Lexington (MA) High School Senate

Approved Community Service

The Social Action Committee of the LHS Student-Faculty Senate maintains a list of pre-approved community service opportunities. Currently, our list is being updated and revised. As more opportunities are updated and verified, they will be added here.

Roughly, there will be numerous opportunities in each of the following broad categories:
Children's Services ,Services for the Elderly, Services for the Hungry and/or Homeless, Mental health, Conservation and Environmental Groups
Peace, Justice and Human Rights Organizations, Education Services, Health Services, Rehabilitation, Opportunities in the Lexington Public Schools.

Below are the opportunities that have been updated and verified so far.

Education Services

Big Sister Association
        www.bigsister.org/volunteer.html

Big Brothers of Mass. Bay
        1-888-412-BIGS
        www.bbmb.org/cgi-bin/volunteer/vol.pl

Boston Museum of Science
        Science Park Boston
        www.mos.org/doc/1205

Boston Public Library
        Copley Square and neighborhood branches
        www.bpl.org

Boston University Upward Bound
        www.bu.edu/ub/#

Boys/Girls Club of Boston
        www.bgcb.org/

Boston Children’s Museum
        Congress St. Boston
        www.bostonkids.org/

City Year
        www.city-year.org/sites/boston/

Drumlin Farm
        South Great Rd. Lincoln
        www.massaudubon.org/Nature_Connection/Sanctuaries/Drumlin_Farm/index.php

Educators for Social Responsibility
        23 Garden St. Cambridge
        www.esrnational.org/home.htm

Franklin Park and Stone Zoos
        Franklin Park Boston, Stoneham
        www.zoonewengland.com/

Gardner Museum
        2 Palace Rd. Boston
        www.gardnermuseum.com/

Hispanic Office of Planning and Evaluation (HOPE)
        165 Brookside Ave. extension Jamaica Plain
        Craig Farr (617) 524-8888

JFK Library
        Columbia Point Boston
        www.jfklibrary.net/

Museum of Afro-American History
        Brookline
        www.afroammuseum.org/

Museum of Fine Arts
        Huntington Ave. Boston
        www.mfa.org/

Museum of Our National Heritage
        33 Marrett Rd. Lexington
        www.monh.org/

New England Aquarium
        Boston
        Jenna Sigman (617) 973-6563
        www.neaq.org/index.flash4.html

Patriot’s Trail Girl Scout Council
        265 Beaver St. Waltham
        (781) 893-6113

The Society for Arts and Crafts
        175 Newbury St. Boston
        (617) 266-1810 (Matt)
        www.societyofcrafts.org/

USS Constitution Museum
        Boston Naval Shipyard
        (617) 426-1812
        www.ussconstitutionmuseum.org/

Women’s Educational and Industrial Union
        356 Boylston St. Boston
        (617) 536-5651
        www.weiu.org/

Women in Community Service
        125 Kingston St. Boston
        1-800-666-WICS

Women’s Service Club
        464 Mass. Ave. Boston
        (617) 262-3935
        www.bostonabcd.org/people/wsc.htm

Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD)
        178 Tremont St. Boston
        (617) 357-6000
        www.bostonabcd.org

YMCA/YWCA
        Any neighborhood branch
        www.ymca.net/index.jsp
        www.ywca.org/siteapps/custom/ywca/local.aspx?c=btIRK9OXG&b=36961

Conservation and Environmental Groups

The Boston Harbor Association
        374 Congress St. Boston
        617-482-1722 Virginia Speitel
        www.tbha.org

Citizens for Lexington Conservation
        781-861-7968 Bart DeWolf

Environmental Lobby of Massachusetts
        3 Joy St. Boson (projects are around Mass.)
        617-742-2553
        www.environmentalleague.org/jobs/jobs.html#volunteer

Greenpeace
        www.greenpeace.org

Habitat Nature Center
        10 Juniper Rd. Belmont
        www.massaudubon.org/Nature_Connection/Sanctuaries/Habitat/volunteer.php?sanctuary_code=2

