Be there to provide students academic guidance and help them hone their technical skills.
Interested in helping out with events, guest teaching, or other projects? Have a project to propose? We’d love to know!
Become a guest speaker, and share your story and insights with a group of young adults preparing to launch their careers.
The mentor program is part of the core program model at Year Up Greater Boston. Our mentors provide professional advice, career and educational planning support, and networking opportunities. Mentoring is an especially personal and rewarding way to impact a young adult’s life.
Docents are volunteers trained to lead interpretive walking tours of the Back Bay Fens, Riverway, Olmsted Park and Jamaica Pond for the general public and special interest groups. Docents also may assist with visitor programming and lead or host activities at the Shattuck Visitor Center or on site in the Emerald Necklace parks
Volunteers work in the Rose Garden deadheading and pruning roses and weeding the rose beds and borders. Training and tools provided. This opportunity is seasonal.
Volunteer to be an Emerald Necklace Ambassador and share your enthusiasm for the parks with others. Park Ambassadors greet visitors at the Shattuck Visitor Center in the Back Bay Fens and represent the Conservancy at fairs and festivals hosted by other organizations.
Help implement a comprehensive woodlands management program and promote a healthier forest through activities ranging from removing invasive plant species to conditioning forest soil.
Volunteers support fundraising & program events. One-time events include end-of-season celebrations, fundraising tournaments, fundraising galas, youth poetry slam, and more.
Regular office administration, translation, and communications support is needed. Opportunities throughout the year are available during normal office hours.