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You Can Make a Difference
Volunteer Opportunities
for Nauset Newcomers
on Cape Cod
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Moving to Cape Cod and settling into a new life is exciting.
Whether you are retired or just changing your location, it is a time to start
over, make new friends and perhaps pursue some new interest. It is also a
time of great opportunity, not only for self-exploration but also for getting
involved in the community and helping others.
Cape Cod has a number of organizations that rely on
volunteers to help them do their jobs. Because it can be difficult to
determine the specific needs of these groups, Nauset Newcomers decided to put
together the following information identifying the various organizations and
their volunteer opportunities. We have focused on the four towns that our
group serves .. Brewster, Eastham. Orleans, Wellfleet .. but have also included
some larger organizations with headquarters on the Cape and satellite offices in
various towns.
We hope this information helps you to decide where you would
like to donate your services and time. Time spent helping others is always
time well spent.
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The organizations are listed alphabetically by town ..
Brewster, Eastham,
Orleans, Wellfleet and
Others.
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Brewster |
Animal Rescue League:
508-255-1030
Volunteers are needed to help bathe the animals and to clean kennels.
Anyone interested in helping is encouraged to call and arrange to come in
and fill out an application.
Contact: No specific contact person
The Council on
Aging provides programs that meet the needs of Brewster's senior citizens,
such as transportation, nutrition, socialization, recreation, and
companionship. Volunteers are needed to transport seniors, using the C.O.A.
minivan or their personal vehicles, visit seniors living alone under the
Friendly Visitor Program, staff the Thrift Shop, help with the congregate
dining program at the center, deliver Meals on Wheels, conduct fund raising
activities and help publish the newsletter.
Contact: Jean
Sears
The Society
maintains the Museum, which is located on Route 6A in East Brewster, as well
as the Higgins Farm Windmill and the Harris Black House, also on 6A abutting
the Drummer Boy property. They are all open June and September for weekends
only and Tuesday through Friday during July and August. Volunteers greet
visitors and answer questions at all three locations. Although the mill is
not in working condition at this time, volunteers are needed to explain how
it was once used to grind corn.
Questions: 508-896-9521
The Library is
Brewster's free public library, owned and operated by the Brewster Ladies'
Library Association; the Town of Brewster funds the day-to-day operating
expenses. Volunteers staff the information desk, shelve books, prepare
mailings and mend and cover books. They also sort books for book sales, make
crafts for the boutique and do outdoor landscaping chores. Prospective
volunteers are encouraged to fill out an application at the Library.
Contact: Daryl
Bladen
Volunteer
assistance is always appreciated for mail delivery, reading one-on-one or to
a group and visiting individual rooms with the “necessity cart”. Three times
a month, special evening meals are planned and extra help is needed to serve
and clean up. Drivers are also needed to take residents bowling.
Contact: Gail
Tarantino, Activities Director
Brewster Visitor Information Center:
508-896-3500
Volunteers are
needed to answer requests for information at the Brewster Tourist
Information Center.
Contact: Jan
Moore
Call to obtain
information on volunteering to serve on any town committee, commission or
board.
Contact:Doreen
Contrastano, Town Administrator's Office, extension 134
The Museum's
two floors of interactive exhibits and three nature trails spanning 85 acres
display the beauty of Cape Cod. Volunteers help with admissions, the girl
store, the library and the telephone center. Training is also provided to
volunteers interested in serving as guides for field walks and as docents in
the museum.
Contact: Fred
Dunford, Volunteer Coordinator, extension 125
Volunteers
fill many roles, from staffing the box office, ushering, telephoning, doing
ma'flings, manning information tables and conducting fund raising to
providing hospitality, painting sets and sewing costumes.
Contacts: Volunteer coordinator: Posy Cameron 508-240-6604
Crosby Mansion, Inc.,
Friends of : 508-896-7588
The Crosby
Mansion is a 35-room mansion on state-owned land; it is being restored and
maintained by the Friends, an independent, non-profit organization. It is
open to the public between April and November. It is also available for
weddings, auctions and holiday fund raisers. Volunteers are needed to help
with the ongoing restoration project (painting, carpentry and wallpapering)
and to help clean and ready the Mansion for the six Open Houses held each
year. Docents are also needed and will be trained to conduct tours and
assist with slide presentations.
