Scroll down to view announcements for volunteer opportunities with several community establishments and charitable organizations. 

Catholic Charities

10 Hammond Street, Worcester
- Volunteers are needed at the Catholic Charities Emergency Stabilization Services Program to help with distributing food once a week in the food pantry, monthly food pickups at Worcester County Food Bank in Shrewsbury, sortng Clothing Closet donations once a week, and maintaining inventory & client records in the Worcester County Diapers and Wipes Program.

Contact Rose Gage, Coordinator of Volunteer Services,
at rgage@ccworc.org or at 5088602211.

The Worcester County Diapers and Wipes Program

Help families who are unable to purchase the necessary number of diapers for their infant children. A direct donation of $35 can purchase 275 diapers. Financial donations can be made through Jet.com (go online at http://go.jet.com/give-ccworcester)
Disposable diapers and wipes can also be brought to the Catholic Charities office at the above address. Visit www.ccworc.org to learn more about Catholic Charities. Thank you!

Child care

Catholic Charities is in need of volunteers to provide child care, Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Mercy Centre, 25 West Chester Street in Worcester.
Contact Rose Gage, Coordinator of Volunteer Services, at 508-860-2211 or at rgage@ccworc.org.

Catholic Charities Homecare Program

Catholic Charities Homecare Program is looking to hire aides to care for individuals
in the Blackstone Valley and Southbridge areas. Aides provide light housekeeping, laundry, shopping and personal care. Paid training and a schedule to meet your needs. A job opportunity is also open for a perdiem registered nurse to supervise aides in the
Southbridge area. Call 8006494364 for more info.

Help an abused child

Become a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) to advocate for a child in foster care.  You will play a critical role in the life of a child as well as see your own life enriched through the experience. 

Emailvoluteers@thecasaproject.orgor call 508-TRY-CASA.
Visit www.casaworcester.org.
 

Ignatian Volunteer Corps (IVC) New England

IVC recruits volunteers each year, men & women 50 years of age or better, to work one or two full days/week from September to June. Volunteers work in programs addressing poverty and marginalization in local community areas.
Contact IVC New England Regional Director, Dave Hinchen, at dhinchen@ivcusa.org or visit website at www.ivcusa.org for more information.
 

Mercy Centre, Worcester

Volunteers are needed to play with children & engage in activities with them while their student parent or guardian is being tutored in the HiSet program.

Volunteers are needed Monday through Thursday, anytime from 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Call Rose Gage, Coordinator of Volunteer Services, at 508-860-2211 or email her at rgage@ccworc.org.
 

Make a Difference in Lives

J H C Hospice Care, serving Worcester and surrounding towns, currently seeks those who like to meet and connect with others.  Volunteers bring a warm presence with various offerings such as readings, music, prayers or personal talents. 

Volunteers make a weekly patient visit based on their own availability. On-going hospice team support is provided along with initial volunteer training which begins in October.

Call Harriett Katz, Supervisor of Volunteers, at 508-713-0564 or email harriettk@jhchospice.com. See the volunteer link on website at jhchospice.com.
 

Eucharistic Ministers Volunteer Openings

UMass Memorial Medical Center, Memorial Campus, 119 Belmont Street, Worcester
has volunteer openings for Eucharistic Ministers to administer Communion to Catholic patients during their Hospital stay.

Volunteer commitment is one day a week for 2-3 hours.
Please contact Tatjana Abovich, Coordinator of Volunteer Services at 508-334-6308.
 

Notre Dame Hospice

Can you spare one or two hours a week volunteering with patients at the end of life? Notre Dame Hospice is looking for kind, compassionate people. 

Volunteers can wheel patients around in wheelchairs, sit with them and talk, read the newspaper or books to them, play games, do puzzles or just sit quietly and hold their hand or pray for them. Challenge yourself to do more for others and be rewarded at the same time.

We are also looking for volunteers to help out in our office by doing secretarial or office work. If you think you would feel comfortable volunteering with patients or in our office please contact, Linda Corby, Volunteer Coordinator at ND Hospice 508-852-5505.
 

Notre Dame Pedi Pals

Notre Dame Pedi Pals is looking for kind, compassionate people. This volunteer would spend time with a child with a life limiting illness and/or their sibling(s). Pedi volunteers
can tutor, play games, and spend time with the child or siblings. They can even help with events or make meals for families when they return home from hospital trips.

Challenge yourself and be rewarded at the same time. If you think you would feel comfortable volunteering in this manner please contact, Valerie Blanchard at ND Pedi Pals 508-852-5505.

Interested in Helping Produce the Cable TV Mass? 

The Office of Communications/TV Ministry is currently looking for high school and college age young people to train as producers for the Sunday TV Mass from the Cathedral of St. Paul. If interested, contact Steve Kaufman at tvmass@charter.net.