just ask the main reception desk for the volunteer coordinator or the
person who handles volunteers if there is no one with that title.
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Agency Contact Information
Avenue Family Child Care (SUMMER)
39 Stanley Street
Dorchester, MA
Contact Person: Diane Rayford 617-265-2918 or ladyD44@verizon.net
Role of Volunteer: reading and playing with children ages 2 & 3
Availability: Academic Year - after school
Summer – weekdays
ABCD Head Start (SUMMER)
19 Corinth St
OR
Roslindale, MA 02131
635 Truman Parkway
Hyde Park, MA 02136
OR
100 Shawmut Avenue
Boston, MA 02126
Contact Person: Theresa Hutchings 617-327-1152 x217
Role of Volunteer: Working in preschool classrooms
Availability: Academic Year- weekday afternoons and evenings
Summers –weekdays and evenings
Associated Early Care and Education/Castle Square (SUMMER)
436 Tremont Street
Boston, MA 02116
Contact Person: Mel Kwong 617-357-8647
Role Of Volunteer: Teacher’s Aide, Reader
Availability: Academic Year- afternoons
Summer- weekdays
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Boston Home (SUMMER)
2049 Dorchester Avenue
Dorchester, MA 02124
Contact Person: Sally Gorman 617-326-4310 - call Wednesday or Thursday
Role of Volunteer: Participate in activities with MS and other neurological conditions.
Availability: Summer- weekdays and weekends
Bostonian Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (SUMMER)
337 Neponset Ave
Dorchester, MA 02122
Contact Person: Pam Hooper 617-822-4148
Role of Volunteer: Assisting with activities, visiting with and transporting elderly residents
Availability: Academic Year – afterschool
Summers - weekends only
Boys & Girls Club of Boston (SUMMER)
50 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02109
Contact Person: Molly Wheeler 617-994-4708
Boys & Girls Club of Dorchester (SUMMER)
35 Deer Street
Dorchester, MA
Contact Person: Mike Joyce 617-288-7120
Role of Volunteer: Activities with children of different ages.
Availability: Academic Year- weekday afternoons
Summer – weekdays and afternoons
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Boys & Girls Club of South Boston
230 West 6th Street
South Boston, MA 02109
Contact Person:
Harry Duvall – Cub Coordinator 617-268- 4301
Chris Devlin – Volunteer Coordinator 617-268- 4301
Dania Diaz – Education Coordinator 617-268- 4301
Role of Volunteer: Serve as mentor and tutor for youth ages 6 – 12
Availability: Academic Year - after school 3pm – 6 pm
Brockton Community School Summer Programs
Call for specific locations
Contact Person: Kathleen Smith 508=580-7595
Role of Volunteer: range of opportunities including summer theater program, mentoring,
tutoring and recreation activities
Availability: June 28 – through July weekdays
Cape Cod Council of Churches (SUMMER)
320 Main Street / PO box 758
Hyannis, MA 02601
Contact Person: Kathy Diaz 508-775-5073
Role of Volunteer: Distribute items to homeless and provide hospitality to homeless men and
women in the shelter.
Availability: Academic Year – sometimes school vacation weeks
Summer - weekdays
Cardinal Cushing Center (SUMMER)
400 Washington Street
Hanover, MA 02339
Contact Person: Margaret LeLakes 781-829-1246
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Role of Volunteer: Working with students of various ages with disabilities.