Contact:
Virginia Locke: 508-896-7588
Volunteers
assist in the kindergarten in a variety of ways; they also work in the
school library, read to students, and assist teachers with special projects.
Twice a month, they help students at lunch on "Taco Day."
Contact: Paul
Bradstreet, Principal
New
England Fire and History Museum: 508-896-5711
Volunteers are
needed from Memorial Day through Labor Day to guide visitors through the
museum, collect tickets, and to staff the gift shop.
Contact: Joan
Frederici, Curator and Director
The Friends of
Nickerson State Park work with the park administration to raise funds and to
work on projects such as a children's playground now under construction and
the restoration of an old Civilian Conservation Corps campsite. They sponsor
hayrides and other summer programs and also help maintain trails in the
park. Volunteers are needed to help with all of these tasks.
Contact:
JoAnn Ferris, Friends of Nickerson State Park:
508-896-3481
Jon Peterson, Park Superintendent: 508-896-3491
(for information on the host camper program)
Pleasant Bay Nursing
and Rehabilitation Center: 508-240-3500
Emphasis is
placed on quality "one on one" volunteer activities, such as the friendly
visitor program, and serving as individual escorts for residents during
shopping trips and other outings (transportation provided by the Center).
Mornings from 9:30-10:30, volunteers assist with coffee socials, serving
refreshments and encouraging conversation. Help is also needed with putting
together the monthly calendar, mail delivery and decorations.
Contact: Cathy
Tarr, Activities Director, extension 1112
Volunteers
read to students and listen to students read aloud; their help is also
needed in the library checking books, cataloging, shelving, etc.
Contact:
Carolee Rusielwicz or Annette Fontaine (Librarian)
Wild
Care: 508-240-2255
(
www.capecodpet.net/wildcare )
Wild Care
accepts orphaned, injured, and sick wildlife with the intent to prepare
these animals to be returned to the wild. Volunteers must be over 18 years
of age. Some volunteer jobs in the clinic, such as cleaning cages, require
physical stamina. In addition, volunteers are needed to assist as educators,
grant writers, and in publishing a newsletter. People with computer skills
and those interested in doing other office tasks are also needed.
Contact: Lela Lamed
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Cape Cod Children's Place; 508-240-3310
This is a
family resource center, serving towns from Harwich to Provincetown with
programs to support and strengthen the well being of children and families.
It offers early childhood programs and information on services and resources
as well as parenting support. Volunteers are needed to work with toddlers
(ages 15 months to 2 years, 9 months) and preschoolers (2 years, 9 months to
kindergarten) in either a general capacity or in a specific one, such as
music or art. Also needed are people to assist the Friends of Children's
Place with fund raising and special events.
Contact:
Elizabeth Aldred, Outreach and Grants Coordinator
Eastham Chamber of Commerce: 508-240-7211
(
www.easthamchamber.com )
The Chamber
represents all of the businesses within the town; its purpose is the
promotion of Eastham's economic development. Volunteers are needed to serve
on its various committees and to assist in special events, such as the
Holiday Festival in December.
Contact:
E-mail through the web site:
www.easthamchamber.com
Eastham Council on Aging: 508-255-6164
(
www.capeandislandscoas.org/eastham.html )
The Council on
Aging serves all Eastham residents. It provides congregate lunches twice a
week, daily classes in a variety of subjects, such as computers, languages,
painting, needlepoint and exercise, and programs on various subjects of
interest. Volunteers are needed to help with lunches and Meals on Wheel,
assist in the classes and programs and to serve as Friendly Visitors.
Drivers are needed to drive the medical van both on Cape and to Boston.
Also needed are drivers to pick up food and other supplies.
Contact: Bette
Klinger
Eastham Elementary School :508-255-0808
(
www.nausetschools.org/eastham/default.htm )
Volunteers
work in the school library cataloging and shelving books and in the office.