The Heifer Project
        www.heifer.org

Massachusetts Audubon Society
        http://www.massaudubon.org/Jobs/jobs_index.php?type=Volunteer

Friends of Lincoln Park
        Nell Walker 781-862-6943
        nellwalker@earthlink.com

Buddy Dog Humane Society
        Boston Post Rd. (Rt. 20) Sudbury
        Donna DeWallace 978-443-6990
        www.buddydoghs.com/html/help.html#volunteer

Planting Day at LHS
        Usually held in the spring
        Pat Moyer
        pmoyer@world.std.com

Save the Harbor/Save the Bay
        www.savetheharbor.org/00000093c10707601/00000093c1070ad10/index.html

Walden Woods Project
        www.walden.org

Programs/Project Within LHS/LPS

LABB
        Activities performed throughout and off campus
        Paula Rizzo (math building)

Campus Clean Up/Planting Day
        (see above)

PTO/PTA Benefits and Fairs

Teddy Bear Picnic

LEF Educated Tastes

YES (Youth Exploring Science)

Community Service trips to Latin America (hours are accepted for work only, not travel, sleep, sight seeing)

Office/Departmental Work (contact the department head, dean, guidance counselor, secretary in the area you’d like to work)

Skills and Thrills
        Summer program for Lexington students

Lexplorations
        Lexington Community Ed
        Main Office, LHS, Robin Tartaglia

LHS Library
        Speak with librarian staff

Lexington Youth Commission
        781-861-1131 Nancy Barter

Town of Lexington
        Contact the department you’d like to volunteer with
        http://ci.lexington.ma.us/

Cary Library
        Mass. Ave.
        www.carylibrary.org/

Health Services

American Cancer Society
654 Beacon St., Boston 617-556-7400
www.ma.cancer.org

Beth Israel Hospital
330 Brookline Ave., Boston 617-667-3026
www.bidmc.harvard.edu

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Children's Hospital
75 Francis St., Boston 617-732-5998

Hospice of the Good Shepherd
2042 Beacon St., Newton 617-969-6130

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
243 Charles St., Boston 617-573-3163

Massachusetts General Hospital
32 Fruit St., Boston 617-726-8540

Melrose Hospital
585 Lebanon St.,Melrose 781-979-3091

Minuteman Home Care
24 Third Ave., Burlington 781-272-7177
(Liz Nania)Contact person

National Spinal Cord Injury Association
Woburn 781-933-8666

Somerville Hospital
230 Highland Ave., Somerville 617-666-4400

Winchester Hospital
41 Highland Ave., Winchester 781-756-2626
(Ann Danley) (Mary Lazar) 781-756-2626
A no go on the coffee shop.

Winchester Nursing Home
223 Swanton St., Winchester 781-729-9595
Beverly Steedle

Cambridge Cares About AIDS
678 Mass. Ave., Cambridge
617-661-2508
(Matt Borus)
www.ccaa.org

Charles River Association for Retarded Citizens
59 Militia Dr., Needham
781- 972- 1008
(Doreen Cummings)
www.CRARC.org

Franciscan Children’s Hospital and Rehabilitation Center
30 Warren St., Brighton
617-254-3800
(Mary Lou Fries or Debbie Chan)
www.fchrc.org/

Greater Waltham Association for Retarded Citizens
56 Chestnut St., Waltham
781-899-2206
(Lauren Hubacheck)

Massachusetts Association for the Deaf (requires signing)
220 Main St., Malden
781-388-9114

Names Project Boston, The International AIDS Memorial Quilt
Boston City Hall
617-262-NAME

The Smariteens Suicide Prevention
654 Beacon St., Boston
617-536-2460
(Amy Malone)
www.vcc.mit.edu/Samaritans

Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
125 Nashua St., Boston
781-573-2400
www.spauldingrehab.org