Availability: Semester Only -afternoons, evenings, and weekends
Summers – Beginning June 14th 2 weeks sessions 8:30 – 2: 30
Caritas Good Samaritan Hospital
235 North Pearl Street
Brockton, MA 02301
Contact Person: Dianne M DeCosta 508-424-3024
Carroll Center for the Blind (SUMMER ONLY)
770 Centre Street
Newton, MA 02458
Contact Person: Rabih Dow 617-969-6200
Role of Volunteer: To work in various programs with blind persons
Availability: Summer- weekdays all day
Casserly House (SUMMER)
42 Stellman Road
Roslindale, MA 02131
Contact Person: Nancy Braceland, CSJ 617-469-6457
Role of Volunteer: tutor, mentor, ESL in the mornings/ afterschool programs for youth
Availability: Academic Year - afterschool
Summer - weekdays
Catholic Charities Preschool – Laboure Center (SUMMER)
275 West Broadway
South Boston, MA 02127
Contact Person: Judy Swanson 617-464-8503
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Role of Volunteer: Preschool classroom aide
Availability: Academic Year: weekday afternoons
Summers: weekdays all day
Catholic Charities Adult Day Health Center – Laboure Center (SUMMER ONLY)
275 West Broadway
S. Boston, MA
Contact Person: Linda Rossi 617-464-8544
Role of Volunteer: Interact and play games with elder clients
Availability: Summer- weekdays all day
Cerebral Palsy of Massachusetts (No Summers)
43 Old Colony Ave
Quincy, MA 02170
Contact Person: Tom Zukauskas 617-479-7443
Role of Volunteer: Assist in adult class of arts and crafts, drama, and ceramic activities.
Availability: Wednesdays, 6-9p.m. during the school year
Charlestown Mission Safe
13 Tufts Street
Charlestown, MA 02129
Contact Person: Sr. Anne Carrabino 617-592-0416
Role of Volunteer: Tutor and role model to youth
Availability: Academic Year- afternoons and evenings, some weekends
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College Bound Dorchester (formerly Federated Dorchester Neighborhood House)
(SUMMER)
Little House
OR
Out of School Time
OR
Ruth Darling Day Care Ctr.
275 E. Cottage Street
1725 Dorchester Ave.
37 Stoughton Street
Dorchester, MA
Dorchester, MA
Dorchester, MA
Contact Person:
Little House & Out of School Time: Cheryl DiNatali 617-282-2180
Ruth Darling: Mary Geoghegan 617-825-6328
Role of Volunteer: Homework help and recreation
Availability: Academic Year – afternoons 3 – 6pm
Summer – weekdays
Community Servings Inc. (SUMMER)
18 Marbury Terrace
Jamaica Plain, MA
Contact Person: Malissa Harmon 617-522-7777
Role of Volunteer: Food preparation for homebound people.
Availability: Academic Year – after school and weekends
Summer - weekdays and weekends
Don Orione Nursing Home (SUMMER)
111 Orient Ave
E Boston, MA
Contact Person: Franca Montemurro 617-569-2100
Role of Volunteer: Assist with activities and visit with elderly.
Availability: Academic Year (Contact Agency for specific Schedules)
Summer (Contact Agency for specific Schedules)
DOVE
This is a Domestic Violence Shelter south of Boston. The address is not disclosed until the
agency has had contact with you. The agency address is not public for safety reasons.
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Contact Person: 617-770-4065
Role of Volunteer: Work with children of all ages while moms attend programs at the shelter.
Be a positive male role model for kids who need one.
Availability: Academic Year – after school and weekends
Dr. William Arnone School
135 Belmont Street
Brockton, MA 02301
Contact Person: Colleen Prodler 508-894-4440
Role of Volunteer: mentor and tutor
Availability: Academic Year- weekday afternoons
Father Bill’s Place (SUMMER)
38 Broad Street
Quincy MA 02169
Contact person: Evan Ward 617-770-3314
Role of Volunteer: Preparing and serving meals and working on other tasks around the shelter
alongside guests
Availability: Academic year-weekday afternoon/evening
Summer- days and afternoons
Field House (SUMMER)
1100 North Main Street
Brockton, MA 02401
Contact Person: Amy Gagnon 508-580-1510
Role of Volunteer: Assist in preschool classrooms.