Other areas, such as the computer lab, need occasional help. Some volunteers
also do one-on-one tutoring, as needed.
Contact:
Arline Consiglio, Secretary
Eastham Forum
The Eastham
Forum is a citizens advocacy group focused on assisting in the functions of
the town government, with a particular concern for the quality of life of
its citizens. Volunteers are needed to monitor town committee meetings,
sponsor informational and candidate meetings, organize weekly beach cleanups
and plan and maintain flower islands and school plantings.
Note:
Interested Eastham Newcomers will enjoy 1 year's free membership.
Contacts:
Flower Islands .. Vida DeMale: 508-255-5079
Beach Cleanup .. Betty Anne Levy: 508-240-7297
Eastham Historical Society
(
www.easthamhistorical.org )
The Society maintains the Schoolhouse Museum,
the Swift-Daly House, the Ranlett Tool Museum and the Dill Beach Shack. It
needs docents for July and August (Monday – Friday; 1-4) and Saturdays in
September at all these historical buildings. It also needs help sorting
books in preparation for the July book sale, as well as during the sale
itself.
Contact: Kate
Albert 508-240-0871
Eastham Library :508-240-5950
(
www.easthamlibrary.org )
Volunteers
mend and shelve books, type, do data entry and assist with children's
programs. They also assist with gardening on the grounds and with book
sales.
Contact:
Martha Magane
Eastham Town Hall :508-240-5900
(www.eastham-ma.gov )
Volunteers are
needed to serve on town committees, commissions and boards.
Contact:
Lorraine Speros
Habitat for Humanity :508-775-3559
(
www.habitatcapecod.org )
Habitat of
Cape Cod is headquartered in West Yarmouth. It is a non-denominational
housing ministry that seeks to eliminate poverty housing by making decent
housing a matter of conscience and action. Those who need housing and those
who want to help, work together to build homes, new relationships, and
communities. Monthly meetings for the lower Cape area are held at the 1st Wednesday
of the month at 7 PM at the Federated Church of Orleans, 162 Main St.
Orleans. Skilled as well as trainable volunteers for all phases of building
(carpentry, painting, landscaping, etc.) are needed as well as people for
fund raising, office work, and food preparation for the sites.
Contact: Sue Daggett
The Center is
located within the Council on Aging facility in Eastham. It provides social
day care for adults and is currently serving 14 persons between the ages of
30 and 90. Volunteers are needed to assist with meals and arts and crafts
activities, accompany participants on field trips, and provide one-on-one
assistance and companionship for program participants.
Contact: Kathy
Gill, Program Director
Nauset Regional High School educates the high school students
(grades 9 to 12) of the towns of Wellfleet, Eastham, Orleans and Brewster.
Volunteers are particularly needed to tutor students one-on-one at the
school and to assist in special classroom projects, such as art. Extra hands
would also be welcome in the school library.
Contact:
Marilyn Dearborn, Secretary: 508-240-5414
Windmill
Weekend Committee: 508-240-0454
Eastham's
Windmill Weekend is a town celebration planned and carded out completely by
Eastham volunteers. Planning for the Weekend, which takes place in September
on the first weekend after Labor Day, occurs during monthly meetings
beginning in February. Eastham residents are encouraged to consider helping
out in one (or more) of many areas such as judging sand sculptures,
assisting with the parade, helping out with the children's games and
contests, obtaining raffle gifts, and organizing and assisting with the
hands-on activities that go on throughout the weekend.
Contact: Kathy
Gill, Chairman: 508-240-0454
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Orleans
Academy of Performing Arts
: 508-255-8704
(
www.apa1.org )
The Academy of
Performing Arts is a nonprofit organization dedicated to "enriching the life
of the Cape Cod community through the performing arts." The Playhouse
provides year-round performances for the public, and the Academy School
serves 600 students in the performing arts of dance, music and drama. The
Academy welcomes the assistance of volunteers in many areas: ushering,
working backstage on sets, obtaining and working on costumes, fund raising,
running concessions, folding programs, doing light office work and
gardening. Anyone interested in acting in a production should check the
local newspapers for information on auditions.
Contact:
Ralph Bassett, Executive Administrator
Katheryn Heth, Volunteer Coordinator
Association for the Preservation of Cape Cod :
508-255-4142
(
www.apcc.org )
The
Association for the Preservation of Cape Cod (APCC) was founded to foster
policies and programs, which promote the preservation of natural resources
on Cape Cod. APCC promotes public awareness through education and
opportunities for involvement and provides technical resources and
assistance on environmental issues. Volunteers are needed to catalog to
help with mailings. APCC would like to broaden volunteer opportunities and
would welcome suggestions for doing so.
Contact: Evert
Kiefer, PO Box 398, Barnstable, Ma. 02630
Cape Cod
Hospital Auxiliary: 508-862-5259
The Auxiliary
helps raise funds to support Cape Cod Hospital by organizing fashion shows,
golf tournaments, bazaars and other events. There is a large and very active
branch in Orleans, which produces the biennial Holly Berry Bazaar and is
always looking for more volunteers to help with all of their fund-raising
endeavors.
Contact: Judy
Kennedy, Hospital Director of Volunteers: 508-862-5259
Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School: 508-240-2800
(
www.lighthouse.chtr.k12.ma.us )
The Cape Cod
Lighthouse Charter School serves students in grades 6 to 8. Volunteers with
particular interests or skills to share often conduct seminars for the
students in subjects ranging from astrology to quilting. Volunteers are also
needed to assist in classes and in special activities, such as the
Renaissance Banquet.
Contact:
Marian Lay, Volunteer Coordinator
Nauset Region FISH Volunteer Services: 800-244-4630
FISH
provides free transportation to medical appointments to residents of
Brewster, Eastham, Orleans, and Wellfleet who do not have means of
transportation. Driver and telephone volunteers are needed.
Drivers use their own cars, are covered by insurance, and drive no farther
than Hyannis. Telephone dispatchers, serving from home, receive
requests through answering service and contact drivers from a provided list.
Drivers and dispatchers choose the day of days they wish to serve.
Contacts: Elderservices/SeniorCorp Office
800-244-4630 X177
Interfaith Council for the Homeless of Lower Cape Cod:
508-255-9667
(
www.homelessonline.org )
This
organization's focus is on preventing homelessness. Its mission is to
provide case management with respect to housing issues, budgeting, and
referrals for counseling for the homeless and those at risk of becoming
homeless. Volunteer mentors provide follow-up. Volunteers are also needed to
serve on the Council and attend meetings once a month, to answer the
telephone, help with furniture referrals and assist in fund raising.
Contact: Judy
Gaechter , Volunteer Coordinator
Lower Cape Outreach Council: 508-240-0694
(
www.lcoutreach.org )
The Lower Cape
Outreach Council (LCOC) provides emergency food, clothing, utility and rent
or mortgage assistance, and health assistance to residents of the Lower Cape
temporarily outside the reach of public assistance. LCOC oversees eight food
pantries for distribution of food to those in need. Volunteers are needed to
serve on its committees, particularly for fund raising and development. They
are also needed to work in the office and in Katie's Comer, a free clothing
shop run by LCOC, and to receive and distribute items for holiday baskets
during November and December.
Contact: Robin
Carroll, Volunteer Coordinator
Lower-Outer Cape Community Coalition: 508-255-2163
This is a
community-wide coalition committed to improving the quality of life for all
citizens living in the Lower/Outer Cape area. It holds monthly meetings on
relevant topics pertaining to community needs, provides information to
agencies and residents about community services, and serves as the planning
body for Lower Cape community services. Volunteers are needed to help with
the newsletter.
Contact:
Shanna Nealy
Nauset Regional Middle School: 508-255-0016
(
www.nausetschools.org/nrms )
Nauset Regional Middle School serves students from Brewster,
Eastham, Orleans and Wellfleet in grades 6 to 8. Volunteers are needed to
help out in the library and to assist in special activities, such as art
projects, musicals and the drama club.