Availability: Academic Year – after school
Summer- weekdays all day
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Franciscan Children’s Hospital Medical Day Care (SUMMER)
30 Warren Street
Brighton, MA 02135
Contact Person: Grace Rechisky 617-254-3800 ext. 5506 (classroom 3)
Role of Volunteer: participate in activities with medically challenged preschool children
Availability: Summer – weekdays
Semester only – after school (1 student per semester)
Haley House
23 Dartmouth Street
Boston, MA 02116
Contact Person: Linda Ballard 617-236-8132 or volunteer@haleyhouse.org
Role of Volunteer: In this small soup kitchen, volunteers spend time with guests
as well as preparing and serving meals & cleaning up afterwards.
Availability: Academic year – Sunday shift 7 am – 1 pm (contact Ms. Bilodeau)
During Christmas vacation & June – weekdays 6am – 12 pm
Kit Clark Senior Center (SUMMERS ONLY)
1500 Dorchester Ave
Dorchester, MA 02122
Contact Person: Lilien Trinh 617-825-5000
Availability: Summer - weekdays all day
Little Sisters of the Poor (SUMMER)
186 Highland Avenue
Somerville, MA 02143
Contact Person: Kimberly Torte 617-776-4420 ext. 306
Role of Volunteer: Visit with elderly, assist with programs for the elderly.
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Availability: Academic Year – after school & weekends
Summer – weekday & weekends
Marion Manor (SUMMER)
130 Dorchester Street
South Boston, MA 02127
Contact Person: Sr. Margaret Therese 617-268-3333
Role of Volunteer: Various roles of interacting with elderly residents.
Availability: Academic Year - weekends only
Summer – weekdays & weekends
Mainspring Coalition for the Homeless (SUMMER)
54 North Main Street
Brockton, MA 02301
Contact Person: Tom Washington 508-587-5441 ext. 216
Role of Volunteer: Very Flexible-Serving meals, client intakes to name a few.
Availability: Academic Year- weekday afternoon/evening and weekends
Summer- weekday all day, afternoon/evening and weekends
Mass General Hospital – MGH offers a summer internship program for BCH students. MGH
volunteer applications are available from Mrs. Adamczyk. A representative from MGH will be
on Campus Tuesday May 4th during both lunches.
McCormack Middle School (SUMMER)
315 Mt Vernon Street
Dorchester, MA
Contact Person: Nina Sanchez 617-635-8657
Role of Volunteer: Tutoring in Math and English or helping with recreation
Availability: Academic Year-weekday afternoons
Summer- weekday-all day and afternoons
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Mildred Ave. Community Center “STARS” After School Program (SUMMER)
5 Mildred Avenue
Mattapan, MA 02126
Contact Person: Charlynn Mines-Smart 617-635-1328
Role of Volunteer: Homework assistance & academic enrichment
Availability: Academic Year – weekday afternoons
Summer - weekday 8-5
Murphy Community Center (SUMMER)
1 Worrell Street
Dorchester, MA 02122
Contact Person: Lisa Zinck 617-635-5150
Role of Volunteers: Assist teachers with preschool and kindergarten students
Availability: Academic Year - weekday afternoons
Summer - weekdays
My Brother’s Keeper (SUMMER)
534 Washington Street
Brockton/S Easton, MA 02375
Contact Person: Ryan Thorley 508-238-7512
Role of Volunteer: Assist with pickup and deliveries of furniture and food to
families of need in variety of cities.
Availability: Academic Year- vacations and evenings in December
Summers - weekdays
Nazzaro Community Center (SUMMER ONLY)
30 North Bennet Street
Boston, MA 02113
Contact Person: Carl Ameno 617-635-5166
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Role of Volunteer : To work with school age children in recreational and
enrichment programs as well as assist with senior citizen groups.
Availability: Summer – six days a week
Nativity Prep- New Bedford
60 Spring Street
New Bedford, MA 02740
Contact Person: Mr. Rompf 508-994-3800
Role of Volunteer: Tutoring and mentoring young students.