Contact: Michael Leugets,
Guidance Counselor
Nauset
Together We Can Prevention Council, Inc.: 508-240-0228
Nauset
Together We Can is a network of concerned individuals, organizations, and
businesses working in partnership to strengthen and support the youth of the
Nauset area, with an emphasis on reducing and preventing tobacco, alcohol,
and other drug abuse. It is involved in two major youth projects: the Juice
Bar, which includes a homework center and a cyber cafe as well as facilities
for activities such as concerts and dances, and the Skateboard Park.
Volunteers are needed for fund raising and membership recruitment and to
help out at the Juice Bar.
Contact: Dave
or Chris King: 508-240-0228
Orleans Chamber of Commerce : 508-255-1386
(
www.capecod-orleans.com )
The Chamber of
Commerce sponsors events and activities in Orleans each year, such as "Pops
in the Park," "Fall for Orleans," the 4th of July parade and Christmas
activities (Santa, a decorating contest and a candlelight stroll). It also
staffs the Orleans Visitor Center and publishes an annual map and guide.
Volunteer help would be appreciated for any of the seasonal activities, as
well as in the visitor center and office.
Contact: Kyle
Hinkle, Executive Director: 508-255-7203
Orleans Convalescent and Retirement Center: 508-255-2328
Volunteers are
especially needed to provide one-on-one contact with the residents by
reading, writing letters for them or running short errands. Help is also
needed with group activities such as coffees, card games or artwork. Anyone
who can play an instrument or lead in singing would also be appreciated.
Contact: Irene
Miller 508-255-2328
Orleans Council on Aging: 508-255-6333
(
www.capeandislandscoas.org/orleans.html )
The Orleans
Council on Aging (COA) provides assistance, information, health services and
recreation opportunities to all Orleans seniors. Volunteers are needed for
the Meals on Wheels programs and to help serve the congregate lunches. Also
needed are participants in the Intergenerational Program, where senior
volunteers tutor elementary, middle and high school students in reading
skills. Other volunteer activities include office work, newsletter
preparation, and helping with special activities, such as birthday parties.
Contact: Liz
Smith 508-255-6333
The council also sponsors the following programs:
Orleans Friendly Visitor Program: 508-255-6333
This is one of the largest programs that the COA runs, and it requires many
volunteers. Its purpose is to enrich the lives of Orleans seniors who are
homebound. Visitors spend an average of 1 hour a week visiting a shut-in and
providing companionship and friendship. No special skills are required and
COA will train and support volunteers interested in this important outreach
effort.
Contact: Andrea McGee
Orleans Elementary School : 508-255-0380
(
www.oeselem.org )
The Orleans
Elementary School serves students from preschool to grade 5. Volunteers are
particularly needed to assist in art classes and in the school library.
Contact: Ann Tefft, Secretary
Orleans Historical Society: 508-240-1329
The Orleans
Historical Society maintains a museum dedicated to the preservation of
Orleans history through the collection, preservation and exhibition of
objects, photographs, documents and art work pertaining to Orleans in
particular and lower Cape Cod in general. Volunteers are needed to
accomplish many tasks, such as creating computer-generated exhibit labels,
reading documents to prepare research aids, doing data entry, constructing
displays, performing historical research, transcribing documents, preparing
collection records and acting as museum guides. Training will be provided.
Contact:
Carolyn Dowd
Orleans Town Hall : 508-240-3700
(
www.town.orleans.ma.us )
There are over
20 boards, committees and commissions in Orleans actively seeking volunteer
help. To qualify to serve, you must be a taxpayer or resident of Orleans.
Applications are available at the Board of Selectmen's Office, Town Hall, 19
School Road.
Contact:Jan
Paulino
Snow Library : 508-240-3760
(
www.snowlibrary.org )
Snow Library
needs volunteers to shelve books and to do shelf reading (checking to be
sure that books are correctly placed on the shelves). Volunteers also visit
several sites, such as nursing homes, to make group deliveries of books.
Some volunteers serve as readers or "book buddies" to nursing home
residents. The Friends of the Snow Library conduct the book sales and
produce a newsletter.
Contacts: Mary
Reuland, Director
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Wellfleet
Cape Cod National Seashore Park Headquarters : 508-349-3785
(
www.nps.gov/caco )
The Cape Cod
National Seashore Park Headquarters are located in the Marconi Station area
in South Wellfleet, MA. The staff oversees the 40 miles of coastline,
marshland, glacial cliffs and dense forest that make up the 44,000-acre Cape
Cod National Seashore Park. Thanks to President John F. Kennedy's foresight,
this national treasure has remained in its natural state. Volunteers are
needed for the information desks at the Provincetown Visitor Center and the
Salt Pond Visitor Center in Eastham, located directly off of Route 6.
Training is provided to volunteers interested in conducting house tours and
open houses in one of the Park's historic structures, such as the Captain
Penniman House, the Atwood Higgins House and the Three Sisters Lighthouses.
Volunteers also serve as natural resource monitors out in the field, work in
the library and the museum, or lend their computer skills to help in the
offices. There are many volunteer opportunities, and the administration will
do everything possible to accommodate those with particular interests.
Contacts: Sue Moynihan
Friends of the Cape Cod National Seashore
: 508-349-3785 ext. 402
(www.fccns.org)
This is a non-profit organization of
caring individuals who have a very special love and respect for this
beautiful National Park. Activities focus on environmental, cultural,
preservation, educational and recreational projects. The Friends also
provide volunteers for conservation and preservation activities, publicize
issues that affect Seashore resources and manage funds that contribute to
educational, archival and research projects. Volunteers are needed for
several kinds of activities such as trail maintenance, beach clean-ups,
beach campfires, mailing preparation, flyer distribution, and assisting park
staff with plant ecology studies, bird monitoring, surveys, and water
quality monitoring.
Contact: Judy Parmelee, Volunteer
Coordinator
Phone: 508-349-3785 ext. 402
Email:
volunteer@fccns.org
Hospice of
Cape Cod is a patient management organization that began as a volunteer
philosophy and is now a medical model eligible for Medicare funding. Its
main focus is to assist terminally ill patients and their families through
difficult times and to make everyone concerned as comfortable as possible.
There are two areas in which volunteers are needed:
1) Patient volunteers to assist the patient and the family by helping
with various chores and tasks. Tasks range from grocery shopping, to
transportation or to just sitting with the patient and providing
companionship. Volunteers on this level must fill out a detailed
application. They are carefully screened and then well prepared with
multiple training sessions. It is not the type of volunteer job that is for
everyone, but if it is for you, it can be a most rewarding experience.
Volunteers report a tremendous sense of satisfaction and feel honored to be
invited into someone's home to lend a helping hand at such a meaningful
time.
2) Volunteers for office work (there are three main offices on the Cape)
and to work in their Thrift Shop located in a charming old ham in
Barnstable. They also need volunteers to help with special events, fund
raising and the annual auction. On a more clinical level, anyone with any
medical record experience is encouraged to call if they would like to help
set up the new reference room.
Contact: Polly
Dana-Schumaker
Wellfleet
Bay Wildlife Sanctuary of the Massachusetts Audubon Society :
508-349-2615
( www.wellfleetbay.org )
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary is
located off Route 6, approximately 2 miles north of the Eastham/Wellfleet
town line. It is a 1000-acre nature preserve of the Massachusetts Audubon
Society. There are 5 miles of hiking trails through fields and woods that
lead to salt marshes, creeks, ponds and beach. Volunteers are needed in the
following areas:
Visitor Services: volunteers needed
year-round in 4-hour shifts at admissions desk, gift shop, and as Exhibit
Docents
Citizen Science volunteers needed to:
monitor piping plovers and terns, census horseshoe crabs, look for nesting
diamondback terrapins, adopt an osprey nest, collect data on our Marine Life
Cruises, help at our hawk watch, and (in winter) join our sea turtle patrol.