Availability: Academic Year- evenings 6:30-8:00
North Cambridge Children’s Center (SUMMER)
21 C Walden Square Road
Cambridge, MA 02140
Contact Person: Cindy Green 617-876-0503
Role of Volunteer: Work to assist classroom staff for infants and preschoolers
Availability- Academic Year- weekday afternoons
Summer - weekdays
Paraclete Center (SUMMER)
207 E Street
South Boston, MA 02127
Contact Person: Ben Kloster 617-268-5552
Role of Volunteer: Academic Year – mentor & tutor
Summer – mentor, tutor, recreational chaperones
Availability: Academic Year-weekday afternoon & evenings
Summer – June 28 – July 29; Mon – Thurs – 9am – 4pm
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The Paulist Center (SUMMER)
5 Park Street
Boston, MA 02108
Contact Person: Steve Clifford 617-742-4460
Role of Volunteer: help with set up and serve dinner/breakfast to homeless
population of Boston Common
Availability: Dinner Program – every Wednesday 5 – 7:30 pm
Breakfast is served every 3rd Saturday of the month 7am – 10:30 am
Perkins School for the Blind (SUMMER)
175 North Beacon Street
Watertown, MA 02472
Contact Person: Mike Cataruzolo- 617-972.7224
Role of Volunteer: Varies- Recreational and classroom aides
Availability: Academic Year- weekday afternoons and weekends
Summer- weekdays all day and weekends
Pilgrim Day Care
540 Columbia Road
Dorchester, MA (Upham’s Corner)
Contact Person: Kim Sanders 617-825-3480
Role of Volunteer: Preschool aid
Availability: Academic Year - weekdays
Pine Street Inn (SUMMER)
444 Harrison Avenue
Boston, MA
Contact Person: Coffie Fields 617-892-9186
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Role of Volunteer: Dinner meal service and meal delivery
Availability: Academic Year-weekday evening/weekends
Summers-weekdays all day and evenings/ weekends
Pope John Paul II Catholic Academy Summer Camp (SUMMER ONLY)
Pope JP II Lower Mills
2214 Dorchester Ave.
Dorchester, MA 02124
Contact Person: Nat Connors 617-265-0019
Role of Volunteer: Camp counselor
Availability: Summer – weekdays
Pope John Paul II Catholic Academy After School Program
Pope JP II Columbia Campus
790 Columbia Road
Dorchester, MA 02125
Contact Person: Claire Barton-Sheriden 617-265-0019 ext. 7100
Role of Volunteer: tutoring, mentoring
Availability: Academic year – weekdays
Project DEEP
Murphy Community Center - 1 Worrell Street
Dorchester, MA
Contact Person: Lauren Hughes 617-635-5027
Role of Volunteer: One on One tutoring with elementary students
Availability: Academic Year –weekday afternoons and evenings
You give DEEP your Availability and they match you with students.
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Quincy Medical Center (SUMMER ONLY)
114 Whitwell Street
Quincy, MA
Contact Person: Marilyn McAllister 617-376-5368
Role of Volunteer: Work with patients in Transitional Care Unit
Availability: Summer - weekdays
Salesian Boys and Girls Club (SUMMER)
189 Paris Street
East Boston, MA 02128
Contact Person: Fr. John Nazzaro 617- 576-6626
Role of Volunteer: Assist in Recreational programs
Availability: Summer - weekdays
South Middlesex Opportunity Council
300 Howard Street
Framingham, MA 01702
Contact Person: Nicci Meadow 508-620-2658
Role of Volunteer: Participating in meals on wheels program.