Nature Trails, Grounds and Butterfly
Garden: Volunteers needed for maintenance
Adopt a Highway: Workers needed for
litter patrol
Day Camp: volunteers needed to assist
instructors
Special Events: volunteers needed to
help set up and carry out events such as the Halloween Haunted Forest, and
our 50th Anniversary Celebration
Contact Cynthia Franklin
508-349-2615 or email
cfranklin@massaudubon.org
Wellfleet Council on
Aging: 508-349-2800
The Wellfleet
Council on Aging is located at 95 Lawrence Road in Wellfleet. They rely
heavily on their volunteer force and service approximately 50 senior
citizens on a regular on-going basis. More volunteers are always welcome.
Duties would include delivering Meals on Wheels, helping at the congregate
lunch site and working in the office. They also need people to serve as
Friendly Visitors. They are planning to begin classes on computer skills and
would love to have anyone who feels they could help in this area.
Contact:
Outreach Director: Linda Batch
Wellfleet Elementary School : 508-349-3101
(
www.nausetschools.org/wellfleet )
This charming
little school teaches students in grades K - 5. It is always looking for
volunteers to help in the library shelving books and cataloging. Twice a
year the school sponsors a program specifically designed for students to
mingle with community members, and volunteers are invited to come and share
their time and expertise in such varying activities as cooking, woodworking
and chess. Anyone with a particular hobby that they would like to share is
welcome. The program is extremely flexible. There is also a Read Aloud
program in March where volunteers can share a good book with some newfound
little friends.
Contact: Janet
Ferro
Wellfleet Harbor Actor's Theatre (WHAT)
: 508-349-6835
(
www.what.org )
This
innovative theatre group welcomes volunteers for the duties of ushering at
the plays and helping with production. This will entitle you to see the play
for free.
Wellfleet Historical
Society Museum : 508-349-2216
Volunteers are welcome and much appreciated to host the
Museum either on a regular basis or as a substitute when the Museum is open
to the public from the last week in June through the first week
in September. Come and enjoy stepping back in Wellfleet time and sharing
your interest in the town with visitors. The Museum is open Tuesday and
Friday from 10 AM - 1 PM, and Tuesday through Saturday from 1 - 4 PM. And
on Saturday and Sunday of the Oyster Festival (the weekend after Columbus
Day).
Contact: Joan Coughlin 508-349-2216 or Lucille Currier 508-349-9757.
Wellfleet Library
: 508-349-0310
(
www.wellfleetlibrary.org )
Volunteers are needed to help with the shelving of
books as well as book repair. There is also a need for someone to help with
the rotating collection of library books at the Senior Center.
Contact:
Elaine Mcllroy, Director
Wellfleet Town Hall : 508-349-0300
(
www.wellfleetma.org/Home )
Volunteers are
needed to serve on the town's committees, commissions and boards.
Contact:
Administrative Office, 300 Main St., Wellfleet
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Others
Big
Brothers Big Sisters of Cape Cod, Centerville: 508-255-9445
This
organization matches adults to children in need of positive role models and
mentors. You must he able to make a 1-year commitment to work with a child
and be a permanent resident of Cape Cod. Volunteers are screened very
carefully and go through a thorough orientation. Adults work several hours a
week with their child. There are approximately 400 needy children on the
Cape, the majority of whom are boys in need of adult male role models.
Contact: Mary
Ann Reigle
Their new
facility is up and running. Currently it needs help running programs,
tutoring and giving one-on-one attention in such activities as cooking,
computers, arts and crafts or just shooting baskets in the gym.
Contact: Ruth
Prost, Executive Director
Boy Scouts of America, Yarmouthport:
508-362-4322
This
organization relies heavily on its volunteers. It is always looking for
people to serve as Merit Badge counselors in subjects ranging from atomic
energy to zoology. It also runs a summer camp on 300 acres here on the Cape
and welcomes people who are willing to help with such tasks as carpentry,
electrical work or maintenance. The Scouts are always looking for people to
lead scouting groups of all ages in towns all over the Cape.