Availability: Academic Year - evenings and weekends
St Joseph’s Manor (SUMMER)
215 Thatcher Street
Brockton, MA 02302
Contact Person: Dianne Capperello 508-583-5834
Role of Volunteer: Assisting with recreational programs and transporting elderly patients
Availability: Academic Year- evenings and weekends
Summer- weekdays and evenings and weekends
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South Boston Catholic Academy (formerly St. Bridgets & Gate of Heaven)
866 East Broadway
South Boston, MA
Contact Person: Barbara Keohane, VP b.keohane@sbcatholicacademy.org
Role of Volunteer: mentor and after school homework help for students prek- grade 8
South Boston Head Start & Extended Day Program (SUMMER)
424 West Broadway
South Boston, Ma 02127
Contact Person: Patricia Cardella- 617-269-5160 x121
Role Of Volunteer: Teacher’s Aide
Availability: Academic Year –weekday afternoons
Summer - weekdays
South Boston Neighborhood House (SUMMER)
521 East Seventh St.
South Boston, MA
Contact Person: Kathy Lafferty 617-268-1619 x 28
Role of Volunteer: Assist in classroom or After School Program
Availability: Academic Year- weekday Afternoons
Summer - weekdays
South End Headstart (SUMMER)
112 Shawmut Ave.
Boston, MA 02118
Contact Person: Donna Grimaldi 617-426-2855 x 714
Role of Volunteer: Preschool teacher’s aid
Availability: Academic Year AND Summer weekday afternoons
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Sunset Point Camp (Catholic Charities of Boston) (SUMMER ONLY)
Sunset Point Camp, Hull, MA provides a free vacation for 300 at-risk, low-income children from
the Greater Boston area.
Contact Person: Email Beth Chambers: Beth_Chambers@ccab.org
Role of Volunteer: Camp Counselor and mentor
The Teen Center @ St. Peter’s (SUMMER)
278 Bowdoin St.
Dorchester, MA 02122
Contact Person: Flavio Deveiga or Daniel Tavares 617-282-3614
Role of Volunteer: Tutor and academic enrichment and recreational activities
with middle school and/or high school students
Availability: Academic Year 2 pm – 9pm
Summer 8am – 2pm (possible evenings)
Tutoring Plus of Cambridge
225 Windsor Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
Contact person: Esther Lee 617-345-6588 x 422 or Sarah Morin
Role of the Volunteer: Be a tutor and mentor for middle and high school students
Availability: School Year Only - Mondays and Wednesdays evening
UMASS Boston Early Learning Center (SUMMER)
100 Morrissey Blvd
Dorchester, MA 02125
Contact Person: Sonia Weir 617-287-6195
Role of Volunteer: Preschool Teacher’s aid
Availability: Academic Year-weekday afternoons
Summers- weekdays all day and afternoons
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VA Boston Healthcare System (SUMMER)
1400 VFW Parkway
West Roxbury, MA
Contact Person: Jo-Anne Assad 857-203-5135
Role of Volunteer: Friendly visitor- talking with patients, playing cards and games with
patients
Availability: Academic Year- weekday afternoons and weekends
Summer- weekdays all day and weekends
VA Brockton Medical Center (SUMMER)
940 Belmont Street
Brockton, MA 02401
Contact Person: Jamie Lynch 774-826-1957
Role of Volunteer: Assist with activities, meals, and visitation with patients
Availability: Academic Year – afternoons & weekends
Summer - weekdays
VA Medical Center Outpatient Clinic
150 S. Huntington Ave
Boston, MA
Contact Person: Volunteer Coordinator 617-232-9500
Role of Volunteer: Assist patients in variety of different ways
Walter Denney Youth Center
270 Mt Vernon Street
Dorchester, MA
Contact Person: Tara Lewis or Chad Hassey 617-822-3701
Role of Volunteer: Assist with youth programs
Availability: Academic Year- weekday afternoons
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Wesley Child Care (former St. Matthew’s School)
29 Stanton Street
Dorchester, MA
Contact Person: Judy Conway 617-436-5800
Role of Volunteer: Working with children pre-K through 14
West Roxbury/ Roslindale YMCA (SUMMER)
15 Bellevue Street
West Roxbury, MA 02132
Contact Person: Steve Nilson email: snilson@ymcaboston.org or 617-323-3200
Role of Volunteer: Assist in childcare and after school Hours: Vary depending on program
Availability: Academic year - afterschool
Summer - weekdays
Work INC
3 Arlington Avenue
Quincy, MA 02171
Contact Person: Jamie Welch 617-691-1540
Role of Volunteer: Be a buddy for a disabled adult
YMCA of Greater Boston
316 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02115
Contact Person: Sandy Miranda 617-927-8199
Role of Volunteer: Assist in childcare or art classes
Availability: Academic Year
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YMCA - Old Colony *Brockton site only (SUMMER)
320 Main Street
Brockton, MA 02301
Contact Person: Marcia Perry 508-588-6552 Kim Moran 508-897-1257
Role of Volunteer: Preschool Teacher’s aid
Availability: Academic Year- weekday afternoons
Summer- weekdays
YMCA – Dorchester (SUMMER)
776 Washington Street
Dorchester, MA 02124
Contact Person: Charmaine Arthur-Neverson 617-436-7750 x 214
Role of volunteer: Assist with programs for children of all ages
Availability: Academic Year-weekday afternoons
Summer- weekdays and afternoons
YMCA - Hyde Park (SUMMER)
1137 River Street
Hyde Park, MA 02136
Contact Person: Zack Emonds 617-361-2300 ext 225
Role of Volunteer: Various possibilities including tutoring, after school programs, aquatics,
Availability: Academic Year- weekday afternoons, weekends, and vacations
Summer-weekday all day and afternoons
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APPROVING A NEW AGENCY FOR JCA
Because the goals of the Junior Community Action Program are very specific, the
guidelines for what makes an agency an approved agency are also very specific.
Many programs you may have worked with for Freshmen and Sophomore service
may be great agencies that do great work but not all of them are approved
agencies for Junior Community Action. However, if you know of an agency that
you think meets the four criteria listed and explained below, you can do a new
agency application form. We are open to having new agencies and students tend
to be the way we find great new placements, but any new agency must meet the
placement criteria. The New Agency Application then goes to a committee and
you will hear in about a week whether the agency has been approved or not.
Criteria for Junior Community Action Agencies:
 Agency must serve clients who are marginalized (i.e. homeless, sick, elderly,
those experiencing poverty, physically or mentally disabled.)
 Agency must be located in an urban community*
 Agency must be a non-profit agency
 Agency must be able to provide students with direct service with clients and be
able to supervise student volunteers adequately.
*You will notice in this booklet there are a few agencies that are approved in non-urban environments.
This is rare and only happens when the marginalization of the clients is so great it warrants an
exception. The marginalization of the clients must be greater than those of similar urban placements.
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APPROVING A NEW SERVICE IMMERSION WEEK EXPERIENCE FOR JCA
Because the goals of the Junior Community Action Program are very specific, the
guidelines for what makes a Service Immersion Week approved are also very specific.
Approved non-BC High Service Immersion Weeks must be comparable to the 60 hours of
service that their fellow students experience spread over a year. In addition, a pre-trip and
post-trip reflection component is required. If you know of a Service Immersion Week
experience that you think meets the four criteria listed and explained below, you can do a
new Service Immersion Week application form.
The Application then goes to a committee, which then grants approval or denial of the
program.
Criteria for Junior Community Action Service Immersion Weeks:
 Must be a week long overnight experience
 Organization sponsoring trip must be a non-profit
 Actual service work must serve clients who are marginalized (i.e. homeless, sick,
elderly, those experiencing poverty, physically or mentally disabled)
 Must be able to provide students with direct service with clients and be able to
supervise student volunteers adequately
New Agency applications are reviewed by a committee. Therefore, all new agency
applications must be submitted at least two weeks before the contract due date.
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