Web Site:
www.scoutscapecod.org
Contact: Mike
Riley
Cape Cod Hospital, Hyannis: 508-771-1800 or
508-862-5259
(
www.capecodhealth.org )
Cape Cod
Hospital was incorporated in 1919 and opened for patients in 1920. It has
continued to expand over the years to meet the needs of the Cape's residents
and visitors. The Volunteer Department is dedicated to providing the highest
quality of service and support and is committed to providing compassionate,
well trained and resourceful individuals offering quality assistance and
customer satisfaction. Volunteers are needed to transport patients, perform
clerical work, staff the gift shop, run errands, assist in the nursing
units, participate in the chaplaincy program and assist at the information
desk.
Contact: Judy
Kennedy, director of volunteers
Cape Symphony Orchestra:
508-362-111
(
www.capesymphony.org )
Volunteers for the Symphony are all members of the
Friends of the Cape Cod Symphony for which there is a membership fee. They
help with mailings, sorting, general office work as well as ushering at
concerts and fund raising activities.
Cape Museum of Fine Arts, Dennis: 508-385-4477
(
www.cmfa.org/hours.html )
The Museum
offers many volunteer opportunities including receptionist on the front
desk, program coordination, office help, help with educational programs,
docent training (for tours throughout the galleries) and fund raising. The
Museum participates in the RSVP Program through Elder Services as well.
Contact: Ann
Long
From the Middleboro headquarters,
girl Scout council of Southeastern Mass. supports 17,000 girls and 3,000
adult members throughout Southeastern mass. - including Cape Cod and the
Islands. Troop team leaders, product sales managers, trainers, presenters,
summer camp counselors and helpers are needed.
Contact: Marcia
Picard, ext. 41
MSPCC provides meaningful programs designed to
prevent child abuse and neglect. It also provides treatment for victims of
abuse and programs designed to strengthen families. Volunteers are needed on
Cape to provide service, advocacy and help raise needed resources for safe
and healthy children.
Contact: Mary Avery
Gessner, 375-6488
Nancy Roberts, Regional Director of Volunteers for Cape & Islands: Call 800#
(Elder
Services of Cape Cod & the Islands)
America Counts and America Reads: 1-800-244-4630, ext 158
Sponsored by the Senior Service
Corps of Elder Services of Cape Cod & Islands, Inc. RSVP volunteers age 55
and older needed to become literacy and math coaches in Brewster/Eastham
elementary schools. Part of a nation-wide effort that really makes a
difference.
Contact: Virginia Duffy, VISTA Coordinator.
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(Elder Services of Cape Cod & the
Islands)
America Counts and America
Reads: 1-800-244-4630, ext 158
Sponsored by
the Senior Service Corps of Elder Services of Cape Cod & Islands, Inc. RSVP
volunteers age 55 and older needed to become literacy and math coaches in
Brewster/Eastham elementary schools. Part of a nation-wide effort that really
makes a difference.
Contact:
Virginia Duffy, VISTA Coordinator.
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Senior
Service Corps of Elder Services of Cape Cod & Islands, South Dennis:
Includes the
Retired & Senior Volunteer Program, VISTA, and AmeriCorps.
1-800-244-4630, ext 111 or 177
Elder Services of Cape Cod and the Islands
is a community based, private non profit organization dedicated to promoting
the welfare, enhancing the quality of life and maintaining the dignity of
older citizens.
Linking seniors with Access,
Services and Advocacy is our business, volunteers join us providing a
welcome helping hand.
ESCCI needs caring, friendly,
concerned volunteers to support our program services for less active, less
mobile seniors. Direct support opportunities in the Outer Cape are packing
and delivering meals to homebound, assisting in our Senior Dining Centers,
visiting an isolated or lonely neighbor, doing shopping errands, lending
handy skills and making a reassuring telephone call.
Money Managers or Ombudsman
volunteers can be trained at no cost to assist elders in stabilizing and
maintaining their monthly living expenses, acting as citizen advocates for
residents of Long Term Care Facilities.
Contact: Katherine Wermier,
Volunteer Coordinator
Senior
Service Corps of Elder Services of Cape Cod & Islands, South Dennis:
Includes the Retired & Senior Volunteer Program,
VISTA, and AmeriCorps.
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This page last was last updated on
May 17, 2008.
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